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Daily Mirror
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Shane Ireland

Snooker fans demand BBC lose World Championship coverage after latest iPlayer gaffe

Snooker fans were left fuming after the BBC pulled coverage of a tense potential final frame at the World Championship leaving viewers with no way of tuning in.

BBC Two was showing the first-round match between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry before those watching were instructed to switch to the iPlayer or the red button to continue watching.

Perry was 5-0 and 6-1 up in the best of 19 clash at the Crucible but blew his lead, allowing Milkins back into contention. World number 14 Milkins was leading 9-8, needing just one more frame to book his place in the second round, when the TV coverage on BBC Two came to an end.

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