Ugliness at the heart of the beautiful game

Although holders England were gutted to be unceremoniously knocked out of the 1970 World Cup at the quarter-final stage, the tournament itself featured some of the most incredible football ever played, not least by a Pelé-inspired Brazil, who beat Italy to lift the trophy. Eight years later another South American nation, Argentina, won the title for the first time on home soil. This programme, part of the Football’s Greatest Moments series, offers highlights from both finals as well as an insight into how military dictators from both countries seized on national fervour for their own ends. BBC iPlayer, from Monday