Series 66

From Countdown

Series 66 is the current series of Countdown. This series is the first to be presented by Nick Hewer. Series 66 began on 9 January 2012 and will end on 29 June 2012.

Leaderboard

Rank	Name	Wins	Score
1	Jack Worsley	8	818
2	Peter Lee	8	801
3	Suzi Purcell *	7	619
4	Nick Hall	6	588
5	Victoria James	6	567
6	Mark Murphy	5	454
7	Rob Gibney	4	486
8	Alison Shipman	4	419
9	Chris Butler	3	362
10	Stuart Wright	3	354

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

Since Series 64, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Guest	Lex	Max
5399	9/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	105 – 54	Brian Tuohy	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	127
5400	10/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	110 – 44	Catherine Green	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	150
5401	11/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	103 – 67	Barry Williams	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	140
5402	12/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	100 – 51	Marcia Wells	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	122
5403	13/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	107 – 50	Abi Maher	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	129
5404	16/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	105 – 73	Stewart Macpherson	John Suchet	Susie Dent	120
5405	17/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	85 – 51	Alan Paterson	John Suchet	Susie Dent	120
5406	18/01/2012	P	Mark Murphy	98 – 34	Nick Evans	John Suchet	Susie Dent	121
5407	19/01/2012	P	Mark Murphy	86 – 41	Darren Coogan	John Suchet	Susie Dent	121
5408	20/01/2012	P	Mark Murphy	67 – 57	Terry Moore	John Suchet	Susie Dent	115
5409	23/01/2012	P	Mark Murphy	76 – 42	Cameron McClurg	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	117
5410	24/01/2012	P	Mark Murphy	83* – 73	Robert Coyne	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	118
5411	25/01/2012	P	Mark Murphy	54 – 101	Sri Gutta	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	142
5412	26/01/2012	P	Sri Gutta	97 – 24	David Airey	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	132
5413	27/01/2012	P	Sri Gutta	61 – 68	Susan Hughes	Michael Vaughan	Susie Dent	117
5414	30/01/2012	P	Susan Hughes	55 – 81	Neil Hewitt	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	117
5415	31/01/2012	P	Neil Hewitt	74 – 40	Esther Carpenter	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	127
5416	1/02/2012	P	Neil Hewitt	75 – 62	Bryn Keast	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	123
5417	2/02/2012	P	Neil Hewitt	74 – 79	Jocelyn Menyhart	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	119
5418	3/02/2012	P	Jocelyn Menyhart	99 – 76	Chris Reed	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	119
5419	6/02/2012	P	Jocelyn Menyhart	61 – 67	Victoria James	Kate Humble	Susie Dent	127
5420	7/02/2012	P	Victoria James	90 – 59	Diana Reeves	Kate Humble	Susie Dent	121
5421	8/02/2012	P	Victoria James	97 – 81	Aliraza Alimohamed	Kate Humble	Susie Dent	118
5422	9/02/2012	P	Victoria James	92 – 65	Katie Daniels	Kate Humble	Susie Dent	118
5423	10/02/2012	P	Victoria James	76 – 72	Dave Judge	Kate Humble	Susie Dent	121
5424	13/02/2012	P	Victoria James	94 – 59	Ed Barker	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	127
5425	14/02/2012	P	Victoria James	51 – 69	Chris Rose	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	114
5426	15/02/2012	P	Chris Rose	66 – 96	Chris Butler	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	131
5427	16/02/2012	P	Chris Butler	93 – 73	Matthew Conway	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	119
5428	17/02/2012	P	Chris Butler	98 – 74	Stewart Reynolds	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	118
5429	20/02/2012	P	Chris Butler	75 – 101	Peter Lee	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	123
5430	21/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	84 – 49	Gareth Munson	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	117
5431	22/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	99 – 28	Chris Stokes	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	119
5432	23/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	78 – 71	Niall Seymour	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	116
