Dear England: James Graham and Rupert Goold on taking the Gareth Southgate football drama from stage to screen

Dear England: James Graham and Rupert Goold on taking the Gareth Southgate football drama from stage to screen


By Michael Pickard
May 22, 2026

IN FOCUS

Dear England writer James Graham and director Rupert Goold tell DQ how they turned Gareth Southgate’s England reign into a BBC drama about football, leadership and national identity.

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