Radio Snooker with Nick Metcalfe

Joe Perry joins me on Radio Snooker and he is cracking good value. Joe talks to me about life after his playing career, working with Neil Robertson and the success of his new club in Cambridgeshire. Commentary, interviews, discussion. Thank you for your company on Radio Snooker. And do feel free to send in your views - tweet @RadioSnooker or email radionsnooker@yahoo.com

I spoke to referee Jan Verhaas at the British Open about his brilliant three decades as a referee and his decision to retire.  Your thoughts on any interviews you hear - or indeed any snooker issue - are most welcome. Please tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Here's late night live commentary on Radio Snooker as the English Open final in Brentwood goes to a deciding frame between Mark Allen and Zhou Yuelong.

Thank you for such a strong response to Kathi Hartinger's appearance on Radio Snooker a month ago and her comments on the loss of tournaments in mainland Europe. It's high time I took a look at some of your views as we keep the debate going.  Commentary, interviews and discussion. That's the ethos of Radio Snooker. And I'll return soon with live interviews from the English Open in Brentwood. 

I describe the climax of the third ranking tournament of the season, with Xiao Guodong and Gary Wilson meeting in the final. Thank you for your company throughout the summer. Please do keep your snooker views coming in - tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Kathi Hartinger from the brilliant Total Clearance joins me for this new broadcast and she really is terrific value. Kathi talks to me at length about her own love affair with snooker, the state of the game in Germany and the latest staging of the big money event in Saudi Arabia. Plus some really strong views here on the loss of events in mainland Europe. If you'd like to respond to anything you'v...

I never thought I'd present Points of View. What an honour. What footsteps I'm following in. Ok, so it's not quite as famous as the BBC programme. But I am catching up with your correspondence on Radio Snooker, with topics including the Championship League, TV rights and gambling in sport. If you'd like to contact me with your snooker thoughts, please do tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooke...

I've loved talking about snooker with Dave Yates at racecourses in the past and I knew he'd be terrific value on Radio Snooker. Dave talks engagingly about his love for snooker, including memories of snooker halls of the past, growing up loving Alex Higgins, why he's not really a fan of Ronnie O'Sulllvan and why the two table set-up at the Crucible doesn't work for him. There's also talk about the...

Fan Zhengyi has given us a special moment at the Championship League with the first maximum break of the 25-26 snooker season. Listen here to commentary of the key moments as Fan compiles the secomd 147 of his career. Keep your thoughts coming - tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

There's no point in me constantly asking for your correpondence if I never read it out. So that's what I'm doing in this new broadcast. Your feedback on this service and your snooker thoughts are always most welcome - tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@yahoo.com

This new broadcast of Radio Snooker focuses on your reaction to news that Channel 5 will show the Players Championship, Tour Championship and British Open in 2026. Thank you very much for contacting me and thank you too for listening to this service in increased numbers. It genuinely is great to have you for company. In these quieter snooker weeks, your correspondence really is much appreciated. A...

Hello everyone - this may be radio, but I've got my eyes on the telly in this new broadcast. Channel 5 have won the rights to show snooker from the main tour next year - confirming my reports - with the Players Championship, Tour Championship and British Open to be broadcast on the channel in 2026. I'll reflect on the news and speculate over possible coverage on Channel 5 to come. I'll also talk a...

Snooker is back! We may have just had the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. In the UK, it feels like living in an oven. But nothing can stop the beautiful table game bursting back into our lives. Fans have been frustrated on day one of the new season however by confusion over broadcasting arrangements. I can now tell you that the action from the Wuhan Open qualifiers is on the WST Play servi...

Hello everyone. Snooker doesn't really go away any more if we're honest, but after a break on the main tour the action begins again this weekend. Get your diaries out - paper in my case of course - as I take a look at the tournaments on the way in the coming months. I'm going to need your help this summer, I really am. I can't beg - that's too undignified. But I can certainly ask, pretty please, t...

Hello. I hope you didn't forget me. To be honest, it doesn't matter a jot whether you did or you didn't. Let's cut to the chase. Radio Snooker is coming back soon and this is just me teeing it up.  Please don't touch that dial. Or if you must, at least write to me and help fill some air time during the quieter weeks and months of summer. Tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@yahoo.com

The final broadcast of the Radio Snooker season comes to you live from Hackney. I catch up with all your correspondence, which covers a number of topics, including: *Media coverage of Zhao Xintong winning the world title *How is the referee selected for the Crucible final? *The standard of play in the 1985 world final That's it for 24-25 then. I'm sure many of you, like me, feel all snookered out...

Matchroom President Barry Hearn has spoken exclusively to Radio Snooker following the World Championship. *Hearn tells me new world snooker champion Zhao Xintong 'will inspire a nation' after becoming the first Chinese winner of the tournament *Zhao 'made a mistake' after being involved with the match fixing scandal but 'paid the price' through being banned from the sport *Says he 'desperately hop...

Here's my commentary on the winning moments at the Crucible as Zhao Xintong becomes the first ever Chinese winner of the World Championship.

I am live at the legendary Crucible in Sheffield for the climax of the 2025 World Championship. Here's commentary on the final frames of the final between Mark Williams and Zhao Xintong. I also grab reaction from a number of voices after the final, including former Matchroom chairman Barry Hearn. I'll be back soon to wrap up my coverage of the season, which will include your correspondence. Tweet...

I've been having my say on social media and now it's high time I heard from snooker fans. So I've switiched my phone on in Tudor Square, outside the legendary Crucible Theatre, and asked the question: Do you think a world title for Zhao Xintong will be good for snooker? You can have your say too - keep your thoughts coming. Tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com I'll catch up on all...

I spoke to snooker writer and broadcaster David Hendon about his new book chronicling the history of snooker. Dave tells me about some of the snooker people he spoke to for the book and teases some nuggets inside, including the very first sentence. Dave also gives me his view on what has been a brilliant World Championship here in Sheffield. And your views are most welcome too - I'll read them out...

I spoke to Rachel Casey to get her views on the John Higgins v Mark Williams Crucible classic, including the reaction of the players for her interviews after. Rachel also reflects on the tournament so far and ticks me off for my verdict on the 2024 tournament.

I spoke to the BBC's Shabnam Younus-Jewell at the Crucible. Shabnam talks to me about Mark Williams after his epic win over John Higgins and assesses the tournament overall. She also talks about her Framed podcast and her enjoyment over talking to people from all wings of snooker.

I was delighted to speak with Eurosport presenter Radzi Chinyanganya about the sensational second round match at the World Championship between John Higgins and Mark Williams. Keep your thoughts coming please on this terrific tournament - tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

I was delighted to bump into  Brian Wright in Sheffield. We sat outside the Brown Bear and talked about Brian's love of the Crucible. I almost forgot I was recording, it was just a nice chat with a real snooker person. Your thoughts on this World Championship are very welcome - I'll catch up with all your correspondence in my final broadcast of the season at the conclusion of the tournament. Tweet...