The BBC has picked up the rights to a three-part series about Australian world champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.
Distributed by BBC Studios, Goolagong, premiering next month, was commissioned by ABC Australia from Werner Film Productions. Penned by Steven McGregor and Megan Simpson Huberman, it follows Goolagong’s journey from small town New South Wales to winning 14 Grand Slam titles, challenging racial barriers in the process.
Nick Lee, head of program acquisition at the pubcaster, said, “The classic recipe for a sports drama is passion and talent to triumph over adversity. Goolagong does all this with heart. Fans of tennis will, of course, indulge in Evonne’s story and the matchplay, but whether familiar with her career or not, everyone will relate to the pure human spirit that’s been so authentically dramatized in this show.”
