''Championship Snooker'' is a Canadian television series which aired on

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from 1966 to 1967.

Premise

Each episode featured

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games between two players, recorded in

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at the House of Champions and edited for the hour-long time slot. Don Maybee and Bob Trodd were the competitors in the debut episode.

Scheduling

The series was broadcast on Saturday afternoons. The first series featured a 26-week tournament, broadcast between 7 May and 26 November 1966. The second season was broadcast from 13 May to 16 September 1967,

References

External links

* CBC Television original programming 1966 Canadian television series debuts 1967 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian sports television series Snooker on television {{Canada-sport-tv-prog-stub