New York, Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michael Vick, who is a professional American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League, will soon to starring in a reality TV show to give the public an inside look at his life during an eight-part television series scheduled to debut on BET next year.

DuBose Entertainment, which is co-producing the series, and BET officially announced the show Friday. It is tentatively titled “The Michael Vick Project,” the cable show will follow the lives and times of the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick as he tries to redeem himself and build his life once again after going to prison for 18 months for his role in operating a dog fighting ring.

“I think it’s important to show our youth and our kids that you face adversity but you’re not responsible for falling, you’re responsible for getting up,” Vick said earlier this week. “I’m very remorseful about what happened and what I did. I just don’t want other people to go down that path. I’m trying to make it right and repair past damages. That’s all I want to show.”

According to the producer of the show is said to be part reality TV, part documentary, chronicling Vick’s rise from a difficult childhood to becoming a star at Virginia Tech.

“Michael Vick’s story is about second chances, and we are excited to have the opportunity to tell his complete story,” BET President Loretha Jones said in a statement.

“We started filming that a long time ago, not with BET but just on my own. My own film crew,” Vick said. “We haven’t been shooting lately, but it’s something we’ve been doing since I was in prison and through the bankruptcy.

“It was all out then and I was doing it. I think as the season goes on, I won’t have time for it. Maybe some time in 2010 we can pick up where we left off.”