0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains very strong language
0:00:23 > 0:00:2448.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33AUDIENCE GROANS
0:00:33 > 0:00:34ELECTRICAL FIZZ
0:00:39 > 0:00:42# Hey, Mama, say the way you move
0:00:42 > 0:00:45# Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove
0:00:51 > 0:00:53# Oh, child, the way you shake that thing
0:00:53 > 0:00:56# Gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting... #
0:01:01 > 0:01:03You call it the luck of the Irish.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05# ..Hey, baby, when you walk that way
0:01:05 > 0:01:08# Watch your honey drip, can't keep away... #
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm exactly what the game needs. I'm an entertainer.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I'm always conscious of the man in the street who pays a fiver,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and that man wants to see fast play.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24If I can help someone escape that dreary,
0:01:24 > 0:01:29working-class environment, then that's not a bad thing, is it?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33You just get my name right in the papers, it's Alexander the Great.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I thought we agreed on Hurricane. Hurricane Higgins.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40THEY CHEER
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Just there, on the left.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the Pot Black studio,
0:01:56 > 0:02:01the 1972 world snooker champion, Alex "Hurricane" Higgins.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Excuse me, Mr Higgins. Mr Higgins! It's just we do have a dress code.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I know you do, Ted, and I'd love to wear it,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20but I can't do the tie on account of my neck disease.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23You do know I have a neck disease, don't you?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27It's the same one that afflicts the violinists. I have a doctor's note.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Come on in, you can read it for yourself.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Mr Higgins, I must ask you not to urinate in the sink.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42GIGGLING
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Forgive me, Ted. I'd introduce you, but I don't know their names.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Two girls, straight off the streets of Birmingham. He's banned.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56GIGGLING
0:02:56 > 0:03:00MUSIC: Liquidator by Harry J Allstars
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Excuse me.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Excuse me.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30I was wondering if you might provide me with some
0:03:30 > 0:03:34information about the tables and the facilities in this establishment.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42You know, what the, er, pockets are like and the, er,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44and the...the slate.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Do you need me to call your mum?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52And what about the nap?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58MUSIC: Jeepster by T. Rex
0:03:59 > 0:04:01How are you?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- Hi, Alex.- Hi, how are you? You look beautiful.- Thank you.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Thank you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Hi, Alex.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23GIGGLING
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Alex Higgins.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Hurricane Higgins?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51The snooker player?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54What's snooker?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Excuse me.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Please, what's your name?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11HE HUMS "LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE"
0:05:19 > 0:05:21DOOR OPENS
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- What are you doing?- I don't know, he's been at it about an hour.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Is this the lad?- Yeah.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38God, he's pale, isn't he?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42I bet he gets sunburnt when he opens the fridge.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43He's thin and all.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I've seen more meat on Linda McCartney's fork.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51He doesn't say much, does he?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54He's like Marcel Marceau in a library.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Parlez-vous the English, senorita?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Sorry, Mr Hearn. I did find your jokes very funny,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07but I like to concentrate when I'm practising.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Do you want a drink, Davis? It is Steve Davis, isn't it?- Yes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Yes, it is, Mr Hearn. That's very kind. Milk, please.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Cold milk is fine. - What, you don't drink?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19I like an eggnog.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21You know, at Christmas and...
0:06:23 > 0:06:24No, actually, I don't like it.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27What do you do, then? Apart from snooker?
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Smoke? Gamble? Drugs? Girls?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Boys? Inflatable dolls?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- I play mental chess.- Is he any good?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I don't know, boss, I can't play mental chess.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- No, at snooker, you wally! - Oh, yeah.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47He'll beat anyone who walks in that door.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Lynn!
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Lynn!
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Lynn.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- I tried phoning.- I know. 20 times.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05I'm not great with the phone. I thought I'd charm you in person.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Look, I'm sorry about the other night.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10I'm not really like that.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Really? That's not what I've heard.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18I'm sometimes like that, but I can tell you deserve better.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Let me take you out, babe.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22What's the worst that can happen?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Now, the trick is, keep the bottom one still
0:07:37 > 0:07:40and get the top one to pinch the food together.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Like this.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I don't think these are proper chopsticks.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53SHE GIGGLES
0:07:56 > 0:07:59That's me. Winning my first tournament.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I know.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I haven't changed a bit.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- Sandy? That's a girl's name. - That's what my big sisters call me.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- They look like they can keep you out of trouble.- I wish.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- No, I'm always on the road. - Don't tell me.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- Hurricane Higgins gets lonely. - It's not all razzmatazz, Lynn.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I can be playing in front of 1,000 people,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28all the people at home watching on the telly.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29But I'm a snooker player.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31In the end, you're always on your own.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Me mates were right.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Hurricane Higgins is a right flash bastard.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45But I like Alex Higgins.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Come on.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Where are we going?
0:08:53 > 0:08:58MUSIC: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury and the Blockheads
0:09:08 > 0:09:10# In the deserts of Sudan
0:09:12 > 0:09:15# And the gardens of Japan
0:09:17 > 0:09:19# From Milan to Yucatan... #
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Here he is - the man of the moment.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25The Hurricane in Romford!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Get this man a drink.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- Thanks for coming down, Alex, I really appreciate it.- Pint of lager.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32It'll do wonders for the kid. He's good, but he's green,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34especially in front of top players like yourself.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Baz, it'll be difficult for me
0:09:36 > 0:09:38to play snooker with your head up my jacksie.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Noted. Noted.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Here he is. Davis!
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Davis!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Come on, Steve!
0:10:14 > 0:10:19What happened? Did a carrot fuck a snail...up the arse?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Yes!- Go on!
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- Yes!- Yes!
0:10:40 > 0:10:44You know, Baz, I'm sorry, but I can't keep my eyes open.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46What do you say we make this interesting?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50If you say so, Alex.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Looks like I've found my game but lost my hearing.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Sorry, Barry, that's a lot of money.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Don't you worry, you're not going to lose. OK?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Yes!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Go on, my son. Come on.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Come on!
0:11:16 > 0:11:18STEVE POTS BALL
0:11:19 > 0:11:21STEVE POTS BALL
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Yes!
0:11:35 > 0:11:37CHEERING
0:11:43 > 0:11:46What did I tell ya? I said he'd do it, didn't I?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48You owe me 40.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Cheers.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Well done. We'll have a drink later to celebrate.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56So, what do you think of the lad?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I don't. I'd have killed him in a proper match.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Without this bunch of hooligans, I mean.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04This place is a fucking disgrace.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09That top cushion has got more bounce than a pair of Page 3 tits.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Thanks for coming, Alex.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Get that man a pint!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Of milk! And make it gold top!
0:12:18 > 0:12:20LAUGHTER
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Taxi for the Hurricane!
0:12:23 > 0:12:25CHEERING
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I've been waiting a long time to meet a man like you, Davis.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35I bet that's something you don't hear very often.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37HE CHUCKLES
0:12:37 > 0:12:41You see, I think snooker is going to be big. Properly big.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Bigger even than wrestling.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'm being serious.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49And I want us to go into partnership together.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52We can be like Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Do you mean, like, what, 50/50?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Jesus, Davis! I was only going to take ten.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I think you'd better let me do the haggling from now on.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Look, you just pot the balls, and I'll take care of everything else.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Everything what else?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I'm going to make you - and me -
0:13:11 > 0:13:13very, very rich.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16How's that sound?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Jesus, Davis, it's like strangling a lettuce.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Come here, you big nugget.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I hope that's your snooker cue.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Ha-ha-ha!
0:13:34 > 0:13:37That's it! That's what the grannies like to see.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41A nice, clean-cut, well-dressed young man...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- bending over a table.- Barry...
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Come on, princess, give us a twirl, show us what you got back there.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49No. Something's not right.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Spiros. Can you try him in a different pair of socks, please?
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- COMMENTATOR:- 'It's about nine o'clock, people have been queuing
0:13:56 > 0:13:58'outside, and the queue was stretching way down the street,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01'and it's a very busy scene inside the Crucible.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04'And it's that, I think, because all the nine players, who are left
0:14:04 > 0:14:06'in this championship, are all playing matches today,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08'and this is very important.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09'Let's take a look at the line-up
0:14:09 > 0:14:12'of the championship as it stands at the moment.'
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Jesus, Bill, did you not get those Jane Fonda videos I sent?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Kiss my ass. - Come on, I'll introduce you.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Kirk Stevens, lock up your daughters.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Tony Knowles, lock up your wife.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Oh, Cliff Thorburn, lock up your mam.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34And Dennis Taylor, lock up your granny!
