Paul Merson: Football, Gambling & Me

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Over the past 35 years, former Arsenal and England footballer Paul Merson has gambled away a fortune. In this programme, he sets out to understand why his life has been so blighted by gambling and explores the relationship between football and gambling at a time when it has never been more urgent to question the industry's place in the world of sport. Now on the path to recovery he wants to understand what caused his addiction. Could it be the way his brain is wired, his environment or both.