John Hadfield

John Hadfield octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	3
Points total	429
Conundrums solved	4

John Hadfield, 32 years after his first appearance, in Series 80.

John Hadfield was an octochamp in Series 14 and contestant in Series 80. As of his first appearance, he was a showroom manager for a bedroom furniture company from Isleworth, Middlesex. As of his second appearance, he was the Town Crier of Westbury in Wiltshire.

He survived a crucial conundrum on his début, and went on to accumulate 429 points to qualify for the finals as No. 3 seed. He faced Frank Houston in his quarter-final match, where he built a 10-point lead after the first three rounds. He then fell to 5 behind five rounds later after missing an available T extension of FUNNIES and blundering in the last numbers round. Houston eventually solved the crucial conundrum UNCLEPEAT to upset Hadfield's run.

Hadfield returned for a second debut in 2019, but unfortunately ran into Elliott Mellor who ended with the highest ever score of 152 points on Countdown at the time.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
667	4/11/1987	P	Bhala Appadoo	41 – 45	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke	70
668	5/11/1987	P	Jean Anderson	25 – 51	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke	84
669	6/11/1987	P	Anju Shah	32 – 47	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke	72
670	9/11/1987	P	Monica Sutcliffe	32 – 45	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke	97
671	10/11/1987	P	Betty Powell	6 – 63	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke	69
672	11/11/1987	P	John Brown	25 – 49	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Lance Percival	Catherine Clarke	72
673	12/11/1987	P	Jean Clague	42 – 55	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Lance Percival	Catherine Clarke	75
674	13/11/1987	P	Richard Farrer	36 – 74	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Lance Percival	Catherine Clarke	95
703	21/12/1987	QF	Frank Houston	56 – 41	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Carol Thatcher	Julia Swannell	74
M16	17/07/1889-21/07/1989	M	Julian Hough	124 – 61	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	136
7077	17/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	152 – 40	John Hadfield	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	154