Rise of The Lionesses
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| Rise of The Lionesses | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Starring | Queen Alexandra Sylvia Gore Carol Thomas Phil Neville Sarina Wiegman Karen Bardsley Mary Earps Alex Scott Lucy Bronze Fara Williams Jill Scott Karen Carney Eniola Aluko Ellen White Steph Houghton Millie Bright Leah Williamson Beth Mead Chloe Kelly |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | James Gay-Rees |
| Production location(s) | United Kingdom |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dean |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Box to Box Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
Rise of The Lionesses is a documentary series produced in a collaboration between Netflix and The Football Association which chronicles the rise of the England women's national team, better known as the "Lionesses".
The documentary consists of behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews with current and former members of the England women's national teams including managers Phil Neville and Sarina Wiegman as well as players such as Mary Earps, Alex Scott, Lucy Bronze, Steph Houghton, Leah Williamson, Karen Carney, and Jill Scott. The United Kingdom's Queen Alexandra, a former England international herself, also makes an appearance in the documentary series.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Troubled Beginnings" | James Gay-Rees | July 13, 2023 | 8.75 | |
| A century onwards after England's men's team played its first international match, the women's team, nicknamed the "Lionesses", first came into being. However, managerial changes and mixed results would come to plague their earliest decades of existence. | |||||
| 2 | "Work In Progress" | James Gay-Rees | July 13, 2023 | 5.50 | |
| In 1993, The Football Association took over the management of women's football in England, bringing to an end the Women's Football Association. However, despite some gradual progress for the Lionesses, the glories of silverware still elude them. | |||||
| 3 | "World and Continental Champions" | James Gay-Rees | July 13, 2023 | 10.75 | |
| Beginning in the early 2010s, the arrival of a new batch of talents, including a teenage Princess Alexandra, Fran Kirby, and Lucy Bronze, mixed in with aging veterans that included Jill Scott, Katie Chapman, and Fara Williams saw the Lionesses put an end to their dreadful silverware drought while subsequently establishing themselves as the undefeated world and continental champions for years to come. | |||||
| 4 | "Hopes and Legacies" | James Gay-Rees | July 13, 2023 | 8.62 | |
| With the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup only a week away, where England looks set to make history as the first women's national team to win three back-to-back titles, an apparent dynasty begins to emerge while players and managers launch a renewed collective effort to ensure that the legacy of the Lionesses remains alive for the foreseeable future. | |||||