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Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams Series 1
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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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59 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Jul 2022 01:15
BBC Two

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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Doves

    Lifelines

  • 00:04

    Doves

    One of These Days

  • 00:05

    Doves

    Sky Starts Falling

  • 00:07

    Doves

    Almost Forgot Myself

  • 00:22

    OneRepublic

    Lift Me Up

  • 00:26

    Stefflon Don

    16 Shots

  • 00:27

    Doves

    Someday Soon

  • 00:31

    Doves

    The Last Broadcast

  • 00:35

    Doves

    Pounding

  • 00:39

    New Order

    Dreams Never End

  • 00:41

    Doves

    Compulsion

  • 00:51

    Skepta

    Shutdown

Credits

Presenter Freddie Flintoff
Series Producer Naomi Templeton
Executive Producer Andrew Mackenzie-Betty
Production Company South Shore Productions

Broadcasts

  • Tue 5 Jul 2022 20:30
    BBC One except Wales & Wales HD
  • Tue 5 Jul 2022 22:55
    BBC One Wales & Wales HD only
  • Thu 7 Jul 2022 00:25
    BBC One except Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Thu 7 Jul 2022 00:40
    BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only
  • Thu 7 Jul 2022 00:55
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Thu 28 Jul 2022 01:15
    BBC Two

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