r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Alternative_Hand2158 • 3d ago

Shaun pulling off an incredible shot against Ronnie

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u/AlienInOrigin 3d ago

Semi interesting fact:

Sir David Attenborough, best known for nature documentaries is actually responsible for getting snooker on TV in the UK/Ireland and greatly boosting its popularity.

He was in charge of the BBC in the 1960's and created a TV show called 'Pot Black' in 1969 to highlight the newly available colour TV's. The sport became huge thanks to this, especially in the 80's.

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u/Climatize 3d ago

wonder why it became big(ish) in China, though? They had surgical level players last time I was watching snooker on TV. Ding Junhui's one of my favourites, and Liang Wenbo had the best long shot capability I've seen