From Salford To Times Square: Gary Lineker On The Benefits Of Swapping the BBC For Netflix At This Summer’s World Cup
Gary Lineker discussed the advantages of moving from the BBC to Netflix for coverage of this summer's World Cup, highlighting his new show's location in Times Square and greater creative freedom. He will host a daily version of his popular podcast, The Rest is Football, produced by his company Goalhanger Films, as Netflix expands into live sports programming. Lineker emphasized maintaining the podcast's authenticity while reaching a global audience with a more relaxed approach to content, including the ability to use profanity.
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Gary Lineker Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images) Being able to swear and operating out of Times Square are just some of the benefits Gary Lineker is advancing after switching from the BBC to Netflix for this summer’s World Cup. The former BBC Match of the Day host will soon launch Netflix UK’s first ever daily show, a version of his Rest is Football podcast for the streamer that will go out every morning (UK time) of the World Cup in North America. Speaking at a Netflix event alongside UK content chief Anne Mensah today, Lineker identified some of the benefits of relocating from his BBC broadcasting home of 25 years, which he exited under a cloud after sharing an Instagram video that contained an antisemitic trope.
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