Series 3

From Countdown

Series 3 ran from September 1983 to December 1983, and was broadcast on Mondays-Thursdays. Episodes were erratically scheduled this series at times varying between 4:30, 4:45 and 5pm. The third of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Andrew Guy.

1 Seed table
2 Finals progress
3 Episodes
4 External links

[edit] Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Score
1	Mark Nyman	8	427
2	William Bradford	8	399
3	Allan Simmons	7	385
4	Harry Venet	6	303
5	Esther Byers	4	216
6	Andrew Guy	2	118
7	David Brook	2	104
8	Ted Wiles	1	55

Points totals include winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones. Players ranked by total number of points.

[edit] Finals progress

Mark Nyman (1) vs Ted Wiles (8)	Mark Nyman (1) vs Esther Byers (5)	Mark Nyman (1) vs Andrew Guy (6)
Esther Byers (5) vs Harry Venet (4)
Allan Simmons (3) vs Andrew Guy (6)	Andrew Guy (6) vs William Bradford (2)
David Brook (7) vs William Bradford (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

[edit] Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Guest	Lex
81	19/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	36 – 26	David Drake-Brockman	Ned Sherrin
82	20/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	56 – 40	Len Daniels	Ned Sherrin
83	21/09/1983	P	Madge Newall	12 – 57	Harry Venet	Ned Sherrin
84	22/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	47 – 45	Isabel Bagley	Ned Sherrin
85	26/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	42 – 40	Ron Hendra	Ned Sherrin
86	27/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	65 – 23	Trish Scott	Ned Sherrin
87	28/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	45 – 46	Jackie Nathan	Ned Sherrin
88	29/09/1983	P	Jackie Nathan	47 – 55	Ted Wiles	Ned Sherrin
89	3/10/1983	P	Ted Wiles	35 – 41	Allan Simmons	William Rushton
90	4/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	47 – 37	George France	William Rushton
91	5/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	36 – 36	Alan Walker	William Rushton
92	6/10/1983	P	Alan Walker	42 – 61	Allan Simmons	William Rushton
93	10/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	61 – 18	Pat Williams	William Rushton
94	11/10/1983	P	Peter Dean	21 – 47	Allan Simmons	William Rushton
95	12/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	47 – 40	John Rusted	William Rushton
96	13/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	45 – 19	Eric Shaw	William Rushton
97	17/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	31 – 38	William Bradford	William Rushton
98	18/10/1983	P	William Bradford	47 – 40	Andrew Long	Gyles Brandreth
99	19/10/1983	P	William Bradford	50 – 40	Pat Bowlas	Gyles Brandreth
100	20/10/1983	P	William Bradford	50 – 40	David Coss	Gyles Brandreth
101	24/10/1983	P	William Bradford	42 – 24	Christine Williams	Gyles Brandreth
102	25/10/1983	P	William Bradford	50 – 42	Adrian Yonace	Gyles Brandreth
103	26/10/1983	P	William Bradford	53 – 16	Pat Flowers	Gyles Brandreth
104	27/10/1983	P	William Bradford	69 – 34	Jane Guestin	Gyles Brandreth
105	31/10/1983	P	Andrew Guy	57 – 32	Christopher Tunnah	Gyles Brandreth
106	1/11/1983	P	Andrew Guy	61 – 39	Phil Slade	Gyles Brandreth
107	2/11/1983	P	Andrew Guy	50 – 51	Syd Spilsbury	Gyles Brandreth
108	3/11/1983	P	Syd Spilsbury	35 – 53	David Brook	Gyles Brandreth
109	7/11/1983	P	Bernard Oakes	33 – 51	David Brook	Gyles Brandreth
110	8/11/1983	P	David Brook	36 – 42	Matthew Wright	Gyles Brandreth
111	9/11/1983	P	Matthew Wright	58 – 50	Alan Cross	Gyles Brandreth
112	10/11/1983	P	Matthew Wright	32 – 39	David Lawton	Gyles Brandreth
113	14/11/1983	P	David Lawton	23 – 59	Mark Nyman	Gyles Brandreth
114	15/11/1983	P	Mark Nyman	54 – 44	Alan Morris	William Rushton
115	16/11/1983	P	Mark Nyman	57 – 4	Fred Jean	William Rushton
116	17/11/1983	P	David Hughes	40 – 57	Mark Nyman	William Rushton
117	21/11/1983	P	Mark Nyman	43 – 36	Roy Davenport	William Rushton
118	22/11/1983	P	Mark Nyman	62 – 22	Heather Twidle	Ned Sherrin
119	23/11/1983	P	Mark Nyman	40 – 35	Myra Mayor	Ned Sherrin
120	24/11/1983	P	Peter Richardson	46 – 55	Mark Nyman	Ned Sherrin
121	28/11/1983	P	Leonard Moore	53 – 42	Susan Boulter	Ned Sherrin
122	29/11/1983	P	Leonard Moore	28 – 57	Esther Byers	Ned Sherrin
123	30/11/1983	P	Esther Byers	49 – 43	George McGee	Ned Sherrin
124	1/12/1983	P	Esther Byers	56 – 26	Susan Hands	Ned Sherrin
125	5/12/1983	P	Esther Byers	54 – 26	Pamela Barrie	Ned Sherrin
126	6/12/1983	QF	Mark Nyman	79 – 18	Ted Wiles	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
127	7/12/1983	QF	David Brook	37 – 51	William Bradford	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
128	8/12/1983	QF	Andrew Guy	62 – 35	Allan Simmons	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
129	12/12/1983	QF	Harry Venet	38 – 50	Esther Byers	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
130	13/12/1983	SF	Mark Nyman	56 – 51	Esther Byers	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
131	14/12/1983	SF	William Bradford	42 – 65	Andrew Guy	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
132	15/12/1983	GF	Andrew Guy	92 – 85	Mark Nyman	Ned Sherrin, Gyles Brandreth	Julia Swannel