Netflix defends Beat Luke Littler line-up after backlash at pros’ inclusion

Netflix insists that Fallon Sherrock and other faces from the PDC circuit were made to queue up and audition alongside thousands of hopefuls before being selected for its new live show, Beat Luke Littler. The programme has attracted a backlash from darts fans after it was initially billed as a chance for pub players to take on Littler over one leg of 501 in a bid to win £501,000 – only for a series of well-known players to be announced in the line-up last week.  The standout name is Sherrock, 32, the only woman to win a PDC World Darts Championship match and reach the third round at Alexandra Palace. The live show is due to air this Friday evening, in what is Netflix’s first entry into darts.  City AM has been told, however, that these “amateurs”, some already well-remunerated from playing competitive darts, still had to wait around in queues for heats in London and Manchester with the part-time players and other genuine amateurs who believed they had a shot, and attend subseq