Series 21

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Series 21 ran from December 1990 to March 1991. It began with Championship of Champions V, before moving on to the series proper. The twenty-first of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley was won by Barry Grossman.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Lew Schwarz	8	547
2	Gillian Tickle	6	410
3	Barry Grossman	5	326
4	Nick Saloman	4	270
5	John Arfon	4	266
6	Adam Simmons	4	241
7	Malcolm Mackinnon	3	189
8	Jackie McLeod	4	187

Seedings were determined by points total, irrespective of the number of wins. This was for the first series in which losing scores counted towards the points total. Draws also counted, leading to Lew Schwarz's incredible octochamp score of 547, which included two draws. Gillian Tickle and John Arfon were also involved in draws, boosting their scores considerably.

Finals progress

Lew Schwarz (1) vs Jackie McLeod (8)	Jackie McLeod (8) vs Nick Saloman (4)	Jackie McLeod (8) vs Barry Grossman (3)
John Arfon (5) vs Nick Saloman (4)
Barry Grossman (3) vs Adam Simmons (6)	Barry Grossman (3) vs Gillian Tickle (2)
Malcolm Mackinnon (7) vs Gillian Tickle (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1075	9/01/1991	P	Robert Houston	49 – 36	Paul Ablett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke
1076	10/01/1991	P	Robert Houston	64 – 53	Ewen Alexander	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke
1077	11/01/1991	P	Robert Houston	35 – 52	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke
1078	14/01/1991	P	Nimmy Aslam	28 – 46	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke
1079	15/01/1991	P	Susan Gould	18 – 58	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton
1080	16/01/1991	P	Malcolm Mackinnon	45 – 31	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton
1081	17/01/1991	P	Malcolm Mackinnon	50 – 39	Marion Montgomery	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton
1082	18/01/1991	P	Malcolm Mackinnon	57 – 43	Norman Maclean	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton
1083	21/01/1991	P	Malcolm Mackinnon	37 – 46	Adam Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton
1084	22/01/1991	P	Frederick Boyt	36 – 60	Adam Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1085	23/01/1991	P	Pat Geer	35 – 54	Adam Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1086	24/01/1991	P	Michael Gregory	34 – 39	Adam Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1087	25/01/1991	P	Raine Hilson	65 – 42	Adam Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1088	28/01/1991	P	Raine Hilson	35 – 35	John Arfon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1089	29/01/1991	P	Raine Hilson	38 – 60	John Arfon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1090	30/01/1991	P	Barbara Kinghorn	32 – 42	John Arfon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
1091	31/01/1991	P	Jeremy Dann	35 – 40	John Arfon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Catherine Clarke
1092	1/02/1991	P	Teresa Lankford	27 – 56	John Arfon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Catherine Clarke
1093	4/02/1991	P	Simon Bavin	46 – 33	John Arfon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Catherine Clarke
1094	5/02/1991	P	Simon Bavin	44 – 36	Jean Aldington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Catherine Clarke
1095	6/02/1991	P	Simon Bavin	53 – 49	Bernard Baker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Catherine Clarke
1096	7/02/1991	P	Simon Bavin	34 – 46	Brenda Holroyd	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Catherine Clarke
1097	8/02/1991	P	Nick Saloman	60 – 33	Brenda Holroyd	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton
1098	11/02/1991	P	Nick Saloman	62 – 40	Jean Davison	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton
1099	12/02/1991	P	Nick Saloman	58 – 11	Douglas Whittle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton
1100	13/02/1991	P	Nick Saloman	37 – 36	Sheena Gray	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton
1101	14/02/1991	P	Nick Saloman	53 – 62	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Alexandra Clayton
1102	15/02/1991	P	Beatrice Syms	44 – 48	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1103	18/02/1991	P	Dave Dinsmore	20 – 49	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1104	19/02/1991	P	Val Carter	35 – 69	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1105	20/02/1991	P	Richard Foster	34 – 47	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1106	21/02/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	54 – 51	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1107	22/02/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	51 – 31	Mark Birch	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1108	25/02/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	49 – 49	Suzanne Kinnersley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Alexandra Clayton
1109	26/02/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	40 – 34	Suzanne Kinnersley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Alexandra Clayton
1110	27/02/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	49 – 47	Thomas Noonan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Alexandra Clayton
1111	28/02/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	63 – 36	Lynn Brown	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Alexandra Clayton
1112	1/03/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	51 – 29	Laurence Kiely	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Alexandra Clayton
1113	4/03/1991	P	Gillian Tickle	53 – 56	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Alexandra Clayton
1114	5/03/1991	P	John Taylor	38 – 53	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Alexandra Clayton
1115	6/03/1991	P	Penny Downer	40 – 44	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Judy Pearsall
1116	7/03/1991	P	Jim Perryman	36 – 66	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Judy Pearsall
1117	8/03/1991	P	Julie Purdey	42 – 42	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Judy Pearsall
1118	11/03/1991	P	Julie Purdey	53 – 60	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Judy Pearsall
1119	12/03/1991	P	Terence Eastman	38 – 53	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Judy Pearsall
1120	13/03/1991	P	Nuala Clenaghan	54 – 54	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Judy Pearsall
1121	14/03/1991	P	Nuala Clenaghan	46 – 63	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1122	15/03/1991	P	Frank Adams	36 – 56	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1123	18/03/1991	P	Jacky Lawson	47 – 44	David Ainsworth	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1124	19/03/1991	P	Jacky Lawson	59 – 35	Ann Clenaghan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1125	20/03/1991	P	Jacky Lawson	42 – 49	Una Szewc	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1126	21/03/1991	QF	Jackie McLeod	55 – 33	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1127	22/03/1991	QF	Gillian Tickle	69 – 28	Malcolm Mackinnon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall
1128	25/03/1991	QF	Adam Simmons	23 – 60	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Brian Johnston	Richard Samson
1129	26/03/1991	QF	John Arfon Jones	39 – 48	Nick Saloman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Brian Johnston	Richard Samson
1130	27/03/1991	SF	Jackie McLeod	50 – 27	Nick Saloman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Brian Johnston	Richard Samson
1131	28/03/1991	SF	Gillian Tickle	44 – 59	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Brian Johnston	Richard Samson
1132	29/03/1991	GF	Jackie McLeod	67 – 99	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe, Brian Johnston	Richard Samson

External links

• Series 21 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 21 on The Countdown Page.