Relieve the action from frame five, as Selby moved into the lead for the first time.

G: What a frame from Selby! Now takes lead 3-2!  

Roenan Fallon: Really hope Ronnie wins.

Scott Murray: The final is over. O'Sullivan has the ability, just not got the metal strength to come back against Selby.

You've gone very early with that shout, Scott. Very early indeed.

John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two

There were 18 points in fouls so that's why there were so many balls on the table. Mark had a look at the table and off he went. I don't blame him because it's all down to the player. 

We're doing Mark Selby a disservice because he's a scorer. You only have to look at his last two opportunities to see that. It's incredible he's been at the top of the game as number one for so long. 

Mark Selby has moved into the lead after taking frame five.

He was helped by 18 points in fouls from O'Sullivan at the start before Selby's break of 63, which came after a break of 67 in frame four before the mid-session interval.

Five frames in, four breaks of at least 60 - two from each player.

Selby has been top of the world rankings for 22 months, and is showing why

Simon Vaughan: Mark Selby clearly doesn't think he always gets the credit he deserves, and he's right.

Danny Boyle: 2 of Selby's frames have been gifted to him.

Scott Murray:  If Selby gets a frame ahead then it's all over, O'Sullivan won't come back. Selby mentally stronger.

What do you think of this UK Championship snooker final? Tweet us your thoughts. 

A few early bonus points for Mark Selby in the fifth frame as Ronnie O'Sullivan fails at three attempts to get out of a two-cushion safety.

The game would be so, so much more simple if you could see the graphics where to play the shot, unfortunately O'Sullivan doesn't have that advantage and this effort crashed into the pink instead of the intended red.

The players have just got back under way in frame five, but we are still in the early stages of that frame.

So, let's take another look at how frame four panned out. Selby clinched it to make the scoreline tied at 2-2.

Watch the video below.

Mark Selby has been speaking to Stephen Hendry in a pre-recorded interview that has just been shown on BBC Two. Here's what he said:

"It was like losing a pint of blood every shot, I was living and breathing snooker so much, but now I go home to the family and don't beat myself up as much as I did before.

"It's a great challenge when you're playing the best in the game and to play Ronnie in a major final is always a dream come true.

"You go out there to play your best but sometimes you can't do that and you need your B game. I try not to let things bother me if I am struggling, and try to focus on the next ball."

Steve Davis
Six-time world champion on BBC Two

So, which Masters tie are you looking forward to Steve?

All of them! It's amazing, the standard is so good now. 

It's the cream of the cream. Now the standard of snooker is so high anyone can make a 147 at any time. 

It's a real jamboree of snooker and it's great for the fans. 

Image source, Shamoon Hafez

The next big event in snooker's calendar is the Masters at Alexandra Palace in London in January.

And this is the draw for the first round. Mark Selby v Mark Williams, Ding Junhui v Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson v Ali Carter, Stuart Bingham v Joe Perry, Ronnie O'Sullivan v Liang Wenbo, Shaun Murphy v Barry Hawkins, John Higgins v Mark Allen, Judd Trump v Marco Fu.

The event will be broadcast on BBC TV.

What do you really need in a mini-interval? How about some trickshot magic? Well, that's what you have now got.

Who won John Virgo’s LIVE trick-shot battle? Ken Doherty and Steve Davis went head to head in a best-of-three challenge at the UK Championship in York.

The challenge was broadcast live on the BBC Sport Facebook page, and not everything goes to plan when it is live as you will see.

Enjoy!

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Fiona: Some bad misses in that fourth frame! Think it's fair being equal at the mid session interval!

Alan Shields: Is Selby going to bore us all to death today or is O'Sullivan going to win it in style?

Harsh Alan, very harsh.

BBC TV have just been showing an interview with Ronnie O'Sullivan, conducted by six-time world champion Steve Davis.

"I'm just like any other player and sometimes you just ain't good enough," says O'Sullivan.

"Of course I care. I've been on survival mode this week really. First three matches, yeah (I won) because I didn't have anyone pushing me but the last few matches have been tough.

"I wasn't playing in this tournament last year but I was watching every one of Mark's games. Mark is a tough match player. We've had some unbelievable battles. He's a good lad with a great mindset. He's a warrior and I have great respect for that."

Having turned professional just a year earlier, Ronnie O'Sullivan won his first major ranking title in the 1993 UK Championship, at the age of 17. Take a walk down memory lane with this video.

John Parrott
1991 world champion on BBC Two

Of the two players Mark will be happier. You need a foothold in the match to take control and at 2-2 Selby will be happy with that. 

The length of the match isn't that important at the moment. It's about taking your chances and Ronnie will be kicking himself that he hasn't taken his. 

That missed blue off the spot does not come back to haunt Mark Selby and going into a mini-interval we are all square at 2-2.

Selby does the business with a break of 67. So in four frames, we have had breaks of 124 and 63 from O'Sullivan and a 67 from Selby.

As expected a high-quality affair and as expected it is tight and tense. Great stuff so far.

Michael Campbell: The reverse psychology of Selby not playing on for snookers in that third frame was like .. don't need it mate, I'll win anyway.

Loving the conspiracy theory, keep them coming.

Back to the present and both players have made a few errors in frame four. Selby held a lead and missed a blue off the spot to give O'Sullivan a chance, but the Rocket misfires to bring the world number one back to the table.

It is now 2-1 to O'Sullivan but let's look back at the earlier action from frame two.

He will be hoping that we do not have many more frames like the second one which took 33 minutes.

You can watch the best of that second frame here, luckily in a short, condensed clip and not all 33 minutes of it.

Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport at the York Barbican

Today sees Belgian referee Olivier Marteel complete snooker's Triple Crown, after the 2015 World Championship and 2016 Masters.

I spoke to him last night and he was understandably excited to be recognised as one of the sport's top officials.

All that standing up, then a drive back to his home country tomorrow. Tough guy.