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Jim Bentley

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Jim Bentley
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionQuarter-finalist
Seeding4
Points total756
Conundrums solved5

Jim Bentley (1971-2022) was an octochamp in Series 50.

In 2020, he was given a sixteen-month prison sentence (suspended for two years), after being convicted of possessing Category A: child pornography.

Bentley died of a stroke in August 2022.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3542 28/08/2003 P Brian McKeon 70 – 79 Jim Bentley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent 116
3543 29/08/2003 P Jim Bentley 101 – 51 Alison Ross Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent 125
3544 1/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 90 – 89 Stuart Lightfoot Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent 120
3545 15/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 112 – 62 Richard Francis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 125
3546 16/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 82 – 66 Diana Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 131
3547 17/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 83 – 79 David Moore Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 120
3548 18/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 96 – 51 Ruth Edmonds Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 122
3549 19/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 113 – 51 Irvine Henderson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 119
3611 16/12/2003 QF Jim Bentley 78 – 88 Adam Laws Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 118