Episode 1
Freddie Flintoff is determined to prove that anyone can play cricket, whatever their background. He starts training a group of lively teenagers, but not everything goes to plan.
Freddie Flintoff attempts to create a brand new cricket team from an unlikely group of teens. He is determined to prove that anyone can play competitive cricket, whatever their background.
Undeterred by the somewhat negative reception to his idea, he holds try-outs in his hometown of Preston and starts a training regime with a group of lively teenagers. He meets 15-year-old Sean, who has attended several different schools, and 17-year-old Ammar, who moved to the UK six years ago and had never even heard of Freddie. The boys have a lot to learn in a very short space of time, as they will ultimately be competing against teams that have been playing together for years, whereas most of these boys have never even picked up a cricket bat before.
Although they have just a few weeks of chaotic training and only a vague notion of the rules, Freddie is keen to test the boys' progress and get them to play their first ever cricket match. However, not everyone in his urban posse is impressed with the rural setting or the traditions of cricket that Freddie is trying to draw them to.
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Clips
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Freddie's toughest challenge
Duration: 01:24
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Game on the green
Duration: 01:21
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Try Outs
Duration: 01:31
Music Played
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Doves
Lifelines
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Doves
One of These Days
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Doves
Sky Starts Falling
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Doves
Almost Forgot Myself
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OneRepublic
Lift Me Up
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Stefflon Don
16 Shots
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Doves
Someday Soon
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Doves
The Last Broadcast
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Doves
Pounding
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New Order
Dreams Never End
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Doves
Compulsion
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Skepta
Shutdown
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Freddie Flintoff |
Series Producer | Naomi Templeton |
Executive Producer | Andrew Mackenzie-Betty |
Production Company | South Shore Productions |
Broadcasts
- Tue 5 Jul 2022 20:30´óÏó´«Ã½ One except Wales & Wales HD
- Tue 5 Jul 2022 22:55´óÏó´«Ã½ One Wales & Wales HD only
- Thu 7 Jul 2022 00:25´óÏó´«Ã½ One except Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & Wales HD
- Thu 7 Jul 2022 00:40´óÏó´«Ã½ One Scotland & Scotland HD only
- Thu 7 Jul 2022 00:55´óÏó´«Ã½ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Thu 28 Jul 2022 01:15
- Tue 14 May 2024 21:00
- Wed 15 May 2024 02:55
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