Peter Hutchings

Peter Hutchings Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	422
Conundrums solved	5

Peter Hutchings was an octochamp in Series 40. He was from Ashford, and was a retired Royal Air Force Group Captain.

His late daughter Sally had previously appeared as a contestant in 1998, and they both returned to play each other in a special, which was broadcast in 2004.

Hutchings holds the record for the lowest winning score in a 9-round game when he beat Jimmy Neil in his 8th game with a score of 21 – 11.

Hutchings passed away in 2007 after a long battle with cancer.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2519	11/05/1999	P	John Morrison	35 – 54	Peter Hutchings	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Steel	Anna Hall	75
2520	12/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	45 – 42	May Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Steel	Anna Hall	72
2521	13/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	60 – 33	Tom Read	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Steel	Anna Hall	74
2522	14/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	59 – 34	Jenny Shorley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Steel	Anna Hall	76
2523	17/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	73 – 38	Humphrey Lewis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Steel	Anna Hall	74
2524	18/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	59 – 35	Edward Bagshaw	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Steel	Anna Hall	81
2525	19/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	51 – 43	Dawn Medcalf	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Hannah Robertson	73
2526	20/05/1999	P	Peter Hutchings	21 – 11	Jimmy Neil	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Hannah Robertson	76
2546	17/06/1999	QF	Peter Hutchings	42 – 39	Stan Arnott	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	75
2550	23/06/1999	SF	Peter Hutchings	30 – 67	Terence English	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	73
S14	19/03/2004	S	Sally Hutchings	104 – 87	Peter Hutchings	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	130