The special, entitled ‘Beckham’ revisits the footballer’s legacy as one of the most successful athletes in the world through a personal and emotional lens
Netflix released tonight its trailer for Beckham, a new docu-series about David Beckham that will premiere globally on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
With Oscar-winning director Fisher Stevens and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek at the helm, the four-part series is a deep dive into the professional and personal lives of one of the most legendary players in football history.
Looking back at Beckham’s decades-long sporting career (which spanned from 1992 to 2013), it showcases never-before-seen footage and gives viewers access to his inner-most thoughts throughout some of the most pivotal moments during that time.
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The trailer reveals that the sporting star “never really did well at school, because all I ever wanted to do was play football”. It also delves into areas of Beckham’s life he had kept private previously—such as dating the then Victoria Adams at the height of her music career, having to keep their relationship a secret, and the consequences of suddenly having someone in his life that came first ahead of football. “It took a toll on me that I never even knew myself,” he says in the trailer.
Beckham is not the first streaming service special from the footballer—it follows Save Our Squad, a four-part miniseries that was released last year on Disney+, which saw him return to his East London roots to mentor a budding local team.