The Real Football Factories
| The Real Football Factories | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Peter Day |
| Starring | Danny Dyer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Bravo, Bravo +1 |
| Release | 6 May – 15 June 2006 |
| Related | |
| The Real Football Factories International | |
The Real Football Factories is a documentary series shown on the Bravo television channel in the United Kingdom and created by Zig Zag Productions. The show looks at the in-depth life of football hooligans and hooligan firms. Interviews are conducted with past and present hooligans.
The presenter of the show, Danny Dyer, also starred in the film The Football Factory. During the series Dyer visits Yorkshire, Scotland, The Midlands, North West England and London to meet up with and interview hooligans.
On 25 May 2007 Bravo broadcast a new show, The Real Football Factories International, which looks at football firms worldwide.
In September 2007 Virgin Media released a spoof version of the show starring comedian Terry Alderton as Danny Dire.