Talking Snooker
Nick Metcalfe and Phil Haigh talk about the game we all love.
Episodes
January 19, 2026 • 50 mins
Phil and Nick are back on the air to reflect on glory for Kyren Wilson at the Masters.
There's talk about all the matches from the quarter-final stage onwards, as well as the tournament overall. We also take in your correspondence about the Masters experience at Alexandra Palace.
We'll return soon. Your views are always most welcome - tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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January 14, 2026 • 51 mins
Nick and Phil are back and reviewing the first round stage of the Masters at Alexandra Palace. It's been pretty underwhelming fare, but the tournament has given us an amazing sequence of scorelines, with every match so far ending in a 6-2 result.
We also look ahead to the quarter-finals and reflect on some of the other stories to emerge so far, including the 'square table' and television coverage.
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January 6, 2026 • 82 mins
We're back for 2026. Happy New Year everyone.
Smashing way to kick off the year too, with one of snooker's great voices, Neal Foulds, joining us to preview one of snooker's great events, the Masters.
We take a look at every first round match to come at Alexandra Palace, including the clash between defending champion Shaun Murphy and Wu Yize on day one and some absolute crackers like Neil Robertson against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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December 29, 2025 • 131 mins
Here's our Christmas Special, as we join forces with Jennie Bancroft and Chloe Johnson from The Wine Rack podcast.
We reflect on victory for Chris Wakelin at the Scottish Open and then take you on a whistlestop tour through the last 12 months.
The many memorable moments have included Shaun Murphy winning the Masters, John Higgins returning to winning ways, Zhao Xintong becoming China's first world champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan'...
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December 14, 2025 • 53 mins
Phil and Nick return with the podcast, to talk about victory for Alfie Burden in the Shoot Out in Blackpool and look ahead to the Scottish Open in Edinburgh.
Compliments of the season everyone. Remember, we have Neal Foulds joining us in January to preview the Masters. Any questions for Neal - or indeed correspondence on any snooker issue - would be most welcome. Tweet us @TalkingSnooker or email talkingsnooker@yahoo.com
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December 8, 2025 • 71 mins
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 Shoot Out preview, the Irish Wome...
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December 2, 2025 • 50 mins
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.
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November 28, 2025 • 62 mins
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 week - tweet us @TalkingSnook...
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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 comments made by Ronnie O'Sullivan...
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November 9, 2025 • 49 mins
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 Champion of Champions in Leice...
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November 4, 2025 • 64 mins
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
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October 26, 2025 • 61 mins
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.
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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.
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October 6, 2025 • 61 mins
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.
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September 30, 2025 • 52 mins
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.
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September 22, 2025 • 72 mins
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 good advert for snooker and we tell...
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September 18, 2025 • 81 mins
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.
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September 9, 2025 • 60 mins
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.
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August 26, 2025 • 55 mins
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.
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August 19, 2025 • 74 mins
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 Professional Snooker Players ...
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