Following the success of the previous two series of A League of Their Own: US Roadtrip, which itself is a spin-off from popular sports-based panel show A League of Their Own.

Redknapp and Flintoff will be joined by new team mates on each leg of the journey, including actor Tom Davis (Murder in Successville), boxing champion Anthony Joshua, former Spice Girl Geri Horner, comedians Alan Carr and Josh Widdecombe, as well as tennis players Jamie Murray and Novak Djokovic. There will also be appearances from other sporting greats, football players and darts champions.

Together the captains and their teams will visit some of the most well-known sporting events in Europe and compete in a range of competitions. These will include stepping up to the oche at the PDC Unibet Premier League darts tournament in Rotterdam, trying their luck at Monaco casinos and flower arranging in Holland, the stakes are high as they fight it out for the illustrious title of “king of the road”.

The four special episodes are set to air in early 2019 on Sky One and Now TV.