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Episode 397
Episode 397 was broadcast on 27 March 1986, and was the Series 8 grand final.
Clive Spate played Anthony Butcher, with Clive Spate winning 107 – 53. Clive Spate was therefore the first player in Countdown's history to score a century, as well as being the first #1 seed in the history of the show to win a series.
In a specially extended 45-minute edition, the Dictionary Corner guests were Bill Tidy and Gyles Brandreth, and the lexicographer was Julia Swannell.
NOTE: Round 9: under the rules in force at the time (for verbs listed in COD 7, agent nouns in common usage accepted and assumed to take -er endings), DOMINATER is acceptable, despite the fact that it is commonly known that dominatOR is the correct spelling (which presumably would have been disallowed!).
Rounds
Rnd | Selection | Clive Spate | Score | Anthony Butcher | Others | Max. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | OAELGDSIN | DEALINGS | 8 – 8 | DEALINGS | ALONGSIDE | 18 |
2 | SCRATUSNX | CARTS | 13 – 13 | CARTS | SUNSTAR* | 25 |
3 | 50 75 4 10 7 7 → 365 | 367 | 13 – 23 | 365
(50 + 75) × (7 − 4) − 10 |
|
35 |
4 | EAORHLTES | earholes ☓ | 13 – 31 | LEATHERS | TREHALOSE* | 53 |
5 | PDSAWISPE | SWAPPED | 20 – 38 | SWAPPED | APSIDES*, WASPIES* | 60 |
6 | 100 50 3 10 4 1 → 475 | 475
(100 + 50 + 10) × 3 − 4 − 1 |
30 – 38 | — |
|
70 |
7 | TRAGICIER | GERIATRIC
(6 seconds) |
40 – 38 | 80 | ||
8 | STNATEYWI | SATINET | 47 – 38 | TWINES | TAWNIEST | 88 |
9 | OIEDMTNAR | DOMINATER | 65 – 38 | DOMINATE | 106 | |
10 | 25 75 3 7 5 8 → 698 | 698
(25 + 75) × 7 − (5 − 3) |
75 – 48 | 698
(25 + 75) × 7 − (5 − 3) |
|
116 |
11 | BDENVROVA | BROADEN | 82 – 48 | BRAVED | BANDORE* | 123 |
12 | OULGVEOMW | GLOVE | 87 – 53 | GLOVE | VOLUME* | 129 |
13 | 50 100 4 3 10 8 → 548 | 548
(50 + 4) × 10 + 8 |
97 – 53 | 546 |
|
139 |
14 | ALBUMHINT | THUMBNAIL
(17.5 seconds) |
107 – 53 | 149 |