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Series 87
Series 87 is the current series of Countdown. It began 23 January 2023, following Championship of Champions XVI, and is expected to conclude in June. It is the third series to feature Colin Murray as host, and the first full series to feature him in the hosting role.
On 11 January 2023, on Steph's Packed Lunch, it was officially announced that Murray was the new permanent host. He is understood to be on a two-year contract, retaining his role until at least the end of 2024.
Apterites Peter Burke, Cillian McMulkin, Toby Rogers, Peter McQuillan, Charlotte Rimmer and Dan Spinks have so far appeared in this series; Burke won the last five heat games of the previous series and carried over his unbeaten run until Episode 7939. McMulkin notably tied the all-time record score of 154 points in his fifth appearance.
Due to a minor bug in the Oxford Dictionaries Premium software beginning during the filming of this series, several valid adjective inflections ending in -IER and -IEST are not appearing on the website, and therefore have been ruled as invalid by Dictionary Corner. The bug was noticed on C4Countdown before episodes featuring it were transmitted, but is likely to be present for most of the series and has affected the scorelines of at least two games.
Current standings
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cillian McMulkin | 8 | 944 |
2 | Peter Burke | 7 | 705 |
3 | Andrew Barrett | 6 | 573 |
4 | Seán Dennehy | 5 | 486 |
5 | Dan Spinks | 5 | 473 |
6 | Peter McQuillan | 4 | 431 |
7 | Simon Higgins | 2 | 230 |
8 | Tony Moore | 2 | 228 |
9 | Rita Meston* | 2 | 212 |
10 | Tom Elliott | 1 | 149 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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2–20 January 2023: Championship of Champions XVI | ||||||||||||
7937 | 23/01/2023 | P | Peter Burke | 74 – 64 | Marc Meakin | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7938 | 24/01/2023 | P | Peter Burke | 93 – 67 | Rog Airey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7939 | 25/01/2023 | P | Peter Burke | 66 – 107 | Cillian McMulkin | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7940 | 26/01/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 109 – 51 | Cheryl Perkins | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
7941 | 27/01/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 124 – 43 | Amy Perryman | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7942 | 30/01/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 101 – 61 | Toby Rogers | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Justin Moorhouse | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
7943 | 31/01/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 154 – 69 | Chris Davies | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Justin Moorhouse | Susie Dent | 155 | ||
7944 | 01/02/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 112 – 45 | Jon Sluckis | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Justin Moorhouse | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7945 | 02/02/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 116 – 33 | Ron Squire | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Justin Moorhouse | Susie Dent | 175 | ||
7946 | 03/02/2023 | P | Cillian McMulkin | 121 – 35 | Alison Adams | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Justin Moorhouse | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7947 | 06/02/2023 | P | Sarah Spindley | 53 – 82 | Andrew Barrett | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7948 | 07/02/2023 | P | Andrew Barrett | 78 – 70 | Ruth Stirups | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
7949 | 08/02/2023 | P | Andrew Barrett | 82 – 16 | Joe Sinclair | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7950 | 09/02/2023 | P | Andrew Barrett | 89 – 64 | Maria Guselli | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7951 | 10/02/2023 | P | Andrew Barrett | 76 – 69 | Denis Kaye | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7952 | 13/02/2023 | P | Andrew Barrett | 79 – 62 | Rochelle Watkins | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7953 | 14/02/2023 | P | Andrew Barrett | 87 – 94 | Peter McQuillan | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7954 | 15/02/2023 | P | Peter McQuillan | 85 – 76 | Adam Morgan | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7955 | 16/02/2023 | P | Peter McQuillan | 86 – 48 | Sue Beer | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
7956 | 17/02/2023 | P | Peter McQuillan | 98 – 71 | Mark Robinson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
7957 | 20/02/2023 | P | Peter McQuillan | 68 – 80 | Seán Dennehy | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7958 | 21/02/2023 | P | Seán Dennehy | 97 – 30 | Em Newton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7959 | 22/02/2023 | P | Seán Dennehy | 77 – 69 | Charlotte Rimmer | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7960 | 23/02/2023 | P | Seán Dennehy | 78 – 61 | Hugh Shepheard-Walwyn | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
7961 | 24/02/2023 | P | Seán Dennehy | 91 – 32 | Gesuine Martin | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7962 | 27/02/2023 | P | Seán Dennehy | 63 – 97 | Tony Moore | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jamelia | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7963 | 28/02/2023 | P | Tony Moore | 81 – 50 | Moyra Finch | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jamelia | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7964 | 01/03/2023 | P | Tony Moore | 50 – 86 | Dan Spinks | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jamelia | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
7965 | 02/03/2023 | P | Dan Spinks | 95 – 61 | Matthew Trevorrow | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jamelia | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7966 | 03/03/2023 | P | Dan Spinks | 76 – 74 | Colin Oakley | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jamelia | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
7967 | 06/03/2023 | P | Dan Spinks | 67 – 66 | Dave Butler | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Ore Oduba | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7968 | 07/03/2023 | P | Dan Spinks | 84 – 47 | Mark Walker | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Ore Oduba | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
7969 | 08/03/2023 | P | Dan Spinks | 65 – 72 | Simon Higgins | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Ore Oduba | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7970 | 09/03/2023 | P | Simon Higgins | 88 – 76 | Elaine Carr | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Ore Oduba | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7971 | 10/03/2023 | P | Simon Higgins | 70 – 72 | Tom Elliott | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Ore Oduba | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
7972 | 13/03/2023 | P | Tom Elliott | 77 – 87 | Myles Donald | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7973 | 14/03/2023 | P | Myles Donald | 50 – 114 | Rita Meston | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7974 | 15/03/2023 | P | Rita Meston | 98 – 72 | Karyn Cooke | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7975 | 16/03/2023 | P | Rita Meston | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | |||
7976 | 17/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | |||
7977 | 20/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Cooper Clarke | Susie Dent | |||
7978 | 21/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Cooper Clarke | Susie Dent | |||
7979 | 22/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Cooper Clarke | Susie Dent | |||
7980 | 23/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Cooper Clarke | Susie Dent | |||
7981 | 24/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Cooper Clarke | Susie Dent | |||
7982 | 27/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Levi Roots | Susie Dent | |||
7983 | 28/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Levi Roots | Susie Dent | |||
7984 | 29/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Levi Roots | Susie Dent | |||
7985 | 30/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Levi Roots | Susie Dent | |||
7986 | 31/03/2023 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Levi Roots | Susie Dent |