Series 17

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Series 17 ran from January 1989 to March 1989. It was won by Lawrence Pearse.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Tim Morrissey	8	533
2	Lawrence Pearse	8	438
3	David Poulter	6	333
4	Evan Simpson	5	319
5	Len Marshall	3	199
6	Vicki McCarthy	3	152
7	Jean Tweddell	2	112
8	Jim Saywell	2	111

Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
820	11/01/1989	P	Alec Bryers	42 – 43	Jennifer Bryers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole
821	12/01/1989	P	Jennifer Bryers	50 – 57	David Poulter	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole
822	13/01/1989	P	David Poulter	62 – 16	Kenneth Quarshie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole
823	16/01/1989	P	David Poulter	57 – 41	Eileen Farbrother	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole
824	17/01/1989	P	David Poulter	42 – 24	Jean Bakewell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole
825	18/01/1989	P	David Poulter	57 – 48	Steve Bruce	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole
826	19/01/1989	P	David Poulter	58 – 31	Alison Baker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole
827	20/01/1989	P	David Poulter	35 – 69	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole
828	23/01/1989	P	Jean Tweddell	43 – 33	Ken Wotherspoon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole
829	24/01/1989	P	Jean Tweddell	60 – 63	Tim Morrissey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole
830	25/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	56 – 32	Julie Pharro	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton
831	26/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	57 – 25	Russell Turner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton
832	27/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	51 – 51	Mary Hawes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton
833	30/01/1989	P	Mary Hawes	35 – 46	Tim Morrissey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton
834	31/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	77 – 56	Dave Chapple	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton
835	1/02/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	61 – 20	Gail Cattermole	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
836	2/02/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	70 – 45	Jenny O'Sullivan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
837	3/02/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	52 – 40	Elizabeth Dorey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
838	6/02/1989	P	Nick Camp	45 – 65	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
839	7/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	49 – 48	Frank Peach	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
840	8/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	73 – 34	Esther Poligadoo	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton
841	9/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	69 – 5	Eileen Stokes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
842	10/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	63 – 26	Abu Oosman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
843	13/02/1989	P	Evan Simpson	34 – 36	Cathy Bland	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
844	14/02/1989	P	Cathy Bland	31 – 62	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
845	15/02/1989	P	Len Marshall	46 – 38	Caroline Coombs	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
846	16/02/1989	P	Len Marshall	48 – 48	Anna Sims	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
847	17/02/1989	P	Len Marshall	43 – 41	Anna Sims	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
848	20/02/1989	P	Len Marshall	45 – 60	Jim Saywell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson
849	21/02/1989	P	Jim Saywell	51 – 36	John Roycroft	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
850	22/02/1989	P	Jim Saywell	34 – 53	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
851	23/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	51 – 40	Anne Ives	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
852	24/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	57 – 49	Cathy Frank	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
853	27/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	49 – 48	Fuad Shammas	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
854	28/02/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	48 – 36	Nadine Roebuck	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
855	1/03/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	70 – 40	David Thompson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
856	2/03/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	58 – 23	Karen Hoggarth	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
857	3/03/1989	P	Lawrence Pearse	52 – 12	David Gledhill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
858	6/03/1989	P	Vicki McCarthy	32 – 31	Jeanie Holmes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
859	7/03/1989	P	Vicki McCarthy	62 – 53	Alison Jarvis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
860	8/03/1989	P	Vicki McCarthy	58 – 48	Alex Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole
861	9/03/1989	QF	Tim Morrissey	60 – 44	Jim Saywell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
862	10/03/1989	QF	Lawrence Pearse	52 – 29	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
863	13/03/1989	QF	Vicki McCarthy	57 – 42	David Poulter	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
864	14/03/1989	QF	Evan Simpson	67 – 27	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
865	15/03/1989	SF	Evan Simpson	56 – 45	Tim Morrissey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
866	16/03/1989	SF	Vicki McCarthy	24 – 49	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole
867	17/03/1989	GF	Evan Simpson	64 – 80	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin, Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton

External links

• Series 17 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 17 on The Countdown Page.