Talking Snooker

Phil and Nick return with reflections on the Players Championship and another success for world champion Zhao Xintong. There's a look back at Zhao's win in the final against John Higgins and all the results from the tournament. There's also talk about Channel 5 coverage - with Phil reflecting on his own role on their team - and what Telford is like as a venue. Plus early news from the Welsh Open, our thoughts on Ronnie O'Sullivan being entered for the World Seniors and a round-up of everything else happening in snooker. We'll return with your correspondence next week, including your John Virgo tributes. If you'd like to send in your tribute or memories of the wonderful JV, please try and get them over to us by Sunday - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sad episode of the podcast at a sad time for the sport, as Nick and Phil pay tribute to the unforgettable and irreplaceable John Virgo, who has died at the age of 79. We talk about Virgo the player, the commentator and the entertainer. From winning the UK Championship to doing impressions of his fellow stars, being a mainstay of Saturday night television and his four decades behind the microphone on the BBC. Thank you John for being such a wonderful part of our snooker lives for ever and a day. Rest in peace. On the table, we reflect on World Grand Prix success in Hong Kong for world champion Zhao Xintong, and look ahead to the Players Championship in Telford, including some personal Channel 5 news from Phil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The podcast returns, with Phil and Nick reflecting on a first tournament victory for 14 months for Judd Trump, who beat Shaun Murphy in the final to win the German Masters. There's chat about the week overall in Berlin, along with a look ahead to the World Grand Prix, WSF news and your correspondence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello everyone. It's Friday, it's five to five... No it's not Crackerjack, it's Talking Snooker. A rare Friday episode for you, as we want to do justice to that brilliant event, the German Masters. We look ahead to the action in Berlin and catch up with the rest of the snooker news, including three more maximum breaks at the Championship League. We'll be back to reflect on the German Masters soon. Your correspondence is always welcome. If you're heading to the Tempodrom, we'd particularly like to hear from you - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick are back on the air to reflect on glory for Kyren Wilson at the Masters. There's talk about all the matches from the quarter-final stage onwards, as well as the tournament overall. We also take in your correspondence about the Masters experience at Alexandra Palace. We'll return soon. Your views are always most welcome - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are back and reviewing the first round stage of the Masters at Alexandra Palace. It's been pretty underwhelming fare, but the tournament has given us an amazing sequence of scorelines, with every match so far ending in a 6-2 result. We also look ahead to the quarter-finals and reflect on some of the other stories to emerge so far, including the 'square table' and television coverage. Keep your thoughts coming to us - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com - and we'll return early next week for a full Masters review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back for 2026. Happy New Year everyone. Smashing way to kick off the year too, with one of snooker's great voices, Neal Foulds, joining us to preview one of snooker's great events, the Masters. We take a look at every first round match to come at Alexandra Palace, including the clash between defending champion Shaun Murphy and Wu Yize on day one and some absolute crackers like Neil Robertson against Ronnie O'Sullivan. There are various other treats here too, including Neal's own memories of playing at the Masters in the 1980s and 1990s. And we round up some of the other action on the table in recent days, including the 17th maximum break of this season. All being well, we'll return next week to reflect on the first round of the Masters and look ahead to the quarter-finals. Your views are, as ever, most welcome - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's our Christmas Special, as we join forces with Jennie Bancroft and Chloe Johnson from The Wine Rack podcast. We reflect on victory for Chris Wakelin at the Scottish Open and then take you on a whistlestop tour through the last 12 months. The many memorable moments have included Shaun Murphy winning the Masters, John Higgins returning to winning ways, Zhao Xintong becoming China's first world champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan's double maximum, Jack Lisowski finally winning his first ranking title and Mark Selby claiming the UK Championship title. We also reflect on different Christmas roles that might be taken by snooker players, select our magic moment of the year and have a wish each for 2026. Thank you sincerely for continuing to listen to Talking Snooker in such strong numbers throughout 2025, along with all your kind words and interesting correspondence. We'll be back soon with Neal Foulds joining us to look ahead to the Masters. Keep your thoughts coming on any snooker issue - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick return with the podcast, to talk about victory for Alfie Burden in the Shoot Out in Blackpool and look ahead to the Scottish Open in Edinburgh. Compliments of the season everyone. Remember, we have Neal Foulds joining us in January to preview the Masters. Any questions for Neal - or indeed correspondence on any snooker issue - would be most welcome. Tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We reflect on the latest big success in the amazing snooker life of Mark Selby, who beat Judd Trump in York to win his third UK Championship title. There's chat about the tournament overall, including an early exit for Ronnie O'Sullivan, tough times for Kyren Wilson, pockets and TV coverage. Plus that controversial