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Nick Metcalfe and Phil Haigh talk about the game we all love.
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Nick and Phil return with the podcast, reflecting on glory for Mark Allen at the English Open in Brentwood. There's plenty of chat about the tournament overall, including Zhou Yuelong going so close and complaints about the conditions. Plus we have early news from the British Open in Cheltenham.
The other main focus of this new episode is the Matchroom documentary. We don't think it was a very good advert for snooker and we tell you why. If you'd like to have your say on the documentary - or indeed any snooker issue - please do tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Nick and Phil are here once again for loads of snooker chat, focusing on the latest from the English Open in Brentwood. There's loads to talk about too, including two more maximum breaks.
There's also a look ahead to next week's British Open, we catch up with your correspondence and remember some of the memorable Home Nations finals from the past decade.
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Hello everyone. The first of our autumn run of broadcasts reflects on victory for Xiao Guodong at the Wuhan Open and Bai Yulu at the UK Women's Championship in Leeds.
There's also a look ahead to the English Open in Brentwood and a round-up of all the other latest snooker news.
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Phil and Nick return with the last episode of our summer season. We catch up with your correspondence, including views on the big money tournament in Saudi Arabia, the future of the Crucible and Ronnie O'Sullivan. We also hear more of your plans about going to tournaments this season.
Plus there's early news from the Wuhan Open, including two maximum breaks and the end of a certain curse.
We'll return soon with our autumn run of episodes, with more voices to come and our usual tournament news service.
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Phil and Nick return to reflect on victory for Neil Robertson at the big money ranking tournament in Saudi Arabia.
There's loads of chat about matters on the table, including a remarkable performance in the semi-finals from Ronnie O'Sullivan. Plus we discuss the branding of the event as the 'fourth major' and the poor crowds in Jeddah.
There's also a look ahead to the Wuhan Open, news of the new Professional Snooker Players Association, the retirement of Jan Verhaas as a referee after more than three decades in the job and the sad news that Geoff Foulds has died.
We'll bring you the final episode in our summer season next week, when we catch up with your views. You can still be part of that - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Nick and Phil are joined by one of the game's exciting young talents, Liam Pullen. He talks to us about his time as an amateur, which included many battles with Stan Moody. There's his two seasons so far on tour, and having to go back to Q School this year. Plus Liam's hopes for the future.
Keep your thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com - and we'll return with the podcast after Saudi Arabia.
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Nick and Phil return to reflect on the latest tournament victory for Kyren Wilson at the Shanghai Masters. It's a first success of this 25-26 campaign for Wilson, who won four events last season.
There's chat too about a fine run to the final for late entrant Ali Carter and all the other big stories from a very enjoyable week.
There's also a look ahead to the fourth major in Saudi Arabia, including the meeting of two veteran stars of the game in round one.
Keep your thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com - and we'll return soon with special guest Liam Pullen.
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Nick and Phil join forces with the snooker writer and broadcaster David Hendon - host of the Snooker Scene podcast - for this Snooker Podcast Summertime Special.
There is some snooker chat here, and it's mixed in with a fair bit of nonsense too. We really hope you enjoy listening.
Keep your snooker views coming to us please - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Sam Craigie joins Phil and Nick on the podcast, to talk about his career so far and hopes for the future.
Sam tells us about his early days in the game, practising with his brother Stephen, and his first season as a professional. He reflects on his disappointment over some players and pundits still talking about some of his behaviour earlier in his career, talks about reaching the Crucible for the first time and remembers his brilliant run to the semi-finals at the 2024 German Masters.
Sam also talks about his difficulties lately - when neck surgery led him to fear he may never play at the top level again - and his encouraging start to this 2025-26 season, along with hopes and ambitions for the future.
There's also a look at the latest results from the Championship League. Keep your snooker views coming in to us - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Nick and Phil return with a new episode of the podcast, and we're catching up with results and news from week one of the Championship League.
We also round up all the other latest news from the snooker world and find out which events you're planning to attend this season.
Keep your thoughts coming on any snooker matter - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Phil and Nick are joined by the broadcaster Michael McMullan. He talks to us about his long career working in the snooker media, which has included commentating, writing and even being an MC.
We also put your questions to Michael. Who does he see as the greatest player of all time? What was it like working with Mark Lawrenson on Irish radio? And what is next in the pipeline for him?
