Series 68

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Series 68 is the current series of Countdown. This series is the third regular series to be presented by Nick Hewer. Series 68 began on 4 March 2013 and will end in June 2013.

Beginning on 25 March 2013, a couple of weeks into the heats, the show will be played to the new 15 round format of LLNLLNLLNLLLLNC.

Leaderboard

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Rachael Moran	4	438
2	Sam McElhinney *	3	233
3	Philip Jarvis	2	255

* still playing Since Series 60, 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 single-game score.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5655	4/03/2013	P	Rachael Moran	117 – 63	Zee Mitha	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	128
5656	5/03/2013	P	Rachael Moran	83 – 95	Philip Jarvis	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	129
5657	6/03/2013	P	Philip Jarvis	84 – 24	Anthony Josephson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	118
5658	7/03/2013	P	Philip Jarvis	76 – 81	Sam McElhinney	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	118
5659	8/03/2013	P	Sam McElhinney	82 – 61	Juliette Bains	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris Packham	Susie Dent	120
5660	11/03/2013	P	Sam McElhinney	70 – 51	Ian Dobkin	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	120
5661	18/03/2013	P	Sam McElhinney	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
5662	19/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
5663	20/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
5664	21/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
5665	22/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
5666	25/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
5667	26/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
5668	27/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
5669	28/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
5670	29/03/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent

External Links

• Series 68 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 68 on The Countdown Page.