ITV premieres The Vardys doc on Jamie Vardy Italy move

A new documentary series will offer viewers an intimate look at the challenges faced by footballer Jamie Vardy and his wife Rebekah as they relocated their family to Italy last year. The three-part series, titled The Vardys, premieres on ITV1 and ITVX on Tuesday, June 2, chronicling the period following Jamie Vardy's departure from Leicester City after a 13-year tenure with the club.

The move was prompted by the striker's transfer to Italian Serie A side US Cremonese. The documentary captures the logistical and emotional upheaval of uprooting their family of six from their long-time home in Leicester to a new life near Lake Garda. Rebekah Vardy described the process as an immense challenge, stating that nobody had prepared her for the magnitude of moving abroad.

She explained that the biggest difficulty was balancing the excitement of a new adventure with the emotional reality of leaving behind a life built over more than a decade. Leicester was home in every sense, she said, with their friends, routines, schools, and memories rooted there. Uprooting the family was not just about packing boxes but starting again emotionally. Despite the difficulties, she reflected that home is...