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Vaughan Gunson: TV's Ted Lasso gives interesting lessons on kindness

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Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, a small-time college coach from Kansas coaching a professional football team in England, despite no experience - a show Columnist Vaughan Gunson is enjoying. Photo / File

OPINION:

The TV show Ted Lasso is like a cross between Coronation Street and the 1980s American sitcom Cheers, with football (don't say soccer) thrown in.

I've been watching episodes on AppleTV+ with regular frequency,

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