The Harry & Meghan show was followed by two forgettable documentaries, one about the Invictus Games and one about some nebulous concept of leadership. At some point in the future there will be a Meghan cookery show that Netflix seems reluctant to actually show. But before that comes Polo, a show about polo made by Prince Harry, who likes polo.
Having watched the first season, I'm fairly certain that the plan here was to slot Polo into Netflix's surprisingly excellent slate of sport documentaries. The goal was to do for polo what Last Chance U did for American football, or what Disney+'s Welcome to Wrexham did for lower league football. You can already see the problem with this approach, can't you?
Those shows were underdog stories. Last Chance U revolved around talented young men with no safety net. Owing to problems either societal or behavioural, they had blown every shot they were given, and football represented their last hope of fulfilling their dreams. Same with the Wrexham show, which is about a neglected community finding a sense of purpose through sport.
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