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Dear England: BBC announces cast for series based on Gareth Southgate play

Joseph Fiennes will lead the programme following England’s journey to the 2022 World Cup

The Independent UK

Jodie Whittaker and Jason Watkins to join BBC’s Dear England cast

Whittaker, who played Doctor Who and starred in Toxic Town, is set to join the series as Pippa Grange, the England men’s team’s psychologist.

Evening Standard

Ellis Howard: 'as a queer person, to wear your own skin is an act of protest'

The actor is stepping into a leading role, writing a show with James Graham and is a proud activist

Evening Standard

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Award-winning actors to star in Second World War film released for VE Day

Olivier Award-winning actor Julian Glover will feature in The Next Morning, written by James Graham.

Evening Standard

Gareth Southgate's kind revolution has a bittersweet ending in Dear England at the National

4/5 This is a team effort, which captures the communal joy and heartache of sport, and now boasts a proper ending

Evening Standard

Dear England review – footballing reboot adds extra time for Gareth Southgate’s exit

James Graham has rewritten parts of his hit play to reflect the 2024 Euros, and the gaffer emerges as a progressive, gentle, alternative national leader

The Guardian - UK

Playwright James Graham cannot watch full exchange of Trump, Vance and Zelensky

The meeting at the end of February saw a heated exchange between Mr Trump, Mr Vance and Mr Zelensky.

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Lisa Nandy urges next generation to ‘carry the torch’ before VE Day anniversary

The Culture Secretary announced the full programme of events to mark the anniversary.

Evening Standard

Punch at the Young Vic review: 'a tragic true story turned into devastating theatre'

4/5 The true story of a young man who killed another young man with a single punch is here transformed into a play that truly hits home

Evening Standard

'My teeth pinged out': Gwilym Lee on playing Gareth Southgate in Dear England

Bohemian Rhapsody and SAS Rogue Heroes star Gwilym Lee talks to us about becoming Gareth Southgate as Dear England hits the National Theatre

Evening Standard

Killed with one blow: the true story behind Punch at the Young Vic

James Graham’s Punch has arrived at the Young Vic having already made waves for its depiction of young male violence and restorative justice

Evening Standard

My son’s killer and me: grief, pain and the power of forgiveness after a one-punch death

When Jacob Dunne hit James Hodgkinson, he had no idea the punch would kill him. He recounts how his victim’s mother, Joan, helped him, while she reveals why she confronted him

The Guardian - UK

Award-winning Dear England play to embark on 16-venue tour

Written by James Graham it had a sell-out run at the National Theatre before it transferred to the West End in 2023.

The Independent UK

James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough

Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Stephen Graham is right. Television has forgotten how funny working-class people are

COMMENT: The British actor has said that TV needs to stop making working-class families look miserable. Chris Harvey, who couldn’t agree more, argues that if you don’t have a broad enough spread of writers, stereotypes begin to take hold

The Guardian - UK

‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan shines in Brian and Maggie, a love letter to the political interview

4/5 In his latest TV show, writer James Graham turns his attention to the 1989 showdown between journalist Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher

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The National (Scotland)

How you can watch the real interview that inspired Channel 4's Brian and Maggie

In 1989 Brian Walden interviewed Margaret Thatcher, find out how you can watch the real interview that inspired Channel 4's Brian and Maggie.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter go head to head as Walden and Thatcher

James Graham’s new drama recreates their famous last interview. Plus: Idris Elba’s urgent campaign to stop knife crime. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Brian Cox returns to Scottish stage as Sherwood writer tackles RBS scandal

Succession star will play ghost of Adam Smith in James Graham’s ‘operatic’ drama about the 2008 financial crash

Evening Standard

Succession star Brian Cox to return to Scottish stage this summer

The Scottish-born actor will star in Make It Happen at the Edinburgh International Festival.

The Guardian - UK

‘She was a fiend!’: how the interview that destroyed Thatcher became an intense TV drama

In 1989, an on-camera head-to-head triggered the then PM’s demise. Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan and James Graham discuss their gripping take on the bombshell broadcast

The Independent UK

Uncle arrested after young nephew starved to death weighing just 7 pounds

Jeremy Graham, the uncle of Deonte Atwell, is the sixth family member to be arrested in connection with the little boy’s death

Bored Panda

Elton John’s “Misguided West End Import” Announces Closure Five Days After Opening Night

Elton John's musical Tammy Faye, based on the life of the famous televangelist, has failed to connect with US audiences. The post Elton John’s “Misguided West End Import” Announces Closure Five Days After Opening Night first appeared on Bored Panda.

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