WATCH THIS FILM! There are always a million films about Afghanistan but none of them are as funny, moving or revealing as this one. Out of the Ashes charts the stellar rise of the Afghan cricket team from the refugee camps of Pakistan to the world cup, via Jersey, Tanzania and South America.

The feature length documentary premièred at the Edinburgh Film Festival, it’s due to be broadcast soon on BBC Storyville. It’s already had rave reviews.

You don’t even have to know anything about cricket to enjoy it.