The English Game

Season

2020

UK

7.6

The story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides.

Clips & Trailers

Trailer #1

Episode List

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

A cotton mill owner in working-class Darwen hires two star Scottish footballers to join the local team in hopes of competing for the FA Cup title.

S1 • E2

Episode #1.2

As Fergus brings new life to the football club, emotions run high when a wage cut is imposed at the mills. Arthur makes a new connection in Darwen.

S1 • E3

Episode #1.3

Fergus faces a gut-wrenching decision that could affect his relationships in Darwen. Arthur's new outlook rankles his posh friends and family.

S1 • E4

Episode #1.4

Martha gets difficult news. Arthur and Alma make a grim discovery. Fergus struggles in his new role, and a match in Blackburn ends in chaos.

S1 • E5

Episode #1.5

A guilt-stricken Fergus gets shocking news from Martha. Walsh and Cartwright make a pact. The FA takes drastic action without Arthur's input.

S1 • E6

Episode #1.6

Fergus heads to London to make an appeal to the FA. Arthur pleads with his friends to act for the good of the game as the FA Cup Final approaches.

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Cast

Edward Holcroft

Arthur Kinnaird

Kevin Guthrie

Fergus Suter

Charlotte Hope

Margaret Alma Kinnaird

Niamh Walsh

Martha Almond

Craig Parkinson

James Walsh

James Harkness

Jimmy Love

Ben Batt

John Cartwright

Gerard Kearns

Tommy Marshall

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Alfred Lyttelton

Kerrie Hayes

Doris Platt