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Crouch has presented a highly successful podcast since the retirement last July

When Peter Crouch , making his debut as a TV football expert of the year 2014, he has a bit of a shock.

"I went to India to do for a week, The World Cup as an expert. I thought to myself, I cut my cloth", "We were in Mumbai, and on my first appearance I was with Silvestre Mikaël. and a Bollywood star.

"We had said a small sample, and [the producers], 'Well, The Game is about to start, we will be Live in 10 Minutes . Here, the touch screen is, so if you use the touch screen to the mid-term. ' and I was like, 'please?'"

Crouch was completely unknown, How To operate The Device - the experts in freeze-frame moments from The Game -and draw-on-screen-select player graphics, and analyze strategies.

"I was deleted, in this situation, think," How I got myself into this position, where I am Live for two billion people with a Bollywood star and Silvestre Mikaël., with a touch screen, I've never used before? !"

Unnecessarily when The Show went Live , "there was a lot of buttons I don't use. I went with a pair of flexible arrows, and move Players for Players ".

L-R: Crouch, Gaurav Kapoor, Mikael Silvestre and John Abraham coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup

fortunately, Crouchy, the feeling is better prepared for his new TV Series - Peter Crouch : Save Our Summer - which begins on Bbc One on Saturday .

He got some help in the Form of co-presenters Maya Jama and comedian Alex Horne . Unusually for a TV show at The Moment , all of the presenters in the same Studio to be distant, if also social.

The Show was originally a post-match Series for the Euro 2020, but, of course, football games have been abandoned among the many events, because of the Corona Virus pandemic.

"The Euro is deleted, Glastonbury cancelled, are cancelled the Olympic games, Wimbledon cancelled. It is not a great Summer it has?", Crouch says.

"we thought we needed to bring a smile to the faces of The People , so that, instead of making it to the Euro, we have tried all of these things. "

The Format has now turned into a wider Saturday Night show fusing sports, music and entertainment.

"Some of The People that were suppose to be declared in the Olympic games, the logged-friendly way, and we have to be running a tournament," Crouch. "We have to play The People from Live gigs and some amazing guests.

"I think it is, what to distract The People from what is about to happen. It is going to be Fun . "

Broadcaster Maya Jama and comedian Alex Horne support crouch on the Bbc One show

In his career, Crouch has played a total of 468 Premier League games for Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Southampton, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Stoke City and Burnley.

Before you last July, the striker has scored 108 goals in The Top group, of which 53 were assessed with the Head - a Premier League record.

But, like many retired footballers in front of him that he is now the transition into a successful broadcast career.

While Dion Dublin was homes Under The Hammer , and the match of The Day host Gary Lineker has Strong to one of The Bbc -the biggest stars, Crouch has a very successful podcast with co-host Tom Fordyce and Chris.

Peter Crouch Podcast of 5 Live is already in the fourth row, and The Most downloaded BBC podcast was in The First quarter of this year. In the year 2019, The Show racked up 12 million downloads, despite the release of 15 new episodes.

'I love Loose Women '

you may have seen several "two-metre Peter" - cardboard cut-outs of footballers came in extremely useful when the application of social distancing rules during rehearsals.

Asked what he's attracted to The Show , Horne jokes that it was "especially Crouchy of beauty", but adds that the new format could be an improvement on the original idea.

"I don't think that the football in it is make it a lot better, because we don't have to now talk about about the home Nations of disappointing performances," he laughs.

"Yes, we have ruined enough of Summer , to be honest," Crouch known.

Peter Crouch (picture 2010) holds the Premier League record for The Most headed goals

Horne continued: "It's great to have a Live band in the Studio . There are not enough shows with actual bands playing Live - it's basically Strictly and that is it. So a really good atmosphere, it is there.

"And, of course, we have no spectators, but we don't really need, because there are nine of us, before The Guests arrive. So it feels great in it, really Fun and summery. "

For Jama, which is recently, there is A Chance to go back to their roots.

"I actually started as a football presenter. so I thought, let's make the sporting pleasure [on the card]," she says.

"But of course my First Love is music and entertainment, so when I found out that it is a change and we wanted to be able to all-in-one, and on Saturday Night , I was like, 'of Course. Of course'. "

Halfway through The Press Start for Save our Summer , Crouch needs a short break to restore order in The House .

"you see?", he asks. "The Dog run because of the mud all over the carpet, all the children have, in, to [wife Abbey Clancy '] is the spiritual. And I'm in the posh Living Room . Sorry, carry on. "

Maya Jama to be presented to the last Radio 1 show last month

Back on Track - Crouch explained that some elements of the Series were filmed pre-lockdown.

" part of The Show , do me the ultimate retirement," he says. "I have a couple of ex-team-mates, who are retired, as well as to things we could not do, as we played, and The First one I was with JJ [Jermaine Jenas ] jumping out of a plane.

"I was confident all the way, and as soon as we jump ahead a bit, that's when I began to lose it. If I jumped, I've never been so cold. My feet were like blocks of ice, and somehow took the joy of the whole process. "

He adds: "In some ways, I hope that this show will never order again, because I was near death on a couple of occasions. It is not funny, it was excruciating at times, and jump out of a plane was one of them. "

One of The Most important benefits of Getting In front of the camera, he adds, was to keep busy in a Time when many retired Players are feeling at a Loose End .

"I was so scared about retiring from football. To observe, you hear stories about people fighting and sit there, not much to do, Loose Women ," he says.

"And, listen, I love Loose Women , but I didn't want to sit there and have not much to do. So I took a few things, and the things I've taken are only doing things that I enjoy. "

in the case of his new TV show, hopefully not involve too many touch screens.

Peter Crouch : Save Our Summer starts on Bbc One at 21:15 CEST on Saturday .

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Source of news: bbc.com