"to which Virgo replies, ""Good night, JV."" Big Break Big Break was a British game show featuring the game of snooker, mixed with traditional game show elements. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 30 April 1991 and 9 October 2002. The show was hosted by comedian Jim Davidson and professional snooker player John Virgo. The show was presented by comedian Jim Davidson and former snooker player, later commentator, John Virgo, who was known for being the butt of many of Davidson's jokes. The show's theme song is ""The Snooker Song"", from the musical ""The Hunting of the Snark"" composed by"
"Championship, he performed some of his impressions, including Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, Steve Davis and Ray Reardon. He repeated this act in further World Championships, usually after semi-finals ended earlier than expected. He is now a TV snooker commentator who works primarily during the BBC's coverage of ranking events. From 1991 to 2002, Virgo was co-presenter of the snooker-based TV game show ""Big Break"" with Jim Davidson. During each show, Virgo participated in the ""trick shots"" segment, where a competitor who had been ousted from the main quiz would try to copy a complicated snooker shot performed by Virgo in order"
"The Big Break The Big Break was a reality television program broadcast by the Golf Channel. The show's premise was to award an aspiring professional golfer exemptions into selected events or full-season exemptions on certain tours. The series debuted on October 6, 2003. Traditionally, the show airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time/6 p.m. Pacific time every Monday or Tuesday during its run. Tom Abbott replaced Vince Cellini as the male host at Big Break Sandals Resorts in the spring of 2010. Stephanie Sparks stayed on as female host. Sparks ended her run on the show when Michele Tafoya appeared as"
"promotion to the PGA Tour. He was the eleventh golfer to do so. He won the 2016 Web.com Tour Player of the Year award. The Big Break The Big Break was a reality television program broadcast by the Golf Channel. The show's premise was to award an aspiring professional golfer exemptions into selected events or full-season exemptions on certain tours. The series debuted on October 6, 2003. Traditionally, the show airs at 9 p.m. Eastern time/6 p.m. Pacific time every Monday or Tuesday during its run. Tom Abbott replaced Vince Cellini as the male host at Big Break Sandals Resorts"
"Bridget Dwyer Bridget Dwyer (born September 16, 1980) is an American professional golfer, best known for her appearance on ""The Big Break"", the Golf Channel's reality television series. Dwyer was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and is the youngest of six children. Dwyer started playing golf at the age of 13, when her father took her out to the driving range. She attended Punahou School, a private school in Oahu, Hawaii, where she was a member of the boys golf team, there being no girls team at the time. As well as golf, Dwyer also played soccer. By senior year, she"
"the West Coast Tour. Dwyer was also featured on "","" the sixth series of the Golf Channel's reality show. She managed to get through to the final where she competed against Brianna Vega in an 18-hole match play competition. Vega won the final 3 & 1. Bridget Dwyer Bridget Dwyer (born September 16, 1980) is an American professional golfer, best known for her appearance on ""The Big Break"", the Golf Channel's reality television series. Dwyer was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and is the youngest of six children. Dwyer started playing golf at the age of 13, when her father took"
"Troon. Abbott resides in Orlando, Florida. Tom Abbott Tom Abbott (born 7 December 1981 in London, England) is a broadcaster and sports commentator, best known for his work with The Golf Channel and NBC. He serves as a presenter and commentator for coverage of the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and European Tour. Since 2010, Abbott has been co-host of The Big Break. Abbott grew up in Cheam, a suburb of London, England. He attended Wilson's School, an all-boys' school in Wallington, Surrey. During his youth, Abbott was a keen golfer, representing Surrey at Junior and Men's level, and also playing"
"doing his national service. She stood by him during the scandals that marred his career. Frank Bough Frank Joseph Bough (; born 15 January 1933) is a retired English television presenter. He is best known as the former host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including ""Grandstand"", ""Nationwide"" and ""Breakfast Time"", which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross. Over a long broadcasting career, Bough became renowned for his smooth, relaxed and professional approach to live broadcasts, once being described as ""the most unassailable performer on British television"". In 1987, Michael Parkinson said: ""If my life depended on"
"Frank Bough Frank Joseph Bough (; born 15 January 1933) is a retired English television presenter. He is best known as the former host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including ""Grandstand"", ""Nationwide"" and ""Breakfast Time"", which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross. Over a long broadcasting career, Bough became renowned for his smooth, relaxed and professional approach to live broadcasts, once being described as ""the most unassailable performer on British television"". In 1987, Michael Parkinson said: ""If my life depended on the smooth handling of a TV show, Bough would be my first choice to be"
"Tom Abbott Tom Abbott (born 7 December 1981 in London, England) is a broadcaster and sports commentator, best known for his work with The Golf Channel and NBC. He serves as a presenter and commentator for coverage of the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and European Tour. Since 2010, Abbott has been co-host of The Big Break. Abbott grew up in Cheam, a suburb of London, England. He attended Wilson's School, an all-boys' school in Wallington, Surrey. During his youth, Abbott was a keen golfer, representing Surrey at Junior and Men's level, and also playing for the England Schools' golf team."