0:14:34 > 0:14:40This is Jimmy White - the whirlwind amateur world champion,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44who, one day, when I've retired, will be the Embassy World Champion.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45What have you got a cigar for?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47He doesn't look old enough to buy cigarettes!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- I've just become a dad.- Yeah!
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Jesus!
0:14:54 > 0:14:55What did Barry do to you?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59You look like...an undertaker.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01No, you don't.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02He looks like the cadaver.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05LAUGHTER
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I was told that they had...asteroids in here.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Asteroids?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Isn't that what you had, Dennis? Didn't they give you a cream for it?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15LAUGHTER
0:15:17 > 0:15:19I'll have a pint. Jimmy, what do you want?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Er, lager, please.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- COMMENTATOR: - 'Alex Higgins, '72 champion,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27'against Steve Davis, the new sensation of the snooker world.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37'From Belfast, the quickest potter on the planet,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41'please welcome to the Crucible, Alex "Hurricane" Higgins.'
0:15:41 > 0:15:43We're not in Romford now.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48CHEERING
0:15:57 > 0:16:00'For his first appearance in a World Championship quarterfinal,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03'from London, please welcome Steve Davis.'
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Go on, my son.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10APPLAUSE
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- COMMENTATOR:- 'Well, Steve Davis had a go there.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22'And I'm afraid it's going to be very costly for him.'
0:16:32 > 0:16:34CHEERING
0:16:40 > 0:16:42'That slight upset has upset Steve.'
0:16:47 > 0:16:49CHEERING
0:16:52 > 0:16:56MUSIC: Mr Blue Sky by ELO
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Come on!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- COMMENTATORS:- 'A terrific performance by Alex Higgins.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11'Arrogant and box-office snooker by Alex Higgins.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13'Absolutely brilliant.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15'Alex is such a talented player.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17'There stands the world trophy.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20'That, together with £15,000.'
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Good luck.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34May the best man win.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Awful gracious of you, Grinder,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38but at least let's go through the motions.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41'So, please put your hands together for Cliff Thorburn!
0:17:41 > 0:17:44'And looking to win his second world crown,
0:17:44 > 0:17:49'from Northern Ireland, please welcome Alex "Hurricane" Higgins!'
0:17:57 > 0:17:59'So Alex goes into the lead.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04'In a very favourable position indeed.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05POTS BALL
0:18:05 > 0:18:07'Beautifully controlled.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13'That's a beautiful shot.'
0:18:13 > 0:18:15That's kamikaze snooker!
0:18:15 > 0:18:16I know.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Magic, innit?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- AUDIENCE: Ooh! - 'That was a leap of the ball...'
0:18:25 > 0:18:26What'd he take that on for?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28What does he think this is? Mission: Impossible?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30# Boom-boom boom-boom... #
0:18:30 > 0:18:35"This snooker player will self-destruct in five minutes."
0:18:35 > 0:18:38'And Alex watching every stroke.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42'Surely seeing the world title run away from him.'
0:18:46 > 0:18:47POTS BALL
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Come on, Cliff!
0:18:52 > 0:18:57'He just wants this frame to become World Snooker Champion.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00'And that shot must truly sadden the heart... '
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Alex!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07He blew it!
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Playing to the gallery like there's an audience award for the best shot.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14You can't take a round of applause to the bank.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16He's like a little boy lost.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21He's desperate for approval. Emotion, Davis, is the enemy of success.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- OK, boss.- Good.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25But we can do better.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32We need to create an aura of invincibility around you.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Right, bear with me, Davis.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I want you to sit up on that seat
0:19:36 > 0:19:38like you're on a khazi, doing your business.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Come on!
0:19:45 > 0:19:49That's how you should sit when you're in tournaments, right?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Cross your legs a little bit.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- What, have I finished on the khazi now?- Yeah.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Yeah. Look, you're there, all right?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59You're at the Crucible.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Yeah?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Picture it.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Last frame. OK?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Everybody's waiting for you to make the shot.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10OK? You're thinking it through, thinking it through.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Open your eyes.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15I want you to feel like you've seen a lot of trauma.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18But I don't want to see your thoughts, I want to see nothing.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Just eyes. Dead.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22That's my boy. Good.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26OK.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37You need something else. You need a drink.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43No. No, no, no, no.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Look, it's not a cup of warm milk before bedtime.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's a weapon.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51No, no, no. Don't gulp it.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Just...just sip it.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Don't sip it either.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- What else is there?- OK.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Just pick it up.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Put it to your lips and then put it back down again.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Why?- I don't know.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19But it's terrifying.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Er...won't the other players just think I'm a wally?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26No, Davis, they won't.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29They'll think you're a total arsehole.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32And that...is what we want.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Think of it as...mental snooker.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53- MUFFLED:- Why don't you fuck off back to fucking America or Canada or wherever the fuck you come from?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- SLURRED:- No, it was luck, Thorburn,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59that's what it was. You got lucky today.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02That referee's always hated me. They all hate me.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03- You fucking cheat!- 'Alex...'
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Don't you FUCKING hang up on me!
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Alex, what are you doing? Alex, stop it!
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Alex!
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Alex, listen to me!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Listen, it's all right!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Alex!
0:22:16 > 0:22:17It's all right.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Alex, listen to me, listen.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Listen, there's always next year, OK?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25It's all right.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28MUSIC: Another One Bites The Dust by Queen
0:22:28 > 0:22:34'Steve Davis, making his debut in a big-time championship...
0:22:34 > 0:22:38'the first time he's appeared in a final...
0:22:38 > 0:22:41'is about to don the crown of UK Champion.'
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- COMMENTATORS: - 'Steve Davis commands...' - 'He's become a feared player...'
0:22:48 > 0:22:49'It is more a game of pressure now.'
0:22:49 > 0:22:52'There's no way that anyone can stop him.'
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
0:22:55 > 0:22:59world number one and Romford's own, Steve Davis!
0:23:07 > 0:23:08This way, please, Steve.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15And his opponent this afternoon is the Croydon Echo letter-writing competition winner,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18he's a smashing kid with a highest break of 16,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21please welcome Matthew Harrison.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23CHEERING
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Hello, nice to meet you.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Would you make a call for me, please?- Heads.- It is a head.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Matthew Harrison to break.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Go on, Matthew.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Good break. Well done.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Well done, very good.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01One.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- MAN:- It looks like he can play, Matthew.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Eight.
0:24:13 > 0:24:1556.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20102.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29134 and the frame, Steve Davis.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Can you look this way, please?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35There is no-one around who can concentrate for long enough
0:24:35 > 0:24:38to be a threat to my dominating major tournaments for years to come.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44'A very good morning. Yes, it is a little early, but believe it or not,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47'they are already playing snooker here on this Monday
0:24:47 > 0:24:51'at the Embassy World Professional Championships in Sheffield.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55'No doubt we will be talking about the pressure shots and the tension.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04'So, the psychological battles which have always been evident
0:25:04 > 0:25:07'behind the scenes in this World Championship have begun again.'
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Bye, Angel Face.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Touch my cue for luck.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22There you go.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Daddy's got to go to work.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- Good luck.- All right.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Alex.- Fuck off.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Steve.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Oh, I don't know if you heard, but I just had a little girl.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Lauren, her name is. I was at the birth.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Yeah, and to be honest with you,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49it was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Blood everywhere.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I mean, the doctors, they warned me,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56what happens at the business end during birth.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59But I said I'd be all right, that I'd cope...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03..cos I knew Steve Davis and he's the world's biggest cunt.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Go on, my son. Go on, Steve.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Give me a vodka.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28That was beautiful.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32What'll it be, Steve?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34What d'you say, Barry?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Is he allowed to stop and have a drink, or is he too good for us?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Too good for you? LAUGHS
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Come on, Alex, give me a challenge.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Come on, you ginger twat.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- You can't play Space Invaders all the time.- I'll buy you a drink.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- No, you won't, you buy me two fucking drinks.- All right, done.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Two halves, it is.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Honestly, Barry. He's no good for the game.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You've gone and built a robot.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Who's going to want to watch that when you can see a flair player?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05A flair player?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08That's hilarious. That just means you miss.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11But at least I miss with style.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17MUSIC: Money For Nothing by Dire Straits
0:27:30 > 0:27:37'That's it. The World Snooker Champion, 1981, Steve Davis.'
0:27:50 > 0:27:52You've done it. You done it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54I told you.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57He done it!
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Come on!
