Alex 'The Hurricane' Higgins upsets the snooker establishment but helps transform a game played in the backrooms of working men’s clubs into box office gold.

As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star – Steve Davis.

Jimmy White’s off-the-table excess threatens to overshadow his raw talent as a young Stephen Hendry emerges as a new threat to his World Championship dreams.