"behind the ""Top 10"" series for one season. In late 2008, Abbott began appearing on the network's LPGA Tour coverage. In 2009, Abbott reported on the announcement of golf's inclusion into the Olympics from Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven years later at the games in Rio, golf returned to The Olympics and Abbott was part of the NBC Sports broadcast team. In 2010, Abbott replaced Vince Cellini as host of Golf Channel's hit series, The Big Break. Abbott has gone-on to host eleven seasons of Big Break, including Big Break NFL, alongside Michele Tafoya, and the latest season Big Break, The Palm"
"the Telia Tour, where she won one event. In Sweden, Tucker attended the same high school as PGA Tour player Jesper Parnevik and had a class with Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren. Her husband Paul Tucker, whom she met at Duke, is a former professional player on the NGA Hooters Tour. Tucker appeared on """", the fifth edition of The Golf Channel's reality television competition program ""The Big Break"". The show's premise is to award aspiring golf professionals exemptions into event on major tours, eliminating one contestant each week through a series of challenges until only one player is left."
"co-host for Big Break NFL in 2013. Melanie Collins co-hosted with Abbott on Big Break Florida and Big Break, The Palm Beaches, Florida. LPGA golfer Paige Mackenzie was the female host for Big Break Myrtle Beach in the fall of 2014. Each episode is an hour long, though each season finale is two hours long. The show's chief signature is a giant rock that bears its logo. Until the 11th edition, there was a side rock with the Roman numeral identifying the edition. Now, each show is referred to only by its location. The show was cancelled in 2015 because"
"2005, ""The Big Break All-Star Challenge"" debuted, featuring four members of the Boston Red Sox. Since then, there have been many more editions of the show, featuring NASCAR drivers, as well as members of the Green Bay Packers, the Chicago White Sox, the Tampa Bay Lightning, the cast of ""Scrubs"", and the band Hootie & The Blowfish. There have been many various hosts of the All-Star edition, and not once have Cellini and Sparks co-hosted an episode together. Other Golf Channel personalities who have hosted the All-Star edition include Brian Hammons and Steve Sands, and some co-hosts have included former"
"member Bobby G. ""Big Deal"" (series one) was released on DVD on 24 July 2006. Big Deal (TV series) Big Deal is a British comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1984 and 1986. The series was created and written by Geoff McQueen, who created several other major television series including ""Give Us a Break"", ""Stay Lucky"", and ""The Bill"". Starring Ray Brooks, Sharon Duce and Lisa Geoghan, the series concentrated on the ups and downs of small-time London gambler Robbie Box (played by Brooks) and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend"
"from Big Break. It premiered May 15, 2012 and is hosted by Michael Breed. The 18th season of Big Break featured 12 men and premiered October 2, 2012. Mark Silvers defeated James Lepp in the finale. With the win Silvers received a sponsor's exemption to the 2013 Greenbrier Classic. He missed the cut posting a +2 36-hole score. The 19th season featured 6 men and 6 women. The contestants were divided into 3 teams of 4. Halfway through the season all 4 members of Team Maya remained while the other teams were down to 1 player each. The players remaining"
"The Big Break I The Big Break I was the first round of ""The Big Break"", the Golf Channel's reality television program. The show's premise is to award an aspiring professional golfer exemptions into selected events or full-season exemptions on certain tours. The series debuted on October 6, 2003. The contest was filmed over ten days at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan. The winner would receive exemptions into four selected events on the Canadian Tour in 2004 (all of which were broadcast by The Golf Channel). The ten hopefuls for the first season were Randy Block of San Antonio; Garrett"
"The Big Break I The Big Break I was the first round of ""The Big Break"", the Golf Channel's reality television program. The show's premise is to award an aspiring professional golfer exemptions into selected events or full-season exemptions on certain tours. The series debuted on October 6, 2003. The contest was filmed over ten days at Treetops Resort in Gaylord, Michigan. The winner would receive exemptions into four selected events on the Canadian Tour in 2004 (all of which were broadcast by The Golf Channel). The ten hopefuls for the first season were Randy Block of San Antonio; Garrett"
