on Poker (BBC 2, 1991) and Who Killed Tchaikovsky? (Omnibus, BBC 1, 1993). In the mid-1980s, he presented a weekly BBC Radio 4 chat show, In the Air. Holden's papers are collected at Boston University's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. He is a dedicated Arsenal fan and has a season ticket to the Emirates. Holden's maternal grandfather was Ivan Sharpe, the England international footballer and Olympic gold medallist who later became a celebrated sports writer. He has been married twice, and has three sons and four grandchildren. Poker Holden is a keen poker player, and spent a year playing professionally while researching his 1990 book Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player (), which has been praised by poker enthusiasts from David Mamet and Salman Rushdie to Walter Matthau. The book covers his experiences between the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments in 1988 and 1989. In 2007, Holden published Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom (), a journal of his second stint as a professional player, between the 2005 and 2006 WSOP events. In 2000, he won TV's first Celebrity Late Night Poker on Channel 4, beating Al Alvarez, Martin Amis, Victoria Coren, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Marber and Stephen Fry. In 2005, he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life, career and his love of poker. In 2006 he represented England in TV's World Cup of Poker, staged by PokerStars, for whom he was a sponsored player 2006–2008. In 2009, he was elected the first President of the International Federation of Poker (IFP) at its founding congress in Lausanne, Switzerland. After four years in office, he resigned in April 2013. Works Aeschylus' Agamemnon (1969, translator and editor) Greek Pastoral Poetry (1973, translator and editor) The Greek Anthology (1973, contributor) The St Albans Poisoner: The Life And Crimes Of Graham Young (1974, reissued 1995 as The Young Poisoner's Handbook) Charles: Prince of Wales (1979); published as Prince Charles in US Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince and Princess of Wales (1981) A Week In The Life Of The Royal Family (1983) Great Royal Front Pages: A Scrapbook of Historic Royal Events from Queen Victoria to Baby Prince William (1983) Anthony Holden's Royal Quiz (1983) Of presidents, Prime Ministers And Princes (1984) Queen Mother (1985) Don Giovanni: The Translation (1987, with Amanda Holden) Laurence Olivier: A Biography (1988, reissued 2007) Charles: