Due to persistent vandalism, account creation has been suspended. If you would like an account, please contact Charlie Reams on Apterous.

Series 67

From Countdown
Paul James holding the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy after winning Series 67.

Series 67 ran from 2 July to 21 December 2012. The second of 18 series presented by Nick Hewer. There was also a summer break between 17 August and 17 September, mainly due to Channel 4 showing the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The series champion was Paul James, who became the first top-seeded player to win a series since Series 63.

Series 67 featured seven octochamps, the joint second-highest total in the show's history, but surprisingly, none of the seven qualified for the 800 club by achieving average scores of a century or more.

This series was also the last full series that Countdown was filmed at the Granada Studios, Manchester, before moving to the Dock10 Studios at MediaCityUK in Salford.

From 12 November, the show began broadcasting at 2:40pm, the earliest broadcast time in the show's history up to this point, with the exception of the Countdown Masters and the early morning repeats.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Paul James 8 794
2 David Barnard 8 771
3 Heather Styles 8 737
4 Liam Shaw 8 708
5 Rose Boyle 8 701
6 Tia Corkish 8 697
7 Chris Marshall 8 682
8 Grant Waters 7 722
Since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest single-game score.

Finals progress

Paul James (1) vs Grant Waters (8) Paul James (1) vs Rose Boyle (5) Paul James (1)
vs
Heather Styles (3)
Rose Boyle (5) vs Liam Shaw (4)
Heather Styles (3) vs Tia Corkish (6) Heather Styles (3) vs David Barnard (2)
Chris Marshall (7) vs David Barnard (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
5518 02/07/2012 P Carol Coley 76 – 63 Alex Forster Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tim Vine Susie Dent 120
5519 03/07/2012 P Carol Coley 53 – 91 Baljeet Nijjhar Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tim Vine Susie Dent 119
5520 04/07/2012 P Baljeet Nijjhar 89 – 60 Richard Hillier Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tim Vine Susie Dent 124
5521 05/07/2012 P Baljeet Nijjhar 75 – 72 Tom Sharp Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tim Vine Susie Dent 128
5522 06/07/2012 P Baljeet Nijjhar 83 – 105 Paul James Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tim Vine Susie Dent 130
5523 09/07/2012 P Paul James 106 – 81 Andrew Koffman Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 130
5524 10/07/2012 P Paul James 100 – 42 Dick King Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 122
5525 11/07/2012 P Paul James 99 – 49 Tom Leslie Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 129
5526 12/07/2012 P Paul James 98 – 69 Melanie Korepta Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 125
5527 13/07/2012 P Paul James 83 – 27 Chris Barnett Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 124
5528 16/07/2012 P Paul James 110 – 66 Phil Hopgood Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 135
5529 17/07/2012 P Paul James 93 – 64 John McGinnes Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 128
5530 18/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 95 – 51 Martin De Sousa Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 122
5531 19/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 86 – 69 Philippa MacFarlane Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 140
5532 20/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 92 – 81 Brian McGee Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 121
5533 23/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 98 – 61 Adam Stevens Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nicky Campbell Susie Dent 131
5534 24/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 73 – 70 Simon Ricketts Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nicky Campbell Susie Dent 119
5535 25/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 76 – 53 Karl Kwiatkowski Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nicky Campbell Susie Dent 129
5536 26/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 84 – 59 Colin Murphy Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nicky Campbell Susie Dent 118
5537 27/07/2012 P Chris Marshall 78 – 49 Fergus Regan Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nicky Campbell Susie Dent 130
5538 06/08/2012 P Anthea Rata 93 – 45 Kevin Geoghegan Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 144
5539 07/08/2012 P Anthea Rata 87 – 96 Grant Waters Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 129
5540 08/08/2012 P Grant Waters 86 – 53 Tom Larner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 120
5541 09/08/2012 P Grant Waters 105 – 41 Joyce Benfield Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 151
5542 10/08/2012 P Grant Waters 95 – 33 Colin Costello Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 120
5543 13/08/2012 P Grant Waters 100 – 42 Neil Jenner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Myers Susie Dent 121
5544 14/08/2012 P Grant Waters 87 – 62 Mark Eaden Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Myers Susie Dent 133
5545 15/08/2012 P Grant Waters 83 – 45 Calum Steel Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Myers Susie Dent 141
5546 16/08/2012 P Grant Waters 70 – 83 Andy Rossall Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Myers Susie Dent 125
5547 17/08/2012 P Andy Rossall 91 – 72 Matthew Burden Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Myers Susie Dent 133
5548 17/09/2012 P Andy Rossall 90 – 97 Liam Shaw Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Adie Susie Dent 128
5549 18/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 88 – 39 Tristam Burgess Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Adie Susie Dent 142
5550 19/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 69 – 62 Charlotte Estall Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Adie Susie Dent 122
5551 20/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 96 – 58 Louise Wilson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Adie Susie Dent 122
5552 21/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 99 – 75 Colin McBeth Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Adie Susie Dent 128
5553 24/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 104 – 78 Natalie Taylor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jennie Bond Susie Dent 120
5554 25/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 72 – 60 Rosie Maclennan Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jennie Bond Susie Dent 118
5555 26/09/2012 P Liam Shaw 83 – 82 Jessica Pratesi Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 122
5556 27/09/2012 P Adam Flinn 101 – 49 Lesley Firth Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 130