0:28:03 > 0:28:07That's the most disgraceful goddamn sight I've ever seen in snooker.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11And I've known this piece of shit for a decade, right, Bill? Up high.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Yes!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I just hope they spell his name right on the trophy -
0:28:16 > 0:28:19B-A-R-R-Y.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25# Maybe get a blister on your little finger
0:28:25 > 0:28:29# Maybe get a blister on your thumb
0:28:29 > 0:28:32# We gotta install microwave ovens... #
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Ten grand.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36That's right, for the week.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38No, Hamish, that's not lira.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40That's pounds sterling.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44You listen to me. You want Ferrari, don't pay Ford prices.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48OK, you come back to me, but don't leave it too long.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Everyone wants a piece of Davis and that price is only going to go up.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Davis, I want you to meet Brian,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57he's going to write us your autobiography.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58But I'm only 23.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00It doesn't matter.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02He's going to pad it out, loads of diagrams.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04That way, even Jimmy White can read it.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Barry, shouldn't I write my autobiography?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Davis, don't be a wally.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Even your biggest fan won't want to wade through an entire chapter
0:29:14 > 0:29:15on how to chalk a cue.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Besides, you'll need that magic to write your column in the Star.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Here, Brian, they love him in the Star. Look at that.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- You could have flexed your muscles. - I did.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29PHONE RINGS Hold on. Hamish, I bet you.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Barry Hearn.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Good man, Hamish. Right, so, 11 grand for the week, then.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Yeah. I know I said ten, but that was two minutes ago.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I told you you've got to be quick.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Go on, then.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Who is it?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Well, in that case you'd better make it 12½.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:30:03 > 0:30:05ICE CUBES RATTLE
0:30:12 > 0:30:14HE BURPS
0:30:28 > 0:30:31CROWD MURMURS
0:30:33 > 0:30:35HE MOUTHS
0:30:35 > 0:30:36Come on, Davis!
0:30:36 > 0:30:39CROWD MURMURS
0:30:42 > 0:30:43You all right, Davis?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45No. No, I'm not.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49There is only one word to describe Alex Higgins.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Obnoxious.- I think there's a few more than that,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- but that's the one Brian'll put in the autobiography.- All right.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58But if he touches me again, then I'm not responsible for what I might do.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Well, what will you do?
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Probably go home.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05All right, I'll sort it.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Steve Davis - 58.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- <- Come on!
0:31:31 > 0:31:33CROWD GASPS
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Stamina. It's one aspect of the game that is all too commonly forgotten.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Just because snooker players don't chase a football,
0:31:41 > 0:31:45it doesn't mean that we don't need to be in a prime physical condition.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- As I was saying...- Jesus, Brian. It's been a week.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Have you not finished yet?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Steve Davis is boring - the end.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Alex... I thought we had an agreement.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59For God's sake!
0:32:02 > 0:32:05One, two, three...
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Thank you.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15You know, I thought it was the idea of Steve Davis I used to hate.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18But now I've got to know you a little better,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I actually hate Steve Davis the man even more.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Yeah. Well, you're...you're drunk.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Yes, I am.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30But in the morning, I shall be sober,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32and you'll still be boring.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Alex, it is the morning.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39All right, then, Davis. Are you all set?
0:32:39 > 0:32:42I don't suppose you've got room in the car for one more?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44I do, as it happens. Brian, snap to it.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46HE SIGHS
0:32:46 > 0:32:49You know I can't drive myself. Don't be like that.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52I think there's something you need to talk to your own manager about,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54whoever that currently is.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- I intend to.- Room number, sir?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I'm not staying here.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01I can't afford to.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- Right...- Let me see that.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08That is very generous of you, Alex. Thank you.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Well, you must have got a good deal for Davis.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- Just imagine what I earn for this trip.- I don't have to. I know.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Two grand. I got more than that.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Thank you. Most enjoyable.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Well, I wouldn't sign for you, even if you asked me.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25That's good, cos I'm not asking.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Pride, Barry, it's a terrible thing.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30You'd snap my hand off.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Where is he? Where's Beadle?
0:33:32 > 0:33:37I don't need anyone to hold my hand and put my suitcase in the car,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40but I know you're a bit of a whizz on the old pocket calculator.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45Wait a minute - are you asking me? No chance!
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I'll always be the biggest draw in the game.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50So fuck you and fuck...Davis.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54You see, it's that attitude
0:33:54 > 0:33:58that has no place in what I'm trying to build here
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- with an ethos of impeccable professionalism...- Fuck you!
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- I don't want to join. - ..and politeness at all times.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08How am I supposed to market someone as rude as you to IBM?
0:34:09 > 0:34:12That is a disgraceful slur on my character, Barry,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14and fuck IBM!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Their computers are shite.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19And what's that got to do with snooker?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21The world's changing, Alex.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24My new Matchroom stable recognises that.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26CAR ENGINE STARTS
0:34:26 > 0:34:30"My new Matchroom stable recognises...(!)"
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Well, I'm not changing
0:34:31 > 0:34:34and I'd certainly never change for you.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37You know what the people want? Me!
0:34:39 > 0:34:42This is the box office!
0:34:44 > 0:34:47CAR HORN BEEPS
0:34:47 > 0:34:49GLASS SMASHES
0:34:51 > 0:34:52'Steve Davis...
0:34:53 > 0:34:56'..the living embodiment of snooker perfection...'
0:34:56 > 0:34:58HE SIGHS
0:34:58 > 0:35:02'This black for the first televised 147...'
0:35:02 > 0:35:05It was John Spencer back in 1979.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08It was only not televised because yous pricks took a tea break!
0:35:08 > 0:35:10For fuck's sake, Ted.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Have you got a hard-on for Davis, or what?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15ALEX SIGHS
0:35:15 > 0:35:17'He's done it.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21'Steve Davis engraves his name on history
0:35:21 > 0:35:24'with a break of faultless brilliance.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27'We are surely watching the greatest player
0:35:27 > 0:35:29'that has ever graced the baize.'
0:35:31 > 0:35:32MILK BOTTLES CLATTER
0:35:32 > 0:35:34FOOTSTEPS
0:35:34 > 0:35:36You're up early.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I haven't been to bed.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40What have you been doing, love?
0:35:42 > 0:35:43Reading.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46"By the 1981 World Championship,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49"Alex's decline was being noticed for the first time..."
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Alex, I think we really need to stop talking about Steve Davis.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Where is it? Here it is.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58"Alex could no longer achieve what he used to attain."
0:35:58 > 0:36:01He's fucking obsessed with me!
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Listen...
0:36:03 > 0:36:05It doesn't matter. OK?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- He's obsessed with me. - What's the matter?
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Obsessed.- No matter what happens, you've always got me
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- and you've always got Lauren. - You're right.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13I'm going to haunt that bastard
0:36:13 > 0:36:16till they cart me out in a little brown box.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19HE SIGHS
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Sweetheart, I really think we need to try and get you some help.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40HE LAUGHS
0:36:42 > 0:36:43Oh, baby.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57MUFFLED VOICES
0:36:57 > 0:37:00If you could just follow me.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Just this way. Thank you.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Please, just don't!
0:37:15 > 0:37:19James, you just give me the names of the bastards that did this to you
0:37:19 > 0:37:25- and I swear to God...- It's my new management. They poofed me up.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- I said no, but...- Not Barry Hearn?
0:37:27 > 0:37:28No.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Wouldn't join that mob.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31ALEX LAUGHS
0:37:31 > 0:37:33So, what happened?
0:37:33 > 0:37:37You had a fight and got your teeth knocked IN?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39They reckon it'll be good for sponsorship and that.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41It's all about image, though, innit?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Who else do they manage? Spandau Ballet(?)
0:37:44 > 0:37:45No.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Barry Manilow.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50You heard Tony Meo signed for Hearn?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52He's one of the Matchroom boys now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54He's taken the fucking spic?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Yeah. He's been told to clean up his act.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58No more disco dancing.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- It's like being back at school. - How would you know?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06He's got Terry, an' all.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08It's all changing, Alex.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Good luck to them.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12They'll need it.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Anyway...
0:38:15 > 0:38:17I brought you some grapes.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Good lad.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27You sure this is a hospital?
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- They've even got a snooker table in the games room.- Oh, yeah?- Hmm.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Been hustling all the nutcases, have you?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37No.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I don't feel like playing.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42So, what happened, then? You went gonzo? Lose your marbles?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45It's called exhaustion, James.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48You know? I just needed a rest.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53So, we're not going to see you in Sheffield, then?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Doesn't matter.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Davis is going to win, anyway.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05MUSIC: Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Good girl.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Show Daddy.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Wow!
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Show Daddy.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43'The question that everyone is asking,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46'can anybody take the title away from the man who has become
0:39:46 > 0:39:48'one of the biggest names
0:39:48 > 0:39:50'not just in snooker but in all sport, Steve Davis?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52'What a remarkable time he's had.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55'He came here and won the title last year.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57'Since then, he's done everything right,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01'and the bookmaker made him 5-2 on favourite to retain the title,
0:40:01 > 0:40:02'and nobody has ever retained
0:40:02 > 0:40:05'the World Professional Snooker Championship title
0:40:05 > 0:40:08'here in the Crucible.'
