The Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship
The first of 14 nightly programmes
The leading 16. professional players in the world compete over the next two weeks for the premier title in snooker and the biggest prize ever in the history of the game, £24,000.
Tonight ex-champion RAY REAR DON, seeded No 2, and last year's beaten finalist CLIFF THORBURN , the No 6 seed, are playing their opening matches.
David Vine introduces highlights from the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Commentator TED LOWE
Producers NICK HUNTER and JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Book, Pot Black, 70p, from books)tops