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The English Game

TV·2020–2020·Netflix·Drama, Sports·48m·7.1·Created by Tony Charles, Julian Fellowes, Oliver Cotton

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The English Game is about the invention of football and how those involved in its creation reached across the class divide to establish the game as the world's most popular sport.

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Kevin GuthrieKevin GuthrieFergus SuterEdward HolcroftEdward HolcroftArthur KinnairdNiamh WalshNiamh WalshMartha AlmondCharlotte HopeCharlotte HopeMargaret Alma KinnairdCraig ParkinsonCraig ParkinsonJames WalshJames HarknessJames HarknessJimmy LoveBen BattBen BattCartwright
Joncie Elmore
Joncie ElmoreTed Stokes

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