Olivia Lloyd-Potts

Olivia Lloyd-Potts.

Olivia Lloyd-Potts, nee Olivia Lloyd, first appeared on Countdown on 13 February 1985, beating Sheila Alder 52 – 35 in the 28th heat of Series 6. She went on to win four more games before being stopped by Helen Grayson. Lloyd-Potts' five wins were enough to see her return for the finals as #4 seed, where she beat Robert Healan narrowly in the quarter-finals on a crucial conundrum. Here, Healan buzzed in with the incorrect solution of SCHEDULES, leaving Lloyd-Potts to correctly offer SCHEDULED shortly after. She next beat Helen Grayson in the semi-finals, 'avenging' her earlier defeat in the heats. In the final against Darryl Francis, Lloyd-Potts put in a spirited display, but was overwhelmed by Francis' expert word knowledge, losing 37 – 69.

Lloyd-Potts' performances were enough to see her return for Championship of Champions II the following year, but she was beaten in the first round by eventual winner Clive Freedman.

Lloyd-Potts returned to Countdown one last time in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, but was beaten in the first round by the then-unbeaten Don Reid. In this game, she played reasonably well, but Reid offered several obscure words that beat hers, and she made a mistake in a numbers game. However, at the end she unravelled PROFAINOR to lose just 57 – 40.

Her sister, Pauline Latham, won 2 shows in Series 40, 14 years later.

Preceded by Robert Violett

Series runner-up Series 6

Followed by Julian Hough

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
262	13/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	52 – 35	Sheila Alder	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Liz Fraser	Yvonne Warburton	70
263	14/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	36 – 16	Oksana Last	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warburton	69
264	15/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	44 – 35	Paul Cook	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warburton	70
265	18/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	57 – 42	Philippa Spencer	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warburton	72
266	19/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	40 – 37	Rodney Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warburton	74
267	20/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	42 – 62	Helen Grayson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warburton	69
285	18/03/1985	QF	Olivia Lloyd	57 – 54	Robert Healan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannell	71
286	19/03/1985	SF	Olivia Lloyd	59 – 53	Helen Grayson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannell	74
288	21/03/1985	GF	Olivia Lloyd	37 – 69	Darryl Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth, Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannell	113
399	1/04/1986	CQF	Clive Freedman	58 – 25	Olivia Lloyd-Potts	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	73
M12	19/6/89-23/6/89	Masters 1	Jenny Haldane	98 – 54	Olivia Lloyd-Potts	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Catherine Clarke	145
M100	25/2/91-29/2/91	Masters 2	Evan Simpson	101 – 67	Olivia Lloyd-Potts	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Freda Thornton	???
1855	9/10/1996	aQF	Don Reid	57 – 40	Olivia Lloyd-Potts	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Susie Dent	74