Series 65

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Series 65 is the current series of Countdown. The series is the sixth and last presented by Jeff Stelling, after which it is reported that he will retire from Countdown to focus on Sky Sports commitments. Series 65 began on 6 June 2011 and will probably end in December 2011.

Leaderboard

Showing anyone who could finish in one of the top ten places.

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Graeme Cole	8	813
2	Matt Croy	5	538
3	Liam Herringshaw	5	516
4	Andrew Halliburton	4	446
5	Gareth Lee	3	310
6	John Symonds	2	232
7	Jon Elmer *	2	174

* still playing Between Series 38 and Series 59, players were sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums were not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points were sorted by highest score.

Players in bold are guaranteed to finish in the top eight places.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5279	6/06/2011	P	Liam Herringshaw	92 – 45	David Brown	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shobna Gulati	Susie Dent	114
5280	7/06/2011	P	Liam Herringshaw	93 – 112	Graeme Cole	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shobna Gulati	Susie Dent	132
5281	8/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	105 – 49	Steven Hatton	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shobna Gulati	Susie Dent	126
5282	9/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	99 – 57	Aidan Turnbull	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shobna Gulati	Susie Dent	119
5283	10/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	92 – 57	James Hall	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shobna Gulati	Susie Dent	116
5284	13/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	94 – 75	Graham Moonie-Dalton	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	124
5285	14/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	125 – 19	Mike Linnell	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	129
5286	15/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	91 – 41	Justin Maelzer	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	118
5287	16/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	95 – 59	Gary Hendricks	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	116
5288	17/06/2011	P	Matt Croy	86 – 50	Barrie Crawford	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	117
5289	20/06/2011	P	Matt Croy	96 – 45	Pete Snowdon	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	119
5290	21/06/2011	P	Matt Croy	100 – 53	Mark Worsfold	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	119
5291	22/06/2011	P	Matt Croy	95 – 86	Chris Hemingway	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	129
5292	23/06/2011	P	Matt Croy	71 – 45	Kevan Nijjar	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	118
5293	24/06/2011	P	Matt Croy	90 – 91	Andrew Halliburton	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	114
5294	27/06/2011	P	Andrew Halliburton	90 – 77	James Wilson	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	116
5295	28/06/2011	P	Andrew Halliburton	95 – 70	Magnus Mackereth	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	129
5296	29/06/2011	P	Andrew Halliburton	100 – 92	Barry Evans	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	132
5297	30/06/2011	P	Andrew Halliburton	70 – 73	Gareth Lee	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	135
5298	1/07/2011	P	Gareth Lee	84 – 56	Christopher Moriarty	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	139
5299	4/07/2011	P	Gareth Lee	85 – 47	Declan Hayes	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robin Cousins	Susie Dent	130
5300	5/07/2011	P	Gareth Lee	68 – 88	John Symonds	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robin Cousins	Susie Dent	118
5301	6/07/2011	P	John Symonds	66 – 43	Simon Garratt	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robin Cousins	Susie Dent	129
5302	7/07/2011	P	John Symonds	78 – 85	Jon Elmer	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robin Cousins	Susie Dent	118
5303	8/07/2011	P	Jon Elmer	89 – 57	Greg Scott	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robin Cousins	Susie Dent	113
5304	11/07/2011	P	Jon Elmer	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent
5305	12/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent
5306	13/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent
5307	14/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent
5308	15/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent
5309	18/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent
5310	19/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent
5311	20/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent
5312	21/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent
5313	22/07/2011	P	tba	–	tba	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent

External Links

• Daily Mail article about Jeff Stelling's retirement from Countdown
• Series 65 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 65 on The Countdown Page.