Series 9

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Series 9 ran from March 1986 to June 1986. It started with Championship of Champions II before reverting to normal episodes. The ninth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by David Trace.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	David Trace	8	423
2	Geoffrey Taylor	4	211
3	Laurie Puddefoot	3	169
4	David White	2	120
5	Peter Scott	2	109
6	Alan Lee	2	103
7	Mick Keeble	1	102
8	Anne Tipp	2	99

Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Finals progress

David Trace (1) vs Anne Tipp (8)	David Trace (1) vs David White (4)	David Trace (1) vs Mick Keeble (7)
Peter Scott (5) vs David White (4)
Laurie Puddefoot (3) vs Alan Lee (6)	Alan Lee (6) vs Mick Keeble (7)
Mick Keeble (7) vs Geoffrey Taylor (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
405	9/04/1986	P	Tony Jenner	44 – 61	David Trace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
406	10/04/1986	P	David Trace	48 – 24	Susan Crafer	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
407	11/04/1986	P	David Trace	35 – 25	Paul Kaye	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Catherine Clarke
408	14/04/1986	P	David Trace	58 – 27	Wendy Marks	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Catherine Clarke
409	15/04/1986	P	David Trace	56 – 35	John Bratley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Catherine Clarke
410	16/04/1986	P	David Trace	59 – 20	Gloria Jones	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Catherine Clarke
411	17/04/1986	P	David Trace	55 – 28	Denis Baines	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Catherine Clarke
412	18/04/1986	P	David Trace	51 – 17	Lynn Blackburn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Catherine Clarke
413	21/04/1986	P	Peter Conroy	42 – 42	Mick Keeble	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
414	22/04/1986	P	Mick Keeble	60 – 50	Peter Conroy	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
415	23/04/1986	P	Mick Keeble	40 – 48	Geoffrey Taylor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
416	24/04/1986	P	Geoffrey Taylor	54 – 47	Joan Newton-Lewis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
417	25/04/1986	P	Geoffrey Taylor	62 – 29	Glynn Parker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
418	28/04/1986	P	Geoffrey Taylor	47 – 41	Loretta Syrad	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
419	29/04/1986	P	Geoffrey Taylor	28 – 52	David White	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
420	30/04/1986	P	David White	68 – 24	Ann Thompson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Della Thompson
421	1/05/1986	P	David White	33 – 42	Yvette Bach	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Della Thompson
422	2/05/1986	P	Yvette Bach	26 – 46	Eddie Murphy	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Della Thompson
423	5/05/1986	P	Eddie Murphy	44 – 30	Graham Benn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
424	6/05/1986	P	Eddie Murphy	48 – 62	Laurie Puddefoot	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
425	7/05/1986	P	Laurie Puddefoot	50 – 41	Dorothy George	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
426	8/05/1986	P	Laurie Puddefoot	57 – 15	Kenneth Horn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
427	9/05/1986	P	Laurie Puddefoot	50 – 66	Jill Campbell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
428	12/05/1986	P	Jill Campbell	40 – 44	John Diamond	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
429	13/05/1986	P	John Diamond	40 – 27	Chris Hall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
430	14/05/1986	P	John Diamond	26 – 31	Alison Heath	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Rula Lenska	Della Thompson
431	15/05/1986	P	Alison Heath	23 – 50	Alan Lee	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Rula Lenska	Della Thompson
432	16/05/1986	P	Alan Lee	53 – 19	Irene Howarth	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Rula Lenska	Della Thompson
433	19/05/1986	P	Alan Lee	38 – 53	Peter Scott	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Rula Lenska	Della Thompson
434	20/05/1986	P	Peter Scott	56 – 30	Roy Brown	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Rula Lenska	Della Thompson
435	21/05/1986	P	Peter Scott	26 – 55	Anne Tipp	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
436	22/05/1986	P	Anne Tipp	44 – 35	Paul Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Della Thompson
437	23/05/1986	P	Anne Tipp	27 – 47	Mark Kingston	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
438	26/05/1986	QF	Anne Tipp	34 – 52	David Trace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Della Thompson
439	27/05/1986	QF	Mick Keeble	52 – 42	Geoff Taylor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
440	28/05/1986	QF	Alan Lee	49 – 47	Laurie Puddefoot	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Della Thompson
441	29/05/1986	QF	Peter Scott	13 – 63	David White	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
442	30/05/1986	SF	David White	34 – 49	David Trace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
443	2/06/1986	SF	Mick Keeble	52 – 51	Alan Lee	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
444	3/06/1986	GF	Mick Keeble	74 – 80	David Trace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth, Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke

External links

• Series 9 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 9 on The Countdown Page.