Ronnie O'Sullivan's American Hustle
Season 1
Meet your new history teachers, snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan and sports broadcaster Matt Smith, as they cross the pond to explore America’s 300 year history with the game of pool. The real-life mates travel the US to hunt down America’s most notorious pool hustlers while meeting a few characters along the way
Where to Watch Season 1
4 Episodes
- New York
E1New YorkThis week the boys hit the heights in the Big Apple, visiting Ellis Island, once New York’s gateway to America, and cruising in their very own Yellow Cab from historical pool scenes to street basketball games, sampling some classic New York street food, attempting to hustle local hot-shots – and tangling with pool-hall legends ‘Kid’ Delicious and Earl ‘The Pearl’ Strickland. - Chicago
E2ChicagoRonnie and pal Matt are in Chicago, the ‘Windy City’, getting a taste of Americana watching baseball team the Cubs at Wrigley Field – and seeing if the snooker champ can turn his hand to this very different ballgame. After cruising the streets and jazz clubs once run by notorious mobster Al Capone, Ronnie tries shooting at a gun range – and certainly needs his killer instinct hustling the locals where iconic pool flick The Color Of Money was filmed – before he takes his sporting life in his hands facing the sassiest pool legend in the USA today… the ‘Black Widow’ Jeanette Lee. - Memphis
E3MemphisWelcome to Memphis - the birthplace of the blues. Ronnie will try his luck playing on the Elvis Presley's very own pool table while in Graceland. Later Ronnie and Matt pay a visit to the Civil Rights Museum. Afterwards on the tables, Ronnie meets 'The Scorpion' - one of the greatest players in pool history. - San Francisco
E4San FranciscoGreetings from San Francisco. Ronnie is about to play pool against one of the game's biggest ever money-earners. The adventure continues as Ronnie and Matt train with local NFL team the 49ers, check out the cyber-future of pool in Silicon Valley make a tour behind bars at the notorious former prison Alcatraz, from an inspiring ex-guard.
