Hazel Irvine, Steve Davis and John Parrott introduce the coverage as BBC TV's first ranking event of the season gets under way at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, where the top 16 are in action against 16 qualifiers. Defending champion John Higgins kicks off proceedings on table one, with 2007 champion Marco Fu in action on table two. Commentary from Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, John Virgo and Ken Doherty.