

Cigarettes, booze, and impossible angles — the most chaotic sports era you never knew existed.
Direction
Carl Doran captures Higgins' volcanic charisma without exploitation.
Editing
Archive footage cuts between glory and ruin with surgical precision.
Director
Carl Doran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1985 World Championship final between Davis and Dennis Taylor remains the most-watched programme in BBC Two history, with 18.5 million viewers tuning in past midnight.
Alex Higgins' 1982 funeral procession through Belfast drew thousands — this documentary captures why a working-class Catholic boy from Troubles-era Northern Ireland became Protestant working-class England's unlikely hero.
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