The Beautiful Game
A selection of programmes celebrating football
Football's Loyal Fans
Ian Stone asks what makes a football fan travel the country to watch their team play
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Episode 1—Among the Managers
Robert Peston lifts the lid on the multi-million pound football management industry.
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The Dawn of Professional Football—Sport and the British
Clare Balding tells the story of how football went from an amateur pastime to big business
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Football and Food—The Food Programme
John Inverdale on the way football is changing the relationship between food and sport.
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Beating Us at Our Own Game—Sport and the British
Clare Balding takes a look at Britain's most successful export ever - football.
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Football's Home Fans
Comic and broadcaster Ian Stone on the revolution in the way we run children's football.
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4. Magic and Dreams Are Dead—The History of Brazil Is Round
Can football can revive Brazil following dictatorship and corruption.
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New Brighton Tower Football Club—The Long View
Jonathan Freedland tells the story of the short-lived Victorian club New Brighton Tower.
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FIFA: Football, Power and Politics
David Goldblatt tells the turbulent story of FIFA, international football's governing body
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Episode 2—Among the Managers
From the boardroom to the dugout: Robert Peston on the business of football management.
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Exporting Football—Sport and the British
Clare Balding charts how Britain spread the passion for football around the world.
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Anyone But England—Sport and the British
Clare Balding explores the role football has played in shaping Scottish national identity.
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The World Cup for Writers
Joe Dunthorne's England Writers Football Team plays against the Scotland Writers Team.
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2. Serious Play—The History of Brazil Is Round
David Goldblatt tells Brazil's history through its passion for football in the 1950s.
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3. Playing the Hardline—The History of Brazil Is Round
David Goldblatt explores how football defines Brazill - dictatorship and democracy.
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1. Futebol Nation—The History of Brazil Is Round
David Goldblatt unravels the story of Brazil through its abiding passion for football.
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5. Chronicle of a Mess Foretold—The History of Brazil Is Round
David Goldblatt tells Brazil's history through football.
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