"Big Deal (TV series) Big Deal is a British comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the BBC between 1984 and 1986. The series was created and written by Geoff McQueen, who created several other major television series including ""Give Us a Break"", ""Stay Lucky"", and ""The Bill"". Starring Ray Brooks, Sharon Duce and Lisa Geoghan, the series concentrated on the ups and downs of small-time London gambler Robbie Box (played by Brooks) and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver (Duce) and her daughter Debby (Geoghan). The theme music was by Bucks Fizz"
"up again for the player to attempt. Prizes included binoculars, clock radios and champagne. If they completed the shot successfully, they won the prize. If the contestant came close to winning but failed, Davidson or Virgo would often knock the snooker ball into the pocket. However, if the player lost, which was very rare, Davidson would offer an old record by an unpopular artist whom the contestant would not recognise. In the first episode of ""Big Break"", Virgo performed a trick shot dressed as Willie Thorne and missed the pot, while the contestant got it in. He would also occasionally"
"– as far away as the United States for tournaments, and across the UK as one of only three women in the GB Nine-ball Tour, the discipline's professional league in the UK. As of 2015, she had remained active in competitive snooker, too, in the form of pro-am tournaments in ten-red snooker, a fast-paced version of the game. Horsburgh has appeared on BBC One's snooker game show ""Big Break"" three times. Horsburgh has a recorded high snooker break of 135, only 11 short of a maximum break. She has trained with snooker coaches Sedge McClelland and Stephen Rowlings in snooker,"
"a way that didn't feel right"". Barker refused to name the female tennis player involved. Sue Barker Susan Barker, (born 19 April 1956 in Paignton, Devon) is an English television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won fifteen WTA Tour singles titles, including one Grand Slam singles title at the 1976 French Open. She reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3. She is now one of the main sports presenters at the BBC, most notably fronting the corporation’s coverage of Wimbledon and A Question of Sport. Barker was born and raised in Paignton,"
"of the studio and charging about to cause chaos on the set. For ""Comic Relief"" in March 1993, a special crossover between ""Bullseye"" and the BBC's snooker-based game show ""Big Break"" (the creation of which had been partly influenced by ""Bullseye"") was planned, with guest comedians as contestants, and with Bowen and ""Big Break"" host Jim Davidson, along with scorers Tony Green and ""Big Break""s John Virgo, effectively taking their counterpart's role within the game for humorous effect. Bowen and Davidson were both very enthusiastic about the idea; however the proposal never came to fruition, reportedly after ITV wanted the"
"2002, she was given the Janet Bachna Award for Kent State Female Senior Athlete of the Year. While at Kent State, Dowling became friends with the winner of the 2003 The Open Championship, Ben Curtis. Dowling says her golfing hero is the great Canadian professional, Moe Norman, who died on September 4, 2004, over a month before the show began taping. When ""The Big Break"" was first announced, a lot of celebrities applied for the show in addition to aspiring pros. The Golf Channel soon created a celebrity edition of the show, this one to benefit charities. On March 22,"
"Bryant Gumbel Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's ""Today"". He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hosted HBO's acclaimed investigative series ""Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel"", which has been rated as ""flat out TV's best sports program"" by the ""Los Angeles Times"". It won a Peabody Award in 2012. Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show ""GrandStand"" with Jack Buck. From 1975 until"
"The Big Break VII: Reunion at Reunion The Big Break VII: Reunion at Reunion featured sixteen competitors from previous seasons of ""The Big Break"" returning to compete for PGA, Champions and LPGA Tour exemptions at the Reunion Resort & Club in Orlando, Florida. The series premiered on The Golf Channel on February 25, 2007 and was won by Tommy ""Two Gloves"" Gainey, who originally competed on """". Competitors included: Laura London indicated in her interview that ""The Big Break VII"" was actually cast well before the completion of filming of ""The Big Break VI"" and before London herself had been"
