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Freddie Flintoff is back on our screens this weekend as he hosts Bullseye on Sunday night. The cricketing legend has revealed that the revival of the programme is what lured him back to television following his horrific Top Gear accident. Bullseye returned for a one-off show last Christmas but is now returning for a full series. Last year he was joined by teenage darts sensation Luke Littler , and although he was initially concerned how the reboot would be received, viewers loved it. Alongside his commitments as a popular TV presenter, Flintoff has started coaching and was head coach of Northern Superchargers cricket team during the summer. Flintoff’s 16-year-old son Rocky is also a cricketer and despite his father then being the boss of the Superchargers, Rocky was snubbed at the Hundred draft earlier this year. Last month, Flintoff revealed that he will no longer coach in the Hundred, feeling that he is worth more than what the franchise’s owners had offered him. "I genuinely don't do it for the money, although it's nice, but I'm worth more than just over a quarter of the [salary of] other head coaches," Flintoff told the Beard Before Wicket podcast. "I wasn't encouraged they wanted me anyway, but then also you want to feel valued. So I said that it's not going to work for me, and they weren't going to move on it." Three years ago, Flintoff was involved in an accident while filming Top Gear which left him with permanent facial injuries. He lived in isolation for eight months but has remarkably made his return to television. By his side throughout all of this has been wife Rachel Wools. They were married two decades ago and have four children together, Holly, Corey, Preston and Rocky, with the latter following in his father‘s footsteps in the sporting arena. However, despite their 20 years together, their relationship hasn’t been without its challenges. The TV and cricket icon admits that he put his wife "through hell" with his mental health issues and alcoholism. "Looking back, I feel for the missus. She used to get the worst of me," he penned in his 2015 memoir. "She didn't come out and celebrate when we won - that was with the lads - and I'd rock in at five in the morning, stinking and falling over. "When we lost, she'd see me drowning my sorrows in the corner. And then your career is all over. You can understand why cricketers' marriages break down. If the shoe was on the other foot, I might have just said, 'You know what, sod this.'" Speaking about returning to present Bullseye, Flintoff said to The Sun: “I’ve not done much TV recently, I’d not presented anything and did Bullseye for a few reasons. “One, I really like darts. And I used to watch Bullseye back in the ’80s. I never thought that I’d get the chance to present Bullseye. I always wanted to be a cricketer, I didn’t want to be Jim Bowen. “It was fun when we did the Christmas special last year and it seemed to be really well received. If you like darts and want to see people try and win something, have a watch.”
