Series 31

From Countdown

Richard's face makes his reservations about the new clock music all too clear.

Series 31 ran from January 1996 to March 1996. The thirty-first of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by David Acton.

This was the series which implemented the 'extra intensity' clock music, which was soon replaced with the original tune. It also introduced the COD9 dictionary.

Glyn Wigely, Maria Thomson, and Anthony Jenkin are the only people to have won a game with the jazzed up clock music.

1 Seed table
2 Finals progress
3 Episodes
4 External links

[edit] Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Score
1	David Acton	8	486
2	Anthony Jenkin	8	459
3	Kenneth Michie	5	338
4	Glyn Wigley	4	284
5	Anne Bougourd	4	227
6	Peter Burt	3	233
7	Chris Williams	3	217
8	Kevin Fisk	3	190

Points totals include winning, losing and drawing scores. Players ranked by total number of points.

[edit] Finals progress

David Acton (1) vs Kevin Fisk (8)	David Acton (1) vs Anne Bougourd (5)	David Acton (1) vs Kenneth Michie (3)
Anne Bougourd (5) vs Glyn Wigley (4)
Kenneth Michie (3) vs Peter Burt (6)	Kenneth Michie (3) vs Chris Williams (7)
Chris Williams (7) vs Anthony Jenkin (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

[edit] Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Guest	Lex
1718	1/01/1996	P	Janet Wilding	56 – 60	Glyn Wigley	Geoffrey Durham	Mark Nyman
1719	2/01/1996	P	Dominic Moyes	68 – 38	Glyn Wigley	Geoffrey Durham	Mark Nyman
1720	3/01/1996	P	Dominic Moyes	43 – 47	Maria Thomson	Geoffrey Durham	Mark Nyman
1721	4/01/1996	P	Maria Thomson	28 – 40	Anthony Jenkin	Geoffrey Durham	Mark Nyman
1722	5/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	68 – 51	Barbara Taylor	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1723	8/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	62 – 42	Ben Jeffrey	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1724	9/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	64 – 48	Shelagh Melville	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1725	10/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	64 – 27	David Bremner	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1726	11/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	44 – 29	Diane Simpkins	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1727	12/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	59 – 31	Nevil Malin	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1728	15/01/1996	P	Anthony Jenkin	58 – 26	Angela Raker	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1729	16/01/1996	P	David Benson	50 – 33	Barry Hussey	Geoffrey Durham	Catherine Stokes
1730	17/01/1996	P	David Benson	56 – 31	Bill Williamson	Richard Stilgoe	Kendall Clarke
1731	18/01/1996	P	David Benson	55 – 52	Carolyn Pearce	Richard Stilgoe	Kendall Clarke
1732	19/01/1996	P	David Benson	25 – 56	Kenneth Michie	Richard Stilgoe	Kendall Clarke
1733	22/01/1996	P	Kenneth Michie	50 – 31	Bruce Lake	Richard Stilgoe	Kendall Clarke
1734	23/01/1996	P	Kenneth Michie	65* – 55	Sean Carey	Richard Stilgoe	Kendall Clarke
1735	24/01/1996	P	Kenneth Michie	63 – 49	Anne Hidden	Richard Stilgoe	Kendall Clarke
1736	25/01/1996	P	Kenneth Michie	60 – 41	Steve Mintz	Jan Harvey	Kendall Clarke
1737	26/01/1996	P	Kenneth Michie	44 – 54	Madeleine Evans	Jan Harvey	Kendall Clarke
1738	29/01/1996	P	Madeleine Evans	47 – 37	Alan Gillies	Jan Harvey	Kendall Clarke
1739	30/01/1996	P	Madeleine Evans	33 – 47	Ralph Huckin	Jan Harvey	Kendall Clarke
1740	31/01/1996	P	Ralph Huckin	36 – 43	Sue Jones	Jan Harvey	Kendall Clarke
1741	1/02/1996	P	Sue Jones	39 – 44	Chris Lang	Jan Harvey	Kendall Clarke
