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Series 18

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Carol posing unaware with part of the problematic new letter scheme
This series marked the debut of this set, which was only used for two years. Also the Countdown clock music had changed to its present version.

Series 18 ran from July 1989 to October 1989. The eighteenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Rajaretnam Yogasagarar.

This series saw the change of letter tiles to a new red and white design. After several episodes had been recorded, someone realized that this would cause problems for epileptics. An attempt was made to record all the shows again with the original contestants and different tiles, but this caused issues as some were no longer available. This resulted in some shows still having to be screened with the problem tiles.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Jonathan Anstey 8 479
2 Richard Evans 8 433
3 Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 6 333
4 Derek Stuart-Clark 6 325
5 Mandi Hale 5 257
6 Shirley Scott 5 251
7 Mark St. John London 4 237
8 Margaret Budden 3 165
Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Finals progress

Jonathan Anstey (1) vs Margaret Budden (8) Jonathan Anstey (1) vs Mandi Hale (5) Mandi Hale (5)
vs
Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (3)
Mandi Hale (5) vs Derek Stuart-Clark (4)
Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (3) vs Shirley Scott (6) Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (3) vs Richard Evans (2)
Mark St. John London (7) vs Richard Evans (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
868 10/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 59 – 36 Monica Kirby Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
869 11/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 64 – 37 Brian Clarke Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
870 12/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 49 – 37 Margaret Jones Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
871 13/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 58 – 20 Bob Holland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
872 15/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 47 – 18 Graham Owen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
873 17/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 56 – 25 Win Strange Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ned Sherrin Della Thompson
874 18/07/1989 P Rajaretnam Yogasagarar 37 – 44 Shirley Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ned Sherrin Della Thompson
875 19/07/1989 P Reg Jones 45 – 57 Shirley Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ned Sherrin Della Thompson
876 20/07/1989 P Ron Smith 43 – 46 Shirley Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ned Sherrin Della Thompson
877 21/07/1989 P Joan Gray 31 – 57 Shirley Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ned Sherrin Della Thompson
878 24/07/1989 P Christine Stallybrass 44 – 47 Shirley Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
879 25/07/1989 P Derek Stuart-Clark 61 – 41 Shirley Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
880 26/07/1989 P Derek Stuart-Clark 46 – 30 Valia Hedley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
881 27/07/1989 P Derek Stuart-Clark 63 – 39 Anne Cox Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
882 28/07/1989 P Derek Stuart-Clark 49 – 37 John Gough-Cooper Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
883 31/07/1989 P Derek Stuart-Clark 39 – 29 Garry Preston Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
884 1/08/1989 P Derek Stuart-Clark 67 – 34 Karen Hazell Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Simon Williams Della Thompson
885 2/08/1989 P Tom Dudley 43 – 39 Win Blackborow Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason
886 3/08/1989 P Tom Dudley 35 – 54 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason
887 4/08/1989 P Keith Pottage 12 – 66 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason 82
888 7/08/1989 P Sue Hall 61 – 61 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason
889 8/08/1989 P Sue Hall 37 – 46 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason
890 9/08/1989 P Neil Barlow 40 – 81 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason
891 10/08/1989 P John Feetenby 42 – 62 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Simon Mason
892 11/08/1989 P Eileen Meghen 24 – 53 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lance Percival Simon Mason
893 14/08/1989 P Ian Whitcombe 33 – 59 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lance Percival Simon Mason
894 15/08/1989 P Elizabeth Rennie 41 – 58 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lance Percival Simon Mason
895 16/08/1989 P Leslie Martin 41 – 32 Steve Tidbury Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lance Percival Simon Mason
896 17/08/1989 P Leslie Martin 52 – 39 Anne Maclachlan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lance Percival Simon Mason
897 18/08/1989 P Leslie Martin 44 – 53 Mark Pont Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lance Percival Simon Mason
898 21/08/1989 P Debbie Williams 45 – 65 Mark Pont Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Brian Johnston Della Thompson
899 22/08/1989 P Andrew Balkin 40 – 44 Mark Pont Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Brian Johnston Della Thompson
900 23/08/1989 P Ann Rutter 63 – 59 Mark Pont Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Brian Johnston Della Thompson
901 24/08/1989 P Ann Rutter 38 – 40 David Ware Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Brian Johnston Della Thompson
902 25/08/1989 P Tony Diball 23 – 39 David Ware Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Brian Johnston Della Thompson
903 28/08/1989 P Jan Whitfield 46 – 51 David Ware Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Della Thompson
904 29/08/1989 P Clive Everill 50 – 43 David Ware Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Della Thompson
905 30/08/1989 P Clive Everill 70 – 60 Chris Magill Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Della Thompson
906 31/08/1989 P Clive Everill 27 – 50 Bill Taylor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Della Thompson
907 1/09/1989 P Mark St. John London 50 – 42 Bill Taylor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Della Thompson
908 4/09/1989 P Mark St. John London 60 – 55 Alex McClimens Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Della Thompson
909 5/09/1989 P Mark St. John London 70 – 26 John Slade Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
910 6/09/1989 P Mark St. John London 57 – 51 Patrick Kavanagh Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
911 7/09/1989 P Mark St. John London 48 – 64 Margaret Budden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
912 8/09/1989 P Christopher Alexander 34 – 43 Margaret Budden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
913 11/09/1989 P Patrick Lindfield 30 – 58 Margaret Budden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson 72
914 12/09/1989 P Diane Pratesi 57 – 45 Margaret Budden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson 95
915 13/09/1989 P Diane Pratesi 59 – 34 Christopher Quartermaine Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton 71
916 14/09/1989 P Diane Pratesi 48 – 60 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton 83
917 15/09/1989 P Mary Mullins 32 – 50 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton 65
918 18/09/1989 P Fraser McLeod 49 – 63 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton
919 19/09/1989 P Avril Goldsworthy 29 – 50 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton
920 20/09/1989 P Brian Porter 30 – 45 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Freda Thornton
921 21/09/1989 P Garry Thomas 44 – 49 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Freda Thornton
922 22/09/1989 P Brendan Meghan 51 – 68 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Freda Thornton
923 25/09/1989 P Chris Tesseras 45 – 48 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Freda Thornton
924 26/09/1989 P Mandi Hale 51 – 27 Rosemary Tame Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Freda Thornton
925 27/09/1989 P Mandi Hale 41 – 30 Brian Burrows Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Freda Thornton
926 28/09/1989 P Mandi Hale 46 – 27 Julian Bloom Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
927 29/09/1989 P Mandi Hale 54 – 36 Doris Beckerlegge Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
928 2/10/1989 P Mandi Hale 65 – 29 David Dillner Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
929 3/10/1989 P Mandi Hale 32 – 48 Mark Cooper Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
930 4/10/1989 P Mark Cooper 41 – 33 Robin Robinson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
931 5/10/1989 QF Jonathan Anstey 45 – 33 Margaret Budden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
932 6/10/1989 QF Mark St. John London 12 – 45 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
933 9/10/1989 QF Shirley Scott 39 – 46 Rajaretnam Yogasagarar Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
934 10/10/1989 QF Mandi Hale 53 – 47 Derek Stuart-Clark Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
935 11/10/1989 SF Mandi Hale 48 – 36 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Catherine Clarke
936 12/10/1989 SF Richard Evans 46 – 56 Rajaretnam Yogasagarar Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Catherine Clarke
937 13/10/1989 GF Mandi Hale 73 – 92 Rajaretnam Yogasagarar Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Frazer Hines, Eve Pollard Catherine Clarke 128

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