half of the events have been in russia, qatar and china. russia hosted events after the annexation of crimea, after the downing of malaysia airlines mh17. and when it came to the final choices for the 2018 and 2022 world cups, there were nine countries in the mix, including england, australia and the united states, who were considered by many to be the clear favourites for this current world cup. of the 22 fifa executives who oversaw the process, 17 have since been accused, banned or indicted over allegations of corruption and wrongdoing to do with the russia and qatar bids. joining me now is miles cameron, producer of the hit netflix documentary fifa uncovered that looks closely at the organisation s checkered history and what it takes to host a world cup. you should go and see it. welcome to the programme. the opening few moments of the documentary focus on the corruption case in which more than a dozen officials at fifa were