5433	24/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	120 – 64	Kieran Bray	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	141
5434	27/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	118 – 93	Stephen Senior	John Parrott	Susie Dent	150
5435	28/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	96 – 77	Ryan Carlsen	John Parrott	Susie Dent	123
5436	29/02/2012	P	Peter Lee	105 – 15	James Belshaw	John Parrott	Susie Dent	115
5437	1/03/2012	P	Sam Rowell	62 – 98	Anthony White	John Parrott	Susie Dent	126
5438	2/03/2012	P	Anthony White	54 – 87	Ben Rollett	John Parrott	Susie Dent	129
5439	5/03/2012	P	Ben Rollett	84 – 63	Andy Russell	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	132
5440	6/03/2012	P	Ben Rollett	75 – 93	Michael Taiwo	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	131
5441	7/03/2012	P	Michael Taiwo	80 – 46	David Coombs	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	126
5442	8/03/2012	P	Michael Taiwo	73 – 79	Gerri Kostrzewa	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	118
5443	19/03/2012	P	Gerri Kostrzewa	80 – 64	Natalie Willbe	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	121
5444	20/03/2012	P	Gerri Kostrzewa	60 – 88	Rajhoo Carooppunnen	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	133
5445	21/03/2012	P	Rajhoo Carooppunnen	85 – 47	Colin Lovell	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	118
5446	22/03/2012	P	Rajhoo Carooppunnen	69 – 81	Mick O'Brien	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	141
5447	23/03/2012	P	Mick O'Brien	81 – 80	Rob Mackay	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	140
5448	26/03/2012	P	Mick O'Brien	61 – 62	Wendy Gabriel	Fiona Armstrong	Susie Dent	124
5449	27/03/2012	P	Wendy Gabriel	51 – 84	Alison Shipman	Fiona Armstrong	Susie Dent	128
5450	28/03/2012	P	Alison Shipman	85 – 45	David Smith	Fiona Armstrong	Susie Dent	138
5451	29/03/2012	P	Alison Shipman	87 – 42	Lise Christie	Fiona Armstrong	Susie Dent	117
5452	30/03/2012	P	Alison Shipman	90 – 79	Peter Durnell	Fiona Armstrong	Susie Dent	142
5453	2/04/2012	P	Alison Shipman	73 – 94	John Bird	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	139
5454	3/04/2012	P	John Bird	71 – 50	Tintin Napier	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	120
5455	4/04/2012	P	John Bird	91 – 40	Rob Galloway	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	133
5456	5/04/2012	P	John Bird	58 – 105	Rob Gibney	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	127
5457	6/04/2012	P	Rob Gibney	93 – 47	Jason Atkinson	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	129
5458	9/04/2012	P	Rob Gibney	94 – 52	Kevin Banyard	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	120
5459	10/04/2012	P	Rob Gibney	101 – 49	Spencer Taylor	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	144
5460	11/04/2012	P	Rob Gibney	93 – 94	Nathan Steggles	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	130
5461	12/04/2012	P	Nathan Steggles	73 – 52	Pouvanen Vee	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	119
5462	13/04/2012	P	Nathan Steggles	69 – 52	Mick McGuigan	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	123
5463	16/04/2012	P	Nathan Steggles	73 – 80	Hilary White	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	129
5464	17/04/2012	P	Hilary White	89 – 60	Steve Middleton	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	119
5465	18/04/2012	P	Hilary White	68 – 77	Matt Heal	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	124
5466	19/04/2012	P	Matt Heal	65 – 64	Oliver Nazer	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	131
5467	20/04/2012	P	Matt Heal	66 – 67	Monica Sutcliffe	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	141
5468	23/04/2012	P	Monica Sutcliffe	61 – 80	Megan Jephson	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	127
5469	24/04/2012	P	Megan Jephson	89 – 77	Jonathan Green	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	128
5470	25/04/2012	P	Megan Jephson	81 – 85	Kerry-Anne Alcock	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	118
5471	26/04/2012	P	Kerry-Anne Alcock	75 – 76	Nick Hall	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	126
5472	27/04/2012	P	Nick Hall	95 – 61	Danny Morton	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	128
5473	30/04/2012	P	Nick Hall	92 – 67	Clare Chisholm	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	120
