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==Media career== Redknapp began his career in 2004 as a studio-based pundit on [[BBC]] during the [[UEFA Euro 2004|European Championships]]. Since retiring he had gone into punditry full-time and is a regular studio pundit on [[Sky Sports]] alongside former England teammate [[Gary Neville]]. He is also a regular columnist on the Sky Sports website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/opinion/0,25219,18932,00.html |title=Football Experts β Opinion & Commentary |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref> In 2005, Redknapp launched a bi-monthly magazine with his wife Louise and former teammate [[Tim Sherwood]] named ''[[Icon (lifestyle magazine)|Icon Magazine]]'', aimed at professional footballers and their families.<ref>{{cite news |last=Honigsbaum |first=Mark |title=Former star's glossy look at footballers' lives |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1652226,00.html |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=28 November 2005 |access-date=8 June 2006}}</ref> In 2010, he was made host and mentor on the [[Sky1]] show ''[[Football's Next Star]]'', and a team captain in the [[Sky1]] sports game show ''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]''.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Redknapp has received significant attention for his repeated overuse and misuse of the word "literally", in quotes such as "he literally chopped him in half in that challenge", "[[Xabi Alonso|Alonso]] and [[Mohamed Sissoko|Sissoko]] have been picked to literally sit in front of the back four", "[[Didier Drogba|Drogba]] literally destroyed [[Philippe Senderos|Senderos]] today", "in his youth, [[Michael Owen]] was literally a greyhound", "he had to cut back inside onto his left, because he literally hasn't got a right foot", "[[Martin Jol]]'s head is literally on the chopping block" and "these balls now β they literally explode off your feet".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2012/jan/29/literally-a-much-misused-word |title=Literally β the much misused word of the moment |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 January 2012 |access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/mar/12/reality-check-literally-wrong-use-word |title=Literally, the wrong use of the word |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> In 2010, he was presented with the [[Foot in Mouth Award]] from the [[Plain English Campaign]] for his poor use of English.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} On 22 April 2021, chat show ''Redknapp's Big Night Out'' premieried on [[Sky One]], presented by Jamie and [[Harry Redknapp]] with comedian [[Tom Davis (British actor)|Tom Davis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/tv/jamie-and-harry-redknapp-land-new-chat-show-redknapps-big-night-out/ar-BB1fG2MZ|title=Jamie and Harry Redknapp land new chat show Redknapp's Big Night Out|website=msn.com|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
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