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.
Episodes
Season 11
Episode 1Alex '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.58m2
Episode 2As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star – Steve Davis.59m3
Episode 3Jimmy 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.59m
Episode 1Alex '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.58m2Episode 2As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star – Steve Davis.59m3Episode 3Jimmy 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.59mCast
Steve DavisSelf - Six-Time World Champion
Ben DohertySelf - World Champion 1997
