
Bend It Like Beckham: 20 Years On
Twenty years on, Miriam Walker-Khan looks at the impact Bend It Like Beckham had on audiences, its legacy in the world of sport and how its humour and characters still make it relatable today.
Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham is the highest-grossing sports film to focus on football, telling the story of a British-Indian teenager who falls in love with the game, while exploring themes of immigration, race, religion and sexuality.
Twenty years on from its release, BBC Sport's Miriam Walker-Khan looks at the impact the film had on audiences, its legacy in the world of sport and how its humour and characters still make it relatable today.
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- Fri 15 Apr 202214:30
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- Mon 18 Apr 202209:30
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- Thu 21 Apr 202201:30BBC News UK HD & UK only
- Sun 22 May 202220:00
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- Sun 6 Nov 202220:30
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- Thu 10 Nov 202201:05
- Christmas Eve 202213:30
- Christmas Day 202203:30
- Boxing Day 202216:30
- Tue 27 Dec 202205:30
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