Welcome to Wrexham documentary series renewed for fifth season
Welcome to Wrexham, the documentary charting the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has been renewed for a fifth series.
Broadcast in the U.S. on FX and on Disney+ in the UK, the show has proved a huge hit since first airing in 2022.
A fourth series is currently midway through it's run, charting the 2024-25 EFL League One season that ends in Wrexham clinching an unprecedented third consecutive promotion.
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This latest success means Phil Parkinson's side will be competing in the Championship come August, meaning the club will be just one level below the Premier League.
After confirmation that a fifth series has now been commissioned, the Welcome to Wrexham cameras will once again follow the team, the players and the supporters through the 2025-26 season.
Also confirmed on Wednesday are details of a new TV spin-off docuseries venture involving Reynolds and McElhenney.
Necaxa will focus on the Mexican club of the same name, effectively an extension of the 'Welcome to…' franchise after Wrexham's two Hollywood owners were brought on board by Eva Longoria last year to help revive the fortunes of the Liga MX outfit in a similar vein to what has happened in north Wales.
Like Welcome to Wrexham, the bilingual show promises plenty of behind-the-scenes access along with a focus on supporters and the local community, as well as an ownership team headed by Desperate Housewives star Longoria.
As for the Welsh club, news of a fifth series is another huge boost. Welcome to Wrexham has helped transform a previously provincial football club into a global brand that has now soared from the National League to the Championship.
The club receives no money from the show. But it has long been considered by the hierarchy as Wrexham's 'biggest commercial asset' due to how the spotlight afforded by the show has lured a host of big money sponsors on board.
United Airlines, SToK Cold Brew Coffee, Meta and HP are among the list of companies that have helped Wrexham's annual revenue soar in recent years to £26.7 million in the last available set of accounts for the 2023-24 financial year.
Those figures also revealed how 52 per cent of income now comes from overseas, the vast majority from North America.
(Top photo of Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds: Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images)
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