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'''David Franks''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 47]].
 
'''David Franks''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 47]].
  
Franks is notable as one of the most successful contestants not to make the quarter-finals. He ran off 7 consecutive wins including a score of 102 and one of 108 before facing future [[octochamp]] [[Lee Hartley]]. The game wasn't close, Hartley won with a score of [[episode 3191|117]] and went on to win 7 more heat games. Franks looked a likely candidate to be a series quarter-finalist, but wasn't invited back because there were 8 octochamps in Series 47, one of which was Lee Hartley.
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Franks is notable as one of the most successful contestants not to make the quarter-finals. He ran off 7 consecutive wins including a score of 102 and one of 108 before facing future [[octochamp]] [[Lee Hartley]]. The game wasn't close, Hartley won with a score of [[episode 3191|117]] and went on to win 7 more heat games. Franks looked a likely candidate to be a series quarter-finalist, but wasn't invited back because there were 8 octochamps in Series 47, one of which was Lee Hartley. In win-point (seeding) order, Coutts was the #9 seeded contestant of Series 47 – the best-ever performance for a contestant who failed to qualify for a series finals.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 19:15, 16 May 2017

David Franks was a contestant in Series 47.

Franks is notable as one of the most successful contestants not to make the quarter-finals. He ran off 7 consecutive wins including a score of 102 and one of 108 before facing future octochamp Lee Hartley. The game wasn't close, Hartley won with a score of 117 and went on to win 7 more heat games. Franks looked a likely candidate to be a series quarter-finalist, but wasn't invited back because there were 8 octochamps in Series 47, one of which was Lee Hartley. In win-point (seeding) order, Coutts was the #9 seeded contestant of Series 47 – the best-ever performance for a contestant who failed to qualify for a series finals.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3184 7/02/2002 P Maureen Taylor 30 – 90 David Franks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Richard Samson 131
3185 8/02/2002 P David Franks 102 – 70 Zena Gooding Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Richard Samson 128
3186 11/02/2002 P David Franks 90 – 38 Virginia Fraser Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Roger McGough Richard Samson 150
3187 12/02/2002 P David Franks 95 – 56 Jeremy Kimber Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Roger McGough Richard Samson 120
3188 13/02/2002 P David Franks 108 – 73 Tony McManus Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Roger McGough Richard Samson 118
3189 14/02/2002 P David Franks 99 – 74 Jillian Shorthose Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Roger McGough Richard Samson 120
3190 15/02/2002 P David Franks 91 – 25 Julie Cotton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Roger McGough Richard Samson 119
3191 18/02/2002 P David Franks 69 – 117 Lee Hartley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Melvyn Hayes Kay Celtel 122