Ever because the then 16-year-old Luke Littler stormed to the ultimate of the World Darts Championship final yr, Britain has gone darts mad.
Tickets for this yr’s event offered out in document time. In the present day in Focus presenter Helen Pidd and producer Tom Glasser have been fortunate sufficient to get two, and so they went alongside to see what the fuss is all about.
Guardian sports activities author and darts fan Jonathan Liew is Helen’s information to the world of arrows, getting ready her for the sights and sounds of Alexandra Palace in full swing – and the prospect of witnessing an ideal set of darts, a nine-dart end, or “the closest thing you get to a biblical miracle in a sporting context”.
Darts has travelled far past the pub to develop into a worldwide sport, and Saudi Arabia is now vying to host a future competitors. However will Helen fall in love with the sport?
