A major advance occurred in 1969, when David Attenborough commissioned the snooker tournament "Pot Black" to demonstrate the potential of colour television, with the green table and multi-coloured balls being ideal for showing off the advantages of colour broadcasting.
Snooker je biljardni šport, ki se igra na široki mizi iz debelega sukna zelene barve s po štirimi luknjami v vsakem kotu in po dvema luknjama na sredini obeh daljših stranic pravokotne mize.