Christine Hunt (Series 4)

For other people called Christine Hunt, see Christine Hunt.

Christine Hunt in the 1980s...

Christine Hunt was the runner-up of Series 4, and was a participant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

A housewife from Towcester, Northamptonshire, she won three heat games early on in the series before losing at the hands of Peter Skiba. She returned for the final rounds as #7 seed, and beat Sydney Price in the quarter-finals before beating Peter Skiba in the semis in a rematch of their earlier heat game. However, she was outclassed in the final against Brian Hudson, losing 87 – 55.

She played in Championship of Champions I, but was beaten in the first round by Joyce Cansfield.

Hunt also played in the Supreme Championship over ten years later, but was again beaten in the first round, this time by Chris Waddington.

She returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship; among these, she was the one whose original finals appearance was the earliest. She received a bye to the first round, and won her first game against Series 8 contestant Sandie Simonis by a score of 88 – 78, after needing to unravel two conundrums to win. She then succumbed to the Series 66 champion Jack Worsley in the second round of the tournament.

Away from Countdown, Hunt occasionally plays in Scrabble tournaments.

Preceded by Mark Nyman

Series runner-up Series 4

Followed by Bob Violett

...and just under three decades later in the 30th Birthday Championship!

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
137	9/04/1984	P	Christine Hunt	46 – 21	Ken Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	69
138	10/04/1984	P	Christine Hunt	56 – 35	Philip Barlow	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Julia Swannell	73
139	11/04/1984	P	Christine Hunt	42 – 31	Cheryl Barnett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	72
140	12/04/1984	P	Christine Hunt	38 – 50	Peter Skiba	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Julia Swannell	84
179	20/06/1984	QF	Sydney Price	28 – 34	Christine Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	69
183	27/06/1984	SF	Christine Hunt	53 – 38	Peter Skiba	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	71
184	28/06/1984	GF	Brian Hudson	87 – 55	Christine Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth, Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	116
186	16/10/1984	CQF	Joyce Cansfield	45 – 31	Christine Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Yvonne Warburton	69
M4	24/04/1989-28/04/1989	M	Sydney Price	59 – 73	Christine Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	137
1864	22/10/1996	bQF	Chris Waddington	58 – 41	Christine Hunt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	72
5630	28/01/2013	30B1	Christine Hunt	88* – 78	Sandie Simonis	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Foster	Susie Dent	134
5646	19/02/2013	30B2	Christine Hunt	67 – 115	Jack Worsley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	117

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum