I was there at this as a little kid! I have the signed programme still to prove it. Lord, did that man know his way around a Snooker Table.....just look at that kiss on the Pink from the pot on the Red! Exquisite. I always find it hilarious when people say "he couldn't have lived with the Players of today" - admittedly he was dreadfully inconsistent but when he was truly on excellent Form and in peak "stroke / form" he produced a quality of Snooker which would have flummoxed almost everyone in today's Top 16. I genuinely believe that. It's just a tragedy that he rarely produced his Best - because his real and true Best would be very hard indeed to cope with by ANY player of ANY era, including today!

Thanks for uploading Tony was my hero growing up Had the pleasure of meeting him in Bowness last year A complete Gentleman It’s on my bucket list to play a few frames of snooker with him ❤

Fact ....Ross is that young Quaker boy who starred with Harrison Ford in the film ....." Witness "

5:15 funny owl shot Was better off missing the brown

I always remember Ray Reardon saying with analysis comes paralysis that was a great insight into the mental side of snooker I agree totally younger generation play with no fear the fear of losing can be a mental block from winning .

A great example of being the top man in your field and also being a nice man. So much to be said for that, Ray was a geezer.

Watching this in 2024. Great interview a real good find. They were both in their 40's when this was filmed but they look so young compared to today

Not one of these players would stand a chance today, Including Hendry & Davis with a CPFR of 6-59% and 2_39% . And we witnessed that when Hendry came back on a wild card . He never went beyond fist round . Said for years on social media Davis & Hendry are frauds of the top 5 greatest player of all time debate!

that pink at 15-13...the stuff of nightmares. It came from taking a bit too long over the blue, and losing position a tiny bit.

watching him struggle on "cue tips" yesterday against Stephen Hendry, it's incredible to see how good he once was.

He deserved to be knighted. A professional, top man. My favourite R.IP.

18'33" For Steve's theory on how the biggest winners in any sport are the ugliest...

It was Neil Foulds fault, who hold and fold Gold, because he is very bold and old. I now feel cold when I told (this).

I never knew Tony Knowles could play this fast. He was one of the slowest when I started watching!

Tony was my Hero growing up Got to meet him last year What a lovely guy he is

Its a pleasure to bring you up to the 500 subs mark, I loved the Steve Davis with friends interview. I have always liked Tony Knowles's style of play.

I cant begin to say how much I enjoyed this show, I have never had satellite TV, so I had no chance of seeing this at the time. I always liked Tony Knowles, and if memory serves, he won the 6 ball tournament not so long ago, which was no surprise to me. I always wondered why he never made a bigger mark on the snooker Championships, a bit like Mathew Stevens, two players I thought would do better than they did, but are still up there in my top 16 players of all time. This is the best technical discussion I have ever heard about snooker, and there is so much information that is never spoken about, I enjoyed every minute. What a great series, I have not watched them all yet, but the Clive Everton and David Vine episodes were excellent. I always wondered how Clive became a commentator, as nobody ever eludes to how it took place. I have always watched and enjoyed snooker, and I have always though Ronnie was the biggest talent to pick up a cue, I had a very good friend called Jamie, with a very similar style and attitude. He would be having a bad day, and still out playing anyone around him, but he would get upset he was not playing well enough, many a time he has broken his cue in disgust with himself. Thanks for uploading this episode, it answers so many questions about Tony Knowles that I always wanted to know. I would like to hear a similar thing with Mathew Stevens, but that will probably never happen.

Loved watching this. Always was a big fan of Tony/Shakin. I thought he was more Hans Solo than Shaky. Either way he is a legend!

8 min 30 katie and edward, hes talking about now boxing promoter eddie hearn lol

2:08 onwards shows Reardon much greater than Spencer

Dean Reynolds was such a natural talent, and made the game look so easy.

Frank Bough aaking Alex about his private life. 😂

I was so in love with Kirk Stevens 💕❣️

Utter rubbish.

No characters at all in snooker today 1980s was best time for sport, so many characters i remember as a kid, like you all do. White working class heroes are no-more in england, or in white countries.

Pure shite. Any old crap passed as entertainment back then. Good riddance to the 80's, I hope they never return!

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Knowles' win over Davis in 82 is still the most shocking upset in the modern era in my opinion!

RIP Ray Reardon 1932-2024

3 some TK 😂

BlimeyTony can rabbit on 😂

And how bad were the colour tv,s at the time.

i always enjoyed watching Ray. a great champion.

RIP Mr Ray Reardon..Legend

What a superb interview by two guys who were the best at their jobs.

Ray having a smoke in the back round 😂😂😂😂

dicky davies was not real , just an ai bot :)

Great player was kirk, lovely style

Alex would have been great in any era a true genius one that comes around once in a lifetime all you can say is a proper snooker man.

Strange how many people havent heard of northern ireland..

The maestro -

what is this, never seen it or heard of it! one things for sure its a load of crap!!! [ sorry ]

TK at his best....he didn't play that well against Steve Davis in his 10-1 rout

Former Indoor League star Edmonds not up to it - yet again.

Being away from home while others had family and a home to go,Kirk hit the town .got caught up in it and met others who were not friends

That yellow was a very hard shot to control ,made it look crazy easy .

I seen Kirk play at the 999 snooker hall on Seymore and Neilson st in Vancouver with Big Bill ,also in mind on of the best players was JIM Bear.Year was 1976 maybe ,Kirk made a shot on a pink that was crazy good .I also think he would have won the WC if he dedicated everything to doing it.

Kirk and the late Dean O'Kane reminded me of Alex the way they moved on the shot. Not as bad as Higgins but they had that natural ability to defy the norm. Great to watch.

24:02 space invaders helps you with your reflexes? I need it.

Will never forget that pink he missed against Thorburn.. Was a pretty straight forward shot... Thorburn won 3 matches by the odd frame in that year