The Crucible: 40 Golden Snooker Years
Steve Davis visits the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield to celebrate 40 years of snooker world championships. With contributions from Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White.
Steve Davis goes back to the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield to celebrate 40 years of the snooker world championships.
If the walls of this famous regional theatre could talk, they would tell tales of tears, triumphs, occasional debauchery, laughter and top-class sport.
With contributions from snooker legends Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry, Jimmy White and super-fans Stephen Fry and Richard Osman.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00The Douglas Wood Group
Snooker
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00:01The Douglas Wood Group
Drag Racer
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00:02Laura Mvula
Kiss My Feet (Glastonbury 2016)
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00:02The Cinematic Orchestra
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00:03Laura Mvula
Kiss My Feet
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00:03The Cinematic Orchestra
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00:05Winifred Atwell
Black & White Rag ('Snooker' Theme Tune)
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00:08T. Rex
Cadilac
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00:20Dire Straits
Money For Nothing
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00:21Dusty Springfield
Spooky
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00:21Dire Straits
Money For Nothing
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00:22Dusty Springfield
Spooky
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00:24T. Rex
Baby Boomerang
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00:28Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
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00:28Cream
Strange BrewÂ
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00:29Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
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00:43Skanga
Truly, Madly, Deeply
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00:44Ocean Colour Scene
Hundred Mile High City
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00:49Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite For Jazz Orchestra No 1 Op 38
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00:53London Grammar
Big Picture
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00:54Adamski
Killer
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00:54Picture This
You & I
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00:55Picture This
You & I
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00:56Adamski, Seal
Killer
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Steve Davis |
| Producer | Jo McCusker |
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 Apr 2017 21:00
- Sun 3 May 2020 16:00Â鶹Éç Two except Scotland
- Sat 15 Aug 2020 17:30Â鶹Éç Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Sat 15 Aug 2020 18:30Â鶹Éç Two England & HD only
- Sun 23 May 2021 22:00Â鶹Éç Two except Scotland
Tue 25 Apr 2023 21:25- Thu 27 Apr 2023 02:35
- Fri 26 Apr 2024 02:50
- Mon 5 May 2025 15:50Â鶹Éç Two except Scotland
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