Day 1 - Part 1

Hazel Irvine, Steve Davis and John Parrott present live coverage from the opening day of the 2008 Maplin UK Championship at the Telford International Centre.

Having secured a 10-2 victory over Stephen Maguire to pick up his fourth UK Championship trophy in 2007, Ronnie O'Sullivan begins the defence of his title as the 2008 tournament gets underway.

Matches are the best-of-17 frames, played over two sessions and commentary throughout the week comes from Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, John Virgo, Terry Griffiths and Neal Foulds.