THE ENGLISH GAME which Netflix will stream in all
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| New series The English Game streams from March 20th at Netflix |
its six episodes from March 20th. Like Belgravia, this new period set series also comes from Julian Fellowes following the beginnings of soccer in Britain in the mid 19th century.
The male part of the cast is exquisitely strong led by two of our dear hunks Edward Holcroft (as Arthur Kinnaird – known as the ‘First Lord of
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| The mini series will air in six hourlong episodes |
Football’) and Kevin Guthrie (as Fergus Suter from Glasgow, who is often considered the first recognized professional footballer) next to Craig
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| Kevin Guthrie, Ben Batt, Craig Parkinson, Ed Holcroft lead the cast |
Parkinson, Ben Batt, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Gerard Kearns and Daniel Ings! Jamestown star Niamh Walsh leads the female part of the cast
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| Kevin Guthrie plays the Scottish footballer Fergus Suter |
alongside Kate Phillips and, sadly, Charlotte Hope (who judging by the trailer, is as bad here as she was scandalously atrocious in the god-awful
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| Niamh Walsh returns to TV after Jamestown epic drama |
Spanish Princess). It is interesting that the actors who play the footballers trained at Trafford Training Centre in Carrington, the training ground of
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| Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes is producing the series |
Manchester United. They had to play in the 1880s style that is different from the game today. Check out the beautiful trailer below and tell us what you think: