

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.
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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
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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.