3 x 60 for BBC Two

For a remarkable period in the 1980s, sporting superstardom was embodied by a select group of well-dressed men in tight-fitting suits - utterly poised, chasing after multi-coloured balls on a green table. Snooker had landed on our screens and captivated an audience of millions. In this three-part series, snooker’s golden age will be brought back to life by those at the very heart of the story – Jimmy White, Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry, Ray Reardon, Barry Hearn and more - sporting heroes from working-class backgrounds who quickly became household names.

Series Producer: Laurence Turnbull

Executive Producers:  Aaron Fellows, Louis Theroux

The Guardian

Gods of Snooker: so good it’ll make you want to buy a Steve Davis T-shirt

The Telegraph

Gods of Snooker, review: a superb look at how a hurricane took snooker from the backstreets to primetime

The New Statesman

BBC Two’s Gods of Snooker is brilliantly told social history

I love this series almost beyond words. It is a masterpiece.