EXCLUSIVE: BT Sport and Netherlands-based Insight TV have teamed up with Zig Zag Productions to create Ultimate Goal, a six-part festival of truth format on women’s football.
Zig Zag Productions, which made the Fox reality series I Wanna Marry Harry, is in pre-production on the show, which will follow 28 women as they compete for the chance to take part in a one-off match in front of scouts from women’s teams around the world.
Former England player Eniola Aluko will receive and lead a team of football legends, adding Rachel Brown Finnis and twins Rosie and Mollie Kmita, who will act as mentors and coaches of the players. Those who wish to participate in the exhibition can move on to www.ultimatepassal.tv.
Arun Maljaars, vice president of content and channels at Insight TV, said: “With Ultimate Goal, we seek to build on the vital paintings made in the UK and expand the game of women in and out of the box through the strength of storytelling.”
Zig Zag CEO Danny Fenton added: “It’s long been our ambition to produce a competition reality series based around women’s football. The game has exploded in popularity and together with Insight TV and BT Sport we aim to create a show that will help to inspire the next generation of talent in the women’s game.”
Zig Zag recently made The Next Jamie Vardy for Sky Sports, profiling four young strikers making waves in the football league who could follow in the boots of Leicester striker Vardy and progress up the divisions.
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