THE reception may have been mixed on this side of the Atlantic but Liverpool were delighted with the global success of Being: Liverpool.

The Fox Soccer TV documentary series, which finished on Channel Five last week, has now been shown in more than 30 countries – available to an audience of about 300 million homes worldwide.

Fans close to home complained of dumbing down but Anfield officials insist it was designed primarily to inform and educate American viewers.

The object of the project was to boost Liverpool’s profile Stateside – building on last summer’s pre-season tour of North America – and viewing figures suggest that mission was accomplished.

Just over 4.8million people in the States watched at least part of the series with the first episode attracting 2,779,000 viewers. It proved most popular in New Orleans, Indianapolis and Las Vegas.

The series was a one-off and there are no plans to sign up for a sequel.