Who is going to win the 1981 World Snooker Championship?
Nearly 50 players have entered the Championship this year hoping for a share of the record £75,000 prize money, and as the snooker boom continues, it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the outcome.
RON GUBBA has been talking to some of the leading contenders and experts in the game, including the current champion CLIFF THORBURN , the 1980 UK Champion STEVE DAVIS , six-times World Champion RAY REARDON , ex-World Champions TERRY GRIFFITHS and ALEX HIGGINS , and Australian Champion EDDIE CHARLTON. Also taking part: JOHN PULMAN , REX WILLIAMS and JACK KARNEHM. David Vine introduces this preview of the Championship which begins at the , Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, on Tuesday.
Producer KEITH PHILLIPS
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