Last updated November 27, 2024 – 10:08 AM
'Sir Alex' is a new BBC Sport and BBC Scotland documentary examining the life and career of Sir Alex Ferguson, available on BBC iPlayer and accompanied by a podcast.
The in-depth two-part documentary will be available to watch on the BBC Scotland Channel on January 1 and 2, and on BBC One in early 2025.
A companion six-part podcast, Sporting Giants: Sir Alex Ferguson, will also be available on BBC Sounds from 26 December and on BBC Radio 5 Live over Christmas, with a bonus episode on 3 January. will be added.
Sir Alex includes first-hand accounts from a number of former players and adversaries, including Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Gordon Strachan and Sir Kenny Dalglish, and explores Sir Alex's total conquests. It reveals what it was like to play for the teams of Manchester United and Aberdeen who achieved it. Explore the origins of the Scots people and their legendary will to win.
Manchester United legends such as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Nicky Butt, Jaap Stam and Dennis Irwin will also appear.
A podcast series from Kelly Cates and Jonathan Northcroft takes listeners deeper into the story of Ferguson.
There will also be a special bonus episode in which Celtic and Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish talks exclusively about their lifelong rivalry and friendship with Glaswegian Ferguson.
