99 exclusive on Prime Video
May 26, 2023
Prime Video will premiere 99, the definitive documentary series of Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season, within which the iconic team won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days in 1999. The UK Original documentary will launch in over 240 countries and territories worldwide exclusively on Prime Video in 2024. 99 is the latest addition to the Prime membership.
This series is both a love letter to one of the greatest achievements in world football and the story of a group of players who were recruited, coached and moulded by Sir Alex Ferguson to create history. Featuring exclusive interviews from the key characters in the story – including David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Peter Schmeichel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – viewers will recall every perspective and vital moment in vivid detail. Constructed using never-before-seen archive footage as well as behind-the-scenes candid video from the club and fans, 99 takes audiences back to a remarkable moment in sport, going behind the curtain of this era-defining triumph.
99 is co-produced by documentary teams at Ventureland, Studio 99 – the production company founded by David Beckham – and Buzz16 founded by Gary Neville. Ventureland’s John Battsek and Miles Coleman will produce the series, Executive Producers are Nicola Howson and David Gardner for Studio 99, Scott Melvin for Buzz 16 and Kerstin Emhoff for Ventureland. Sampson Collins, the director of Gazza, is directing the series.
The series joins Prime Video’s collection of exclusive sports documentaries and docuseries including: All or Nothing: Arsenal, Rooney; Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes; Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In; Take Us Home: Leeds United, When Eagles Dare; and more. This is alongside a wide selection of live sport on Prime Video globally, including Premier League football in the UK, ATP and WTA Tour tennis in the UK and Ireland, UEFA Champions League football in Germany and Italy, as well as the UK from 2024, Ligue 1 football and Roland-Garros tennis in France, New Zealand Cricket in India, NFL Thursday Night Football in the United States and more.