Ruth Collier

Ruth Collier was a semi-finalist from Series 37. She beat Mark Wyndham-Jones in her first appearance, and only managed another two wins before losing at the hands of Christine White. She returned for the final stages as #6 seed, and beat Brett Smitheram by way of a sudden-death conundrum in the quarter-final before losing to eventual series champion Ray McPhie in the semi-final. She returned for Championship of Champions IX, and beat Tony Baylis and Bhavin Manek on her way to the semi-final, where she lost to eventual champion of champions Natascha Kearsey.

Ruth's husband [Quin] later appeared in series 39, but was less successful and admitted that she was always better than him at home.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2132	7/11/1997	P	Mark Wyndham-Jones	54 – 62	Ruth Collier	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
2133	10/11/1997	P	Ruth Collier	67 – 38	Sam Percy	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent
2134	11/11/1997	P	Ruth Collier	47 – 23	Mark Stenton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent
2135	12/11/1997	P	Ruth Collier	60 – 64	Christine White	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent
2158	15/12/1997	QF	Brett Smitheram	44 – 54	Ruth Collier	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Mark Nyman
2161	18/12/1997	SF	Ray McPhie	53 – 38	Ruth Collier	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Mark Nyman
2169	6/01/1998	CP	Tony Baylis	42 – 50	Ruth Collier	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Mark Nyman
2174	13/01/1998	CQF	Ruth Collier	54 – 44	Bhavin Manek	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Mark Nyman
2176	15/01/1998	CSF	Natascha Kearsey	59 – 56	Ruth Collier	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Mark Nyman