Pete Evans

Peter Evans

Peter "Pete" Evans was the champion of Series 5, the runner-up of Championship of Champions II, and a participant in the Supreme Championship.

From Coventry, he first appeared on 8 November 1984, beating Leslie Olson 67 – 48, the joint highest score of the series. He only won two more games before losing at the hands of Jane Smith. However, this was enough for him to return for the series finals as number four seed. He 'took revenge' on Jane Smith in the quarter-finals, defeating her 49 – 38, and beat number two seed Colin Pearce 53 – 43 in a close-run semi-final. In the grand final, he faced Robert Violett, running out the 87 – 71 winner.

He returned for Championship of Champions II, and made it all the way to the grand final where he faced Clive Freedman in a nail-biting contest. Ten points ahead going into the conundrum, Evans could only sit and watch as Freedman unscrambled two consecutive crucial conundrums to run out the 91 – 81 winner. Evans also appeared on the special episode to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the Countdown Masters in 1989 and 1990.

Evans returned in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, but was defeated in his first game 50 – 28 by Evan Simpson, denying him a mouth-watering rematch with Freedman in the following round.

In 1988, he appeared on the first series of Fifteen to One.

Preceded by Brian Hudson

Series winner Series 5

Followed by Darryl Francis

Preceded by Joyce Cansfield

Champion of Champions runner-up Championship of Champions II

Followed by David Trace

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
203	08/11/1984	P	Peter Evans	67 – 48	Leslie Olson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Yvonne Warburton	73
204	09/11/1984	P	Peter Evans	38 – 33	Daniel Shine	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	71
205	12/11/1984	P	Stephen White	41 – 42	Peter Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	74
206	13/11/1984	P	Peter Evans	41 – 47	Jane Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	72
230	17/12/1984	QF	Peter Evans	49 – 38	Jane Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	65
233	20/12/1984	SF	Peter Evans	53 – 43	Colin Pearce	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	70
234	21/12/1984	GF	Peter Evans	87 – 71	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	114
398	31/03/1986	CQF	Clive Spate	45 – 47	Peter Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	81
402	04/04/1986	CSF	Peter Evans	55 – 48	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	87
404	08/04/1986	CGF	Clive Freedman	91* – 81	Peter Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	118
495	02/02/1987	X	Bill Tidy with Mark Nyman, Brian Hudson, Peter Evans, and Darryl Francis	41 – 32	Gyles Brandreth with Clive Freedman, Michael Wylie, Joyce Cansfield, and Harvey Freeman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	none	Della Thompson	68
M36	04/12/1989–08/12/1989	M	Ash Haji	54 – 102	Peter Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	158
M71	06/08/1990–10/08/1990	M	David Trace	82 – 92	Peter Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Mark Nyman	129
1863	21/10/1996	bQF	Pete Evans	28 – 50	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	71

* includes 10 points from a tiebreak conundrum