Crystal Palace docuseries – When Eagles Dare – to air on Amazon Prime Video on June 4
The brand new Crystal Palace Football Club docuseries When Eagles Dare will launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide on June 4.
It charts the South London club’s resurgence from financial ruin and administration in 2010, to playing in the 2013 Championship play-offs for promotion to the Premier League.
The docuseries tells the tale of how Crystal Palace’s fans saved their club, as lifelong supporter Steve Parish formed a consortium to prevent it from going out of business. Time was running out and liquidation loomed, but a mass protest of thousands of fellow fans outside Lloyds Bank helped the consortium finalise a deal to buy their beloved club.
Each 50-minute episode features never-before-seen footage from the 2012-13 season, when the club allowed unprecedented access to a film crew, whilst present day retrospective interviews with all the main figures help tell the tale of one of football’s greatest underdog stories.
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish said: “This is one of the most remarkable stories in Crystal Palace’s long history and shows that if a club has the support of its fans and community, and the right blend of talent and determination, anything is possible.”
“The documentary provides unique insight into one of the most special groups of players and people I have worked with. I know that Palace fans have been desperate to see some of the footage captured in 2012-13 and will find the series fascinating. For fans of other clubs who dream of their team reaching the pinnacle of the English game, this is a story that shows that it really is possible.”
From administration in 2010 to the brink of the Premier League…
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The docuseries was created by Palace TV – the club’s in-house production team. It was directed and edited by Sean Webb, produced by Chris Grierson, alongside executive producer James Woodroof.
When Eagles Dare joins Prime Video’s collection of exclusive sports documentaries and docuseries including All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur, All or Nothing: Manchester City, Andy Murray: Resurfacing, The Test, Take Us Home: Leeds United, Steelers, Everybody’s Game and more. Prime Video will also offer Prime members in the UK live coverage of over 20 Premier League football matches in 2021, plus continued exclusive coverage of ATP & WTA Tour tennis and US Open tennis matches for no additional cost to their Prime membership.