5557 01/10/2012 P Adam Flinn 64 – 59 Rick Fear Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Ranulph Fiennes Susie Dent 132
5558 02/10/2012 P Adam Flinn 74 – 36 Matthew Howell Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Ranulph Fiennes Susie Dent 120
5559 03/10/2012 P Adam Flinn 64 – 91 Tia Corkish Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Ranulph Fiennes Susie Dent 119
5560 04/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 89 – 54 David Bratley Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Ranulph Fiennes Susie Dent 131
5561 05/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 66 – 55 Nayomie Worth Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Ranulph Fiennes Susie Dent 117
5562 08/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 91 – 64 Ryan Sword Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Matt Allwright Susie Dent 128
5563 09/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 63 – 52 Paul Smith Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Matt Allwright Susie Dent 135
5564 10/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 87 – 44 Joolz Stanton Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Matt Allwright Susie Dent 139
5565 11/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 102 – 66 Jodine Lawrence Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Matt Allwright Susie Dent 117
5566 12/10/2012 P Tia Corkish 108 – 79 Janet Chambers Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Matt Allwright Susie Dent 141
5567 15/10/2012 P Barry Mould 54 – 100 Rose Boyle Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 120
5568 16/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 89 – 44 Gavin Sutton Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 128
5569 17/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 86 – 77 Nick Turner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 126
5570 18/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 86 – 70 Dave Moore Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 116
5571 19/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 90 – 69 Tom Moran Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 127
5572 22/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 89 – 60 Alan Pattison Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 120
5573 23/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 73 – 71 Sam Leek Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 138
5574 24/10/2012 P Rose Boyle 88 – 72 Anna Sillito Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 120
5575 25/10/2012 P Leke Kupoluyi 55 – 79 Dave Boyle Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 129
5576 26/10/2012 P Dave Boyle 65 – 73 Amy Gilbert Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 141
5577 29/10/2012 P Amy Gilbert 111 – 34 Nick Bonsall Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 129
5578 30/10/2012 P Amy Gilbert 65 – 88 Lucy Grainge Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 120
5579 31/10/2012 P Lucy Grainge 83 – 65 Ivor Sorokin Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 121
5580 01/11/2012 P Lucy Grainge 84 – 96 Philip Jackson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 124
5581 02/11/2012 P Philip Jackson 93 – 33 Ron Highley Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 125
5582 05/11/2012 P Philip Jackson 90 – 60 Adrian Summerfield Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 116
5583 06/11/2012 P Philip Jackson 89 – 73 Derek Tucker Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 133
5584 07/11/2012 P Philip Jackson 65 – 114 Heather Styles Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 138
5585 08/11/2012 P Heather Styles 89 – 67 Rhondda McCracken Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 132
5586 09/11/2012 P Heather Styles 98 – 56 Keith Walton Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 139
5587 12/11/2012 P Heather Styles 87 – 65 Tracy Turner Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 129
5588 13/11/2012 P Heather Styles 82 – 73 Alma Cox Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 118
5589 14/11/2012 P Heather Styles 89 – 49 Max Plaice Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 119
5590 15/11/2012 P Heather Styles 88 – 20 Stuart Gillespie Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 120
5591 19/11/2012 P Heather Styles 90 – 57 Mike Whinnerah Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 132
5592 20/11/2012 P Susan Holden 69 – 94 David Barnard Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 128
5593 21/11/2012 P David Barnard 87 – 54 Snigdha Tiruvuru Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 129
5594 22/11/2012 P David Barnard 111 – 70 Arthur Sharpe Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 123
5595 23/11/2012 P David Barnard 100 – 55 Chris Tracey Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 119
5596 26/11/2012 P David Barnard 107 – 22 Stella Nanziri-Mbuggu Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 128
5597 27/11/2012 P David Barnard 92 – 69 Ian Williams Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 116
5598 28/11/2012 P David Barnard 91 – 39 Michael Henning Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 128
5599 29/11/2012 P David Barnard 89 – 55 Virginia Arena Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 140
5600 30/11/2012 P Terry Redfern 55 – 82 Sohail Virdi Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 121
5601 03/12/2012 P Sohail Virdi 97 – 66 Duncan Conway Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 122
5602 04/12/2012 P Sohail Virdi 91 – 81 Ken Gibson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 128
5603 05/12/2012 P Sohail Virdi 85 – 82 Cerianne Lovell Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 120
5604 06/12/2012 P Sohail Virdi 84 – 73 Chris Broadway Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 130
5605 07/12/2012 P Sohail Virdi 76 – 82 Rachael Moran Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 131
5606 10/12/2012 P Rachael Moran 78 – 69 Leigh Workman Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 131
5607 11/12/2012 P Rachael Moran 78 – 74 Robert Wilson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 116
5608 12/12/2012 QF Grant Waters 75 – 103 Paul James Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 116
5609 13/12/2012 QF Chris Marshall 63 – 108 David Barnard Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Spikey Susie Dent 132
5610 17/12/2012 QF Tia Corkish 65 – 100 Heather Styles Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 119
5611 18/12/2012 QF Rose Boyle 90 – 83 Liam Shaw Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 127
5612 19/12/2012 SF Rose Boyle 91 – 95 Paul James Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 116
5613 20/12/2012 SF Heather Styles 91 – 81 David Barnard Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 117
5614 21/12/2012 GF Heather Styles 51 – 106 Paul James Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 118

External Links