5474	1/05/2012	P	Nick Hall	87 – 40	Fiona Owen	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	131
5475	2/05/2012	P	Nick Hall	73 – 60	Mike Alsford	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	127
5476	3/05/2012	P	Nick Hall	96 – 58	Luke Spencer	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	129
5477	4/05/2012	P	Nick Hall	69 – 71	Catherine Johnson	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	123
5478	7/05/2012	P	Catherine Johnson	52 – 69	George Anderson	Angela Rippon	Susie Dent	137
5479	8/05/2012	P	George Anderson	69 – 43	Noel Treanor	Angela Rippon	Susie Dent	118
5480	9/05/2012	P	George Anderson	96 – 70	John Riordan	Angela Rippon	Susie Dent	117
5481	10/05/2012	P	George Anderson	62 – 80	Craig Lingard	Angela Rippon	Susie Dent	118
5482	11/05/2012	P	Craig Lingard	77 – 69	Howard Gill	Angela Rippon	Susie Dent	114
5483	14/05/2012	P	Craig Lingard	92 – 36	Luke Cottis	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	120
5484	15/05/2012	P	Craig Lingard	39 – 56	George Hills	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	118
5485	16/05/2012	P	George Hills	43 – 88	Stuart Wright	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	118
5486	17/05/2012	P	Stuart Wright	111 – 79	Jamie Ainge	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	127
5487	18/05/2012	P	Stuart Wright	84 – 80	Brenda Wrigglesworth	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	118
5488	21/05/2012	P	Stuart Wright	71 – 72	Tony Ackland	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	121
5489	22/05/2012	P	Tony Ackland	71 – 78	Glenn Clements	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	150
5490	23/05/2012	P	Glenn Clements	80 – 47	Elliot Barker	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	126
5491	24/05/2012	P	Glenn Clements	63 – 74	Suzi Purcell	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	131
5492	25/05/2012	P	Suzi Purcell	106 – 89	Jamie Lock	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	131
5493	28/05/2012	P	Suzi Purcell	91 – 45	Mark Green	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	122
5494	29/05/2012	P	Suzi Purcell	93 – 51	Nicole Sharples	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	138
5495	30/05/2012	P	Suzi Purcell	76 – 40	Elaine Rhodes	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	132
5496	31/05/2012	P	Suzi Purcell	98 – 36	Paul Magson	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	120
5497	1/06/2012	P	Suzi Purcell	81 – 67	Ryszard Trzeciak	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
5498	4/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
5499	5/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
5500	6/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
5501	7/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
5502	8/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
5503	11/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Saira Khan	Susie Dent
5504	12/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Saira Khan	Susie Dent
5505	13/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Saira Khan	Susie Dent
5506	14/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Saira Khan	Susie Dent
5507	15/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Saira Khan	Susie Dent
5508	18/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Penny Smith	Susie Dent
5509	19/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Penny Smith	Susie Dent
5510	20/06/2012	P	tba	–	tba	Penny Smith	Susie Dent
5511	21/06/2012	QF	#1 Seed	–	#8 Seed	Penny Smith	Susie Dent
5512	22/06/2012	QF	#2 Seed	–	#7 Seed	Penny Smith	Susie Dent
5513	25/06/2012	QF	#3 Seed	–	#6 Seed	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent
5514	26/06/2012	QF	#4 Seed	–	#5 Seed	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent
5515	27/06/2012	SF	5511 Winner	–	5514 Winner	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent
5516	28/06/2012	SF	5512 Winner	–	5513 Winner	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent
5517	29/06/2012	GF	5515 Winner	–	5516 Winner	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent

Contestant 1 / 2 positions for the finals to be determined * includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

External Links

• Series 66 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 66 on The Countdown Page.