Clive Freedman (Series 6)

Clive Freedman made his debut in the final heat round of series 6, defeating Neil Wilkins before making way for the finals round of that series. He returned at the start of series 7, and due to an odd rule at the time, played and won a further eight games, becoming an octochamp, and the only one to have won nine heat rounds. He returned for the final rounds as clear #1 seed, beating Gary Franks 63-19 in the quarter-finals, but was stopped by eventual series winner Ian Bebbington in tyhe semi-finals, losing 49-46. His performances, however, were enough to earn him an invitation to Championship of Champions II, where he defeated Olivia Lloyd-Potts and Laurie Silver on the way to a final showdown against Peter Evans. Clive was ten points behind going into the crucial conundrum, but after unscrambling APEXJOUST in 5 seconds and ANGLEHOAX in 3 seconds, he ran out the 91-81 winner, and only the second ever champion of champions. Clive returned in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, defeating Mick Keeble in the first round and Evan Simpson, by way of a sudden-death conundrum, in the second round, before losing to young Andrew Perry in the group final stage.

Clive also played a special 14-round game against Mark Nyman before the start of series 10, which was billed as a 'champion of champion of champions' game. Mark won that game 76-67.

Clive can also be seen on the front of the first edition of the Countdown board game playing against Sandie Simonis- this photograph was staged, as the two have never played on-screen.

Preceded by Mark Nyman

Champion of Champions Championship of Champions II

Followed by Harvey Freeman