Radio Snooker with Nick Metcalfe

Radio Snooker is back on the air as the Shenzhen Open comes to its climax. 

I will return soon with Points of View. More correspondence would be very much appreciated - tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

There are four players left in Shenzhen and here's a new broadcast looking ahead to the last four matches. Plus results and news from the last 16 and quarter-finals.

You can also hear my new Sporting Life column in audio form, as I say Ronnie O'Sullivan is hurting his chances of winning an eighth world title by not playing enough snooker.

Keep your thoughts coming on any snooker matter, tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com - I will return with Points of View soon.

Thank you for tuning in once again to Radio Snooker. Plenty of telly tips here, plus reaction to Daniel Puddicombe joining me last week. 

I will have a more traditional Points of View broadcast for you soon, so do keep your snooker thoughts and opinions coming to me. Tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

The brilliant travel journalist Daniel Puddicombe joins me on Radio Snooker.

Daniel talks at length about his experience of attending tournaments in China, including the difficulty of laying his hands on a ticket.

Daniel also talks about his experiences of watching snooker in a number of countries and his love of railways, including recent Amtrak trips in the United States.

Good day. It is high time I caught up again with your correspondence. Please do keep it coming, your views are a key part of Radio Snooker. Tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@yahoo.com

Sorry about the break in transmission. Plenty of commentaries, interviews and discussions coming your way. And right now, reflections on recent events on the table, including British Open glory for Jak Jones and English Open success for Ali Carter.

I know how busy you are. And I am aware that I was on the air for over an hour with my last Points of View broadcast.

So it's back to the tried and trusted 20 for 20 here, with news of victory for Chang Bingyu at the Wuhan Open.

Hello everyone. It is high time I returned to the airwaves and here I am in beautiful Brittany to catch up with your correspondence in a new Points of View broadcast.

There's a variety of topics covered here, including the miss rule, the use of VAR, TV coverage, pockets in China and Mark Selby.

If you're in the same hemisphere as me, I hope you had a lovely summer. For all the others, spring is on the way.

Hello everyone. Radio Snooker with Nick Metcalfe is back on the air as the redoubtable Mark Selby wins the China Open again, his 26th ranking tournament success.

Hello everyone. Another fascinating tournament is in progress and here is a China Open update from me.

What is your take on the incident in the Stuart Bingham v Hossein Vafaei match? It looks pretty clear to me, but I'm not above having my mind changed.

Tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com with any snooker views. And don't touch that dial - I will be back on the air soon.

I am very happy to be joined by the author Chris Shaw, who tells me all about his terrific new snooker book 'To the Max' about his pursuit of a live 147 break.

Chris is smashing value here, and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed recording this. I will return soon with news from the China Open.

Hello everyone, it's time I caught up with your latest correspondence. Topics here include support for new players on tour, the Championship League and Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Your views are always most welcome - tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Don't touch that dial. I will be back soon with special guest Chris Shaw joining me to talk about his new snooker book.

Hello everyone. My first live commentary of the 2026-27 season is here for you, Judd Trump v Kyren Wilson in the Shanghai Masters final.

Hope you enjoy the commentary. I'll be back soon with Points of View. There's still a chance to get some correspondence over to me on any snooker matter - please do tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Please don't worry. This is not a cry for help. I am fine.

I'm just enjoying nattering away about snooker right now. It's as simple as that.

Hello, I'm back. I know what you're thinking, about bloody time.

Feel free to contact me at any time with any snooker views - tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Thank you very much for your correspondence after I gave you my Top Ten Crucible Finals here on Radio Snooker. It's high time I returned with it, on another Points of View broadcast.

Your views on any snooker matter are always most welcome, especially in the quieter summer weeks - tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@yahoo.com

I will return next week to reflect on the first ranking event winner of the 2026-27 season at the Championship League.

Hello again everyone. After my teaser last week from Philadelphia, here is my full list of Top Ten Crucible Finals.

