''The King of Snooker'' (Traditional Chinese: 桌球天王) is a

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television drama

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revolving around the sport of

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. It was originally broadcast by the network in 2009, from 30 March through 24 April, and subsequently re-released on DVD in several translations.

Synopsis

World champion

player Yau Yat Kiu (

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) takes everyone by surprise when he suddenly retires from the snooker world. This comes as a huge disappointment to his daughter Yau Ka Kan ( Niki Chow), who has always wanted to follow in his footsteps. She feels bewildered too, for although Kiu pretends he does not care about the sport any more, he has set up a series of challenge matches on the snooker table in his restaurant. His real purpose is that he is waiting for someone he feels is worth taking on as a protégé. Kiu comes to know Kan Tze Him (

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) by chance. Noticing his flair for snooker, Kiu decides to teach Him all he knows about the game. Later, Kan manages to persuade her father into taking her on as a student as well. Him fancies Kan, but she is fond of Lui Kin Chung (

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), Kiu's bitter rival. Chung's manager is a devious person; in order to ensure Chung's victory against Kiu, he drugs Kiu's water with sleeping pills during a match. After the game, Chung falls out with his manager because of this when he finds out. Later in the series, a woman named Chin To To (

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) falls in love with Kiu. Meanwhile, Him falls out with Kiu because of Chung's ex-manager. Both master and disciple come to settle their scores on a snooker table in the end.

Cast

Awards and nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009): * Best Drama * Most Improved Actress (Catherine Chau)

Viewership ratings

DVD release

The entire 20-episode miniseries has been re-released as a

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4-disc

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box set in

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video format. It features the original

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and a

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audio track, with English and Malay translation subtitles, and

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subtitles for the hearing-impaired.

References

External links

The show's official website
at ''TVB.com''
Screen-captures and synopsis
by ''K for TVB''

Notes

* In 2008, prior to filming,

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, along with

were considered, for they were daughter and father. Ultamitely, the former had schedule conflicts, ultimately causing

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to inherit the role of Yau-Ka-Kan. {{DEFAULTSORT:King Of Snooker, The TVB dramas Snooker on television 2009 Hong Kong television series debuts 2009 Hong Kong television series endings