Roger Wales

Roger Wales was the runner-up of Series 16.

He was a company director from Skipton, North Yorkshire. His run began with a remarkable comeback win over 7-time sitting champion Jenny Haldane.

Wales had attended the same school as the then host Richard Whiteley, and after his defeat in the final, Whiteley jokingly urged Wales to donate some of his winnings to the school. The episode did not go down well with viewers, some of whom wrote in complaining that they felt Whiteley had been too pushy over the issue and expressing their support for Wales. However, Channel 4 responded that Wales had taken the joke in good part.

Preceded by Allan Saldanha

Series runner-up Series 16

Followed by Evan Simpson

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
799	16/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	46 – 35	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	71
800	17/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	63 – 43	Peter Barlow	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	69
801	18/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	55 – 32	Vicky Tomlinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	73
802	19/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	36 – 51	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	74
809	30/08/1988	QF	Roger Wales	33 – 24	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson	73
810	31/08/1988	SF	Steve Williams	52 – 55	Roger Wales	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson	74
812	2/09/1988	GF	Roger Wales	69 – 100	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy, Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson	116
M40	1/01/1990-5/01/1990	M	Roger Wales	78 – 101	David Whiting	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	???
M78	24/09/1990-28/09/1990	M	Roger Wales	48 – 86	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Mark Nyman	130