Jamie Vardy to star in shows as ITV and Netflix delve into ‘Wagatha Christie’, Leicester and life in Italy
Jamie Vardy’s career and family life will be the focus of two separate documentaries this summer
Sheffield footballer Jamie Vardy’s remarkable journey both on and off the pitch is set to be front and centre of not just one, but two documentaries this summer.
It’s easy to see the intrigue behind Vardy’s footballing career and his remarkable rise to fame. At 16-years-old, like many aspiring footballers, he was told he wasn’t good enough to go professional after being released by Sheffield Wednesday.
He studied sports science in Rotherham, got himself a job in a factory and played for fun again for the town’s Wickersley Youth. At the age of 23, he was leading the line for Stocksbridge Park Steels, earning £30 a week.
Yet remarkably since then he’s gone on to score more than 140 top-flight goals, win the Premier League and the FA Cup, play in the Champions League, represent England 26 times - and become Leicester City’s all-time leading goalscorer.
The Vardy story really is the stuff of fairytales, and at 39-years-of-age, the journeys not finished yet with the striker still going strong in Italy with relegation-threatened Cremonese in Serie A.
Vardy had played the entirety of his career in England up until his move to northern Italy last summer, and his and wife Rebekah’s adaptation to life in a new environment will be the focus of a fly-on-the-wall ITV documentary titled 'The Vardys' which is set to be released later this year.
A press release from ITV explains: “It will cover the fallout of Jamie's final match for the club and focuses heavily on Rebekah's journey as she moves her family abroad.
“She deals with the emotional and physical upheaval of her new life, and reflects on her recent challenges in the UK, as she puts the “Wagatha” drama behind her.”
It’s set to feature frantic house-hunting, tearful school searches - along with Vardy’s mission to prove even at 39-years-of-age that he still has what it takes to perform at the highest level after suffering two relegations in his final three years at Leicester.
Vardy has long been considered a great for the Foxes having become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer. And while it may not have ended the way he would have wanted with relegation, it’s fair to say that Vardy helped the Foxes achieve things that most fans wouldn’t have envisioned in their wildest dreams before his arrival, particularly when some ridiculed the club’s decision to splash out £1m on the unproven non-league footballer.
For those interested in the early stages of Vardy’s career and his rise from Sheffield Wednesday heartbreak to becoming a Premier League winner, there’s also going to be a Netflix documentary titled Untold UK: Jamie Vardy.
It features unseen archive footage, raw locker-room stories, and interviews with Vardy, his wife Rebekah, and his teammates. That’s coming to Netflix on May 12, 2026.