REVIEW: Documentary on Jamie Vardy is a rags-to-riches tale for the Netflix age

The other two UK Untold stories in this mini series feature Vinnie Jones and Liverpool's 'Miracle of Istanbul', and Vardy doesn't seem out of place alongside them given his remarkable journey.

Anyone associated with Halifax Town will already know his story; The Shaymen were a huge stepping stone for Vardy, acting as the bridge from part-time to professional, the launch pad that sent his career, and his life, stratospheric.

The documentary encompasses, and is eventually dominated by, Leicester City's incredible, against-all-odds Premier League win, which naturally has parallels with Vardy's own rags-to-riches tale for the Netflix age, from working part-time in a factory making mobility aids to reaching the pinnacle of English football.

It's a story that merits examination, not least because Vardy is still, at heart, that same lad from the wrong side of the tracks in Sheffield, asking for a beer before starting his interview and peppering his answers with swear words.

Vardy is cut from the same cloth as Paul Gascoigne, Jack Grealish and Wayne Rooney, lads from the same streets and backgrounds as the fans.

But Vardy's story is arguably the best.

Halifax was the point in his career that Vardy transitioned from playing for enjoyment to thinking seriously about how far he could go.

His agent, who began working with Vardy while he was with Town, recalls suggesting to him at their first meeting that one day he will play for England, and could hear Vardy's mum laughing in the next room.

Vardy says after Town's promotion in 2011, he quit his factory job and gave himself a year to make it in football, instructing his agent to get him a move.

After a spectacular season at Fleetwood, his agent says rather than him calling clubs about Vardy, clubs were calling him.

You get the feeling some of Vardy's most wild expolits from his time at Stocksbridge Park Steels and Halifax with his group of mates, dubbed The In-Betweeners, are omitted, but equally, Vardy's flaws and failings are covered, such as 36-hour benders, a lack of professionalism and the assault that resulted in him wearing an ankle tag.

Of course Vardy's big break was his £1m transfer to Leicester, but the myth that Vardy's rise was completely meteoric is dispelled when he discusses requesting a move back to Fleetwood after struggling to adapt to his new surroundings and failing to eschew his old habits.

But his wife Rebekah details a life and career changing, soul searching coversation the couple had while she was pregnant with their first child that was the catalyst for all that followed.

Vardy's appearances for England precipitate an explosion of media interest, and he admits his culpability in a racism row at the start of Leicester's title-winning season.

The dramas of Vardy's life on and off the pitch, and one repeatedly affects the other, are what makes his story so watchable, with football his sanctuary from what life threw at him, such as when Vardy's biological dad emerges just as his career is reaching its zenith.

The fairytale-within-a-fairytale of Leicester's 5000-1 title triumph, spearheaded by Vardy's one-in-a-million journey from playing in-front of 200 spectactors at Stocksbridge, make for a compelling narrative and is classic fodder for a Netflix documentary.

Vardy comes across as flawed, rough around the edges and imperfect, but also as someone who was focused and single-minded enough to squeeze every last drop out of the talent he had.

It's some story. Now for the Hollywood film.

Untold UK: Jamie Vardy is available now on Netflix.