The Manchester United legend is the subject of 'Beckham', a four-part look into his life and career, focusing on his rise through the ranks with his boyhood idols and helping the club earn sustained success under Sir Alex Ferguson, including winning the Treble in 1998/99.
Younger fans can get an in-depth insight into what made the midfielder tick and how he coped with adversity and extraordinary pressures to deliver on the pitch for club and country, eventually becoming England captain and writing his name into Reds folklore.
We travelled down to the premiere in London and grabbed a word with the man himself, one of our most iconic no.