1742	2/02/1996	P	Chris Lang	51 – 53	Richard Hayes	Denis Norden	Kendall Clarke
1743	5/02/1996	P	Richard Hayes	43 – 40	Pat Wheeler	Denis Norden	Kendall Clarke
1744	6/02/1996	P	Richard Hayes	23 – 52	Brian Phillips	Denis Norden	Kendall Clarke
1745	7/02/1996	P	Brian Phillips	27 – 42	Seamus McAteer	Denis Norden	Kendall Clarke
1746	8/02/1996	P	Seamus McAteer	54 – 17	Clair Leadbeater	Denis Norden	Kendall Clarke
1747	9/02/1996	P	Seamus McAteer	42 – 32	Ronnie Lambert	Denis Norden	Kendall Clarke
1748	12/02/1996	P	Seamus McAteer	41 – 62	Steve Gruzd	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1749	13/02/1996	P	Steve Gruzd	49 – 24	Gail Hardman	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1750	14/02/1996	P	Steve Gruzd	47 – 53	Bob Lynn	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1751	15/02/1996	P	Bob Lynn	47 – 51	Peter Burt	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1752	16/02/1996	P	Peter Burt	64* – 54	Patsy Watson	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1753	19/02/1996	P	Peter Burt	74 – 46	Les Dodd	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1754	20/02/1996	P	Peter Burt	44 – 51	Kevin Fisk	David Jacobs	Kendall Clarke
1755	21/02/1996	P	Kevin Fisk	47 – 39	Joy Fieldman	Nigel Rees	Catherine Stokes
1756	22/02/1996	P	Kevin Fisk	48 – 37	John McNally	Nigel Rees	Catherine Stokes
1757	23/02/1996	P	Kevin Fisk	44 – 48	Bryan Darbey	Nigel Rees	Catherine Stokes
1758	26/02/1996	P	Bryan Darbey	50 – 38	Margaret Watson	Nigel Rees	Catherine Stokes
1759	27/02/1996	P	Bryan Darbey	42 – 67	David Acton	Nigel Rees	Catherine Stokes
1760	28/02/1996	P	David Acton	62 – 21	John Shirreffs	Nigel Rees	Catherine Stokes
1761	29/02/1996	P	David Acton	47 – 40	Joan Coker	Jan Harvey	Catherine Stokes
1762	1/03/1996	P	David Acton	81 – 8	Peter Chamberlain	Jan Harvey	Catherine Stokes
1763	4/03/1996	P	David Acton	52 – 44	Ed Barlow	Jan Harvey	Catherine Stokes
1764	5/03/1996	P	David Acton	52 – 31	Liz Groombridge	Jan Harvey	Catherine Stokes
1765	6/03/1996	P	David Acton	70 – 35	Paulinus Barnes	Jan Harvey	Catherine Stokes
1766	7/03/1996	P	David Acton	55 – 44	Paul Parry	Jan Harvey	Catherine Stokes
1767	8/03/1996	P	Philip Treloggan	36 – 52	Anne Bougourd	Tim Rice	Susie Dent
1768	11/03/1996	P	Anne Bougourd	40 – 35	Fred Casely	Tim Rice	Susie Dent
1769	12/03/1996	P	Anne Bougourd	49 – 42	Michael Cartwright	Tim Rice	Susie Dent
1770	13/03/1996	P	Anne Bougourd	53 – 26	Rachael Stuart	Tim Rice	Susie Dent
1771	14/03/1996	P	Anne Bougourd	33 – 50	Chris Williams	Tim Rice	Susie Dent
1772	15/03/1996	P	Chris Williams	60 – 50	George Law	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1773	18/03/1996	P	Chris Williams	66 – 32	Allison Roberts	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent
1774	19/03/1996	P	Chris Williams	41 – 42	David Ligat	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1775	20/03/1996	P	David Ligat	51 – 46	Ged Coyle	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent
1776	21/03/1996	QF	Kevin Fisk	36 – 63	David Acton	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1777	22/03/1996	QF	Anthony Jenkin	26 – 54	Chris Williams	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent
1778	25/03/1996	QF	Peter Burt	16 – 44	Kenneth Michie	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1779	26/03/1996	QF	Glyn Wigley	42 – 46	Anne Bougourd	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent
1780	27/03/1996	SF	David Acton	54 – 48	Anne Bougourd	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1781	28/03/1996	SF	Chris Williams	58 – 61	Kenneth Michie	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent
1782	29/03/1996	GF	David Acton	83 – 67	Kenneth Michie	Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent