Dave Costello

Dave Costello was an octochamp in Series 74.

Costello will return in June 2016 for the series finals. Here, he will be credited with seven additional points for his offering of PETTIES in his seventh game, which was disallowed by Dictionary Corner but is indeed to be found in the Oxford Dictionary Online. This change raises his octochamp total from 713 points to 720, notably resulting in him outscoring another finalist, Tim Down.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
6350	22/04/2016	P	Jon Hinchliffe	93 – 103*	Dave Costello	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlotte Hawkins	Susie Dent	157
6351	25/04/2016	P	Dave Costello	90 – 74	Briony Hunter	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlotte Hawkins	Susie Dent	133
6352	26/04/2016	P	Dave Costello	90 – 70	Ken Steed	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlotte Hawkins	Susie Dent	133
6353	27/04/2016	P	Dave Costello	83 – 50	Martin Ripley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlotte Hawkins	Susie Dent	123
6354	28/04/2016	P	Dave Costello	90 – 39	Sam Crompton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Charlotte Hawkins	Susie Dent	126
6355	29/04/2016	P	Dave Costello	101 – 54	Elliot Hooper	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	125
6356	2/05/2016	P	Dave Costello	74 – 62	Pippa Weigh	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	112
6357	3/05/2016	P	Dave Costello	92 – 58	Thomas Wade	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	126

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum