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John Hadfield

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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 Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 154