Overview
- Prime Video confirmed Thursday that it has commissioned a four-part series called Lineker, production is under way and the streamer plans a global launch in 2027.
- Orchard Studios is producing the series with Nat Lippiett and Dan Grabiner named as executive producers.
- The show will draw on archive footage and never-before-seen personal material and will include candid interviews with Lineker himself.
- The filmmakers say they will examine his shift from England striker to Match of the Day presenter to media entrepreneur and podcaster, and they will address his high-profile clashes with the BBC over social-media impartiality rules.
- The move follows growing streamer interest in personality-led sports documentaries and comes as Lineker’s Goalhanger productions and The Rest Is Football podcast have attracted major platform deals.