BBC’s Dear England dramatizes Southgate tenure, premieres May 24

The BBC's new four-part drama "Dear England," adapted from James Graham's Olivier Award-winning stage play, premieres Sunday, May 24 on BBC One and iPlayer. The series chronicles Gareth Southgate's tenure as England manager from 2016 to 2024, focusing on his efforts to rebuild the national team after a humiliating defeat to Iceland at the 2016 European Championship.

Joseph Fiennes leads the cast as Southgate, reprising his role from the stage production. Jodie Whittaker plays Pippa Grange, the psychologist Southgate brought in to help the squad confront their penalty shootout trauma and transform the team's culture. The series dramatizes how Southgate and Grange worked to address deep rooted fears within the dressing room, a process that eventually led to a World Cup semifinal in 2018 and back to back European Championship finals.

The cast includes a wide array of actors portraying real life football figures. Will Antenbring plays captain and all time leading goalscorer Harry Kane, while Adam Hugill appears as Harry Maguire, Josh Barrow as Jordan Pickford, and Francis Lovehall as Raheem Sterling. Jason Watkins takes on the role of former Football Association chairman Greg Dyke,...