Darts For Kids

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WHO WAS BETTER: THE DARTS LEGENDS OF THE PAST OR THE SUPERSTARS OF TODAY? 🎯

Fire up the Darts For Kids TIME MACHINE because we’re travelling through the history of darts for one enormous showdown!

Imagine Eric Bristow, Jocky Wilson, Dennis Priestley and Phil “The Power” Taylor standing on one side of the oche… and Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen and the incredible modern generation standing on the other.

WHO WINS?!

In this episode of Darts For Kids, Darren Rees investigates whether today’s players really are better than the legends who helped build the sport.

We compare HUGE averages, World Championships, nine-darters, dartboards, equipment, prize money, practice, junior academies, pressure and just how much professional darts has changed over the decades.

Could Eric Bristow have averaged even MORE using today’s boards?

Would Luke Littler have dominated the darts world of the 1980s?

How incredible was Phil Taylor’s SIXTEEN world titles?

And does throwing better darts actually make somebody a GREATER player?

From smoky venues and enormous characters to million-pound world champions and teenage superstars, we’re putting OLD DARTS against NEW DARTS and attempting to answer one of the biggest questions in the sport.

Today’s players might be driving the fastest cars darts has ever built…

But the legends helped build the road. 🎯

Welcome to DARTS FOR KIDS!
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What happens when the greatest darts players on Earth step up to the oche… and aren’t even allowed to start scoring until they hit a double?!

Welcome to the PDC World Grand Prix, one of the most unusual, dramatic and downright bonkers tournaments in professional darts!

In this special Darts For Kids episode, we explain exactly how the famous double-in, double-out format works, why players can become trapped on 501, and how one tiny missed double can completely change a match.

Discover the history of the World Grand Prix, its journey from Rochester to Dublin and Leicester, how players qualify, and some of the greatest moments the competition has ever produced. We’ll meet Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Stephen Bunting, James Wade, Robert Thornton and Brendan Dolan, uncover astonishing nine-dart finishes, incredible comebacks and one of the strangest record-breaking defeats in darts history.

With the 2026 World Grand Prix heading back to the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, this is everything young darts fans and families need to know before the action begins.

Doubles. Drama. 180s. Nine-darters. And absolute chaos.

Welcome to the World Grand Prix! 🎯🔥
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Wessel Nijman...Part 2!

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Meet Wessel Nijman, one of the most exciting young stars in world darts! 🇳🇱🎯

From winning international medals as a teenager to battling his way onto the PDC Tour, Wessel’s journey has included huge highs, difficult moments and one astonishing comeback.

Across two episodes, discover how the Dutch star went from youth champion to senior title winner before going on an incredible trophy-winning rampage in 2026! 🏆🔥

Packed with 180s, amazing stats, massive wins, laughs and inspiration, this is the incredible story of Wessel Nijman!
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In the final part of Ryan Searle’s incredible story, we follow Heavy Metal as he becomes one of the most dangerous players in world darts.

Discover how Ryan battled through the effects of a rare inherited eye condition, reached his first major televised final and produced a breathtaking nine-darter at the Grand Slam of Darts.

We relive painful defeats, magnificent comebacks and a remarkable run of Players Championship titles before travelling to Alexandra Palace for the greatest World Championship campaign of his career.

Ryan defeats Martin Schindler, James Hurrell and Jonny Clayton before facing defending champion Luke Littler in a huge semi-final. Along the way, he lands a spectacular 170 checkout and proves that he belongs among darts’ elite.

From cleaning windows in Devon to becoming a genuine world-title contender, this concluding episode is a powerful story of courage, individuality and refusing to let life’s obstacles decide how far you can go.
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