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'I am the largest sports promoter in the world. I promote 11 sports to a global audience of billions of people every day of my life' ... A larger than life working class hero, Barry Hearn is still the beating heart of global boxing, snooker, angling and darts - but he's never headlined his own podcast... until now! Tune in for the secrets of his incredible success and exclusive anecdotes - all delivered with Barry's infectious humour and undimmed passion for the ordinary people who he helped turn into global superstars. WATCH & WIN! 2x World Darts Championship tickets. Info in show bios...

  1. 12/19/2024

    Best Bits - Part 2

    "You'd be surprised - when you're on the floor in life, quite how many people will kick you in the nuts..." The best of Life Lessons; why it's still okay to have big ambitions - aged 76; and why a sporting genius can save a sport but send you Snooker Loopy. A compilation of the best bits from Series One.

    32 min

  2. 12/18/2024

    Best Bits - Part 1

    "He was bleeding - and Jocky Wilson was on the floor in hysterics.." The original superstars of darts and the Golden Nugget who began a billion-pound empire. Plus - AJ's waiting in the wings ahead of Usyk versus Fury; and the £20k weekend in Paris that only Chris Eubank could have gotten away with. A compilation of the best bits from Series One.

    30 min

  3. 12/05/2024

    Drugs & Match-Fixing

    ‘If match-fixing goes unchallenged it will ruin sport’ Betting patterns for every darts, snooker and pool game are tracked by an expensive army of Matchroom boffins... Barry tells us why ALL sports need to invest in their integrity. Plus - as Conor Benn's cleared to box again, there's a call for a review of the doping rules. And Barry cracks out his crystal ball to see what 2025 will bring us.

    28 min

  4. 11/28/2024

    Luke Littler - My Greatest Gift

    "It's tough to know what to buy me for Christmas - but last year, I got Luke Littler. "Now I'm thinking: how do I repay these darts players for giving me this type of enjoyment in my twilight years? "And the answer is, I'll ramp up the prize money. Let's give them a million pounds for winning the world title." Plus - How Jake Paul's fake fights could benefit real boxing and an exclusive offer to keep the World Snooker Championships on the BBC for another 50 years.

    34 min

  5. 11/21/2024

    Succession Story with Netflix

    Barry and son Eddie have given the keys to the Matchroom empire to Netflix - and they're filming everything as they look to make a must-see global hit for 2025. We'll get Barry's exclusive take on what'll be in it - and why the publicity is worth the risk. Plus - he'll relive one of his greatest moments - winning a rack aged 76 - at the US Open 9-Ball Pool Championships.

    31 min

  6. 11/14/2024

    British Football's Foreign Takeover

    A unique insight for football fans into what's really going on ... Barry still owns Leyton Orient's ground, despite selling to an Italian buyer after 19 topsy-turvy years at the club he supported as a boy. So what does he make of the influx of foreign cash into the British game - and does it matter if investors don't even turn up to games?

    31 min

  7. 11/07/2024

    Who's the Greatest?

    When Prince Harry rocked up to the world darts championship the pub game had truly come of age. But who makes Barry's Top 5 of all-time? And there's a slap-down for the bigwigs hoping for a freebie after 90,000 Alexandra Palace tickets sold out in just 15 minutes.

    32 min

  8. 10/31/2024

    Anthony Joshua Special - fight or flight?

    An exclusive insight into what next for Anthony Joshua in this heavyweight episode. Bazza's take on the fight AJ needs to take next ... IF he chooses to box on. And the missed catch ... how Matchroom missed out on a deal to transform cricket.

    36 min
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'I am the largest sports promoter in the world. I promote 11 sports to a global audience of billions of people every day of my life' ... A larger than life working class hero, Barry Hearn is still the beating heart of global boxing, snooker, angling and darts - but he's never headlined his own podcast... until now! Tune in for the secrets of his incredible success and exclusive anecdotes - all delivered with Barry's infectious humour and undimmed passion for the ordinary people who he helped turn into global superstars. WATCH & WIN! 2x World Darts Championship tickets. Info in show bios...

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