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Three grand,
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Alex Higgins to be snooker champion of the world.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18< Yes!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20What's going on?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Knowlesy knocked out the Nugget, mate!
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Oh, my God.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30(Ssh-ssh, here he comes.)
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Looks like your robot's broken down, Barry.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Can I write this chapter in your next autobiography?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Are you done? Good boy.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48See you later, fellas.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Thank you.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Time, gentlemen, please.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13MUSIC: Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream
0:41:25 > 0:41:28# It's getting near dawn
0:41:30 > 0:41:33# When lights close their tired eyes... #
0:41:33 > 0:41:35It's the match the world's been waiting for...
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Doesn't matter. Steve Davis is going to win anyway(!)
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Well, here we are. This is a special shoot out.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- Please welcome Jimmy "The Whirlwind" White...- Good luck.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47CHEERING
0:41:59 > 0:42:04# ..I've been waiting so long... #
0:42:04 > 0:42:09And his opponent, Alex "Hurricane" Higgins!
0:42:09 > 0:42:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:20 > 0:42:22'Quite extraordinary.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24'Some of these shots that Jimmy knocks in,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26'he makes them look so easy.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30'Do you get the feeling, Jack, this could be the winning break?'
0:42:37 > 0:42:41'And Alex finding it hard to bear, I think, at the moment.'
0:42:42 > 0:42:45CROWD GROANS
0:42:45 > 0:42:47'So, Alex breathes again.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51'59 points in front now.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54'And still enough points on the table for Alex,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57'if he can just take his opportunity.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10'He has to win this frame to stay in the match.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13'And if he does win it,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15'what an electric finish it's going to be.'
0:43:15 > 0:43:18MUSIC: Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix
0:43:24 > 0:43:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:28 > 0:43:30'And with that shot,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33'he's brought the only red that was relatively safe
0:43:33 > 0:43:35'over the centre pocket.'
0:43:42 > 0:43:44APPLAUSE
0:43:44 > 0:43:46'Well, he can pot this black, Jack,
0:43:46 > 0:43:50'and I think he's got to go for it. This is the big shot of the frame.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53'And a tremendous shot under pressure!
0:43:53 > 0:43:56'A lot of courage Alex has got.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02'And so another difficult red, into the centre pocket.'
0:44:05 > 0:44:08CHEERING
0:44:09 > 0:44:12'And Alex not able to afford any mistakes.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15'Right-hand corner.'
0:44:15 > 0:44:17'And another tremendous shot.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28'Oh, and that's a beautiful shot!
0:44:36 > 0:44:38'I tend to think, Jack,
0:44:38 > 0:44:41'this has become a test of courage.'
0:44:41 > 0:44:44'And Alex really rising to the occasion here.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46'This really is something.'
0:44:48 > 0:44:51'I'm feeling nervous for him, Jack.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53'I think, if he clears this,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56'this will be the break of the tournament.'
0:44:56 > 0:44:5862.
0:44:58 > 0:45:03'What a fabulous break if he knocks this black in.'
0:45:05 > 0:45:07'Oh, marvellous!'
0:45:12 > 0:45:15'15 frames all, what a finish.'
0:45:19 > 0:45:22'So, Jimmy White concedes.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26'What a splendid finish,
0:45:26 > 0:45:30'and a truly, truly superb semifinal.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32'So, the people's player
0:45:32 > 0:45:37'now has a chance to really be the people's champion.'
0:45:55 > 0:45:56I love you, baby.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01From the first moment I held you in my arms.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05And now...
0:46:06 > 0:46:11..your daddy is playing in the final tomorrow.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16It's going to change everything.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20I'm going to prove all those bastards wrong.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25I promise you, baby...
0:46:26 > 0:46:29..I won't ever let you down.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39SHE GURGLES
0:46:44 > 0:46:47MUSIC: Tiny Dancer by Elton John
0:46:56 > 0:46:59# Blue jean baby
0:46:59 > 0:47:02# LA lady
0:47:04 > 0:47:06# Seamstress for the band... #
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Daddy.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12# ..Pretty-eyed
0:47:12 > 0:47:15# Pirate smile
0:47:16 > 0:47:20# You'll marry a music man... #
0:47:22 > 0:47:24'Congratulations from every side
0:47:24 > 0:47:27'for this extraordinary young Irishman
0:47:27 > 0:47:31'who has done so much for the world of snooker
0:47:31 > 0:47:34'since he came on the scene just ten years ago.'
0:47:36 > 0:47:41# ..And now she's in me Always with me... #
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Well done, well done.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Bring my baby.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47My baby.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50My baby.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58# ..Jesus freaks
0:47:58 > 0:48:02# Out in the streets
0:48:02 > 0:48:06# Handing tickets out for God... #
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Look! Look what Daddy won.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12# ..Turning back
0:48:12 > 0:48:15# She just laughs
0:48:15 > 0:48:19# The boulevard is not that bad... #
0:48:19 > 0:48:22Oh, my baby, let me take my baby. I got you.
0:48:22 > 0:48:27'The man who said, "I want so much to become the people's champion,"
0:48:27 > 0:48:28'has won the championship.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31'The people have watched and applauded.'
0:48:37 > 0:48:40MUSIC: The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Faster, driver, faster!
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Who's this?
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Jimmy White!
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Look at Jimmy White!
0:48:55 > 0:48:58DRUNKEN RAMBLING
0:48:59 > 0:49:01HE GASPS
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Whose deal is it? Come on.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09It's John the Arab, but he's in the fucking khazi.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13- He's always in there. All right, John?- Ooh...
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Put that over there, Jimmy.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19You know, I might be the world champion
0:49:19 > 0:49:21but, more importantly,
0:49:21 > 0:49:23out there, you know,
0:49:23 > 0:49:26I'm the People's Champion.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28In the words of Frank Sinatra...
0:49:28 > 0:49:32# I did it my way... #
0:49:32 > 0:49:34Jimmy says yous are in the music business.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37I fucking told you. This is UB40.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39I know! You don't have to tell me that again.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41I'm your greatest fan.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43# ..The boys are back in town... #
0:49:49 > 0:49:50Yeah, Paddy...
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Paddy, I'm...I'm as fucked off as you,
0:49:53 > 0:49:56but, you know, we've got a flat tyre.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58OTHERS SNIGGER
0:49:58 > 0:50:01- (What else can go wrong in a car?) - (The radiator.)
0:50:03 > 0:50:06And the radiator's fallen off.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08We'll be there on Tuesday.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11Is it?
0:50:11 > 0:50:12Wednesday, then. Tomorrow?
0:50:12 > 0:50:14Yep. Yep, tomorrow.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16I'll buy you a pint, OK.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Ciao, ciao, ciao. Bye.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21So, what did Paddy say?
0:50:21 > 0:50:23He said we've got time to go to the races.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25THEY CHEER
0:50:25 > 0:50:28# Red, red wine
0:50:30 > 0:50:33# Goes to my head... #
0:50:33 > 0:50:35In three, two...
0:50:35 > 0:50:39MUSIC PLAYS
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Hello. Welcome to...
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Wait for the music, Steve.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48MUSIC ENDS
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- Hel... Welcome to...- Camera two.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55- Oh, right. Here?- Camera two, yes.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57The one with the light on, Steve.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59You've got to look at the camera with the light on.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Right. Yeah. I see.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05- It looks great. You look beautiful. It looks good, honestly, mate.- OK.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07All right.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- HE CLEARS HIS THROAT - Sorry.- Don't worry about it.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15It's what a screen test's for.
0:51:15 > 0:51:16- Take your time.- OK.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Hello.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Welcome to A Frame With Davis.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Today, I've got two best...
0:51:22 > 0:51:25I've got... Today, I've got two guest celebrities
0:51:25 > 0:51:29who are going to have a game of snooker against each other.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42Yeah, yeah. Steve, that's great, but, um,
0:51:42 > 0:51:44we know you can play snooker.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46The idea is to interview the guests at the same time.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50- Sorry, was I in the zone again? - No, Steve, you're doing great, OK?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Just ask me a question. Fire away.
0:51:53 > 0:51:54OK.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57So, Bernie Winters,
0:51:57 > 0:52:00um...
0:52:00 > 0:52:02when did you first realise
0:52:02 > 0:52:04that you wanted to be in the show business?
0:52:04 > 0:52:05CUE CLATTERS
0:52:05 > 0:52:09Tell you what, can we just cut there and take five, Miles?
0:52:09 > 0:52:11- Yes.- OK.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15- I'm sorry, Barry, this isn't really me, is it?- Granted, granted,
0:52:15 > 0:52:18but then that's not really you, either, is it, when you're playing?
0:52:18 > 0:52:21That's more like Tournament Steve.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24You see, what we're after here is a sort of third Steve,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27- Personality Steve.- But I'm boring.
0:52:27 > 0:52:28I know you are.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31We just need to make you boring in a really fun way, you know?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34- Get you to tell a few jokes. - I don't know any jokes.
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Which is good.
0:52:35 > 0:52:40You'll have the element of surprise on your side.
0:52:40 > 0:52:41Have a look at this.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44A few notes.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46Have a read of some of them, all right?
0:52:48 > 0:52:50"I'm so boring, my nickname is Steve Davis."
0:52:50 > 0:52:52That's the one.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Now go!
0:52:57 > 0:53:00"I'm so boring, my nickname is Steve Davis."
0:53:00 > 0:53:03I didn't realise you were doing it there. OK. All right.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05We'll do it once more. OK? This time,
0:53:05 > 0:53:10we'll do the Shake n' Vac and put the freshness back. Watch this.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13DEADPAN: I'm so boring, my nickname's Steve Davis.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16See, Robbo likes it.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18Why aren't you laughing?
0:53:18 > 0:53:21Sorry. I've heard it before.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33HORN TOOTS
0:53:37 > 0:53:41Fellas, you're four hours late. They are baying for blood in there.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43- Where have you been?- Relax, Barry. They love me.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45I'm the People's Champion.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome him back to Ireland,
0:53:48 > 0:53:52World Champion Alex "Hurricane" Higgins here tonight
0:53:52 > 0:53:54with Jimmy "The Whirlwind" White.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Someone's nicked it.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06All the money's in there!
0:54:08 > 0:54:10They've got my fucking trophy!
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Fucking hell! They've stolen UB40!
0:54:15 > 0:54:16Fuck's sake!
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Why don't you know when you will be back?
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Depends how many exhibition matches Jimmy has lined up.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25- We need you here!- We need the money, in case you hadn't noticed.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Look, love. I'm trying to do everything I can for this family.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30It's not my fault Ireland was such a disaster,
0:54:30 > 0:54:32that my single didn't make it into the charts.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34It's hard enough as it is at the moment.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36It's hard for me, too, you know.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- Would it kill you to be just a little bit supportive? - Alex, I'm pregnant!
0:54:39 > 0:54:42- I can't do everything by myself. - Well, I'm World Champion.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45- I can do anything I like.- Pardon?
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Look, love, it will just be a couple of days, no more than a week,
0:54:47 > 0:54:49I promise.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51What about your snooker cue?
0:54:51 > 0:54:53- CLEARS THROAT - Fuck.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02So don't you want another nipper, then? You don't look happy about it.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04Of course I am, it's just...
0:55:04 > 0:55:06She's barely lost the weight from the last one.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Oh, go on, then.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13But I told Maureen I was only popping out to buy some milk.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15THEY CHUCKLE
0:55:24 > 0:55:26DISCO MUSIC
0:55:28 > 0:55:30OK?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Can I have a wine, please?
0:55:32 > 0:55:36- Well, if it ain't The Grinder. - Oh, shit.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37G-G-Grinder!
0:55:39 > 0:55:42Are you even bothering to go to fucking Sheffield this year?
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Alex, please. Language, in front of my wife.
0:55:44 > 0:55:45Sorry.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Sorry. Sorry.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51Tell me, darling, is he The Grinder on and off the table,
0:55:51 > 0:55:53- if you get my drift?- Alex, please.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55We're having an enjoyable evening.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I'll be dammed if I'm going to let you spoil it.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00You are a Canadian cunt.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Alex, I've had about as much of you as I can take,
0:56:04 > 0:56:07so think very carefully about what you say next.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11You are fucking shit at snooker!
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Would you excuse me, my dear?
0:56:14 > 0:56:16I'm going to fucking kill you! Fuck you!
0:56:16 > 0:56:20I'm going to pound on you until my fist is sore.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23- He's just a bit wasted... - All right, show's over.
0:56:23 > 0:56:24It's all right, it's all right...
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Get him the hell out of here.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28It's all right. Messing around.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Messing around, aren't we?
0:56:33 > 0:56:36Calm down, Cliff. All right?
0:56:36 > 0:56:39All right? Just messing around.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42OK? Come on.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47I'm sorry, love.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50All right, all right, fine.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Fine, fine.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- Still fucking meant it.- Fuck you!
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Oh, Jesus Christ! Come on, honestly!
0:56:57 > 0:57:00HE GASPS Little shit-stain!
0:57:00 > 0:57:02HE LAUGHS
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Oh, no, yes. We do have a laugh.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06When I got asked to come and do this show,
0:57:06 > 0:57:09I said, "You do know I'm boring, don't you?"
0:57:09 > 0:57:11And they said, "How boring?"
0:57:11 > 0:57:13I said, "I'm so boring, my nickname is Steve Davis."
0:57:13 > 0:57:16LAUGHTER
0:57:16 > 0:57:19I'm glad you find that one funny.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21- Go on, my son.- My shot, is it?
0:57:21 > 0:57:22'A very good morning to you.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25'And if you were planning anything else today, I would cancel it.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28'Because I think we are in store here for the most interesting day yet
0:57:28 > 0:57:34'in the 1983 Embassy Professional Snooker Championship Of The World.
0:57:34 > 0:57:38'Right, the start of day 14. Alex Higgins and Steve Davis.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41'And we will be with the semifinals right throughout the day
0:57:41 > 0:57:42'and throughout the evening...'
0:57:42 > 0:57:47- ANNOUNCER: This match needs little introduction...- Here we are, Cagney and fucking Lacey.
0:57:49 > 0:57:52You know no-one has ever won two in a row?
0:57:53 > 0:57:56- Before now, that is.- I hope I win, Alex, for your sake.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00Someone's got to stop you celebrating the last one.
0:58:00 > 0:58:01HE SNORTS
0:58:01 > 0:58:05- Since when does he make jokes? - Since he got his own chat show.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07- ..World number one, Steve Davis! - Go on, son.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10CHEERING
0:58:14 > 0:58:18And please welcome the defending Embassy World Snooker Champion,
0:58:18 > 0:58:21Alex "Hurricane" Higgins!
0:58:21 > 0:58:24CHEERING
0:58:34 > 0:58:36BABY CRIES
0:58:43 > 0:58:44DOOR SLAMS
0:58:47 > 0:58:50I know, I miss you, too. But...
0:58:52 > 0:58:55I can't come home, I'm playing an exhibition match.
0:58:55 > 0:58:57'So, this exhibition match, who are you playing?'
0:58:57 > 0:58:59- Jimmy. - DOOR OPENS
0:58:59 > 0:59:01I'll be there in a minute, just give me a minute, Jimmy.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04Higgins, you pig. Have you finished with these?
0:59:04 > 0:59:05- 'Who was that?' - Nobody.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08I'm not nobody. I'm Oliver fucking Reed.
0:59:08 > 0:59:12Oh, and Ollie Reed is here, as well.
0:59:12 > 0:59:13GIGGLING IN BACKGROUND
0:59:13 > 0:59:14'Shut up!'
0:59:15 > 0:59:16He's keeping score.
0:59:18 > 0:59:20Shut up!
0:59:20 > 0:59:21Lynn?
0:59:21 > 0:59:22Oh, fuck.
0:59:26 > 0:59:30Lynn, just calm down. Tell me, what have I done?
0:59:30 > 0:59:32'Alex, you're never at home.'
0:59:32 > 0:59:33I'm at home now.
0:59:33 > 0:59:36- Listen, it's worse when you are at home.- You see, there you go.
0:59:36 > 0:59:40- I can't win.- Look, I don't want our kids to see you pissed all the time.
0:59:40 > 0:59:42So I like a drop of drink. If that's the worst of our problems...
0:59:42 > 0:59:45Alex, I am worried I'm going to end up getting AIDS!
0:59:45 > 0:59:46CHUCKLES
0:59:46 > 0:59:49Lynn, I swear on my life, I'm not into fellas.
0:59:49 > 0:59:52Alex, you are not listening to me.
0:59:52 > 1:00:00Look, I know I'm not a model husband, OK? I admit that. But...
1:00:00 > 1:00:04I love you. Right, if you want me to change, I'll change.
1:00:04 > 1:00:05No, I...
1:00:05 > 1:00:09Listen, I want you to, I really do, but you will never change.
1:00:09 > 1:00:11I'll never give up my family.
1:00:11 > 1:00:13The Hurricane never gives up.
1:00:13 > 1:00:17- Come home, Lynn.- I can't do it, I'm sorry.- Come...- Alex, I said no.
