Stu Harkness

Stu Harkness Octochamp Statistics
Final position	—
Seeding	—
Points total	886
Conundrums solved	5

Stu Harkness in Series 57...

...and 14 years later in Series 84!

Stu Harkness was a contestant in Series 57 and an octochamp in 84. He joined Apterous in 2020. He was a Maths Teacher from Tweedbank.

Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to Jason Cullen. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three 9-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carryover champion with 148 points – the third-highest score in Countdown history, against 5 game winner Jack Millard. He continued a strong run with 7 centuries and one score in the 90's. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.

Harkness return on 16 December 2021 as the number 2 seed against fellow Scotsman Roddie Bell. Both players started level, until Harkness broke away with a spot of LIONHEART for nine. Both players later found POWDERISE for nine, which took Harkness over the century. After the final numbers failed, Bell solved the conundrum while Harkness won with a convincing 112 points to qualify for the semi finals.

He is also a competitive Scrabble player and qualified for the National Scrabble Championship Finals in 2016.

He has also appeared on Pointless on BBC One.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4499	10/12/2007	P	Jason Cullen	77 – 63	Stu Harkness	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Henry Blofeld	Alison Heard	122
7645	24/11/2021	P	Jack Millard	53 – 148	Stu Harkness	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shirley Ballas	Susie Dent	153
7646	25/11/2021	P	Stu Harkness	104 – 38	Matty Hurst	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shirley Ballas	Susie Dent	147
7647	26/11/2021	P	Stu Harkness	96 – 46	Chris Bickley	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Shirley Ballas	Susie Dent	133
7648	29/11/2021	P	Stu Harkness	107 – 63	Olly Walker	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clare Balding	Susie Dent	133
7649	30/11/2021	P	Stu Harkness	110 – 28	Kate Sewell	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clare Balding	Susie Dent	153
7650	1/12/2021	P	Stu Harkness	105 – 60	Shane Corry	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clare Balding	Susie Dent	124
7651	2/12/2021	P	Stu Harkness	116 – 45	David Danskin	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clare Balding	Susie Dent	136
7652	8/12/2021	P	Stu Harkness	100 – 53	Sophie Wilcox	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clare Balding	Susie Dent	139