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Bishop was the last octochamp to be crowned with [[Des O'Connor]] and [[Carol Vorderman]] as presenters. | Bishop was the last octochamp to be crowned with [[Des O'Connor]] and [[Carol Vorderman]] as presenters. | ||
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+ | He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the [[Series 68|30th Birthday Championship]]. After receiving a bye to the first round, he lost his only match against the [[Series 47]] champion [[Chris Wills]] by a score of {{score|102|99}}, despite leading nearly all the match. | ||
In May 2010, Bishop attended his first unofficial [[Countdown tournament]], [[Co:Lon 2010]], and followed this up in October with [[CoLei3]]. He has subsequently appeared at [[CoNot 2011]] and [[Co:Lon 2011]]. | In May 2010, Bishop attended his first unofficial [[Countdown tournament]], [[Co:Lon 2010]], and followed this up in October with [[CoLei3]]. He has subsequently appeared at [[CoNot 2011]] and [[Co:Lon 2011]]. | ||
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{{ep | 4727 | 5/12/2008 | QF |Martin Bishop| 112 - 64 |[[Lee Simmonds]]|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|Susie Dent|117}} | {{ep | 4727 | 5/12/2008 | QF |Martin Bishop| 112 - 64 |[[Lee Simmonds]]|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|Susie Dent|117}} | ||
{{ep | 4731 | 11/12/2008 | SF |[[Junaid Mubeen]]| 96 - 56 |Martin Bishop|[[Jo Brand]]|Susie Dent|115}} | {{ep | 4731 | 11/12/2008 | SF |[[Junaid Mubeen]]| 96 - 56 |Martin Bishop|[[Jo Brand]]|Susie Dent|115}} | ||
+ | {{ep | 5627 | 23/01/2013 | 30B1 |Martin Bishop| 99 - 102 |[[Chris Wills]]|[[Margaret Mountford]]|Susie Dent|124}} | ||
{{episode table end}} | {{episode table end}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Martin}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Martin}} | ||
[[Category:Contestants in Series 59]] | [[Category:Contestants in Series 59]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Contestants in Series 68]] | ||
[[Category:Teapot owners]] | [[Category:Teapot owners]] | ||
[[Category:Octochamps of the 15 round era]] | [[Category:Octochamps of the 15 round era]] | ||
[[Category:Finalists]] | [[Category:Finalists]] |
Revision as of 19:49, 23 January 2013
Martin Bishop was a finalist in Series 59.
He won 8 impressive heat games at the end of the series, including scores of 115, 111, 110 and 109. His final game yielded 83 points, just 12 short of the 95 needed to become #1 seed, surpassing Charlie Reams. He therefore returned for the finals as #2 seed and breezed past #7 seed Lee Simmonds 112 – 64 which set up a mouth-watering semi-final against Junaid Mubeen who'd scored 124 out of a possible 127 in his quarter-final against Neil MacKenzie. The semi-final didn't go to plan for Bishop as Mubeen beat him early on with SPATIAL and ROMAINE. In the later rounds, Bishop looked to be in with a chance when Mubeen has precasted ☓ disallowed (the past participle of PRECAST is PRECAST) but when Bishop had somaine ☓ disallowed, the game was all over, although it was Mubeen that scored on both the final numbers and conundrum.
Bishop was the last octochamp to be crowned with Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman as presenters.
He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. After receiving a bye to the first round, he lost his only match against the Series 47 champion Chris Wills by a score of 102 – 99, despite leading nearly all the match.
In May 2010, Bishop attended his first unofficial Countdown tournament, Co:Lon 2010, and followed this up in October with CoLei3. He has subsequently appeared at CoNot 2011 and Co:Lon 2011.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4704 | 4/11/2008 | P | Andy Crompton | 92 – 109 | Martin Bishop | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
4705 | 5/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 115 – 54 | Alice Donald | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
4706 | 6/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 92 – 56 | Daniel Searle | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
4707 | 7/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 94 – 67 | Thomas Cappleman | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
4708 | 10/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 95 – 68 | Lesley Wootton | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
4709 | 11/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 111 – 43 | Caro Ness | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
4710 | 12/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 110 – 61 | Campbell Norris | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
4711 | 13/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 83 – 59 | June Walden | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
4727 | 5/12/2008 | QF | Martin Bishop | 112 – 64 | Lee Simmonds | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
4731 | 11/12/2008 | SF | Junaid Mubeen | 96 – 56 | Martin Bishop | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
5627 | 23/01/2013 | 30B1 | Martin Bishop | 99 – 102 | Chris Wills | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Margaret Mountford | Susie Dent | 124 |