Nerds FC (2006)

Genre

reality television

Country

Australia

Length

2 seasons, 17 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of nerds is picked to form a football team. Over three months they train hard, and the show builds toward a final match against professional players.

lightheartedunderdogupbeatinspiringteam-spiritedearnestmotivational

What happens

Nerds FC is an Australian television documentary featuring football. The first series of the show was aired as a lead-in for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on the Special Broadcasting Service network that featured coverage of the Australian national soccer team. The show follows a football team of 14 nerds who were trained over 3 months, climaxing with a match against a professional team. Nerds FC is produced by SBS independent and Grundy Television (which has now merged with Crackerjack to become FremantleMedia Australia). Nerds FC's format, FC Nerds, is based on the Danish reality TV hit FC Zulu. The first series aired on Australian TV from 14 April 2006, encored from 8 June 2006, and encored again from 21 April 2007. The DVD for the first series was released on 6 June 2007. The second series aired from 9 June 2007. The DVD for the second series was released on 16 August 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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