# Beckham (2023)

> A four-part Netflix docuseries tracing David Beckham's rise from humble beginnings to global football stardom through never-before-seen footage and insider testimony.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/152555

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 4
- Episode runtime: 72 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Alex Ferguson, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes
- TMDB rating: 8.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14524712/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: nostalgic, candid, admiring, intimate, uplifting

## What critics say

Viewers broadly rate this intimate docuseries highly for its never-before-seen footage and candid access to David Beckham's rise to stardom.

## Synopsis

Beckham (2023) is a British four-part Netflix docuseries created for the streaming service and built on never-before-seen footage. It follows David Beckham from his humble beginnings to his place as a global football star, with his own voice anchoring the story alongside Victoria Beckham and former teammates and rivals including Alex Ferguson, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Éric Cantona. Each roughly seventy-two-minute episode moves through the stages of a career: the early years, the climb into elite club football, the pressure of playing under intense scrutiny, and the transformation of a footballer into a celebrity. The engine of the series is the tension between a boy from modest circumstances and the enormous public attention that follows him, told through candid interviews, match footage and private moments. The tone is nostalgic and candid, with a warm, admiring regard for its subject that still leaves room for the complications of fame. Its shape is a single self-contained run of four episodes rather than a serialized drama. Fans of The Last Dance, Sunderland 'Til I Die and Formula 1: Drive to Survive will find the same appeal: intimate access, sporting ambition and a human story behind a famous public face.

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