Jill Bright

Jill Bright was a finalist in Series 38.

Famously in her second game she got two nine letter words in the first two rounds. She had a score of 81 going into the [conundrum]] and could have surpassed Allan Saldanha and Stephen Balment's score of 83. However she failed to solve the conundrum and stayed on 81. 81 remains the highest score after 8 rounds of a 9-round game.

Jill is also a keen Scrabble player.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2270	27/05/1998	P	Chris Smith	45 – 56	Jill Bright	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Merrill Thomas	Mark Nyman	80
2271	28/05/1998	P	Jill Bright	81 – 38	Wilma Anscombe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Merrill Thomas	Mark Nyman	94
2272	29/05/1998	P	Jill Bright	61* – 51	Sam Essen	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Merrill Thomas	Mark Nyman	73
2273	1/06/1998	P	Jill Bright	54 – 33	Stephen Fyffe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Mark Nyman	74
2274	2/06/1998	P	Jill Bright	56 – 53	Kathy Walker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Mark Nyman	74
2275	3/06/1998	P	Jill Bright	59 – 49	Alasdair Dowling	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Mark Nyman	84
2276	4/06/1998	P	Jill Bright	50 – 55	Kelvin Philpott	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Mark Nyman	81
2287	19/06/1998	QF	Jill Bright	51 – 56	Steve Fisher	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	73

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum