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	Andy Platt	8	889
2	Rachael Moran	4	438
3	Sam McElhinney	4	393
4	Philip Jarvis	2	255
5	Peter Fenton *	1	89

* 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	93 – 66	Ricky Roberts	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	135
5662	19/03/2013	P	Sam McElhinney	67 – 114	Andy Platt	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	127
5663	20/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	112 – 25	John Wiseman	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	149
5664	21/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	108 – 32	Jacqui Kemp	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	133
5665	22/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	109 – 7	Carl Anderson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	115
5666	25/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	100 – 33	Daniel Davies	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	120
5667	26/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	116 – 80	Alex Newton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	127
5668	27/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	120 – 29	Josh Young	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	131
5669	28/03/2013	P	Andy Platt	110 – 51	Bob Windsor	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	134
5670	29/03/2013	P	Alan Pollard	61 – 89	Peter Fenton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	123
5671	1/04/2013	P	Peter Fenton	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Julia Bradbury	Susie Dent
5672	2/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Julia Bradbury	Susie Dent
5673	3/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Julia Bradbury	Susie Dent
5674	8/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Julia Bradbury	Susie Dent
5675	9/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Julia Bradbury	Susie Dent
5676	10/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent
5677	11/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent
5678	12/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent
5679	15/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent
5680	16/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent
5681	17/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
5682	18/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
5683	19/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
5684	22/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
5685	23/04/2013	P	tba	–	tba	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent

External Links

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