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.
Gods of Snooker (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2021-05-09
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: 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.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2021-05-16
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star – Steve Davis.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2021-05-23
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: 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.
