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'''James Martin''' was a semi-finalist from [[series 34]]. He won the final eight heat games of the series to become the series's only [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final stages. He beat [[Norman Metcalfe]] in the quarter-finals before losing to [[Harshan L'Suriya]] in the semis. james played in [[Championship of Champions IX]], beating the tournament's only undefeated player, [[Ray McPhie]] in the first round, before losing to eventual winner [[Natascha Kearsey]] in the quarter-finals.
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'''James Martin''' was a finalist in [[Series 34]].
  
James is probably best remembered for [[episode 1962|his fifth heat game]] against [[Gerald Foster]], specifically the first numbers game. The numbers were 25, 50, 75, 100, 3 and 6, and the target was 952. His method was:
 
* 100+6=106
 
* 106*3=318
 
* 318*75=23 850
 
* 23 850-50=23 800
 
* 23 800/25=952
 
 
A video of the round can be found [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hesdj-DGBdg here].
 
 
[[category:Finalists|Martin, James]]
 
 
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Revision as of 00:11, 8 January 2008

James Martin was a finalist in Series 34.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1958 10/03/1997 P Paul Morgan 16 – 67 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1959 11/03/1997 P James Martin 59 – 55 Raymond Tate Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1960 12/03/1997 P James Martin 52 – 18 Avril Goodall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1961 13/03/1997 P James Martin 52 – 41 Jon Barlow Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Susie Dent
1962 14/03/1997 P James Martin 68 – 20 Gerald Foster Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1963 17/03/1997 P James Martin 53 – 39 Andrew Gait Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1964 18/03/1997 P James Martin 67 – 6 Bea Rae Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1965 19/03/1997 P James Martin 44 – 43 Mike Stamps Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1966 20/03/1997 QF Norman Metcalfe 16 – 54 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Suzi Quatro Susie Dent
1970 26/03/1997 SF Harshan L'Suriya 48 – 31 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Rob Scriven
2167 2/01/1998 CP Ray McPhie 42 – 60 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman
2173 12/01/1998 CQF James Martin 51 – 52 Natascha Kearsey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman