Big Break
Big Break is a British game show based around the game of snooker, mixed with traditional game show elements. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 30 April 1991 and 9 October 2002. It influenced a later game show for the network called Full Swing, but based around golf, and itself was in part influenced by ITV's long-running darts quiz Bullseye.
Cast
Jim Davidson
Self - Host
John Virgo
Self
Seasons
E1Series 1, Show 1
Apr 30, 1991
E2Series 1, Show 2
May 7, 1991
E3Series 1, Show 3
May 14, 1991
E4Series 1, Show 4
May 21, 1991
E5Series 1, Show 5
May 28, 1991
E6Series 1, Show 6
Jun 4, 1991
E7Series 1, Show 7
Jun 11, 1991
E8Series 1, Show 8
Jun 18, 1991
E9Series 1, Show 9
Jun 25, 1991
E10Series 1, Show 10
Jul 2, 1991
E11Series 1, Show 11
Jul 9, 1991
E12Series 1, Show 12
Jul 16, 1991
E13Series 1, Christmas Special
Dec 24, 1991
E1Series 2, Show 1
Jan 11, 1992
E2Series 2, Show 2
Jan 18, 1992
E3Series 2, Show 3
Jan 25, 1992
E4Series 2, Show 4
Feb 1, 1992
E5Series 2, Show 5
Feb 8, 1992
E6Series 2, Show 6
Feb 15, 1992
E7Series 2, Show 7
Feb 22, 1992
E8Series 2, Show 8
Feb 29, 1992
E9Series 2, Show 9
Mar 7, 1992
E10Series 2, Show 10
Mar 14, 1992
E11Series 2, Show 11
Mar 21, 1992
E12Series 2, Show 12
Mar 28, 1992
E13Series 2, Show 13
Apr 4, 1992
E1Series 3, Show 1
Sep 12, 1992
E2Series 3, Show 2
Sep 19, 1992
E3Series 3, Show 3
Sep 26, 1992
E4Series 3, Show 4
Oct 3, 1992
E5Series 3, Show 5
Oct 10, 1992
E6Series 3, Show 6
Oct 17, 1992
E7Series 3, Show 7
Oct 24, 1992
E8Series 3, Show 8
Oct 31, 1992
E9Series 3, Show 9
Nov 7, 1992
E10Series 3, Show 10
Nov 14, 1992
E11Series 3, Show 11
Nov 21, 1992
E12Series 3, Show 12
Nov 28, 1992
E13Series 3, Show 13
Dec 5, 1992
E14Series 3, Show 14
Dec 12, 1992
E15Series 3, Show 15
Dec 19, 1992
E16Series 3, Christmas Celebrity Special
Dec 26, 1992
E1Series 4, Show 1
Sep 4, 1993
E2Series 4, Show 2
Sep 11, 1993
E3Series 4, Show 3
Sep 18, 1993
E4Series 4, Show 4
Sep 25, 1993
E5Series 4, Show 5
Oct 2, 1993
E6Series 4, Show 6
Oct 9, 1993
E7Series 4, Show 7
Oct 23, 1993
E8Series 4, Show 8
Oct 30, 1993
E9Series 4, Show 9
Nov 6, 1993
E10Series 4, Show 10
Nov 13, 1993
E11Series 4, Show 11
Nov 20, 1993
E12Series 4, Show 12
Nov 27, 1993
E13Series 4, Show 13
Dec 4, 1993
E14Series 4, Show 14
Dec 11, 1993
E15Series 4, Show 15
Dec 18, 1993
E16Series 4, Christmas Celebrity Special
Dec 27, 1993
E17Series 4, Show 16
Jan 1, 1994
E18Series 4, Show 17
Jan 8, 1994
E19Series 4, Show 18
Jan 22, 1994
E20Series 4, Show 19
Jan 29, 1994
E21Series 4, Show 20
Feb 5, 1994
E22Series 4, Show 21
Feb 12, 1994
E23Series 4, Show 22
Feb 19, 1994
E24Series 4, Show 23
Feb 26, 1994
E25Series 4, Show 24
Mar 5, 1994
E26Series 4, Show 25
Mar 12, 1994
E27Series 4, Show 26
Mar 19, 1994
E28Series 4, Show 27
Mar 26, 1994
E1Series 5, Show 1
Sep 9, 1994
E2Series 5, Show 2
Sep 16, 1994
E3Series 5, Show 3
Sep 23, 1994
E4Series 5, Show 4
Sep 30, 1994
E5Series 5, Show 5
Oct 7, 1994
E6Series 5, Show 6
Oct 14, 1994
E7Series 5, Show 7
Oct 21, 1994
E8Series 5, Show 8
Oct 28, 1994
E9Series 5, Big Break In Wonderland
Dec 27, 1994
E1Series 6, Show 1
Jan 7, 1995
E2Series 6, Show 2
Jan 14, 1995
E3Series 6, Show 3
Jan 21, 1995
E4Series 6, Show 4
Jan 28, 1995
E5Series 6, Show 5
Feb 4, 1995
E6Series 6, Show 6
Feb 11, 1995
E7Series 6, Show 7
Feb 18, 1995
E8Series 6, Show 8
Feb 25, 1995
E9Series 6, Show 9
Mar 4, 1995
E10Series 6, Show 10
Mar 11, 1995
E11Series 6, Show 11
Mar 18, 1995
E12Series 6, Show 12
Mar 25, 1995
E13Series 6, Show 13
Apr 1, 1995
E14Series 6, Show 14
Apr 8, 1995
E15Series 6, Show 15
Apr 15, 1995
E16Series 6, Show 16
Apr 22, 1995
E17Series 6, Show 17
Apr 29, 1995
E18Series 6, Show 18
May 6, 1995
E19Series 6, Show 19
May 20, 1995
E1Series 7, Trick Shot Special
Aug 22, 1995
E2Series 7, Trick Shot Special 2
Aug 29, 1995
E3Series 7, Show 1
Sep 2, 1995
E4Series 7, Show 2
Sep 9, 1995
E5Series 7, Show 3
Sep 16, 1995
E6Series 7, Show 4
Sep 23, 1995
E7Series 7, Show 5
Sep 30, 1995
E8Series 7, Show 6
Oct 7, 1995
E9Series 7, Show 7
Oct 14, 1995
E10Series 7, Trick Shot Special 3
Oct 19, 1995
E11Series 7, Christmas Panto
Dec 28, 1995
E1Series 8, Show 1
Mar 2, 1996
E2Series 8, Show 2
Mar 9, 1996
E3Series 8, Show 3
Mar 16, 1996
E4Series 8, Show 4
Mar 23, 1996
E5Series 8, Show 5
Mar 30, 1996
E6Series 8, Show 6
Apr 6, 1996
E7Series 8, Show 7
Apr 13, 1996
E8Series 8, Show 8
Apr 20, 1996
E9Series 8, Show 9
Apr 27, 1996
E10Series 8, Show 10
May 4, 1996
E11Series 8, Show 11
May 10, 1996
E12Series 8, Show 12
May 17, 1996
E13Series 8, Show 13
May 24, 1996
E14Series 8, Show 14
May 31, 1996
E15Series 8, Show 15
Jun 14, 1996
E16Series 8, Show 16
Jun 21, 1996
E17Series 8, Show 17
Jun 28, 1996
E18Series 8, Show 18
Jul 5, 1996
E19Series 8, Show 19
Jul 12, 1996
E20Series 8, Show 20
Jul 19, 1996
E21Series 8, Trick Shot Special
Aug 3, 1996
E22Series 8, Trick Shot Special 2
Aug 29, 1996
E23Series 8, Christmas Show
Dec 27, 1996
E1Series 9, Show 1
Jan 3, 1997
E2Series 9, Show 2
Jan 10, 1997
E3Series 9, Show 3
Jan 17, 1997
E4Series 9, Show 4
Jan 24, 1997
E5Series 9, Show 5
Jan 31, 1997
E6Series 9, Show 6
Feb 7, 1997
E7Series 9, Show 7
Feb 14, 1997
E8Series 9, Show 8
Feb 21, 1997
E9Series 9, Show 9
Feb 28, 1997
E10Series 9, Show 10
Mar 7, 1997
E11Series 9, Show 11
Mar 21, 1997
E12Series 9, Show 12
Mar 28, 1997
E13Series 9, Show 13
Apr 4, 1997
E14Series 9, Show 14
Apr 11, 1997
E15Series 9, Show 15
Apr 18, 1997
E16Series 9, Show 16
Jun 9, 1997
E17Series 9, Show 17
Jun 16, 1997
E18Series 9, Show 18
Jun 23, 1997
E19Series 9, Trick Shot Special
Jun 27, 1997
E20Series 9, Trick Shot Special 2
Jul 4, 1997
E21Series 9, Show 19
Jul 7, 1997
E22Series 9, Show 20
Jul 14, 1997
E23Series 9, Christmas Special
Dec 26, 1997
E1Series 10, Show 1
Jan 9, 1998
E2Series 10, Show 2
Jan 16, 1998
E3Series 10, Show 3
Jan 23, 1998
E4Series 10, Show 4
Jan 30, 1998
E5Series 10, Show 5
Feb 6, 1998
E6Series 10, Show 6
Feb 13, 1998
E7Series 10, Show 7
Feb 20, 1998
E8Series 10, Show 8
Feb 27, 1998
E9Series 10, Show 9
Mar 6, 1998
E10Series 10, Show 10
Apr 4, 1998
E11Series 10, Show 11
Apr 11, 1998
E12Series 10, Show 12
Apr 18, 1998
E13Series 10, Show 13
Apr 25, 1998
E14Series 10, Show 14
May 2, 1998
E15Series 10, Show 15
May 16, 1998
E16Series 10, Show 16
May 23, 1998
E17Series 10, Show 17
Jun 6, 1998
E18Series 10, Show 18
Jun 13, 1998
E19Series 10, Show 19
Jul 18, 1998
E20Series 10, Christmas Show
Dec 28, 1998
E1Series 11, Show 1
Feb 13, 1999
E2Series 11, Show 2
Feb 20, 1999
E3Series 11, Show 3
Feb 27, 1999
E4Series 11, Show 4
Mar 13, 1999
E5Series 11, Show 5
Mar 20, 1999
E6Series 11, Show 6
Mar 27, 1999
E7Series 11, Show 7
Apr 10, 1999
E8Series 11, Show 8
Apr 17, 1999
E9Series 11, Show 9
Apr 24, 1999
E10Series 11, Show 10
May 1, 1999
E11Series 11, Show 11
May 8, 1999
E12Series 11, Show 12
May 15, 1999
E13Series 11, Show 13
May 22, 1999
E14Series 11, Show 14
Jun 12, 1999
E15Series 11, Show 15
Jun 26, 1999
E16Series 11, Stars Of The Future 1
Jul 3, 1999
E17Series 11, Stars Of The Future 2
Jul 10, 1999
E18Series 11, Stars Of The Future 3
Jul 17, 1999
E19Series 11, Stars Of The Future 4
Jul 24, 1999
E1Series 12, Show 1
Dec 4, 1999
E2Series 12, Stars Of The Future
Dec 11, 1999
E3Series 12, Show 3
Dec 18, 1999
E4Series 12, Trick Shot Special
Dec 23, 1999
E5Series 12, Snooker Scrapbook
Jan 3, 2000
E6Series 12, Show 6
Jan 5, 2000
E7Series 12, Show 7
Jan 12, 2000
E8Series 12, Show 8
Jan 14, 2000
E9Series 12, Show 9
Jan 19, 2000
E10Series 12, Show 10
Jan 26, 2000
E11Series 12, Show 11
Feb 2, 2000
E12Series 12, Show 12
Feb 9, 2000
E13Series 12, Show 13
Feb 16, 2000
E14Series 12, Show 14
Feb 23, 2000
E15Series 12, Show 15
Mar 15, 2000
E16Series 12, Show 16
Mar 20, 2000
E17Series 12, Show 17
Mar 21, 2000
E18Series 12, Show 18
Mar 22, 2000
E19Series 12, Show 19
Mar 23, 2000
E20Series 12, Show 20
Mar 24, 2000
E21Series 12, Show 21
Mar 27, 2000
E22Series 12, Show 22
Mar 28, 2000
E23Series 12, Show 23
Mar 29, 2000
E24Series 12, Show 24
Mar 30, 2000
E25Series 12, Show 25
Mar 31, 2000
E1Series 13, Show 1
Apr 28, 2001
E2Series 13, Show 2
May 5, 2001
E3Series 13, Show 3
May 12, 2001
E4Series 13, Show 4
May 19, 2001
E5Series 13, Show 5
Jun 16, 2001
E6Series 13, Show 6
Jun 23, 2001
E7Series 13, Show 7
Jun 30, 2001
E8Series 13, Show 8
Jul 14, 2001
E9Series 13, Show 9
Jul 21, 2001
E10Series 13, Show 10
Jul 28, 2001
E11Series 13, Show 11
Aug 11, 2001
E12Series 13, Show 12
Aug 18, 2001
E1Series 14, Show 1
Jun 22, 2002
E2Series 14, Show 2
Jun 29, 2002
E3Series 14, Show 3
Jul 6, 2002
E4Series 14, Show 4
Jul 13, 2002
E5Series 14, Show 5
Jul 20, 2002
E6Series 14, Show 6
Aug 10, 2002
E7Series 14, Show 7
Oct 2, 2002
E8Series 14, Show 8
Oct 9, 2002
Storyline
Big Break is a British game show based around the game of snooker, mixed with traditional game show elements. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 30 April 1991 and 9 October 2002. It influenced a later game show for the network called Full Swing, but based around golf, and itself was in part influenced by ITV's long-running darts quiz Bullseye.
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