A League of Their Own returns on 12 November as Romesh, Jamie, Jill and Micah celebrate the farewell series with a star-studded line-up

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The new, farewell series of award-winning Sky Original A League of Their Own will hit screens on 12 November on Sky and streaming service NOW.

Host Romesh Ranganathan returns with team captains Jamie Redknapp and Jill Scott and series regular Micah Richards. Airing weekly, the series will also include an array of brilliant guests and incredible challenges - including an epic record-breaking attempt - making the show’s 20th edition the best yet.

Guests this series include stars from sport, comedy and television, including Wayne Rooney, Chloe Kelly, Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett, Harry Maguire, Tony Bellew, Dan Burn, Patrice Evra, Dame Laura Kenny, Josh Widdicombe, Jon Richardson, Maya Jama, Chris McCausland, Tom Davis, Maisie Adam, Alex Brooker and Big Zuu.

Outrageous challenges, laugh-out-loud moments and plenty of surprises will feature, as the teams take on everything from assault courses, popstar penalties, human darts, extreme crazy golf, racing, sailing, golf and more.

Epic real-world challenges include speeding around Silverstone with Max Verstappen, racing 100kmph catamarans with Sail GP, Sir Ben Ainslie and Ellie Aldridge, an epic hole in one world record attempt and facing England cricketer Jofra Archer’s very fast bowling at The Oval.

Launched in 2010, the multi-BAFTA award-winning A League of Their Own has become one of Sky’s most successful and enduring entertainment formats. Over 15 years and 19 series, it has delivered unforgettable moments, gravity-defying challenges, and unbeatable banter — with a star-studded guest list that has included everyone from Premier League legends and Olympic champions to Hollywood A-listers and pop icons.

Produced by CPL Productions, a Seven. One Studios company, A League of Their Own is commissioned by Phil Edgar-Jones, Executive Director of Unscripted Originals at Sky, for Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios & Chief Content Officer for Sky. The Commissioning Editor is Barbara Lee. Executive Producers for CPL Productions, a Seven. One Studios company are Murray Boland, Danielle Lux and David Taylor.

A League of Their Own will air weekly on Sky and streaming service NOW from 9pm on 12 November.

For further information please contact:

Daniel.Vaughan@Premiercomms.com

Olivia.Nunney@premiercomms.com

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CPL Productions, a Seven.One Studios company, is one of the most successful independent TV, radio and podcast production companies in the UK with creativity, collaboration and talent at the heart of everything they make. An impressive roster of hit entertainment shows includes Sky Arts BAFTA-winning spoken word series Life & Rhymes (in partnership with Licklemor); Sky Max’s long-running and double BAFTA-winning series A League of Their Own, the US version Game On! for CBS, and spin-off series A League of Their Own: European Road Trips, US Road Trips and UK Road Trips; RTS award-winning Rob and Romesh Vs and Hold the Front Page all for Sky Max along with Trip Hazard for Channel4.  In factual, CPL produce many of the UK’s biggest reality series -Married At First Sight UK is E4’s runaway hit and the UK series of 90 Day Fiancé for discovery+. In addition, CPL’s recent commission of Love is Blind UK for Netflix will be launching in 2024. Multi award-winning factual formats Old People’s Home for 4-Year-Olds and The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, both for C4, sit alongside You Are What You Eat, rebooted for C5.

CPL’s joint venture with Harry Hill (NIT TV) has produced BBC3 sketch show Ellie and Natasia and Great British Obsessions, the factual entertainment series for A+E Networks UK for Sky History. CPL have also partnered with Romesh Ranganathan’s company Ranga Bee to make BBC1 comedy Avoidance and with Licklemor to produce 2 scripted shorts for Sky.

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