So what's the truth?

Well, the truth, as always in North Korea, is difficult to determine.

This was presented to them at the time that this story had come out.

I think in a lot of places it was assumed that they would be punished.

And in a lot of cases, when there's an information vacuum, it's filled by assumptions.

So it's certainly true that Saddam Hussein punished Iraqi footballers for underachieving.

Mobutu threatened to execute the Zaire team if they let in more than three goals against Brazil.

One of my favorite parts of the documentary, I think, is watching those former players reuniting and also this idea that then they were able to travel, as you mentioned, back to England, back to Middlesbrough for this historic reunion with the fans who supported them so long ago.