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''Pot Black'' was a
snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ...
tournament in the United Kingdom broadcast on the
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. Each match was contested over a single , where other tournaments were significantly longer. The event carried no
ranking points, but played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game of snooker. The event was first held in
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
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with a field of eight players and ran annually until
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
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**Spain and Portugal ente ...
. The event resurfaced for three years in both 1991 and 2005. The series was followed by events for other categories of players, with a juniors and seniors events, and a celebrity version held in 2006.
The series was created by the
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
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David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...
, shortly after BBC2 began broadcasting in colour. Snooker, a game using coloured balls, was suggested as a suitable way to sell the new technology. The series helped transform snooker from a minority sport played by just a handful of professionals into one of the most popular sports in the UK.
Mark Williams made the highest in the competition's history, a 119.
History
The
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began broadcasting in colour in 1967 and was looking for programmes that could exploit the new technology.