Big Break to return after 24 years as BBC confirm brand-new co-hosts Snooker-themed game show Big Break is to return for the first time in 24 years, with Paddy McGuinness and Stephen Hendry at the helm. 13 May 2026 Big Break is to return for the first time in 24 years. Paddy McGuinness will co-host a new-look Big Break The BBC snooker game show ran from 1991 to 2002, co-hosted by Jim Davidson and late cue legend John Virgo - who died in February, aged 79 - at the helm.