David Franks

David Franks was a contestant in Series 47.

Franks is notable as one of the most successful contestants not to make the quarter-finals. He ran off 7 consecutive wins including a score of 102 and one of 108 before facing future octochamp Lee Hartley. The game wasn't close, Hartley won with a score of 117 and went on to win 7 more heat games. Franks looked a likely candidate to be a series quarter-finalist, but wasn't invited back because there were 8 octochamps in Series 47, one of which was Lee Hartley. In win-point (seeding) order, Franks was the #9 seeded contestant of Series 47 – the best-ever performance for a contestant who failed to qualify for a series finals until Corrina Attwood’s octochampdom in Series 81.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3184	7/02/2002	P	Maureen Taylor	30 – 90	David Franks	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Richard Samson	131
3185	8/02/2002	P	David Franks	102 – 70	Zena Gooding	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Richard Samson	128
3186	11/02/2002	P	David Franks	90 – 38	Virginia Fraser	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Roger McGough	Richard Samson	150
3187	12/02/2002	P	David Franks	95 – 56	Jeremy Kimber	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Roger McGough	Richard Samson	120
3188	13/02/2002	P	David Franks	108 – 73	Tony McManus	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Roger McGough	Richard Samson	118
3189	14/02/2002	P	David Franks	99 – 74	Jillian Shorthose	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Roger McGough	Richard Samson	120
3190	15/02/2002	P	David Franks	91 – 25	Julie Cotton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Roger McGough	Richard Samson	119
3191	18/02/2002	P	David Franks	69 – 117	Lee Hartley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Melvyn Hayes	Kay Celtel	122