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"The Beautiful Game" is a feelgood movie about a football tournament between teams of homeless people from around the world, with the upbeat message that sport can change, even save, lives.

We speak to the man who created the real-life Homeless World Cup, an annual event aimed at lifting people out of homelessness.

Guest: Mel Young, President of the Homeless World Cup 

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