John Brackstone

John in the Series 53 grand final.

John Brackstone was the runner-up of Series 53.

He first appeared on 12 May 2005, beating Caroline Ambrose 115 – 73, before winning seven more games to become an octochamp and the #1 seed of Series 53. He beat Fred Reynolds and Richard Heald on his way to the grand final, where he lost to John Mayhew after a second crucial conundrum.

He later returned for Championship of Champions XII, beating David Wilson in the first round before succumbing to Conor Travers in the quarter-finals, losing 101 – 80.

In 2015, Brackstone returned to play a special episode against Graham Nash, which he lost 94 – 49.

Preceded by Paul Gallen

Series runner-up Series 53

Followed by Matthew Shore

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3926	12/05/2005	P	Caroline Ambrose	73 – 115	John Brackstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Esther Rantzen	Susie Dent	132
3927	13/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	81 – 48	Richard Ellis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Esther Rantzen	Susie Dent	113
3928	16/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	103 – 68	Mark Leopold	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Susie Dent	154
3929	17/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	101 – 75	Raymond Quirk	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Susie Dent	140
3930	18/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	98 – 72	Christine Skeer	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Susie Dent	120
3931	19/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	110 – 68	Ken Ryder	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Susie Dent	133
3932	20/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	119 – 35	Joanna Allardice	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Susie Dent	124
3933	23/05/2005	P	John Brackstone	95 – 44	Frank Cowsill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Michael Aspel	Susie Dent	131
3953	23/06/2005	QF	Fred Reynolds	58 – 75	John Brackstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	126
3957	30/06/2005	SF	Richard Heald	75 – 89	John Brackstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	119
3959	1/07/2005	GF	John Mayhew	86* – 76	John Brackstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	143
4118	5/06/2006	CP	John Brackstone	86 – 48	David Wilson	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	120
4123	12/06/2006	CQF	Conor Travers	101 – 80	John Brackstone	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kim Woodburn	Susie Dent	130
S45	8/05/2015	S	Graham Nash	94 – 49	John Brackstone	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley					Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	121

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum