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Gods of Snooker

  • 2021
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • 1 season
  • 7.0/10

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.

Latest: Series 1 · 2021

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    May 9, 2021 · 58m

    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.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    May 16, 2021 · 59m

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

  3. E3. Episode 3

    May 23, 2021 · 59m

    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.