Timeshift Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain (Season 14, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary

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Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain (Season 14, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary

How darts become one of Britain's most popular sports in the 1970s thanks to innovative ideas in television coverage and the increasing popularity of the top darts players.

Director

Matthew Thomas

Producer

Matthew Thomas

Editor

Stuart Davies

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Updated Dec 15, 2014

Release date

Dec 15, 2014 (United Kingdom)

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
Siobhan Finneran Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Downton Abbey (2010)
Eric Bristow Self - Darts Player Self - Darts Player See fewer	Heartlands (2002)
Bobby George Self - Darts Player Self - Darts Player See fewer	Gatwick Gangsters (2017)
Martin Amis Self - Novelist, 'London Fields' Self - Novelist, 'London Fields' See fewer	The Zone of Interest (2023)
Alan Evans Self - Darts Player (archive footage) Self - Darts Player (archive footage) See fewer	The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship (1981)
John Lowe Self - Darts Player Self - Darts Player See fewer	The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship (1981)
Joe Hitchcock Self - Darts Player (archive footage) Self - Darts Player (archive footage) See fewer
Patrick Chaplin Self - Author, 'Darts in Britain 1900-39' Self - Author, 'Darts in Britain 1900-39' See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Leighton Rees Self - Darts Player (archive footage) Self - Darts Player (archive footage) See fewer	Bullseye (1979)
Olly Croft Self - British Darts Organisation Self - British Darts Organisation See fewer	Bullseye (1981)
Sid Waddell Self - Darts Commentator (archive footage) Self - Darts Commentator (archive footage) See fewer	The Flaxton Boys (1969)
Fred Trueman Self - Presenter, The Indoor League (archive footage) Self - Presenter, The Indoor League (archive footage) See fewer	Fred Trueman Bowls You Over (1994)
Maureen Flowers Self - Darts Player Self - Darts Player See fewer	Bullseye (1981)
Nick Hunter Self - BBC Sports Producer Self - BBC Sports Producer See fewer	Bullseye (1979)
Ceri Morgan Self - Darts Player (archive footage) Self - Darts Player (archive footage) See fewer	The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship (1981)
Leslie Sarony Self - The Dart Song, 1937 (archive footage) (as The Two Leslies) Self - The Dart Song, 1937 (archive footage) (as The Two Leslies) See fewer	The Meaning of Life (1983)
Leslie Holmes Self - The Dart Song, 1937 (archive footage) (as The Two Leslies) Self - The Dart Song, 1937 (archive footage) (as The Two Leslies) See fewer	His Lordship (1932)
Selina Scott Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage) Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage) See fewer	Breakfast Time (1983)
Jonathan Miller Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage) Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage) See fewer	Cosi Fan Tutte (1986)
Griff Rhys Jones Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage) Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage) See fewer	Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
Mel Smith Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage) Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage) See fewer	The Princess Bride (1987)
Tony Green Self - Darts Commentator Self - Darts Commentator See fewer	Bullseye (1981)
Keith Deller Self - Darts Player Self - Darts Player See fewer	PDC World Darts Championship (1993)
Alan Yentob Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage) Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage) See fewer	Imagine (2003)
Phil Taylor Self - Darts Player Self - Darts Player See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)