Four-part Gary Lineker documentary to launch globally on Amazon Prime in 2027
Gary Lineker is the latest high-profile name to get the documentary treatment — with a series charting his life launching on Amazon Prime next year, The Athletic can reveal.
The four-part docuseries, which does not yet have a working title, will tell the story of his life.
It will show his early life, growing up the son of a greengrocer in Leicester and his time as a professional footballer — he is fourth in England’s all-time record goalscoring list and won the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup.
During his playing career, Lineker — who started out at Leicester City before playing for Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur and Japan’s Nagoya Grampus — famously never received a yellow or red card.
It will then look at his post-football career, selling Walkers crisps and his move into media work, where he fronted the BBC’s Match of the Day highlights show for 26 years and became the corporation’s highest paid employee before stepping down last summer.
The docuseries will also examine Lineker’s departure from the BBC.