Key takeaways
- A Beautiful Obsession is a four-part docuseries charting Pep Guardiola's final two seasons at Manchester City.
- Directed by Academy and BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, the series offers unprecedented dressing room and boardroom access.
- All four episodes launch exclusively on Prime Video on 19 August, available to Prime members at no additional cost.
Prime Video has released the official trailer and key art for A Beautiful Obsession, an all-access docuseries capturing the final chapter of Pep Guardiola's decade at Manchester City.
The four-part documentary takes viewers inside the club as the players and manager who delivered an era of dominance make way for a new generation, offering unfiltered access to Guardiola, his squad, and the City boardroom.
This is the ultimate account of an emotional farewell that marks the end of an era in English football. Here’s everything you need to know.
What is ‘A Beautiful Obsession’ about?
After ten trophy-filled years including six Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, three FA Cups and five EFL Cups, Pep Guardiola is calling time on his tenure in Manchester. He is not alone. Across both seasons, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and John Stones each bid farewell to the team they helped build.
The series follows City through a disappointing 2024/25 campaign to a domestic double, charting the raw emotion of a squad in transition.
How the story unfolds
The documentary opens as City's record-breaking run of 26 games unbeaten comes to a shuddering halt, with a string of defeats in late 2024 leaving Guardiola visibly shaken.
Focus then shifts to the boardroom as the club initiates a major rebuild, including Kevin De Bruyne's emotional departure, the arrival of new talent, and a new-look squad gradually rediscovering its identity.
The series culminates with the climax of the 2025/26 season: a pivotal clash with Arsenal, the FA Cup Final, and Pep's emotional farewell.
What does the trailer reveal?
The trailer offers a first look at the raw, unfiltered access granted to filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. From never-before-seen dressing room moments to boardroom decisions, it shows what was actually happening inside the club during one of its most turbulent periods.
Who is behind the series?
The series is directed by Kevin Macdonald alongside City Studios’ John De Caux and produced by Kevin Macdonald for Plan B and Workerbee (part of Banijay UK), and Gavin Johnson and Ged Doherty for City Studios.
How to watch on Prime Video?
All four episodes of A Beautiful Obsession launch exclusively on Prime Video on 19 August at no additional cost to Prime members. The series joins Prime Video's wide selection of sports programming, which includes documentaries such as Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait, Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues, Kenny Dalglish and the Amazon Original All or Nothing franchise, including the first iteration in 2019 — All or Nothing: Manchester CityAll or Nothing: Arsenal and All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur.
Prime Video also offers a wide selection of live sport for Prime members globally, including UEFA Champions League football in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy, NBA globally, Thursday Night Football in the US, the Masters Tournament in the US, Roland-Garros in France and ICC Cricket in Australia.
