The UK championship, the sport's second biggest ranking tournament, returns to York's Barbican Centre.
Peter Ebdon and Mark Williams both enterthe fray today. Ebdon aims to become only the sixth player to win the world and UK championship titles in the same year after a slow start to the season, while Williams is seeking to recapture the form that brought him the 1999 UK title.
Coverage is introduced by Hazel Irvine with Steve Davis and John Parrott. Commentary by Clive Everton , Dennis Taylor , Willie Thome , Ray Edmonds and Terry Griffiths.
Producer Alison Witkover ; Executive producer Graham Fry