The Story of Darts DVD

(Playable worldwide except USA / Canada unless DVD player is compatible with PAL format)

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resented by the legendary


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obby George, the BBC's
face of darts, and narrated by Dougie Donnelly,
the programme uses a mix of archive footage and stills to tell the early history, before moving on to the televised era from
the 70's onwards.

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t all stared in 1978, when Welshman
Leighton Rees
beat Englishman John
Lowe 11-7 in the first ever Embassy
World Darts
final. Lowe remains one of the most enduring characters
in the game, capturing a world title in three different decades, going on to win again in 1987 and 1993. But
it was ' Crafty Cockney',
Eric Bristow,
who ruled darts during the 80's. He claimed the
first of his five Embassy World
titles in 1980 by beating veteran Bobby George
and he successfully defended it the following year. But Bristow's
domination was occasionally challenged by other legends of the board, notably Jocky
Wilson and John
Lowe.

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et one of the most famous finals of the 80's took place between Bristow
and the relatively unknown Keith Dellor,
who had already knocked out Wilson and Lowe.
Dellor, given little hope, triumphed in perhaps
the most exciting final in E mbassy Darts
history when he beat Bristow 6-5 in the 1983 thriller.
It would be his finest hour.

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y the turn of the decade, Bristow
gave way to his great friend Phil Taylor
who won two world titles during the 90's including the epic 1992 victory over Mike
Gregory, the greatest game of darts ever seen.
Dutchman Raymond
B arneveld was to match Taylor
's record of two Embassy championship
wins in 1998 and 1999, and the programme is brought right up to date with the emergence of first-time Embassy
winner Australian Tony
David in 2002 and the first ever live 9 dart finish
achieved by Shaun Greatbatch
at the Dutch Open
in February 2002.

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