TV Choice: Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour and Daddy Issues arrive on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom.
Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour
Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams On Tour. Bottom row: Ben, Kyle, Eli, Sean, Freddie, Finn, Hemi, Dylan. Top row: Adnan, Harrison, Josh, South Shore Productions, Anirudh Agarwal
After transforming a cricket club and the lives of teenagers in his hometown of Preston, Freddie and the boys are back in this four-part series for BBC One and iPlayer. In 2022, Freddie had an ambitious plan to take the team he created to compete in India, one of the world’s most revered cricketing nations. Two years in the making, this is the story of the most unlikely cricket tour that almost didn’t happen.
Speaking about the new series, Freddie said, “Cricket is like a religion in India. It’s just everywhere you go. And Kolkata is different to other places I’ve been to. To me, Kolkata is authentic India, and the more time I spent there, the more I grew an affinity and a connection to the place because we all learnt so much, and it’s had such an impact on all of our lives. I’ve been to some amazing places like Victoria Falls – and I see it, and I think, “That’s all right. That’ll do.” But Kolkata, the more time I spent there, the more I enjoyed it, and it really grew on me and got under my skin.”
“I think the incredible thing about this new series on tour is what comes from the boys. Every minute, there was a lesson that they were learning or they were teaching us. I think that’s a credit to the lads. Hopefully, the audience will look at themselves and ask, “Am I a good person?” “Did I do everything I can?” “Have I got dreams and ambitions?”
Series one is available to stream now on iPlayer
Daddy Issues
Daddy Issues, Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) and Malcolm (DAVID MORRISSEY), Fudge Park Productions, James Stack
From dating disasters and failed romances to toxic friendships and messy family dynamics, plus a dangerously sociopathic antenatal teacher, Daddy Issues is a big-hearted story about a father and daughter and the reality of facing up to parenthood—at any stage of life.
Talking about Daddy Issues, Aimee Lou Wood said, “Daddy Issues is a very, very funny comedy that also has lots of heart about a father and a daughter getting to know each other as adults and as people. They basically wind up as flatmates, and what ensues is lots of fun, love, and comedy. My character, Gemma, is a very honest, independent, true-to-herself woman who finds it hard to let people in fully and accept help. Over the course of the series, she learns how to be vulnerable and open up to people and not always be so hyper-independent.”
David Morrissey added, “My character Malcolm is someone who has been infantilised all his life, and he’s a man who doesn’t know the basics of how to look after himself in the world. At best, he’s naive. At worst, he’s ignorant. But when we meet him, he’s in crisis and unable to look after himself. He loves his daughter, and she loves him, but whether they are good for each other is debatable. They are both in desperate need, and they reach a point where they need to lean on each other, but they aren’t sure the other can hold that weight. There are some heightened emotions between the two of them, particularly as she’s at a point in her life where she is in desperate need.”
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