EndedBBC One1998-02-24

Premier Passions

Name: Premier Passions
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-02-24
Rating: 7
Cast: Gina McKee, Peter Reid

Documentary

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

BBC One

Countries

First aired

1998-02-24

Last aired

1998-03-31

Language

Rating

7.0 / 10

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Synopsis and details

Premier Passions is a five-part British documentary TV series, broadcast on BBC One between 24 February and 31 March 1998. It was narrated by actress and Sunderland fan Gina McKee, directed by Newcastle United fan John Alexander and produced by Stephen Lambert. It chronicled Sunderland A.F.C. during the 1996-97 season, in which the club was relegated from the Premiership, the year after winning promotion from Nationwide League Division One.

Seasons and episodes

Season 1

5 episodes · 1998-02-24

The programme gave unprecedented insight into the goings-on in and around a Premier League football team, with the 45-minute episodes following a chronological order, beginning in December 1996 with the club sitting comfortably mid-table and mapping the next five months until relegation on the final day of the season. A constant theme was the club's thwarted search to sign a new striker who might have scored the goals to save the team from relegation. The boardroom was also not out of bounds as the documentary records the club's decision to float on the stock market, as well as meetings and debates regarding the club's move to a new home, the Stadium of Light.