Launch of Youth Snooker Tournament

Details

Location

Belfast

Year

1985

Date

Production 08/10/1985

Length

02min 32sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 project.

Courtesy

British Film Institute, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

Dennis Taylor is interviewed at the launch of a British Telecom tournament for young snooker players, in which the winner gets to play a match against Taylor, the current world champion. The interview is intercut with footage of Taylor performing trick shots and entertaining the crowd at the launch with jokes. He talks about winning the world title and taking up a new manager.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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