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Pete Evans

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Peter Evans

Peter "Pete" Evans was the champion of Series 5, the runner-up of Championship of Champions II, and a participant in the Supreme Championship.

From Coventry, he first appeared on 8 November 1984, beating Leslie Olson 67 – 48, the joint highest score of the series. He only won two more games before losing at the hands of Jane Smith. However, this was enough for him to return for the series finals as number four seed. He 'took revenge' on Jane Smith in the quarter-finals, defeating her 49 – 38, and beat number two seed Colin Pearce 53 – 43 in a close-run semi-final. In the grand final, he faced Robert Violett, running out the 87 – 71 winner.

He returned for Championship of Champions II, and made it all the way to the grand final where he faced Clive Freedman in a nail-biting contest. Ten points ahead going into the conundrum, Evans could only sit and watch as Freedman unscrambled two consecutive crucial conundrums to run out the 91 – 81 winner. Evans also appeared on the special episode to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the Countdown Masters in 1989 and 1990.

Evans returned in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, but was defeated in his first game 50 – 28 by Evan Simpson, denying him a mouth-watering rematch with Freedman in the following round.

In 1988, he appeared on the first series of Fifteen to One.

Preceded by
Brian Hudson
Series winner
Series 5
Followed by
Darryl Francis


Preceded by
Joyce Cansfield
Champion of Champions runner-up
Championship of Champions II
Followed by
David Trace

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
203 08/11/1984 P Peter Evans 67 – 48 Leslie Olson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Nigel Rees Yvonne Warburton 73
204 09/11/1984 P Peter Evans 38 – 33 Daniel Shine Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Ned Sherrin Yvonne Warburton 71
205 12/11/1984 P Stephen White 41 – 42 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 74
206 13/11/1984 P Peter Evans 41 – 47 Jane Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 72
230 17/12/1984 QF Peter Evans 49 – 38 Jane Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 65
233 20/12/1984 SF Peter Evans 53 – 43 Colin Pearce Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 70
234 21/12/1984 GF Peter Evans 87 – 71 Robert Violett Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 114
398 31/03/1986 CQF Clive Spate 45 – 47 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 81
402 04/04/1986 CSF Peter Evans 55 – 48 John Wallace Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 87
404 08/04/1986 CGF Clive Freedman 91* – 81 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke 118
495 02/02/1987 X Bill Tidy with
Mark Nyman,
Brian Hudson,
Peter Evans, and
Darryl Francis
41 – 32 Gyles Brandreth with
Clive Freedman,
Michael Wylie,
Joyce Cansfield, and
Harvey Freeman
Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner none Della Thompson 68
M36 04/12/1989–08/12/1989 M Ash Haji 54 – 102 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Freda Thornton 158
M71 06/08/1990–10/08/1990 M David Trace 82 – 92 Peter Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Mark Nyman 129
1863 21/10/1996 bQF Pete Evans 28 – 50 Evan Simpson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 71
* includes 10 points from a tiebreak conundrum


Championship of Champions Runners-Up

I : Joyce Cansfield | II : Peter Evans | III : David Trace | IV : Tony Vick | V : Gino Corr | VI : Chris Waddington | VII : Damian Eadie | VIII : Kenneth Michie | IX : Pete Cashmore | X : Kate Ogilvie | XI : Chris Wills | XII : Mark Tournoff | XIII : Charlie Reams | XIV : Dan McColm | XV : Bradley Horrocks | XVI : James Haughton