TV Series2020Ended

The English Game

Name: The English Game
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kevin Guthrie, Edward Holcroft, Niamh Walsh, Charlotte Hope, Craig Parkinson

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalsportsslowheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

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Boxlist takeAn emotional drama series that is serious, slow-paced and grounded. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

7.7/10

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.

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