Steve Davis and John Parrott join presenter Ray Stubbs at the Wembley Conference Centre to set the scene for the first, best-of-11-frames semi-final in this year's Masters.
The champion for the last two years, Yorkshire's
Paul Hunter , had the better of a tense 6-5 encounter with Scotland's Alan McManus in last year's corresponding match, while 2002's defeated finalist, Welshman
Mark Williams , held off a comeback from London veteran Jimmy White in a nail-biting tie that produced the same scoreline.
Competition from the likes of "Rocket"
Ronnie O'Sullivan , world champion Peter Ebdon , world number one Williams and in-form world number two
Stephen Hendry cannot be underestimated - but if he does reach this stage, can Hunter go on to become the first player since Hendry to win the title three years in succession?
Producer Alison Witkover ; Executive producer Graham Fry