Team sponsored by Premex to appear on BBC2
02 April 2008The Horwich St Mary’s under 11 football team, whose kit is sponsored by Premex Services, appeared today on a new series to be broadcast on BBC2. The team are to appear in the programme as the semi finalists in a local tournament.
Following a successful non-broadcast pilot, BBC Two commissioned a full series of The Cup, a new comedy from Hartswood Films about the selfish and obsessive behaviour of the parents of an under-11 football team.
The Cup, which shows parents trying to live their dreams through their kids, is based on a 2005 Canadian series called The Tournament, which was set in the world of junior ice hockey. The show is being adapted for a UK audience by Jack Docherty and Moray Hunter. The Cup will be produced by Sue Vertue (Coupling, Men Behaving Badly) and directed by Matt Lipsey (Little Britain).
