New Posts For Thread: BBC1 Wales documentary about former Darts great Alan Evanshttps://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evansSome of our younger darts fantatics might not be aware of Evans, other than maybe from Sid Waddell's many enthusiastic reminiscences of him in commentary and prose.Evans wasn't to everyone's taste it's true to say, but he was a formidable competitor,Glad you enjoyed it.https://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=562013415#562013415Glad you enjoyed it.Sun, 13 Mar 2022 06:04:35 -0500Thanks for the link. Great documentary. Shame about his last 3 darts on bully. Also reminded me how blokes in their 20s and 30s back then generally looked 15 years older!https://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561985817#561985817Thanks for the link. Great documentary. Shame about his last 3 darts on bully. Also reminded me how blokes in their 20s and 30s back then generally looked 15 years older!Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:25:34 -0600I looked on youtube earlier today hunting for anything with Evans v Bristow. There was a very brief 40 seconds clip where Evans gave it to Bristow in the studio. The one you mentioned was not on there, though this clip might have been from said interhttps://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561956341#561956341I looked on youtube earlier today hunting for anything with Evans v Bristow. There was a very brief 40 seconds clip where Evans gave it to Bristow in the studio. The one you mentioned was not on there, though this clip might have been from said interThu, 24 Feb 2022 18:00:49 -0600I'm pretty sure that some of last night's clips were taken from Sid W's BBC film about Evans from around 76/77, the title of which escapes me ('The Prince of Darts' maybe?). But the memory does play tricks so I couldn't swear to it. Definitely seen shttps://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561955591#561955591I'm pretty sure that some of last night's clips were taken from Sid W's BBC film about Evans from around 76/77, the title of which escapes me ('The Prince of Darts' maybe?). But the memory does play tricks so I couldn't swear to it. Definitely seen sThu, 24 Feb 2022 14:00:38 -0600Great Alun, glad you got to see those juicy clips. Three cheers to the beeb archives! I will patiently wait for my viewing opportunity. Cheershttps://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561953809#561953809Great Alun, glad you got to see those juicy clips. Three cheers to the beeb archives! I will patiently wait for my viewing opportunity. CheersThu, 24 Feb 2022 08:27:22 -0600Glad you spotted my message DnB. It was an enjoyable little programme with some footage from the infamous Evans-Bristow 1979 WC QF at Jollees, and even more notorious post-match joint interview with Coleman. I happened to be on a train to London thehttps://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561951965#561951965Glad you spotted my message DnB. It was an enjoyable little programme with some footage from the infamous Evans-Bristow 1979 WC QF at Jollees, and even more notorious post-match joint interview with Coleman. I happened to be on a train to London theWed, 23 Feb 2022 17:50:10 -0600Alun, i'm glad you not only posted this but got to watch it. I was in dire need of shade so headed to the nearest metro which also has wi-fi and from logging on my phone a BBC article about the great man appeared. I was eager to read it and began drohttps://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561951569#561951569Alun, i'm glad you not only posted this but got to watch it. I was in dire need of shade so headed to the nearest metro which also has wi-fi and from logging on my phone a BBC article about the great man appeared. I was eager to read it and began droWed, 23 Feb 2022 16:33:32 -0600Some of our younger darts fantatics might not be aware of Evans, other than maybe from Sid Waddell's many enthusiastic reminiscences of him in commentary and prose.Evans wasn't to everyone's taste it's true to say, but he was a formidable competitor,https://community.betfair.com/darts/go/thread/view/94054/31746907/bbc1-wales-documentary-about-former-darts-great-alan-evans?post_id=561949387#561949387Some of our younger darts fantatics might not be aware of Evans, other than maybe from Sid Waddell's many enthusiastic reminiscences of him in commentary and prose.Evans wasn't to everyone's taste it's true to say, but he was a formidable competitor,Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:49:23 -0600