free ball incident in the final. Elsewhere there's news of the Masters draw, a Shoot Out preview, the Irish Women's Open and Q Tour. Plus we tell you which famous snooker voice will be joining us to look ahead to the Masters next month. If you'd like to have your say on any snooker issue. tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are live in the Castle Snooker Club in York following the 2025 edition of the Tony Meo Trophy. We also have the latest from the UK Championship in this city, including a shock exit for Mark Allen. Keep your thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com - and we'll return soon to review the UK Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick are back, to look ahead to the main stages of one of the great events of the snooker season, the UK Championship. There's also a look back at qualifying, plus last week's Saudi Invitational - including some dramatic comments from John Higgins on the backstage facilities - and the rest of the snooker news. Keep your thoughts coming - particularly if you're heading to York in the next week - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nostalgic episode of the podcast in more ways than one. Not only is it more than two hours long, we've even chucked in some lovable connection issues for you. It's a monster episode here, and leading the way is a terrific appearance from Daniel Wells. There's so much good stuff from Daniel, including his memories of spending time with various Welsh snooker icons, how hurt he was was by negative comments made by Ronnie O'Sullivan, not having an alcoholic drink for over a year, a first ever appearance at the Crucible and his hopes for the future. We also reflect on a superb success for Mark Selby at the Champion of Champions, look ahead to UK qualifying, round up the rest of the snooker news and read out your very kind messages as we celebrate our fifth anniversary. We very much appreciate you being there during our half a decade on the air. It's been a memorable journey for us. The story of the podcast will go on, and we'll return next week to look ahead to the main stages of one of the sport's greatest events, the UK Championship. Five years of Talking Snooker - thanks for the memories X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are back, and reflecting on another special story in this stunning snooker season, a first ranking event success for Wu Yize with victory at the International Championship in Nanjing. There's plenty of chat about the tournament overall, including comments from Neil Robertson to Nick's Radio Snooker service that the pockets were "very disappointing". There's also a look ahead to the Champion of Champions in Leicester, including confirmation of the schedule at the event. We'll toast our fifth birthday in our next episode - last chance now to get your memories over to us from our half a decade on the air. Tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick are back, and there's plenty to catch up on, including early news from the International Championship in Nanjing, more tournament glory for Bai Yulu and the latest from the Q Tour. We also catch up with your correspondence, including some predictions for the rest of the season. Please do keep it coming - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Our fifth birthday is now just two weeks away and we'd really appreciate your memories about our half a decade on the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick return with the podcast on a special snooker night as Jack Lisowski finally wins his first ranking event at the age of 34, beating Judd Trump 9-8 to win the Northern Ireland Open. There's plenty of reflection on the week overall, including Phil's time in Belfast. Plus we look ahead to the International Championship. Keep your snooker views coming to us, and your memories of the podcast ahead of our fifth birthday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick is now such a diva, he insisted Phil came down to one of his local pubs to record this week's episode. Live from Hackney in east London, there's plenty of chat about Mark Williams becoming snooker's oldest ever ranking event winner with victory at the Xi'an Grand Prix. There's also a look ahead to the Northern Ireland Open, a tournament Phil will be attending in Belfast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick return with the podcast, looking ahead to the next tournament on the calendar, the Xi'an Grand Prix. There's also a look back at International Championship qualifying, a round-up of the latest snooker news and your views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are back with the podcast, reflecting on glory for Shaun Murphy at the British Open. There's a review of the tournament overall, including Nick's thoughts on the venue. We also reflect on Neil Robertson making his 1,000th century - Robertson reaching the landmark just before we came on air - and round up all the rest of the snooker news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Woollaston joins Phil and Nick to talk about his career so far. It's a fascinating conversation, which takes in meeting Mark Selby as a boy, what Judd Trump was like as a junior, playing at the Crucible and reaching the Welsh Open final. There's also some sadder talk about Ben's recent health struggles, which he believes resulted from taking the Covid vaccine. Plus his welcome return to form lately and his hopes for the future. In a marathon episode, we also report on an outrageous early result at the Tour Championship in Manchester, the British Women's Open and look ahead to world qualifying. Plus we catch up on your correspondence. We'll return next week for a full review of the Tour Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil return to review the Players Championship in Telford, where Kyren Wilson claimed his fourth tournament win of the season. There's also a look ahead to the Tour Championship and a round-up of all the latest snooker news. We'll return next week to catch up with all your correspondence. Tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick