TV series

Gods of Snooker

Name: Gods of Snooker
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-05-09
Rating: 7
Cast: Mark Addy, Alex Higgins, Gary Lineker, Kirk Stevens, Steve Davis

20211 season7.0 / 10

The golden age of the green baize. From smoky halls to superstardom – the unlikely figures who turned 1980s snooker into a money-spinning sporting soap opera.

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Synopsis

The golden age of the green baize. From smoky halls to superstardom – the unlikely figures who turned 1980s snooker into a money-spinning sporting soap opera.

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Episode 1

May 9, 202158m

Alex 'The Hurricane' Higgins upsets the snooker establishment but helps transform a game played in the backrooms of working men’s clubs into box office gold.

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Directed by Martin Fuller

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Episode 2

May 16, 202159m

As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star – Steve Davis.

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Directed by Edward McGown

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Episode 3

May 23, 202159mfinale

Jimmy White’s off-the-table excess threatens to overshadow his raw talent as a young Stephen Hendry emerges as a new threat to his World Championship dreams.

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Directed by Becky Lomax

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More about Gods of Snooker

Cast

Mark AddySelf - Narrator (voice)

Alex HigginsSelf (archive footage)

Gary LinekerHimself

Kirk StevensSelf (archive footage)

Steve DavisSelf - Six-Time World Champion

Ben DohertySelf - World Champion 1997

Cliff ThorburnSelf - World Champion 1980

John VirgoSelf - UK Champion 1979

Production details

Status: Ended
Series type: Documentary
Episodes: 3
Original language: English

Networks & production

BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
Mindhouse ProductionsUnited Kingdom

Themes

snookersports documentary