Talking Snooker

We reflect on the latest big success in the amazing snooker life of Mark Selby, who beat Judd Trump in York to win his third UK Championship title. There's chat about the tournament overall, including an early exit for Ronnie O'Sullivan, tough times for Kyren Wilson, pockets and TV coverage. Plus that controversial free ball incident in the final. Elsewhere there's news of the Masters draw, a Shoo...

Nick and Phil are live in the Castle Snooker Club in York following the 2025 edition of the Tony Meo Trophy. We also have the latest from the UK Championship in this city, including a shock exit for Mark Allen. Keep your thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com - and we'll return soon to review the UK Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Phil and Nick are back, to look ahead to the main stages of one of the great events of the snooker season, the UK Championship. There's also a look back at qualifying, plus last week's Saudi Invitational - including some dramatic comments from John Higgins on the backstage facilities - and the rest of the snooker news. Keep your thoughts coming - particularly if you're heading to York in the next...

Nostalgic episode of the podcast in more ways than one. Not only is it more than two hours long, we've even chucked in some lovable connection issues for you. It's a monster episode here, and leading the way is a terrific appearance from Daniel Wells. There's so much good stuff from Daniel, including his memories of spending time with various Welsh snooker icons, how hurt he was was by negative co...

Nick and Phil are back, and reflecting on another special story in this stunning snooker season, a first ranking event success for Wu Yize with victory at the International Championship in Nanjing. There's plenty of chat about the tournament overall, including comments from Neil Robertson to Nick's Radio Snooker service that the pockets were "very disappointing". There's also a look ahead to the C...

Phil and Nick are back, and there's plenty to catch up on, including early news from the International Championship in Nanjing, more tournament glory for Bai Yulu and the latest from the Q Tour. We also catch up with your correspondence, including some predictions for the rest of the season. Please do keep it coming - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Our fifth birthday is...

Phil and Nick return with the podcast on a special snooker night as Jack Lisowski finally wins his first ranking event at the age of 34, beating Judd Trump 9-8 to win the Northern Ireland Open. There's plenty of reflection on the week overall, including Phil's time in Belfast. Plus we look ahead to the International Championship. Keep your snooker views coming to us, and your memories of the podca...

Nick is now such a diva, he insisted Phil came down to one of his local pubs to record this week's episode. Live from Hackney in east London, there's plenty of chat about Mark Williams becoming snooker's oldest ever ranking event winner with victory at the Xi'an Grand Prix. There's also a look ahead to the Northern Ireland Open, a tournament Phil will be attending in Belfast. Learn more about your...

Phil and Nick return with the podcast, looking ahead to the next tournament on the calendar, the Xi'an Grand Prix. There's also a look back at International Championship qualifying, a round-up of the latest snooker news and your views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick and Phil are back with the podcast, reflecting on glory for Shaun Murphy at the British Open. There's a review of the tournament overall, including Nick's thoughts on the venue. We also reflect on Neil Robertson making his 1,000th century - Robertson reaching the landmark just before we came on air - and round up all the rest of the snooker news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Nick and Phil return with the podcast, reflecting on glory for Mark Allen at the English Open in Brentwood. There's plenty of chat about the tournament overall, including Zhou Yuelong going so close and complaints about the conditions. Plus we have early news from the British Open in Cheltenham. The other main focus of this new episode is the Matchroom documentary. We don't think it was a very goo...

Nick and Phil are here once again for loads of snooker chat, focusing on the latest from the English Open in Brentwood. There's loads to talk about too, including two more maximum breaks. There's also a look ahead to next week's British Open, we catch up with your correspondence and remember some of the memorable Home Nations finals from the past decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Hello everyone. The first of our autumn run of broadcasts reflects on victory for Xiao Guodong at the Wuhan Open and Bai Yulu at the UK Women's Championship in Leeds. There's also a look ahead to the English Open in Brentwood and a round-up of all the other latest snooker news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil and Nick return with the last episode of our summer season. We catch up with your correspondence, including views on the big money tournament in Saudi Arabia, the future of the Crucible and Ronnie O'Sullivan. We also hear more of your plans about going to tournaments this season. Plus there's early news from the Wuhan Open, including two maximum breaks and the end of a certain curse. We'll re...

