The Rack Pack to be broadcast on BBC Two

April 21, 2016 | David Farnor

The Rack Pack, BBC iPlayer’s first ever comedy drama feature film, will be broadcast on BBC Two, the BBC has announced.

“A snooker film everyone should go loopy for, whether they’re fans or not,” we wrote in our review of … Read More

Viewers go snooker loopy for The Rack Pack, as iPlayer growth slows

March 4, 2016 | David Farnor

Viewers went snooker loopy for The Rack Pack at the start of 2016.

The snooker drama about Steve Davis and Alex “Hurricane” Higgins racked up 684,000 views in January 2016, enough to make it the first original content from the … Read More

BBC iPlayer review: The Rack Pack

January 17, 2016 | David Farnor

Snooker. It’s not the most exciting sport in the world – well, if you’re not a fan of watching people knocking tiny balls around a table with a stick. But ask Barry Hearn (Kevin Bishop) back in the 1980s and … Read More

BBC iPlayer releases trailer for original film The Rack Pack

January 11, 2016 | David Farnor

“I’m an entertainer…” says Alex “Hurricane” Higgins in the new trailer for BBC iPlayer’s The Rack Pack.

Played by Luke Treadaway, the snooker legend lives up to that claim, as the film – iPlayer’s first scripted feature – follows his … Read More

The Rack Pack – BBC iPlayer’s Big Break?

January 5, 2016 | David Farnor

Almost exactly 30 years ago, Chas & Dave got together Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor and Willie Thorne to record a song called Snooker Loopy. It went to number six in the UK charts. That single is a distant memory for … Read More