welcome a very entertaining guest to the podcast in Zak Surety, who has just had his best ever tournament run at the World Open. There's loads of good stuff here from Zak, including his early days on tour, friendship with Stuart Bingham, his recent maximum break and hopes for the future. There's all the rest of the snooker news too, including a number of players winning two year tour cards. We'll return next week with a review of the Players Championship in Telford and preview of the Tour Championship in Manchester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're there. Two hundred episodes. That's a lot of talking snooker by anyone's standards. In this landmark episode, we reflect on World Grand Prix glory for Neil Robertson and look ahead to the Players Championship. There's all the rest of the snooker news too plus a wee bit of chat about reaching our double century. Our lines are always open to you. Tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Higgins is celebrating his first ranking tournament victory for four years, and the 32nd of his magnificent career. Phil and Nick return to reflect on his success at the World Open in Yushan. There's also a look ahead to the World Grand Prix, plus news on the Q Tour Global Play-Offs and the World Disability Snooker Championship. We'll bring you our 200th episode next week - keep your thoughts coming to us, tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are joined by the women's world seniors champion Tessa Davidson. There's loads of talk about Tessa's success in the 1980s and 90s, her long break from the sport and her prolific success since returning. Tessa also gives us her views on how we can get more girls into playing snooker and the future of the women's game. There's plenty more besides, including the latest from the World Open in Yushan, the draw for the World Grand Prix and news of a ban and fine for Matt Selt following 'rude and aggressive' behaviour in Saudi Arabia last year. We'll be back next week to review the climax of the World Open. Keep your snooker thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick are back with a new episode straight after the Welsh Open final in Llandudno, where Mark Selby beat Stephen Maguire to claim the title. There's plenty of chat about the week overall at the final Home Nations of the season, including tributes to two unforgettable champions from Wales, Ray Reardon and Terry Griffiths. We also look ahead to the World Open, which gets under way next weekend. In our next episode, Tessa Davidson will join us and you're more than welcome to send your questions in - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are back with a mixture of latest news and your views. We reflect on victory for Mark Selby in the Championship League and the latest on the Welsh Open. There's news of glory for Reanne Evans in Belgium and success for Liam Highfield on the Q Tour. We also catch up with your correspondence, with topics including snooker mascot Johnny Potalot, where to go during the World Championship in Sheffield and the former player now working for TfL. We'll return after this weekend's Welsh Open final, while we'll be joined by Tessa Davidson at the end of this month. If you have any snooker opinions or questions for Tessa, please drop us a line - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are back with a marathon episode. Welsh Open champion Gary Wilson joins us ahead of the defence of his title in Llandudno. Gary talks about his time growing up, including appearing on Junior Big Break, and his early days on tour. There's chat too about his years away from the tour and working in other jobs, and his brilliant return which has featured a World Championship semi-final and three ranking tournament wins in the last 26 months. There's also plenty on the German Masters, with Kyren Wilson claiming his third tournament success of the season with victory over Barry Hawkins in a terrific final. Nick talks about his time in Berlin and delivers his verdict on the Tempodrom. There's loads more too in this two hour special, including the Welsh Open, news from the WSF Championships in Morocco and even a hint towards a new tournament venue for next season. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording and please do keep your thoughts coming in to us - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick are back, with one of our episodes combining news and views. There's chat about the latest from the German Masters in Berlin and an exciting tournament victory for Mink Nutcharut in Morocco. Plus the Championship League, the teenager who has won a new two year tour card and news that TNT Sports will replace Eurosport in the UK and Ireland. We also catch up with your correspondence, with topics including the Masters and glory for Shaun Murphy, the new BBC deal to show live coverage of snooker until 2032 and how to boost participation in the sport in clubs. We'll return next week with a full review of events in Berlin. Your views are always welcome - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick are back to reflect on a brilliant edition of the Masters, which culminated in victory for Shaun Murphy over Kyren Wilson in the final. There's talk about Murphy's triumph - including his maximum in the semi-finals - plus the week at Alexandra Palace overall, including Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrawing and the subsequent discussion about mental health on Eurosport. On a busy episode, there's also the latest from the Championship League, a German Masters preview and news from the WSF Championships in Morocco. Keep your thoughts coming and we'll catch up with your correspondence next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We look ahead to the Masters on its 50th birthday, previewing all the first round matches to come at Alexandra Palace and remembering some classic moments over the years. Keep your thoughts coming throughout the tournament and we'll return afterwards to review all the action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices