The Rack Pack
- TV comedy drama
- BBC iPlayer
- 2016
- 1 episode
Comedy drama of the world of snooker in the 1970s and 80s, and the rivalry between Alex Higgins and Steve Davis. Stars Luke Treadaway, Will Merrick, Kevin Bishop, Nichola Burley and James Bailey
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The Rack Pack, BBC iPlayer, review
The rivalry between Alex Higgins and Steve Davis was so tense, it is difficult to imagine snooker ever creating such drama again, says Rachel Ward.
Rachel Ward, The Telegraph, 17th January 2016The Rack Pack brilliantly brings alive 1980s snooker
"Snooker," thunders Kevin Bishop's fabulously mouthy snooker promoter Barry Hearn in new BBC film The Rack Pack, is going to be so popular it "could even be bigger than wrestling."
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 17th January 2016Snooker star's wild ways revealed
From successes to excesses, the traditionally sedate sport of snooker was a rock'n'roll world in the 1980s - as a new comedy reveals.
The Mirror, 16th January 2016Comedy snooker film The Rack Pack coming to iPlayer
BBC iPlayer has announced a comedy film about the 1970s-80s snooker rivalry between Alex "Hurricane" Higgins and Steve "Interesting" Davis, entitled The Rack Pack.
British Comedy Guide, 25th September 2015