"adverts for TalkTalk shown before ""Big Brother 5"" in 2004. Goldstein currently hosts ""The Sports Bar"", a radio show which runs on talkSPORT from Monday to Thursday 10pm to 1am every week. The show initially broadcast on Sunday nights before being broadcast Monday to Thursday. Following George Galloway's departure from the station, it was increased to 4 nights per week. Goldstein is also a decent pool and snooker player having beaten Steve Davis as part of a feature on the All Sports Show, supposedly taking Davis' roll of honour (including his MBE, OBE, six World Championships and his Mosconi Cup"
"to co-host their third edition of the show. """", the show's behind-the-scenes spinoff, returned for its second season. ""The Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe"" contestant Marty Wilde, Jr. hosted ""All Access"". ""All Access"" premiered the night after the first episode. Just after the show premiered, a calendar featuring the 11 contestants in model-style poses while wearing beachwear was released. It drew some criticism from the show's viewers, who said that The Golf Channel was more interested in potential contestants' looks rather than their playing skills, but the contestants themselves said they enjoyed doing the calendar shoot. Ashley Prange was"
"Big Break Ireland Big Break Ireland was the 16th edition of the Golf Channel reality show, The Big Break. It was contested in the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. It premiered on September 20, 2011. The eventual winner of the show was Mark Murphy, who won $50,000 and two exemptions to European Tour events, the Trophée Hassan II and the Irish Open. The show was hosted by Golf Channel's Tom Abbott and Stephanie Sparks. The 12 contestants were divided into two teams, Straffan and Liffey, with 3 men and 3 women on each team. The contestants live in"
"and successful Coach/mentor to a number of internationally successful Billiards players including former World No.4 Roxton Chapman, 5 times English Champion Mathew Sutton and 2 times English Champion Phill Welham. The Peterborough-based Coach also ran a Junior Academy at Raunds during this period which produced 2 national Junior Billiards Champions in a 5-year period. He is also the former coach of 2005 World Snooker Champion Shaun Murphy. Mark Wildman Mark Wildman (born 25 January 1936) is an English snooker and pool commentator and a retired professional snooker and English billiards player. He made the first televised century break (107 points)"
"Your Big Break Your Big Break is a talent show featuring contestants playing the role of their song's original singer. The show aired in syndication from September 25, 1999 to June 16, 2001. It was hosted by Christopher ""Kid"" Reid in its first season (1999-2000) then by Alfonso Ribeiro in its second (2000-2001). It was produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with Endemol and was distributed by Buena Vista Television. Celebrity sound-(or look)-a-likes compete for cash and prizes. Each contestant is introduced by their real name and the singer they are emulating. They are each given roughly 3 minutes"
"Sparks and Cellini returned to host ""The Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe"". They will return again on February 7, 2006, for ""The Big Break V: Hawaii"", a second ""ladies only"" edition. Sparks also hosts many of the Golf Channel's program, ""Playing Lessons With the Pros,"" where she along with a professional golfer offer tips while they play. Amateur Stephanie Sparks Stephanie Sparks (born July 18, 1973) is an on-air personality at The Golf Channel and a former golfer, whose best years in golf came as an amateur. Sparks was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. From 1992 to 1994, she"
"and premiered on February 7, 2006, a day short of the first anniversary of the premiere of ""The Big Break III"". Cellini and Sparks returned for their third stint as hosts. ""All Access"" also returned, with Wilde as the reporter this time around. This ""Big Break"" contained the show's largest prize package yet: the lone LPGA exemption will be into the 2006 Safeway Classic. Other prizes were a Bridgestone Golf equipment contract, a $10,000 prize package from Golfsmith, and a 2006 Chrysler Crossfire Roadster. The winner also got a developmental package prior to their LPGA start, something viewers have been"