Julia Wilkinson

Julia Wilkinson octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	5
Points total	744
Conundrums solved	3

Julia Wilkinson in Series 47...

...and 17 years later in Series 80!

Julia Wilkinson was a contestant in Series 47 and a finalist in Series 48, as well as a contestant in Series 80. She's a Retired Science Teacher from Southampton.

She made her debut on 7 June 2002, defeating John Mitchell towards the end of Series 47. Wilkinson managed 7 wins before the series finals took over; incredibly, those 7 wins weren't enough to secure passage into the finals, so the unbeaten Wilkinson carried her bat over to Series 48. She got the series off to a fine start, affirming her status as octochamp with 122 points in the series opener, making 744 points total.

She returned for the finals as #5 seed, facing Danny Hamilton in the quarter-finals. Here her run on the show ended, as Hamilton beat her by a score of 105 – 70.

In March 2019, Wilkinson returned to Countdown for a second run, becoming the first 15-round octochamp to have done so. However, she was beaten here by Maggie Barlow.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3266	6/06/2002	P	John Mitchell	82 – 90	Julia Wilkinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	141
3267	7/06/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	91 – 72	David Coombs	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	118
3268	10/06/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	96 – 86	Alan Cooper	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	129
3269	11/06/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	80 – 78	Moira Bulcraig	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	131
3270	12/06/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	88 – 41	Geoff Daniel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kathryn Apanowicz	Susie Dent	133
3271	18/06/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	96 – 35	Shirley Light	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	131
3272	19/06/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	81 – 77	Roger Johnson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	141
3280	1/07/2002	P	Julia Wilkinson	122 – 62	John Baker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Joan Bakewell	Richard Samson	153
3386	17/12/2002	QF	Julia Wilkinson	70 – 105	Danny Hamilton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall	Richard Samson	136
7027	8/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	103 – 45	Julia Wilkinson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	134