Clive Freedman (Series 6)

For other people called Clive Freedman, see Clive Freedman.

Clive Freedman (Series 6) octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	409
Conundrums solved	unknown

Clive Freedman

Clive Freedman was an octochamp in Series 7 who made his début in Series 6, and the winner of Championship of Champions II.

From Newcastle, he first appeared in the final heat of Series 6, defeating Neil Wilkins before making way for the finals of that series. He returned at the start of Series 7, and due to an odd rule at the time, played and won a further eight games, becoming an octochamp and the only one to have won nine heats. He returned for the finals as clear No. 1 seed, beating Gary Franks 63 – 19 in the quarter-finals, but was stopped by eventual series winner Ian Bebbington in the semi-finals, losing 49 – 46.

His performances, however, were enough to earn him an invitation to Championship of Champions II, where he defeated Olivia Lloyd and Laurie Silver on the way to a final showdown against Peter Evans. Freedman was ten points behind going into the crucial conundrum, but after unscrambling APEXJOUST in 5 seconds and ANGLEHOAX in 3 seconds, he ran out the 91 – 81 winner, and only the second ever Champion of Champions.

Freedman also played a special 14 round game against Mark Nyman before the start of Series 10, which was billed as a "champion of champion of champions" game. Nyman won that game 76 – 67. He also appeared on the special episode to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the Countdown Masters in 1989 and 1990.

Freedman returned in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, defeating Mick Keeble in the first round and Evan Simpson, by way of a sudden-death conundrum, in the second round, before losing to young Andrew Perry in the group final stage.

Freedman can also be seen on the front of the first edition of the Countdown board game playing against Sandie Simonis – this photograph was staged, as the two have never played on-screen.

Preceded by Mark Nyman

Champion of Champions Championship of Champions II

Followed by Harvey Freeman

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
281	12/03/1985	P	Clive Freedman	64 – 30	Neil Wilkins	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Julia Swannell	72
289	14/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	49 – 40	James Baillie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth		??
290	15/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	52 – 31	Paul Darnley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth		??
291	16/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	36 – 6	Jill Payne	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth		??
292	17/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	48 – 29	David Braines	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth		??
293	18/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	55 – 37	Steve Drinkwater	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth		??
294	21/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	46 – 40	Michael Rowlands	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth		??
295	22/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	67 – 19	Joan Bebbington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin		??
296	23/10/1985	P	Clive Freedman	56 – 38	Andrew Thomson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin		??
332	12/12/1985	QF	Clive Freedman	63 – 19	Gary Franks	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Della Thompson	72
336	18/12/1985	SF	Clive Freedman	46 – 49	Ian Bebbington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Della Thompson	70
399	1/04/1986	CQF	Clive Freedman	58 – 25	Olivia Lloyd	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	73
403	7/04/1986	CSF	Clive Freedman	58 – 51	Laurie Silver	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	70
404	8/04/1986	CGF	Clive Freedman	91* – 81	Peter Evans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	118
445	13/10/1986	CCC	Clive Freedman	67 – 76	Mark Nyman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth, Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	114
495	2/02/1987	X	Bill Tidy with Mark Nyman, Brian Hudson, Peter Evans, and Darryl Francis	41 – 32	Gyles Brandreth with Clive Freedman, Michael Wylie, Joyce Cansfield, and Harvey Freeman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	none	Della Thompson	67
M33	13/11/1989-17/11/1989	M	Clive Freedman	90 – 73	Darryl Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	136
M97	Unreleased	M	Andrew Fisher	120 – 77	Clive Freedman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none		148
1862	18/10/1996	bQF	Clive Freedman	67 – 50	Mick Keeble	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	73
1866	24/10/1996	bSF	Clive Freedman	68* – 58	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	June Whitfield	Susie Dent	71
1868	28/10/1996	bF	Clive Freedman	43 – 71	Andrew Perry	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	June Whitfield	Susie Dent	74

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum