
Dennis Taylor
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Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, where he defeated the defending champion Steve Davis in a final widely recognised as one of the most famous matches in professional snooker history. Despite losing the first eight frames, Taylor recovered to win 18–17 in a dramatic duel on the last black ball. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew.
The Sooty Show

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Lovejoy

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Richard Osman's House of Games

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
The Weakest Link

Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.
The Kenny Everett Television Show

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning 20,000 pounds for charity.
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Sport Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.
Let's Dance for Sport Relief

A group of famous faces travel to India to see if retiring in India would be better than retiring in England.
The Real Marigold Hotel
A look at endangered species in the regions around the UK
Saving Planet Earth UK

Having road-tested retirement in India, Miriam Margoyles, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager are reunited to discover what it is like to grow old in other countries around the world.
The Real Marigold on Tour

Frank Sidebottom's very own TV show, broadcast from the converted shed that functioned as his showbiz HQ. Also featuring diminutive sidekick Little Frank, the shows include Frank’s take on Crimewatch, Timperley’s contribution to Manchester’s Olympic bid, pioneering rocket science in the back garden, and even a staging of Live Aid 2!
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

Contestants try to win £25,000 in Noel Edmonds' general store, while manager Barry and others ensure there's never a quiet moment in this craziest of game shows.
Cheap Cheap Cheap

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
A Question of Sport court jester Ally McCoist is back on the bench again as he passes judgement on some of the world's funniest ever sporting bloopers in this hilarious video. There are 50 minutes of bloopers including horse racing from America, boxing from the Czech Republic, motor racing from Australia and football from Belgium. And there are plenty of guilty verdicts delivered for the motor cyclist who makes a toilet stop in the middle of a race, the motor racing driver who pushes the car over the line and the football referee who punches one of the players.
Ally McCoist's Trial and Error's
Jacques Peretti sets out to find out what happened to the game that obsessed him as a kid. In this documentary, he presents an eye-opening account of the sport's heady popularity in the 1970s and 1980s.
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World

Documentary on the life and career of legendary snooker player, Alex Higgins.
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story

One man transfixed television viewers during snooker's golden age - Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. This poignant documentary charts the remarkable rise and fall of the snooker genius, from his early days growing up in Belfast to his climb to the top of the sport as two-time world champion.
Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

A look at the 1985 Snooker World Championship final when Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor battled past midnight as over 18 million people watched on television.
Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final

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