FREDDIE Flintoff has missed out on taking home a Bafta Award after his triumphant return to TV.
Thewas up for Best Factual series at this year’s ceremony, being held at London’s Royal Festival Hall today.
He was nominated for his BBC One series Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour, taking a team of unlikely lads from Lancashire to India.
The adventure was dubbed “the most unlikely cricket tour that almost didn’t happen”;;.
However, he faced stiff competition from , Channel 4’s , and To Catch a Copper, which also aired on Channel 4.
– which investigates officer misconduct within the Avon and Somerset Police, shedding light on misogyny, abuse of power and racial profiling in the process – ultimately took home the prize at the ceremony.
Field of Dreams has proven a massive hit for the BBC, with a
Freddiewill work the same magic on another gaggle of teenagers from his home city on the new show – but The Sun exclusively revealed .
ATVinsider said: “Freddie didn’t see why the young women in Preston shouldn’t get the same chances as the boys, particularly as more and more female teams are popping up across the country.
“After all, the whole point of the show is to provide equal opportunities and use the sport to help people regardless of their background. So why should gender be a barrier?”;;
The snub for the series comes after the star was widely praised for another documentary, Flintoff, which followed from a near-death car crash on the set of Top Gear.
Released on Disney+, Flintoff gave cameras access to his life, doctors’ appointments and home as he dealt with life-changing injuries to his face.
His family also share the impact it had on them, with in the wake of the accident.
In a brutally honest chat, he admits he got so low that he , and for eight months.
The release comes amid a very busy year for Flintoff, who has also .