1:00:23 > 1:00:26Come on, mate. You can sort this.
1:00:28 > 1:00:29My Maureen gets like this.
1:00:29 > 1:00:31A bit antsy.
1:00:32 > 1:00:35Then she calms down and, you know,
1:00:35 > 1:00:36we just carry on like it never happened.
1:00:38 > 1:00:39Until the next time.
1:00:39 > 1:00:41HE CHUCKLES
1:00:41 > 1:00:43That's what marriage is.
1:00:47 > 1:00:50Come on, follow me, I'll give you the tour.
1:00:51 > 1:00:55Kitchen, portable colour TV.
1:00:55 > 1:00:57Dishwasher.
1:00:57 > 1:00:59Microwave.
1:00:59 > 1:01:04All you have to do all day is just...sit around and push buttons.
1:01:05 > 1:01:09Do you really think this is going to solve all of our problems?
1:01:09 > 1:01:12I know, we'll get an au pair, but...
1:01:13 > 1:01:18..you have to admit, it's a good place for a fresh start.
1:01:18 > 1:01:21Alex, how many fresh starts can I give you?
1:01:21 > 1:01:22I know.
1:01:23 > 1:01:26I know, it's my final last chance, but...
1:01:29 > 1:01:32You know the Hurricane is never better
1:01:32 > 1:01:35than when his back is against the wall.
1:01:35 > 1:01:37It's too big.
1:01:37 > 1:01:39I'll be lonely when you're not here.
1:01:39 > 1:01:42Oh, and the piece de resistance...
1:01:45 > 1:01:48- My sn...- Snooker room.
1:01:48 > 1:01:52I can practise here. No more going away for days on end.
1:01:53 > 1:01:58- And I'm getting a new manager. - I don't know.- You don't know?
1:01:58 > 1:02:01What, you don't think we can afford it? We can.
1:02:01 > 1:02:04Snooker has never been bigger and I'm back to my best.
1:02:04 > 1:02:06I meant I don't know if I'm ready, Alex.
1:02:06 > 1:02:08I'll win 60 grand for the Embassy next year.
1:02:08 > 1:02:11- I'll build us a swimming pool. - Can't even swim.
1:02:11 > 1:02:12For you and the kids.
1:02:14 > 1:02:19Imagine, little Lauren and Jordan, playing out there, raising hell.
1:02:22 > 1:02:24Be like a real family again.
1:02:27 > 1:02:29I know that's what you want.
1:02:29 > 1:02:30Really.
1:02:35 > 1:02:37Please say yes, because...
1:02:38 > 1:02:40..the truth is,
1:02:40 > 1:02:42I've already bought it.
1:02:44 > 1:02:47It is Monopoly meets KerPlunk.
1:02:47 > 1:02:51- You think people are actually going to buy this?- Course they will.
1:02:51 > 1:02:54Especially... when I throw in a pair of these.
1:02:54 > 1:02:57- What have they got to do with snooker?- Nothing.
1:02:57 > 1:02:59That's the genius bit. PHONE RINGS
1:02:59 > 1:03:03That phone is red-hot. It will not stop ringing.
1:03:03 > 1:03:07Buzby's working overtime and I think I need a new fax machine.
1:03:07 > 1:03:09Barry Hearn.
1:03:09 > 1:03:13No, I do not know if the World Champion drinks coffee.
1:03:14 > 1:03:16Well, how much are we talking?
1:03:18 > 1:03:22He loves the stuff. He can't get enough of it, especially...
1:03:22 > 1:03:24What brand did you say it was again?
1:03:24 > 1:03:26Thank you very much.
1:03:29 > 1:03:31Honestly...
1:03:31 > 1:03:34Would you not rather have my face on an advert than that?
1:03:36 > 1:03:38Would you not say I'm a much sexier man?
1:03:38 > 1:03:40Oh, yeah, much sexier.
1:03:44 > 1:03:47Have you seen this one?
1:03:47 > 1:03:49I don't read Women's Realm.
1:03:49 > 1:03:53"If I had to choose between sex and snooker, I'd choose snooker."
1:03:53 > 1:03:55So would she!
1:03:56 > 1:03:59Can you imagine that in bed?
1:03:59 > 1:04:02Spend three minutes walking round her, lining up the fucking shot.
1:04:04 > 1:04:06Probably chalks his bell-end.
1:04:06 > 1:04:07He did win Rear Of The Year.
1:04:07 > 1:04:10- What the fuck are you talking about? - When it was Su Pollard.
1:04:12 > 1:04:14Listen, Alex, I can get you deals.
1:04:15 > 1:04:18Just got Tony Knowles in with Vidal Sassoon.
1:04:20 > 1:04:22Right.
1:04:22 > 1:04:24Well... Tony can walk into any Vidal Sassoon salon,
1:04:24 > 1:04:28anywhere in the country and get himself a free haircut.
1:04:28 > 1:04:33I'm talking about getting me a TV advert, not a free fucking haircut.
1:04:34 > 1:04:37Do you have any idea how much this place cost me?
1:04:37 > 1:04:39I pay you 10%.
1:04:39 > 1:04:43And you just draw a blank. A Blankety Blank.
1:04:43 > 1:04:46Why can't you even get me on Blankety fucking Blank?
1:04:46 > 1:04:47People like winners.
1:04:50 > 1:04:52Alex, darling, can I get some money
1:04:52 > 1:04:54cos Caterina wants to take Lauren into town?
1:04:56 > 1:05:00How am I meant to practise with all these constant interruptions?!
1:05:06 > 1:05:10MUSIC: The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
1:05:10 > 1:05:12Excuse me.
1:05:12 > 1:05:14GENERAL CHATTER
1:05:14 > 1:05:16HE THUMPS DOOR
1:05:21 > 1:05:23What the fuck?
1:05:24 > 1:05:26Are you sure this is a snooker tournament?
1:05:26 > 1:05:30- This place is bigger than your house.- Don't mention that money pit.
1:05:30 > 1:05:32I have to win this just to pay the gas bill.
1:05:38 > 1:05:39What the fuck are you doing?
1:05:39 > 1:05:41It's the Goya Matchroom scent.
1:05:42 > 1:05:46It's the international fragrance for the men who play to win.
1:05:46 > 1:05:48You wanna be a winner, you've got to smell like a winner.
1:05:48 > 1:05:53It's a mix of fern needles, tarragon, pimento, nutmeg, patchouli,
1:05:53 > 1:05:55musk, sandalwood and tonka beans.
1:05:55 > 1:05:57Hey, Grinder, what's all this shit?
1:05:57 > 1:06:00Beats me, thought we were here to play goddamn snooker.
1:06:11 > 1:06:16I may be the People's Champion, but not these fucking people.
1:06:16 > 1:06:18Fucking Romford lot.
1:06:18 > 1:06:19It's all just fake, innit?
1:06:22 > 1:06:23Barry, Barry!
1:06:23 > 1:06:27Can you get us a pint of that Goya Matchroom?
1:06:27 > 1:06:29I think you've had enough, Alex, don't you?
1:06:29 > 1:06:32Fuck you, Barry. You don't tell me what to do.
1:06:35 > 1:06:39Jesus, they take it all so seriously now.
1:06:40 > 1:06:43Who is it that made all this possible?
1:06:43 > 1:06:47Got millions to watch so Davis could line his fucking pockets.
1:06:47 > 1:06:49Barry Hearn.
1:06:49 > 1:06:50Me!
1:06:50 > 1:06:52The Hurricane.
1:06:52 > 1:06:57Before me, it was just old farts taking it in turns to miss.
1:06:59 > 1:07:01HE SNIFFS
1:07:01 > 1:07:02Barry!
1:07:02 > 1:07:05Can we open a window? Fucking stinks in here.
1:07:05 > 1:07:09Tell you what, Alex, I'll open a door and you can walk straight out of it.
1:07:09 > 1:07:11Are you offering me out, Barry?
1:07:11 > 1:07:14I'll fucking come outside with you, just give me...
1:07:14 > 1:07:16- I'll fucking kill you! - Alex! Just have a drink.
1:07:16 > 1:07:18- Come on! - What are you talking about?!
1:07:18 > 1:07:21Listen to me. Play the game, you've just got to play snooker
1:07:21 > 1:07:22and take his money, yeah?
1:07:22 > 1:07:25Yeah, that's all he cares about.
1:07:27 > 1:07:28Fuck all this shit.
1:07:31 > 1:07:33Get outta my way!
1:07:33 > 1:07:37This is... This is MY bandwagon. You know that, Tintin. All right?
1:07:37 > 1:07:39It'll take more than perfume
1:07:39 > 1:07:41and fancy fucking canapes...
1:07:41 > 1:07:43- CLATTERING - ..to kick me off.
