Matt Smith introduces further coverage of the world championship from the Crucible theatre in Sheffield.
Stephen Hendry, who has been crowned world champion on seven occasions, starts out tonight against qualifier Mark Davis. He will be hoping to improve on his performance last year when he suffered a shock first-round defeat to Stuart Bingham.
Meanwhile, on the other table, last year's semi-finalist
Joe Swail concludes his match against Sean Storey , who is playing for the first time at the Crucible. Commentary is by Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds , Dennis Taylor , John Virgo , Willie Thorne and Steve Davis. (S) (W) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/snooker