Miniseries · Netflix
The English Game
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kevin Guthrie
Fergus Suter
6 eps
Edward Holcroft
Arthur Kinnaird
6 eps
Niamh Walsh
Martha Almond
6 eps
Charlotte Hope
Margaret Alma Kinnaird
6 eps
Craig Parkinson
James Walsh
6 eps
James Harkness
Jimmy Love
6 eps
Ben Batt
Cartwright
6 eps
Joncie Elmore
Ted Stokes
6 eps
Gerard Kearns
Tommy Marshall
6 eps
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Alfred Lyttelton
6 eps
Kerrie Hayes
Doris Platt
6 eps
Kate Phillips
Laura Lyttelton
6 eps
Kelly Price
Lydia Cartwright
6 eps
Anthony Andrews
Lord Kinnaird
6 eps
Kate Dickie
Fergus' Mother
6 eps
Michael Nardone
Douglas Suter
6 eps
Lara Peake
Betsy Cronshaw
6 eps
Daniel Ings
Francis Marindin
6 eps
Philip Hill-Pearson
Tom Hindle
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The English Game actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The English Game reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Julian FellowesWriter
- Sam HoareWriter
Direction
- Tim FywellDirector
- Birgitte StærmoseDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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