LOS ANGELES, Feb 28 - Victoria Beckham, wife of English
soccer star David Beckham, has signed a deal to star in her own
U.S. TV reality show that will chronicle her move to a new life in
Los Angeles, NBC television said on Wednesday.
Beckham, 32, known as Posh Spice from her days in the 1990s pop
group The Spice Girls, will star in six episodes of a half-hour
show about her transition from Europe to California, where her
husband starts playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy team in
August.
"The series will give viewers a glimpse into what makes Victoria so
popular and admired as one of the most glamorous women in the
world," said Kevin Reilly, the president of NBC
entertainment.
"She makes news wherever she goes and our audience can now become
insiders in this fascinating personal view of what being 'Posh'
truly represents," Reilly said in a statement.
The show, to air in the summer, has no title as yet and NBC
declined to say how much the deal was worth. It will be produced by
19 Entertainment's Simon Fuller, the former manager of the Spice
Girls and the man behind one of television's biggest hits,
"American Idol."
"For the past few years I've been inundated with requests to make a
show based on Victoria's real life. After much thought, we have
finally decided to do it. NBC will be our partners," Fuller
said.
NBC is owned by General Electric Co.
The couple will move to the United States in August when David
Beckham, the former England captain who now plays for Spanish club
Real Madrid, begins a five-year contract with the Los Angeles
Galaxy soccer team in a deal worth $250 million.
The Beckhams, who have three children, are among Britain's most
talked-about celebrity couples but are less well-known in the
United States.
