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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DARTS
December 16, 2017  | By David Bianculli

BBC America, 9:00 a.m. ET

 

Whenever I travel to another country, I like to check out the local TV and watch what passes for entertainment there. In Germany, it’s very serious. In England, it’s much more bizarre and oddly comforting than you might suspect. I first watched a British baking show over there – and also watched a darts tournament, and was captivated. Now you can see why, as BBC America packages the current World Championship Darts contest for U.S. consumption. And don’t imagine grizzled old Brits in a darkened pub. This is more like a combination of a cage match with pointy projectiles, and a circus-atmosphere chicken wings eating contest.

 
 
 
 
 
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