Luke Littler’s dad had blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo on popular ITV show just days before darts prodigy became famous

LUKE LITTLER’s dada had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo quality connected a TV antiques amusement – 23 days earlier The Nuke became satellite famous.

It mightiness lone beryllium for a fewer fleeting seconds but Warrington-based Anthony Buckley tin beryllium seen sitting successful an auction merchantability arsenic items went nether the hammer connected Dickinson’s Real Deal.

This occurrence of ITV’s long-running tv programme – wherever antique dealers and experts talk with members of the nationalist astir their hidden treasures – was filmed astatine Aintree racecourse connected September 3, 2022.

Veteran broadcaster Dickinson, 83, watches connected arsenic sellers purpose to get currency offers from dealers for their collectables and antiques – oregon gamble to marque much astatine auction.

The erstwhile taxi driver, sporting heavy stubble, watched connected from Aintree’s Golden Miller Suite arsenic a postulation of amber-coloured beads were sold for £400.

This was treble what a trader had offered the pistillate seller, who enactment the currency towards fixing her shed.

Episode 28 of Series 18 of the show, which began successful 2006, was broadcast connected November 27, 2023.

This was the period earlier Littler, past 16, made his debut astatine the PDC World Darts Championship astatine Ally Pally.

Qualifier Littler crushed erstwhile Lakeside satellite champion Christian Kist 3-0 and his mean of 106.12 was the highest-ever by a debutant.

That show connected Wednesday December 20, 2023, sent shockwaves crossed the athletics and erstwhile helium made the last a fewer weeks aboriginal – helium was beaten 7-4 by satellite No.1 Luke Humphries – helium had go celebrated crossed the globe.

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The amusement was repeated connected TV screens connected Monday day and eagle-eyed fans, who person followed Littler’s unthinkable journey, would person noticed the celebrated dada successful the room.

Elsewhere connected the programme, a bargain bargain of aged watches snapped up astatine a car footwear merchantability earned a 1,500% nett portion 1 trader splashed retired connected an bonzer portrait.

Littler, of course, has gone connected to go the sport’s biggest name, winning the satellite rubric aged 17 – the youngest satellite champion successful past – and banking much than £1.5million successful prize money.

Buckley has been by his broadside ever since helium started playing darts competitively astir the property of 10, ferrying him to and fro tournaments successful the UK.

Though Littler dreamt of being a Premier League footballer – “I was a centre-back, no-one was getting past me!” – it was his dada who told him to absorption connected darts due to the fact that helium was showing truthful overmuch committedness connected the oche.