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Graham Moonie-Dalton


Graham Moonie-Dalton was a contestant in Series 65, and a finalist in 87. He was a Media Officer and was born in The Netherlands, grew up in Scotland, but now lives in London. At the time of his Series 65 appearance, he was working for the Labour Party, but by the time of his Series 87 games, he was employed by the Prospect Trade Union.
Appearances on the programme
Series 65
Graham first appeared on 13 June 2011, at the start of Jeff Stelling's last series, where he was unfortunate to run into would-be Octochamp and eventual series champion Graeme Cole. It was a very close-run game which Moonie-Dalton took to a crucial conundrum ARABACORN, but Cole was the one who unscrambled it to CARBONARA, condemning Graham to defeat.
Series 87
Just under 12 years later though, he was allowed to come back. And this time, he earned his teapot against fellow returnee and series-finalist Adam Dexter by turning RICHVALUE into VEHICULAR to also be on the right end of a crucial conundrum. After racking up seven wins in his second stint, despite missing out on Octochampdom in his final heat game, he confirmed his place in the series finals of Series 87 due to the series having only two octochamps; the eventually confirmed lowest for 13 years. This, by coincidence, meant his Quarter-Final would lead him back to Adam Dexter.
In said quarter-final, unlike the previous ultra-close game that was played, Dexter surged to a 57-point victory and didn't lose any rounds to Graham, which also included from Adam the 9-letter word TRIANGLES to condemn Moonie-Dalton to defeat before the final numbers round. After neither player could turn SEESITAWL into LEASTWISE, Graham bowed out, with a final Series 87 points tally of 740 and including his Series 65 appearance, a total haul of 815 points across his 10 games.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5284 | 13/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 94 – 75 | Graham Moonie-Dalton | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8034 | 07/06/2023 | P | Adam Dexter | 71 – 81 | Graham Moonie-Dalton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
8035 | 08/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 76 – 42 | Susan Sweetman | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8036 | 09/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 107 – 27 | Danny Reed | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 155 | ||
8037 | 12/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 91 – 54 | Nick Kishor | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8038 | 13/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 84 – 56 | Emma Marshall | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8039 | 14/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 76 – 43 | Tracy Wheeler | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8040 | 15/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 104 – 40 | Mark Parsons | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8041 | 16/06/2023 | P | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 61 – 74 | Tony McCooey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Marcus Brigstocke | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
8047 | 26/06/2023 | QF | Graham Moonie-Dalton | 60 – 117 | Adam Dexter | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 134 |