Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker explains how she developed mannerisms and accent for Dear England – and whether she met the real Pippa Grange

Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker explains how she developed mannerisms and accent for Dear England – and whether she met the real Pippa Grange

The cast of the BBC's Dear England adaptation is a combination of actors who played their roles on stage and reprising them, as well as those coming to the material new.Of course, Joseph Fiennes is reprising his role as Gareth Southgate, while John Hodgkinson, Adam Hugill, Josh Barrow and Lewis Shepherd also appeared in the play, before now starring in the four-part BBC drama.One of the major figures who is played by a new actor is Pippa Grange.…