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

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum