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John Virgo

John Virgo

Acting

Biography

John Virgo was an English former professional snooker player and later a snooker commentator and TV personality.

Known For

Ready, Steady, Cook
8.0

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994
An Audience with...
5.3

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.

An Audience with...

1978
This Life
7.3

Five aspiring lawyers are aiming for the top - but behind the scenes they're a mess of love, drugs and excess.

This Life

1996
Big Break
6.0

Big Break is a British game show based around the game of snooker, mixed with traditional game show elements. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 30 April 1991 and 9 October 2002. It influenced a later game show for the network called Full Swing, but based around golf, and itself was in part influenced by ITV's long-running darts quiz Bullseye.

Big Break

1991
Gods of Snooker
7.0

The golden age of the green baize. From smoky halls to superstardom – the unlikely figures who turned 1980s snooker into a money-spinning sporting soap opera.

Gods of Snooker

2021
Mark Selby: Life of a World Champion
7.0

A documentary detailing the life and career of snooker World Champion Mark Selby following his first World Championship victory in 2014.

Mark Selby: Life of a World Champion

2015
Perfect Break
N/A

The World Title is the ultimate prize for Bobby Stevens. Getting to the final was his big chance but for some reason he froze against Ray Carter and the match was almost a whitewash as Bobby could not pot another ball! A few years later he's performing trick-shots wearing a mask in small clubs and trying to move on but whatever stopped him potting in the final before has resurfaced. Through his struggles, he meets a young girl and her mother who help him tread the right path. Does this lead to victory in the Jimmy White Invitational Tournament? Will he also find love along the way?

Perfect Break

2016
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Snooker's man of comedy entertains with his own brand of comedy and humour with quips, tips and the tricks behind his champion snooker playing.

Cue Here for Laughs with John Virgo

1994
When Snooker Ruled the World
10.0

Taking a look back at the golden era of snooker in the 1970s and 80s.

When Snooker Ruled the World

2002
Jimmy White - The One & Only
N/A

A year in the life of Snooker's greatest legend - It's Jimmy White as you've never seen him before! A controversial hard hitting look at the People's Champion! Featuring The Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood & Snooker Greats: Steve Davis, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Hurricane Higgins, Ken Doherty, John Higgins, John Virgo, Cliff Thorburn, Dennis Taylor & many more! Contains Extreme Bad Language !

Jimmy White - The One & Only

2008
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John Virgo entertains a packed crowd with his quick-fire wit and amazing trick shots. Special guests turn up throughout to try their hands at Virgo's trick shots, including talented funnyman Mickey Pugh

John Virgo: Playing For Laughs

1993
Go With Virgo!
N/A

A look at the skills of the UK's leading expert in trick snooker, John Virgo, featuring lots of tricks, quips and nifty moves to impress your friends with.

Go With Virgo!

1992
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Documentary on snooker legend Tony Drago.

Tony Drago: Fun & Torture

2014
Touching The Blue
N/A

Previous World Champion snooker player, Derek Hodges, makes a comeback at the Crucible 20 years on, struggling with ghosts from the past, will he make it through the night?

Touching The Blue

2020
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A compilation from the Embassy World Professional Snooker Championships.

Snooker Century Breakers

1984
Roy Shaw Fight School
N/A

Roy Shaw knows how to fight! From Bare knuckle wars to bar room brawls Roy has done it all! Now Roy gives it to you straight about his favourite fights - how to row and get Respect! It's Violent ! It's Brutal ! It's in yer face - it's Roy Shaw Fight School! Also features Joe Egan & Top Crime Faces including: Ronnie Knight, Terry Smith, Dave Courtney & Terrace Legends: Jason Marriner & Cass Pennant

Roy Shaw Fight School

2007
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For the first time ever on video, witness the Big Break as you've never seen it before. Unseen Big Break features the ever funny Jim Davidson and his snooker sidekick, John Virgo in a brilliant collection of unseen clips taken from the hit TV show - all the out-takes, missed shots and cock ups, plus daft contestants and hilarious jokes they could never show on TV.

Unseen Big Break

1997
Jimmy White: Close To The Wind
N/A

Confessions Of A Snooker Legend

Jimmy White: Close To The Wind

1994
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Jimmy White recalls and replays his super fast 147 break during a match at the World Championships, followed by Tony Knowles selection of near impossible trick shots.

The Max and The Magic

1993
Steve Davis Presents: The Greatest Snooker Trickshots
N/A

For 15 years the World Snooker Trickshots Championship has amazed and thrilled audiences from around the World, from Sun City, South Africa to Europe the World's very best have entertained audiences with a dazzling array of tricks.

Steve Davis Presents: The Greatest Snooker Trickshots