Now I'd love to hear your responses, and your favourite finals. Tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Good day everyone. I never thought I'd present a radio broadcast from the Rocky steps.

I'm kicking off a summer feature, asking for your top Crucible finals. When I'm back on home soil soon, I'll tell you my top ten. For now, here's my top three.

Please send me your top finals, on Twitter @RadioSnooker or email me @radiosnooker@mail.com

I hope you are all enjoying this World Cup as it unfolds and thank you as ever for tuning in.

Hello everyone. I promised you a new Points of View broadcast, and my word is my bond.

Topics include tournaments in China this summer, the miss rule and Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Your views are always welcome - tweet @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

Hello everyone. Happy New Season. The 2026-27 campaign is underway and I take an early look at the vidiprinter from the China Open qualifiers and remind you of some summer dates to come.

I hope you are all well. Thank you for being there.

Have you forgotten me? Of course you have. That's ok too. It's my job to remind you of me now, and slowly win you back over. Let's see if I'm up to the job.

Live from Ibiza, here I am with a wee teaser ahead of a new season of broadcasts on Radio Snooker with Nick Metcalfe.

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL

End of term time. And frankly, I can't wait for the holidays.

Thank you so much for your company throughout the 2025-26 season.

This service will now fall silent for a month. I will be back with you in June.

Commentary, interviews, discussion. I'm proud of Radio Snooker and it's so good to have you for company.

Here is my Radio Snooker commentary on Wu Yize lifting the trophy at the Crucible after beating Shaun Murphy in a thrilling World Championship final.

Here is my Radio Snooker commentary on the winning moments at the Crucible as Wu Yize beats Shaun Murphy in an epic final to win the World Championship.

Here is my Radio Snooker commentary on the winning moments at the Crucible as Wu Yize beats Shaun Murphy in an epic final to win the World Championship.

Here is commentary from me on the climax of the 2026 World Snooker Championship final between Shaun Murphy and Wu Yize at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

I was delighted to see 1980 world champion Cliff Thorburn here in Sheffield and I asked him about the new deal that will keep the World Championship at the Crucible until 2045.

I asked Joe Johnson whether he could believe his memorable 1986 World Championship victory here at the Crucible was now 40 years ago.

Thank you for listening to Radio Snooker in such good numbers during this World Championship. I've got a few more broadcasts left and your views are always most welcome - tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com

I spoke to former world champion Joe Johnson about the 100 minute frame in the Mark Allen v Wu Yize World Championship semi-final.

I spoke to Crucible compere Rob Walker, who tells me how special it was when all three players from the 'Class of 92' played on the same night. 

But he says it still didn't match the most raucous Crucible atmosphere he has known...

I've got to do a quarter-final review because I'm a frightful completist. Here it is.

I'm in Tudor Square outside the Crucible and bumped into Steven Hallworth. I asked him for his views on the Crucible Curse, what it's been like commentating for the BBC here and the new deal keeping this tournament at this iconic venue until 2045.

This fascinating World Championship continues, and there are so many delightful characters to talk snooker with. Here's writer Igor Freires, talking about his love of the game growing up in Brazil and travelling from the other side of the world to make the pilgrimage to the Crucible. Check out Igor's writing at www.blogdowntherail.com

One of the sport's biggest voices, David Hendon, joins me on Radio Snooker ahead of commentating on the John Higgins v Shaun Murphy World Championship semi-final for TNT Sports.

David talks to me about the tournament so far, including the epic match between John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan. David also looks ahead to the semi-finals and talks about the new Crucible deal, which will keep the tournament here until 2045.

Plus Tommy Trinder and Blankety Blank.

Hello everyone. I'm catching up with your correspondence in a World Championship special broadcast of Points of View here on Radio Snooker with Nick Metcalfe.

Topics here include world qualifying, the John Virgo Memorial and Ronnie O'Sullivan's exit.

Please do write to me with your snooker views at any time - tweet me @RadioSnooker or email radiosnooker@mail.com