A review of the 1980 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship.
Cliff Thorburn , leading the strongest overseas challenge ever, tamed, the ' Hurricane ', Irishman Alex Higgias, to become the first foreign player to win the championship.
John Pulman and Rex Williams recall those 14 exciting days last May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, where the 24 best players in the world contested the game's richest prize.
Producers NICK HUNTER , MIKE ADLEY BBC Manchester