Gods of Snooker: how the sport went from dingy hobby to national treasure
The BBC’s new documentary series charts how the game became a riveting TV soap opera full of colourful characters
April 2021
YouTube archive
Crucible classics, Matthew Hayden catches and a vaccinated vaulter
This week’s roundup also features plenty of football nostalgia, Shannon Courtenay and the art of trailer racing
April 2019
Jimmy White: ‘I'd have died if I’d beaten Higgins and won the world title in 1982’
Jimmy White, 25 years on from the last of his six snooker world final defeats, tells Donald McRae about some interesting nights out with Alex Higgins
December 2018
Guardian Sport Network
When Alex Higgins gave snooker its greatest comeback story 35 years ago
Higgins fought back from an overdose, a stint in rehab and an awful start against Steve Davis to win the UK Championship
January 2016
Guardian Sport Network
How Alex Higgins rode the Hurricane to produce one of snooker's greatest breaks
Trailer watch
Baize of glory: BBC revives snooker's 1980s heyday with The Rack Pack
April 2014
Guardian Sport Network
How Steve Davis won his second World Snooker Championship in 1983
That 1980s Sports Blog: Nearly 10m viewers tuned in to watch Davis beat finalist Cliff Thorburn, who had entertained the public with his 147 break
November 2011
Who Was Hurricane Higgins? by Tony Francis – review
An unflinching biography, by a sympathetic writer, captures a snooker genius destined for destruction, says Oliver Owen
December 2010
Sporting deaths in 2010: 'The greatest coach this country ever had'
Greats are remembered by those who were alongside them when they performed at their peak
November 2010
The joy of six
The Joy of Six: Interview meltdowns
Scott Murray: From Alex Higgins begging Cecil Parkinson and Maggie Thatcher to investigate snooker to Hal McRae going ballistic, here are six classic meltdowns
