Inside BBC’s commentary box for UK Snooker Championship as legendary host gives glimpse behind the scenes

LEGENDARY BBC commentator Rob Walker has provided fans with a down the scenes glimpse of the commentary container astatine the UK Championship.

In an exclusive video for SunSport, Walker broke down however a emblematic broadcast successful the commentary container tin go.

He besides shared his tips and tricks for however helium plans and prepares for games.

Walker said: "This is simply a precise little penetration into 1 of my favourite places astatine immoderate snooker venue, the commentary box.

"We person this glass, we person to effort and retrieve to support our voices down which was hard due to the fact that I had the honour of commentating connected my first 147 with Zhang Anda connected this table.

"In truly excitable moments your commentary tin beryllium heard connected the arena level but you person to anticipation that that's astatine a clip erstwhile the assemblage are cheering."

Walker revealed a leafage of his handwritten notes earlier Jak Jones clash with Michael Holt - which was won 6-5 by Holt - showing however helium had Jones connected the near with what helium had done this season, their head-to-heads and immoderate large vocation milestones and notable events.

He past pointed to a surface which helium named "the effect machine".

The "brilliant portion of kit" shows the scores and the stats from the games, the surface inactive displaying numbers from the Zhang v Stuart Bingham match.

He said: "So your oculus tin beryllium rapidly drawn. Anything successful yellowish it to bash with Zhang and thing successful bluish is Bingham."

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Reflecting much broadly connected the role, the 49-year-old said: "It's a existent privilege to beryllium successful this seat.

"And besides what I've learned from radical similar Ken Doherty and John Virgo and each the great, large snooker commentators, [is that] you ever request to fto snooker breathe.

"So sometimes it's astir saying less, alternatively than much and you'e truly got to prime your moments.

"But I deliberation it's a existent privilege to person an accidental to commentate connected immoderate sporting event, particularly erstwhile you bare successful caput however hard the sportsmen and women enactment to get to wherever they are."

Walker concluded by adding: "So you ever person to bash your homework and you get a large consciousness of excitement.

"So the commentary boxes are very, precise peculiar places to beryllium indeed."

The first 2 quarter-finals are underway close now and spot Judd Trump taking connected Zhang, portion Barry Hawkins is up against Shaun Murphy.

The next 2 volition spot Jack Lisowski instrumentality connected Mark Allen and Holt spell up against Kyren Wilson for the semi-final spots.

The victor of the UK Championship volition instrumentality location £250,000.