Luton Town: No Place Like Home

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Ankur Desai is in Luton to look at the impact the football club's promotion is having.

Ankur Desai, who grew up in Luton, returns to his hometown to find out how the football club's promotion to the Premier League is impacting those on the ground.

Ahead of their first home game in the Premier League, Asian Network's Ankur Desai, who grew up in Luton, returns to his hometown to find out how the football club's promotion is impacting those on the ground. Ankur hears from the young British Asians who say they're revitalised by Luton's success and tries to understand if the beautiful game can bring together a town often painted as divided.

Luton Town: No Place Like Home: 1. For the Love of the Game

1. For the Love of the Game

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What does Premier League promotion mean for Luton? Ankur Desai is taking a look.

Ankur Desai returns to his hometown to check what the town’s promotion to the Premier League could mean for the community.

After relegation heartache, financial meltdown and penalty shoot-out drama, Luton Town FC have finally made it to the Premier League. Ahead of their first home game, Ankur Desai returns to his hometown to find out what the promotion means to those in the community. As some of the biggest football clubs in the country make the trip to Kenilworth Road, we take a look at whether the beautiful game can bring together a town associated with bad press. And, we hear from British Asians who say they're re-energised by Luton's recent success.

Luton Town: No Place Like Home was made by Athar Ahmad with Tania Sangha, Ankur Desai and Ben Mundy. The spoken word was by RKZ.

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