Exclusive: BBC One is to continue its theme of getting sports stars to confront their personal demons in a new documentary fronted by former England football player Ian Wright.
Deadline understands that the Match Of The Day pundit and former Arsenal soccer star has teamed up with David Harewood: Psychosis And Me producer Films Of Record to look back on his difficult upbringing in London.
Working titled Ian Wright: Facing Up To My Traumatic Childhood, the film comes as Wright has previously opened up about being bullied by his stepfather and how his troubled youth was turned around by a conscientious teacher.
Emma Hindley is executive producing the project for Films Of Record and has a history of working with soccer stars on BBC One documentaries after overseeing David Beckham For The Love Of The Game in 2015.
Wright previously documented his life in ITV4 documentary Ian Wright: Nothing To...
Deadline understands that the Match Of The Day pundit and former Arsenal soccer star has teamed up with David Harewood: Psychosis And Me producer Films Of Record to look back on his difficult upbringing in London.
Working titled Ian Wright: Facing Up To My Traumatic Childhood, the film comes as Wright has previously opened up about being bullied by his stepfather and how his troubled youth was turned around by a conscientious teacher.
Emma Hindley is executive producing the project for Films Of Record and has a history of working with soccer stars on BBC One documentaries after overseeing David Beckham For The Love Of The Game in 2015.
Wright previously documented his life in ITV4 documentary Ian Wright: Nothing To...
- 9/25/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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