1:07:43 > 1:07:45What do you think, Willie?
1:07:45 > 1:07:49It's a bit of a fucking po-o-osh party, isn't it?
1:07:49 > 1:07:51Bit of a posh pa-a-arty!
1:07:53 > 1:07:55All right, I'm off now.
1:07:55 > 1:07:58One last one for the photographers. There you go.
1:07:58 > 1:08:00Get that in your fucking lens!
1:08:00 > 1:08:03Fucking prick, give me that! Give me fucking that!
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Fucking prick.
1:08:05 > 1:08:09# And every step I take
1:08:09 > 1:08:13# Takes me further from heaven... #
1:08:13 > 1:08:17DISTANT VOICES
1:08:17 > 1:08:19# Is there a heaven?
1:08:22 > 1:08:24# I'd like to think so
1:08:28 > 1:08:30# Standards of living... #
1:08:30 > 1:08:33CHUCKLING
1:08:33 > 1:08:36- Hey. - So this is how you practise?
1:08:36 > 1:08:38I didn't know you were up.
1:08:38 > 1:08:41I'm just... I'm just showing her some shots with my new cue.
1:08:41 > 1:08:43What do you expect, eh?!
1:08:44 > 1:08:46I'm a red-blooded male!
1:08:46 > 1:08:50I'll be gone soon enough and you can fuck whoever you want to then!
1:08:50 > 1:08:52Yeah, well, maybe I fucking will!
1:08:52 > 1:08:55I'm taking the kids, I'm going to my parents, and for good this time!
1:08:55 > 1:08:57You can't fucking do that!
1:08:57 > 1:09:00- Those children need a daddy! - Too fucking right they do!
1:09:00 > 1:09:01So now I'm not a good daddy?!
1:09:01 > 1:09:04- Where the fuck you going?- They're scared of you, Alex, so am I.
1:09:04 > 1:09:09Do you have any idea what I have to do for this family?
1:09:09 > 1:09:11The shit I have to deal with?!
1:09:11 > 1:09:14Get your fucking hands off of me.
1:09:14 > 1:09:16Lynn. Come here, Lynn.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18Don't you go in there!
1:09:18 > 1:09:21Swear to God, Lynn! Come out here! Come out here!
1:09:21 > 1:09:25Come out so we can talk about this like civilised people!
1:09:27 > 1:09:29You fucking bitch!
1:09:33 > 1:09:34Fucking bitch!
1:10:04 > 1:10:06HE EXHALES
1:10:09 > 1:10:12'Mr Higgins, who was due to play later today at the Goya Matchroom
1:10:12 > 1:10:16'Snooker Tournament, was taken to nearby Macclesfield Police Station.'
1:10:18 > 1:10:20ALL: # Snooker loopy, nuts are we
1:10:20 > 1:10:23# Me and him and them and me
1:10:23 > 1:10:25# We'll show you what we can do
1:10:25 > 1:10:28# With a load of balls and a snooker cue
1:10:28 > 1:10:30# Pot the reds then screw back
1:10:30 > 1:10:32# For the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black
1:10:32 > 1:10:35# Snooker loopy, nuts are we
1:10:35 > 1:10:37# We're all snooker loopy... #
1:10:37 > 1:10:38That's it, boys.
1:10:41 > 1:10:43# Now, Terry the Taff was born in a gaff... #
1:10:43 > 1:10:45All right, Jim?
1:10:45 > 1:10:47It's great, innit? Look.
1:10:47 > 1:10:49HE LAUGHS
1:10:49 > 1:10:52# He likes to sing along
1:10:52 > 1:10:54# And if I win, he says with a grin
1:10:54 > 1:10:56# It can only help me, can't it?
1:10:56 > 1:10:59# I'll celebrate, I'll buy another eight
1:10:59 > 1:11:01# Hairbrushes for me barnet
1:11:01 > 1:11:03# But old Willy Thorne, his hair's all gone
1:11:03 > 1:11:06# And his mates all take the rise
1:11:06 > 1:11:08# His opponent said cover up his head
1:11:08 > 1:11:10# Cos it's shining in my eyes
1:11:10 > 1:11:13# When the light shines down on his bare crown
1:11:13 > 1:11:15# It's a cert he's gonna walk it
1:11:15 > 1:11:18# It's just not fair giving off that glare
1:11:18 > 1:11:20# Perhaps I ought to chalk it
1:11:20 > 1:11:23# Snooker loopy, nuts are we
1:11:23 > 1:11:25# Me and him and them and me
1:11:25 > 1:11:27# We'll show you what we can do
1:11:27 > 1:11:30# With a load of balls and a snooker cue
1:11:30 > 1:11:32SONG BEGINS TO FADE # Pot the reds then screw back
1:11:32 > 1:11:35# For the yellow, green, brown, blue pink and black
1:11:35 > 1:11:37# Snooker loopy, nuts are we
1:11:37 > 1:11:39# We're all snooker loopy... #
1:11:59 > 1:12:02DOORBELL RINGS
1:12:02 > 1:12:04- Who is it? - It's me, it's Jimmy.
1:12:10 > 1:12:13- Come in, then. - You all right, mate?- Mm-hm.
1:12:15 > 1:12:17Sorry for all these fucking...
1:12:17 > 1:12:19Um...
1:12:19 > 1:12:20Come in.
1:12:20 > 1:12:22Tried phoning.
1:12:22 > 1:12:25There's a...problem with the phone.
1:12:33 > 1:12:36- Lynn's still not come round, then? - No.
1:12:39 > 1:12:41She's, uh...
1:12:41 > 1:12:43She's got a court ruling.
1:12:43 > 1:12:46If I try to see her or the kids then, um...
1:12:48 > 1:12:50..they'll put me in prison.
1:12:52 > 1:12:53I'm sorry, mate.
1:12:56 > 1:12:57It's no-one's fault.
1:13:04 > 1:13:06Have you, uh...
1:13:06 > 1:13:07had breakfast?
1:13:09 > 1:13:11No, no, ta. Can't stop.
1:13:11 > 1:13:13Oh, come on, James.
1:13:13 > 1:13:15I've got a corporate.
1:13:18 > 1:13:20Haven't seen you for days.
1:13:21 > 1:13:22Cheers.
1:13:26 > 1:13:28Listen, uh...
1:13:30 > 1:13:33I just wanted to be the one to tell you.
1:13:34 > 1:13:36I've signed.
1:13:41 > 1:13:43Barry fucking Hearn.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48Yeah, Barry fucking Hearn.
1:13:51 > 1:13:54He says I can be the Matchroom bad boy.
1:13:54 > 1:13:57I can still do whatever I want,
1:13:57 > 1:14:00as long as I check with him first.
1:14:04 > 1:14:06That's, uh...
1:14:08 > 1:14:10That's great.
1:14:13 > 1:14:15That's the best decision you ever made.
1:14:20 > 1:14:22That's funny, cos I thought you was going to punch me.
1:14:25 > 1:14:29No, but I will if you turn into one of them Matchroom arseholes.
1:14:29 > 1:14:30You know I won't.
1:14:38 > 1:14:40Me and you, James...
1:14:40 > 1:14:44we're the only two that ever played for love.
1:14:52 > 1:14:54CAR HORN TOOTS
1:14:57 > 1:14:58I better go.
1:15:00 > 1:15:02Robbo's waiting outside.
1:15:05 > 1:15:08You know, it's funny, I was...
1:15:08 > 1:15:10I was thinking of going to see Barry myself.
1:15:12 > 1:15:15He called the other day.
1:15:18 > 1:15:20No.
1:15:20 > 1:15:21No, definitely, you should.
1:15:23 > 1:15:24Maybe.
1:15:24 > 1:15:26CAR TOOTS AGAIN
1:15:26 > 1:15:28Right, I'll see you, mate.
1:15:30 > 1:15:32Yeah.
1:15:32 > 1:15:33Be lucky, baby.
1:15:35 > 1:15:36DOOR CLOSES
1:15:38 > 1:15:40Don't worry, Frank, he'll pay.
1:15:40 > 1:15:43HE CHUCKLES I'll make him pay.
1:15:44 > 1:15:46I gotta go, Frank.
1:15:46 > 1:15:47KNOCK ON DOOR
1:15:47 > 1:15:51Come in. Yeah, all right, Frank, I gotta go. Yeah.
1:15:51 > 1:15:54I do know what you mean. OK. Bye.
1:15:55 > 1:15:57Alex.
1:15:57 > 1:16:00Always a pleasure. What do you want?
1:16:00 > 1:16:03I have a bone to pick with you, Baz.
1:16:03 > 1:16:05You've nicked Jimmy.
1:16:05 > 1:16:08I want my practice partner back.
