SBS Dateline | Les Murray s Mission

SBS’s Mr Football, Les Murray, is one of Australia’s most familiar faces, but life could have turned out very differently for the Hungarian-born presenter.

55 years ago, Les and his family were forced to escape from communism, and in this story, Mark Davis travels to Hungary with him to retrace their steps.

Les wants to find the people smuggler who helped them. While many see people smugglers as taking advantage of the most vulnerable, Les says enormous risks were taken for his family and he’s determined to track the man down and say thank you.

He has only a few clues, including the first name of one of the people involved and the name of the village where he lived.

Along the way, there’s an emotional journey and unexpected reunions, but does Les eventually find the man he’s after?

WATCH - Find out by watching Mark's report.

BLOG - Les explains how this journey to Hungary with Mark came about.

RADIO INTERVIEW - Mark talks to SBS Radio's World News Australia about how they tracked down the people from Les's past.

THE WORLD GAME - There's more from Les, on his usual subject of football, on SBS's The World Game website.

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Photo (Budapest): AAP