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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.
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.
As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star – Steve Davis.
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.
Gary Lineker
Himself
Mark Addy
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alex Higgins
Self (archive footage)
Kirk Stevens
Self (archive footage)
Steve Davis
Self - Six-Time World Champion
Gary Lineker
Self - Sports Broadcaster and Snooker Fan
Ben Doherty
Self - World Champion 1997
Cliff Thorburn
Self - World Champion 1980
John Virgo
Self - UK Champion 1979
Barry Hearn
Self - Steve Davis' Manager
Jimmy White
Self - Masters and UK Champion
Harvey Lisberg
Self - Alex Higgins' Manager 1981-82