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{{ep | 4257 | 15/12/2006 | QF | [[Andrew Blades]] | 52 - 96 | Richard Brittain | [[Ken Bruce]] | Susie Dent }}
 
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[[Category:Series winners|Brittain, Richard]]

Revision as of 01:26, 3 February 2008

Richard Brittain at, arguably, his sexiest.

Richard Brittain was the overall champion of series 55. He accumulated 820 points in his Octochamp run, but went into the finals as second seed to Steven Briers (840 points). Steven Briers however then narrowly lost his quarter-final against eighth seed Phil Watson, a match which Brittain, watching from the audience, called 'an enthralling spectacle'. Brittain then comfortably won his quarter-final against Andrew Blades, but only narrowly beat Stu Horsey in the semi-finals before he trounced an off-form Tony Warren in the final, 103-60.

Richard Brittain also appeared on the now-defunct gameshow Brainteaser in January 2007, less than a month after winning Countdown. He won the show and pocketed £1500. Brittain currently studies Aeronautical Engineering at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, the same institute at which Phil Watson (see above) was educated in mathematics.

Preceded by
Conor Travers
Series winner
Series 55
Followed by
Nick Wainwright

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4188 11/09/2006 P Sarah Duncan 67 – 116 Richard Brittain Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent
4189 12/09/2006 P Richard Brittain 94 – 83 Claudia McQue Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent
4190 13/09/2006 P Richard Brittain 95 – 77 Gil-Ad Schwartz Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent
4191 14/09/2006 P Richard Brittain 105 – 68 Ali Ashman Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent
4192 15/09/2006 P Richard Brittain 100 – 82 Henry Smith Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent
4193 18/09/2006 P Richard Brittain 96 – 62 Jim Foster Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4194 19/09/2006 P Richard Brittain 98 – 31 Anne Devlin Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Phil Hammond Susie Dent

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