Phil and Nick return to reflect on victory for Neil Robertson at the big money ranking tournament in Saudi Arabia. There's loads of chat about matters on the table, including a remarkable performance in the semi-finals from Ronnie O'Sullivan. Plus we discuss the branding of the event as the 'fourth major' and the poor crowds in Jeddah. There's also a look ahead to the Wuhan Open, news of the new P...

Nick and Phil are joined by one of the game's exciting young talents, Liam Pullen. He talks to us about his time as an amateur, which included many battles with Stan Moody. There's his two seasons so far on tour, and having to go back to Q School this year. Plus Liam's hopes for the future. Keep your thoughts coming please - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com - and we'll re...

Nick and Phil return to reflect on the latest tournament victory for Kyren Wilson at the Shanghai Masters. It's a first success of this 25-26 campaign for Wilson, who won four events last season. There's chat too about a fine run to the final for late entrant Ali Carter and all the other big stories from a very enjoyable week. There's also a look ahead to the fourth major in Saudi Arabia, includin...

Nick and Phil join forces with the snooker writer and broadcaster David Hendon - host of the Snooker Scene podcast - for this Snooker Podcast Summertime Special. There is some snooker chat here, and it's mixed in with a fair bit of nonsense too. We really hope you enjoy listening. Keep your snooker views coming to us please - tweet @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about...

Sam Craigie joins Phil and Nick on the podcast, to talk about his career so far and hopes for the future. Sam tells us about his early days in the game, practising with his brother Stephen, and his first season as a professional. He reflects on his disappointment over some players and pundits still talking about some of his behaviour earlier in his career, talks about reaching the Crucible for the...

Nick and Phil return with a new episode of the podcast, and we're catching up with results and news from week one of the Championship League. We also round up all the other latest news from the snooker world and find out which events you're planning to attend this season. Keep your thoughts coming on any snooker matter - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com Learn more about y...

Phil and Nick are joined by the broadcaster Michael McMullan. He talks to us about his long career working in the snooker media, which has included commentating, writing and even being an MC. We also put your questions to Michael. Who does he see as the greatest player of all time? What was it like working with Mark Lawrenson on Irish radio? And what is next in the pipeline for him? We'll be back...

Nick and Phil welcome the brilliant Irene Sriharan to the podcast. Irene talks to us about her work promoting the sport in Sri Lanka, with her latest 'Cues and Brews' event in Colombo this weekend featuring one of the sport's greats, Mark Selby. There's also an early look at news and results from the Wuhan Open as the 2025-26 season gets under way. Talking points so far have included a no show fro...

We are delighted to welcome our first guest of the 2025 summer season, with Aaron Hill joining Phil and Nick. Aaron talks to us about his amateur career and his five years on tour, including that famous early win over Ronnie O'Sullivan. There's also chat from Aaron about having Fergal O'Brien as coach and his hopes for the future. He really is engaging company, and we hope you enjoy listening as m...

Hello everyone. Phil and Nick are back. And there's loads to catch up on, including victory for Bai Yulu and the 12 players who have won two-year tour cards from Q School events in the UK and Thailand. There's also a look back at the World Seniors and glory for Alfie Burden, plus a look forward to a busy summer of snooker. We hope you enjoyed the break and your views are still always welcome - twe...

Phil and Nick are back again with the final episode of the season, reflecting on an historic moment for the sport as Zhao Xintong becomes snooker's first ever Chinese world champion. There's also more talk about the complications surrounding Zhao's win, including complaints from several players that the new world champion - who has recently returned from a ban for his involvement in the sport's bi...