Five-Part Docuseries Follows Journalist Guillem Balagué’s Path Through Europe for the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League Season

Film Expands Paramount+’s “Stories from the Beautiful Game” Soccer Documentary Collection

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May 16, 2023 – Paramount+ announced today the five-part original soccer documentary series DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS will premiere exclusively in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 6, giving fans an opportunity to catch up on all the UEFA Champions League season’s pulsating action before the final on Saturday, June 10.

In DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS, award-winning soccer journalist and CBS Sports analyst Guillem Balagué, through his months-long travels crisscrossing Europe, offers an exclusive and intimate look at the world’s most prestigious annual soccer tournament, the UEFA Champions League.

The first four episodes of DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS will premiere on Tuesday, June 6, with the final fifth episode premiering in the weeks following the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday, June 10, airing on the CBS Television Network and streaming live on Paramount+.

Beginning with September’s season-opening kickoff, Balagué travels tens of thousands of miles, from Scotland to Israel to Finland to Georgia as well as all the powerhouse cathedrals of the game. Whether pitch side, in family homes or meeting local heroes in the places that define their towns and fandom, Balagué takes viewers on a unique journey with all of Europe buzzing on UEFA Champions League match nights.

DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS is a travelogue covering a passion play unlike any other. It provides viewers with unique access and insight to the scenes, the people and the players that provide the genius, drama and thrills that make the UEFA Champions League a must-see destination for every football fan in the world.

DESTINATION: EUROPEAN NIGHTS is a Paramount+ Original and the latest installment from STORIES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, Paramount+’s expanding soccer documentary collection that also includes THE ONLY and Paramount+ Exclusives such as SIR ALEX FERGUSON: NEVER GIVE IN and BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES: THE JUVENTUS STORY.

Paramount+ will also release an additional STORIES FROM THE BEAUTIFUL GAME original documentary later in 2023.

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