We'll be back next week and your correspondence is always most welcome - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Nick and Phil welcome the brilliant Irene Sriharan to the podcast. Irene talks to us about her work promoting the sport in Sri Lanka, with her latest 'Cues and Brews' event in Colombo this weekend featuring one of the sport's greats, Mark Selby.
There's also an early look at news and results from the Wuhan Open as the 2025-26 season gets under way. Talking points so far have included a no show from Luca Brecel. There was also some confusion over broadcasting arrangements for the matches - Phil has a response from WST to that.
Keep your feedback and correspondence coming. Michael McMullan will join us next week - last chance to get your questions over, please tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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We are delighted to welcome our first guest of the 2025 summer season, with Aaron Hill joining Phil and Nick. Aaron talks to us about his amateur career and his five years on tour, including that famous early win over Ronnie O'Sullivan.
There's also chat from Aaron about having Fergal O'Brien as coach and his hopes for the future. He really is engaging company, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording.
Plus a look ahead at Wuhan Open qualifying as the 2025-26 season gets under way. Keep your thoughts coming to us on any snooker matter. Michael McMullan joins us soon, so your questions for Michael would be most welcome too. Tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Hello everyone. Phil and Nick are back. And there's loads to catch up on, including victory for Bai Yulu and the 12 players who have won two-year tour cards from Q School events in the UK and Thailand.
There's also a look back at the World Seniors and glory for Alfie Burden, plus a look forward to a busy summer of snooker.
We hope you enjoyed the break and your views are still always welcome - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Phil and Nick are back again with the final episode of the season, reflecting on an historic moment for the sport as Zhao Xintong becomes snooker's first ever Chinese world champion.
There's also more talk about the complications surrounding Zhao's win, including complaints from several players that the new world champion - who has recently returned from a ban for his involvement in the sport's biggest ever match fixing scandal - will keep his ranking points for next season.
There's plenty of chat about the tournament overall, including television coverage. And we don't hesitate to bring you details of Sheffield glory for Phil, who took home the trophy after winning the Media World Championship.
We also catch up with your correspondence and end the episode by reviewing the 24/25 season. Highlights included four tournament wins for Kyren Wilson, UK Championship glory for Judd Trump, Masters victory for Shaun Murphy and a return to the winner's circle at last for star names Ding Junhui and John Higgins.
That's your lot for now and we'll be taking a break from the podcast for the next month. We look forward to you joining us again in June when we'll be back with our summer season of episodes. Sincere thanks for your company throughout the last 11 months - and for all the kind words you've said to us in person or via emails and tweets.
All the best to Talking Snooker listeners everywhere
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This really is no normal episode of Talking Snooker. Wonderful chaos for an hour, as we natter away about the game and this World Championship with super fan Rob Francis.
We are joined by a succession of big snooker characters, including two former world champions. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording.
We'll return later this week with our final episode of the season, reflecting on this tournament and the season as a whole. Last chance to get your views in for that episode - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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We're back. What a World Championship this is. We've nattered away about the second round and quarter-finals at the Crucible and looked ahead to the semi-finals.
We have just two more episodes left of our season now. We'll be joined by Rob Francis this weekend and will then review the tournament in full next week. Keep your correspondence coming - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Nick and Phil review the first round of the World Championship, in what has been a marvellous tournament so far. There's been exits for defending champion Kyren Wilson and four time winner Mark Selby, a return to action for Ronnie O'Sullivan and a host of dramatic finishes.
We'll return after the quarter-finals to look back at all the best of 25 frame matches at the tournament. Keep your thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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Nick and Phil are joined by one of the big hitters of the snooker press room, Shane MacDermott, to look ahead to the World Championship at the Crucible.
We look ahead to every first round match to come, which will include Ronnie O'Sullivan taking on Ali Carter. We also reflect on the dramas of world qualifying, including the two Judgement Days.
We'll be a Thursday and Friday service in the coming weeks and aim to return when the first round at the Crucible is complete. Enjoy the tournament everyone.
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Nick and Phil return with a new episode of the podcast, to reflect on a magnificent victory for John Higgins at the Tour Championship. There's talk about the week overall, including our own visits to Manchester for the tournament.
There's loads more besides in this episode, including the latest from World Championship qualifying in Sheffield, news of the referee for the world final and an update on future hosting of the tournament.
We'll return next week after the World Championship draw to look ahead to round one at the Crucible and reflect on more qualifying action, with the Judgement Day climax.
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