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Jon Stitcher
Jon Stitcher was a contestant in Series 52. He managed to string together three victories in total, demonstrating consistency by always winning by slim margins, never scoring outside the 80s, and having all of his victories come down to crucial conundrums.
In his fourth game, Stitcher found himself up against Jack Welsby (who, at the time, held a world record). Welsby proved too strong for him, winning by a margin of 37 points despite Stitcher leading at the halfway stage after finding the nine-letter DISLOCATE. Notably, an amusing coincidence at the start of this part of the programme saw a teatime teaser with the answer MUTINEER immediately followed by a letters round with the selection NTEUMRIEK - the longest possible word being MUTINEER!
Stitcher established something of a reputation for misspelt or simply non-existent declarations; some of his more 'creative' offerings include busline ☓, girates ☓, facinated ☓ and carots ☓.
His sister, Jenny Bradley, appeared on the show in Series 70 in 2014.
After Countdown
Following his appearances on the programme, Stitcher played in JOLT, one of the first online tournaments, where reached the final and faced a crucial conundrum against Julian Fell. He also attended CoBris 2005 where he came 3rd, and COLIN 2006.
Stitcher is now a professional poker player. Furthermore, he expanded his repertoire by appearing on Brainteaser, and the ITV game show The Krypton Factor in February 2009. In 2014, he appeared on and won his heat of Fifteen to One, defeating the legendary Dag Griffiths in the process.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3743 | 16/07/2004 | P | Ian McLennan | 73 – 85 | Jon Stitcher | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Geoffrey Durham | Susie Dent | 150 | ||
3744 | 19/07/2004 | P | Jon Stitcher | 80 – 79 | Dora Stavrinos | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Peter Baldwin | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
3745 | 20/07/2004 | P | Jon Stitcher | 88 – 79 | Norman Haikney | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Peter Baldwin | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
3746 | 21/07/2004 | P | Jon Stitcher | 73 – 110 | Jack Welsby | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Peter Baldwin | Susie Dent | 132 |