Michael Flatley’s life story to be told in six-part drama series

Irish dancer who found fame with Riverdance to be focus of ‘no holds barred’ TV biopic

The premise may sound familiar: an ageing, little-known athlete from the wrong side of the tracks gets a belated shot at the big time and triumphs, finding fame and redemption, but the price is a broken, battered body.

It’s not Rocky Balboa, it’s Michael Flatley in a “no holds barred” biopic series about his rise, fall and Pphoenix-like resurrection in the world of Irish dancing.