The English Game
The English Game Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.5 |
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About
"Football's birth as a class battleground"
Set in Victorian England, this limited series traces the origins of modern football, following the class clash between wealthy amateur players and working-class factory teams fighting for legitimacy in the sport. Created by Julian Fellowes, it carries the same handsome costume-drama polish as Downton Abbey, with sweeping period detail and gentle melodrama rather than gritty sports realism. The pace is measured, more concerned with social change and personal struggle than match tension. It's a cozy, well-mannered watch that uses football as a lens for class, ambition, and fairness rather than delivering genuine athletic thrills.
the way class conflict is dramatized through the earliest days of organized football.
you want authentic sports intensity rather than a gentle period drama.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.5 | 684 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.6 | 602 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 7.3 | 544 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 7.8 | 514 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 7.7 | 475 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | 8.5 | 545 | — |