{"id":583877,"date":"2026-05-14T16:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/583877\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:25:15","slug":"dear-england-bbc-gives-soccer-miniseries-launch-date-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/583877\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dear England’: BBC Gives Soccer Miniseries Launch Date & Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe kick off for BBC<\/a> drama Dear England<\/a> has been set, and as Joseph Fiennes<\/a>\u2018 Gareth Southgate is told in a new trailer launched today, \u201cEngland expects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJames Graham\u2019s four-part adaptation of his play about the England national team will launch on BBC One on Sunday, May 24, with with the following two episodes launching on the BBC iPlayer next week week. On network TV, episodes will air on Sundays and Mondays. You can watch the trailer above.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trailer sees Southgate as he begins his new chapter at the helm of the national team. He fields questions from the press questioning his ability before we hear a voice a say, \u201cEngland manager\u2026 who\u2019d want to take on this poisoned chalice?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSouthgate is seen introducing psychologist Pippa Grange (Jodie Whittaker<\/a>) to a dressing room of sceptical players, before the manager delivers a rousing speech as they start to believe in his methods. Southgate ultimately managed England to a World Cup semi-final and a European Championship final, and is widely seen as the most successful coach since Alf Ramsey, whose team won the World Cup in 1966.<\/p>\n

\n\tDear England, from Left Bank Pictures<\/a>, is based on Graham\u2019s play of the same name, which won Best New Play at the Olivier Awards in 2024. Rupert Goold, who directed the play, directs episode one. Paul Whittington directs 2-4. Exec producers are Andy Harries and Rebecca Hodgson for Left Bank, Jo McClellan for the BBC and Graham, Goold and Whittington. Sony Pictures Television has international distribution rights.<\/p>\n

\n\tStarring alongside Fiennes and Whittaker are Jason Watkins\u00a0and John Hodgkinson as former FA chairs Greg Dyke and Greg Clarke, respectively, Daniel Ryan\u00a0as former England assistant manager Steve Holland and Sam Spruell\u00a0as fictional coach Mike Webster.<\/p>\n

\n\tForming the England squad is\u00a0Adam Hugill,\u00a0Josh Barrow\u00a0and Lewis Shepherd, who reprise their respective stage roles as Harry Maguire, Jordan Pickford and Dele Alli.\u00a0Will Antenbring stars as Harry Kane,\u00a0Edem-Ita Duke\u00a0is Marcus Rashford,\u00a0Francis Lovehall\u00a0is Raheem Sterling,\u00a0Abdul Sessay is Bukayo Saka,\u00a0Jacob Greenway\u00a0is Jude Bellingham,\u00a0David Shields\u00a0is Jordan Henderson,\u00a0Hamish Frew is Eric Dier,\u00a0Alfie Middlemiss\u00a0is Phil Foden,\u00a0Riess Fennell\u00a0is Jadon Sancho,\u00a0Daniel Quincy Annoh\u00a0is Ollie Watkins,\u00a0Bobby Schofield\u00a0is Wayne Rooney,\u00a0Sam Baker Jones is Jack Grealish and newcomers\u00a0Dom Rayner\u00a0and\u00a0Xander Westcarr-Parsons\u00a0are Cole Palmer and Jesse Lingard, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The kick off for BBC drama Dear England has been set, and as Joseph Fiennes\u2018 Gareth Southgate is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,120396,96,61561,120397,83609,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-583877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-dear-england","tag-entertainment","tag-jodie-whittaker","tag-joseph-fiennes","tag-left-bank-pictures","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}