Scripted series · BBC Two
Twenty Twenty Six
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
David Tennant
Narrator
5 eps
Hugh Bonneville
Ian Fletcher
5 eps
Hugh Skinner
Will Humphries
6 eps
Paulo Costanzo
Nick Castellano
6 eps
Henry Ian Cusick
Vincente
6 eps
Nick Blood
Phil Plank
6 eps
Chelsey Crisp
Sarah Campbell
6 eps
Stephen Kunken
Owen Mitchell
6 eps
Alexis Michalik
Eric Van Dupuytrens
6 eps
Rachel Handshaw
Jenna Johnson
6 eps
Jimena Larraguivel
Gabriela De La Rosa
6 eps
Nicole Sadie Sawyerr
Emily
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Twenty Twenty Six actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Twenty Twenty Six reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
48 countries, three host nations - what can possibly go wrong? Former BBC head of values Ian Fletcher is saving the World Cup. So that's all good then. Starring Hugh Bonneville.
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.
Executive production
- John MortonExecutive Producer
- Paul SchlesingerExecutive Producer
- Nerys EvansExecutive Producer
- Catherine Gosling FullerProducer
Writing
- John MortonWriter
Direction
- John MortonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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