Chris Downer joins me to discuss the first round draw at the Snooker World Championship, the festival vibe around Sheffield at this time of year and of course, the story behind The Crucible Almanac.

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The incomparable Gary Moss returns to the podcast to review Judgement Day and preview some first round matches at the World Championship . We both reveal our predictions to lift The Old Lady in a few weeks.

Sports journalist Dave Tindall joins me to discuss the Snooker World Championship as a sporting event and its place in British culture. Dave shares stories about Steve Davis style wigs, childhood trips to The Crucible, a strange incident involving Hazel Irvine in Augusta and he shares some statistics based predictions on who could clinch glory in Sheffield this year. The results are not as you may think!

Snooker manager extraordinaire Taylor Wilson joins me to chat about a host of topics: the recent World Open in Yushan, a glorious victory for Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, The Sopranos, the snooker season so far, travelling with the snooker tour, Ancient Greek poetry and the legacy of the top players in the sport.

Nigel Slater from Snooker Chat joins me to celebrate Barry Hawkins' win in Llandudno, a profitable week for Jack Lisowski and the form of John Higgins. We also chat about Mark Selby's poor results and the emergence of wristwatches in snooker before looking back at some fond memories of John Virgo.

Phil Seymour joins me to talk about the German Masters, the season so far and what is still to come. We tackle some correspondence and Phil teases an exciting announcement for snooker fans!

Snooker superfan and now snooker player Kellie Barker returns to the podcast to talk about her upcoming matches before we analyse the draw for The Masters and make our predictions for the first round and we reveal our picks to lift the Paul Hunter trophy.

Snooker commentator Phil Yates joins me to analyse the first half of the 25/26 season and we celebrate Mark Selby's fantastic contribution to snooker after his triumph at the UK Championship.