Graham Moonie-Dalton

Graham Moonie-Dalton in Series 65...

...and 12 years later in Series 87!

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
5284	13/06/2011	P	Graeme Cole	94 – 75	Graham Moonie-Dalton	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	124
8034	07/06/2023	P	Adam Dexter	71 – 81	Graham Moonie-Dalton	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	141
8035	08/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	76 – 42	Susan Sweetman	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	124
8036	09/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	107 – 27	Danny Reed	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	155
8037	12/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	91 – 54	Nick Kishor	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	134
8038	13/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	84 – 56	Emma Marshall	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	133
8039	14/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	76 – 43	Tracy Wheeler	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	125
8040	15/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	104 – 40	Mark Parsons	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	136
8041	16/06/2023	P	Graham Moonie-Dalton	61 – 74	Tony McCooey	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Marcus Brigstocke	Susie Dent	128
8047	26/06/2023	QF	Graham Moonie-Dalton	60 – 117	Adam Dexter	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Maggie Aderin-Pocock	Susie Dent	134