Overview
- Lineker announced at Netflix’s Sports Club event in London on Thursday that a World Cup edition of The Rest Is Football will stream every morning in the UK and record from a New York studio overlooking Times Square.
- Alan Shearer and Micah Richards will co-host, with Alex Aljoe roaming on the ground and Rob Jones embedded with the England squad.
- The show comes from Lineker’s Goalhanger Films and adapts the hit podcast with a promise to keep the same conversational tone.
- Lineker left the BBC last year after a social media row and contrasted the BBC’s Salford studio plan with Netflix’s New York base, adding that streaming allows a looser approach to swearing.
- The Times reports Netflix paid £14 million for the World Cup run, and Netflix used the launch to reveal new sports documentaries on stars including Rafael Nadal, Jamie Vardy, Vinnie Jones, José Mourinho and Tyson Fury.