1:16:08 > 1:16:10Drinking partner?
1:16:10 > 1:16:13Well, the amount we drink, it takes a lot of practice.
1:16:13 > 1:16:16HE CHUCKLES
1:16:16 > 1:16:18So, you're worried about Jimmy?
1:16:21 > 1:16:26I'm a lot of things, Barry, but I don't hold a grudge.
1:16:26 > 1:16:29You were too proud to ask me in '82.
1:16:29 > 1:16:33I'm sure you had reasons and you probably regret those now,
1:16:33 > 1:16:37since I won the Embassy that year, but...
1:16:37 > 1:16:41I'm here to offer you a chance to put that right...
1:16:41 > 1:16:44and sign the People's Champion.
1:16:44 > 1:16:48So long as the terms of the contract are right for me.
1:16:50 > 1:16:56"Lean, square-jawed, his good looks and clean-cut behaviour
1:16:56 > 1:16:59"have made Steve Davis the hero of Britain."
1:17:01 > 1:17:04This is what I'm building here, Alex.
1:17:04 > 1:17:08Courage Brewery have just bought Steve Davis for a year.
1:17:08 > 1:17:11An exclusive contract - £1 million.
1:17:11 > 1:17:15So, unless I accidentally have a lobotomy,
1:17:15 > 1:17:18I'm not going to risk it all on you. Am I?
1:17:18 > 1:17:21Snooker needs me, Barry.
1:17:21 > 1:17:25Do you think people tune in hoping to watch Davis play Tony Meo?
1:17:27 > 1:17:30I'm the box office - me.
1:17:30 > 1:17:31I know.
1:17:33 > 1:17:35You admit it, you bastard.
1:17:35 > 1:17:37You're right.
1:17:37 > 1:17:39We need you.
1:17:39 > 1:17:42The millions out there, they don't tune in to watch the snooker,
1:17:42 > 1:17:45they watch for the soap opera.
1:17:45 > 1:17:47It's Dallas with balls.
1:17:47 > 1:17:51And you're JR and Bobby Ewing rolled into one.
1:17:52 > 1:17:56You're destroying yourself. And it's a fact of life
1:17:56 > 1:17:59that millions of people enjoy watching the process,
1:17:59 > 1:18:02so, yeah, snooker needs you.
1:18:02 > 1:18:04But I don't need you.
1:18:08 > 1:18:10Barry, please.
1:18:10 > 1:18:12Please, I'm begging you.
1:18:14 > 1:18:16I need you to manage me.
1:18:18 > 1:18:20I can't manage on my own.
1:18:22 > 1:18:26I said I'd never change, well...
1:18:26 > 1:18:29I'll change.
1:18:29 > 1:18:31I'll do anything, Barry.
1:18:33 > 1:18:35I'm on my fucking knees here.
1:18:37 > 1:18:39I can't, Alex.
1:18:41 > 1:18:43I've lost everyone.
1:18:43 > 1:18:46And I've lost my house...
1:18:46 > 1:18:48all the money.
1:18:49 > 1:18:53Fucking Inland Revenue are after me. You know?
1:18:57 > 1:19:00I'll even give up the drink, Barry.
1:19:00 > 1:19:01I promise.
1:19:01 > 1:19:05You wouldn't last a day, Alex. I-I'm sorry.
1:19:07 > 1:19:10We can do this.
1:19:10 > 1:19:14You know? I could change and...
1:19:14 > 1:19:16You're the only one who can help me.
1:19:20 > 1:19:22I've lost my family.
1:19:26 > 1:19:29Alex, you're a mess.
1:19:29 > 1:19:30Look, um...
1:19:31 > 1:19:35Look, where you headed to? I'll get Robbo to give you a lift somewhere.
1:19:35 > 1:19:37I've nowhere to go.
1:19:39 > 1:19:40It's...
1:19:42 > 1:19:45I'm sure you know a boozer open somewhere near here.
1:19:47 > 1:19:48Take it, Alex.
1:19:58 > 1:19:59Take care, Alex.
1:20:05 > 1:20:08COMMENTATOR: 'Alex Higgins concedes.
1:20:08 > 1:20:12'Steve James has played exceptionally well.
1:20:12 > 1:20:16'From 5-5 he won five frames in succession
1:20:16 > 1:20:18'to win by 10 frames to 5.'
1:20:21 > 1:20:24I actually owe Higgins my life.
1:20:24 > 1:20:28True story, right? I was getting beaten up by three blokes
1:20:28 > 1:20:31and Alex walks round the corner and says,
1:20:31 > 1:20:32"That's probably enough now, lads."
1:20:32 > 1:20:35THEY LAUGH
1:20:54 > 1:20:56Alex.
1:20:56 > 1:20:58Hey, Alex.
1:20:58 > 1:21:02- Why are you even over? I ain't coming to your...- Just saying, mate.
1:21:02 > 1:21:04- Get the fuck off.- OK, man.
1:21:08 > 1:21:09Give me another drink, someone.
1:21:43 > 1:21:45How many's he had now?
1:21:47 > 1:21:48Maybe I should go down.
1:21:48 > 1:21:51No, Jimmy. Leave him.
1:21:51 > 1:21:53He won't thank you.
1:22:16 > 1:22:18One more.
1:22:40 > 1:22:42Alex.
1:22:44 > 1:22:46(Fuck off.)
1:22:47 > 1:22:49What are you doing down here?
1:22:50 > 1:22:53- Come to get you, Alex, come on.- Fuck off.
1:22:53 > 1:22:57- They're turning the lights off, Alex.- Don't need you to help me.
1:22:58 > 1:23:00I don't need anyone.
1:23:04 > 1:23:08I...fucking...quit.
1:23:12 > 1:23:14You can relax, we'll call it a draw.
1:23:14 > 1:23:18- I'm very sorry to hear that, Alex. - No, you're not.
1:23:18 > 1:23:20You've got what you always wanted.
1:23:20 > 1:23:23You got rid of the Hurricane.
1:23:23 > 1:23:27You'll find out what it's like soon enough.
1:23:27 > 1:23:30Stephen Hendry will come along and knock you off your perch
1:23:30 > 1:23:32and then you'll know what it's like.
1:23:34 > 1:23:36Why do you hate me?
1:23:38 > 1:23:41Come on, I don't hate you. I've never hated you.
1:23:42 > 1:23:43I idolised you.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48When I watched you play, I thought it was genius.
1:23:48 > 1:23:52I wanted to be just like Alex Higgins. Once.
1:23:55 > 1:23:58That's... That's... No.
1:23:58 > 1:24:01No, that's not true. We've...
1:24:01 > 1:24:04We've always been...enemies.
1:24:06 > 1:24:07I'm not your enemy, Alex.
1:24:07 > 1:24:09You are. And the drink.
1:24:09 > 1:24:13That's right, blame me. Everyone else does.
1:24:15 > 1:24:17You look after yourself.
1:24:18 > 1:24:20Remember this -
1:24:20 > 1:24:24I'll get the romantic obituaries when I die.
1:24:24 > 1:24:26And you can keep the fucking money.
1:24:32 > 1:24:34Goodnight!
1:24:38 > 1:24:42REPORTERS CLAMOUR
1:24:42 > 1:24:45MUSIC: Soul On Fire by Spiritualized
1:24:45 > 1:24:49# And all the angels singing
1:24:49 > 1:24:53# Just about got it right
1:24:53 > 1:24:57# Cut through with silver
1:24:57 > 1:25:00# And goodness did heaven know
1:25:00 > 1:25:04# Don't know where we're going
1:25:04 > 1:25:08# But, darling, bless your soul
1:25:08 > 1:25:13# Baby, set my soul on fire
1:25:15 > 1:25:18# I've got two little arms to hold on tight
1:25:18 > 1:25:23# And I want to take you higher
1:25:23 > 1:25:27# Baby, never should say never
1:25:30 > 1:25:33# I've got a hurricane inside my veins
1:25:33 > 1:25:37# And I want to stay forever
1:25:52 > 1:25:58# Sweetheart, it may not be easy
1:25:58 > 1:26:03# But we're trying hard to hold on
1:26:03 > 1:26:07# Trying to make it better
1:26:07 > 1:26:12# Sweetheart, get so much freedom
1:26:14 > 1:26:19# But freedom is just another word
1:26:22 > 1:26:27# When you've no-one left to hurt
1:26:29 > 1:26:34# Baby, set my soul on fire
1:26:36 > 1:26:40# I've got two little arms to hold on tight
1:26:40 > 1:26:44# And I want to take you higher
1:26:44 > 1:26:49# Baby, never should say never
1:26:50 > 1:26:54# I've got a hurricane inside my veins
1:26:54 > 1:26:58# And I want to stay forever... #