'Welcome to Wrexham' Welcomes the PBS Crowd With Open Arms
When the second season finale of FX’s popular sports docuseries Welcome to Wrexham aired earlier this month, it came with the welcome, if unsurprising, news that fans could look forward to a third season following the Red Dragons’ adventures in the first year following their longed for and long-awaited promotion to League Two of the English Football League (EFL). The real surprise was a detail about timing: season three will arrive just a few (as yet unspecified) months from now, in Spring 2024. The two previous seasons were fall arrivals, and the timetable shift — which will likely align at least a few episodes with the EFL’s final regular season matches and all-important playoffs schedule — is another sign of FX’s confidence in the Emmy-nominated series.
What does that have to do with you, dear readers, who are more likely to visit TellyVisions in search of your next favorite costume drama and/or crime series about a very sad man solving murders set in a picturesque village? Well, that depends. If you’ve enjoyed our occasional football coverage over the years—-Netflix’s series The English Game even marries football with costume drama!—make yourself comfortable, you’re in for a treat! If you’re skeptical but notionally open to a sports-and-Britishness combo platter, our piece on streaming films about football includes a helpful explainer on league football in the U.K. (though it seems to predate the existence of the National League, where Wrexham spent 14 largely demoralizing seasons).
Viewers with a taste for stories about scrappy underdogs (such as The Imitation Game) or proud, often looked down-upon, and geographically isolated people with tons of heart and dignity (à la All Creatures Great and Small); or those who need a little Ted Lasso fix, Welcome To Wrexham could be just the ticket! With Season 3 coming to our airwaves so soon, now is a perfect time to dip a toe into Wrexham’s delightful waters, or to dive right in to be all caught up for the next episodes.
