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July's featured article Series 47 was the 47th series of Countdown, broadcast on Channel 4 between Boxing Day 2001 and 28 June 2002. Presented by Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman, it was the second series to use the 15 round format and was won by Chris Wills (pictured). It was the first series of Countdown where eight octochamps appeared in the preliminaries: alongside Wills were Tom Hargreaves, Lee Hartley, Wendy Roe, Rupert Stokoe, Kevin Thurlow, Mike Pullin and Brenda Jolley. The series also featured three seven-time winners who therefore did not appear in the series finals: David Franks, Peter Coutts, and Julia Wilkinson. Wilkinson won her seventh heat game on the day immediately prior to the first quarter-final, and therefore had to continue her run in Series 48, where she qualified for the series finals as #5 seed. Wills played Jolley in the first quarter-final of Series 47, and whilst both scored 30 out of 30 on the numbers rounds Wills beat Jolley in two letters rounds and unravelled the conundrum CELERYFIT to win 110 – 86. In the second quarter-final between Pullin and Hargreaves, the lead changed hands three times before Hargreaves won on a crucial conundrum. Two further crucial conundrums enabled Thurlow to defeat Hartley, and Stokoe to win against Roe. Stokoe returned the following day to play Wills in the first semi-final, but he lost three consecutive letters rounds to go 22 points behind by round 7, with Wills winning comfortably by 118 points to 78. In the second semi-final, Hargraves dropped just three points across the first 14 rounds, and dispatched Thurlow despite failing to solve the conundrum OUTERSUNS. In the series final, Hargraves had roadsail ☓ disallowed in round 4 and by the second commercial break he had fallen 25 points behind. Both players missed the nine-letter word VIDEOTAPE in round 11, effectively ending Hargreaves' chances as Wills ran out the ENDVICTOR by 110 – 67. In March 2002, approximately halfway through Series 47, there was a three day break from the main competition to make way for the Junior Championship. This three day mini-tournament featured four contestants who were aged between 8 and 12 years old upon their original appearance. The four contestants were Perry Fung from Series 40, Amey Deshpande and Andrew Hulme from Series 42, and Bruce Lambert from Series 43. Hulme beat Fung in the final by 53 points to 41 after a crucial conundrum. He returned to Countdown as an adult, becoming the runner-up of Series 61 and participating in the 30th Birthday Championship. (more...) More featured articles... [edit] Did you know... ...that Series 62 Countdown contestant Clarke Carlisle (pictured) was a Premier League footballer at the time of his appearance? ...that beginning on 2 May 2006, the conundrum was successfully solved by a contestant on a record 24 consecutive games of Countdown? ...that the longest word that can be made from the letters in Graham Nash, the name of the winner of Championship of Champions XI, is ANAGRAMS? ...that as part of a competition on the ITV programme Harry Hill's TV Burp, for one round on 26 October 2009 Rachel Riley's chair was occupied by a knitted toy rabbit? Nominate an article [edit] Today in Countdown history 2024: James Swinnerton beat Philip Jones in a game that ended 97 – 39. 2022: Edward Byrne beat Lucy Gross in a game that ended 115 – 51. 2021: Laura Savvas beat Carlos Da Silva, with the game finishing 65 – 58. 2019: Tom Silverlock beat Marwan Riach, scoring 84 – 64. 2015: Judy Bursford beat Ken Bainbridge, by a score of 67 – 49. 2014: Tim Gregory beat Lewis Henderson in a 62 – 49 game. 2013: June Glasspell beat Dan Skelton with scores of 84 – 38. 2011: Jon Elmer beat Greg Scott in a game that ended 89 – 57. 2010: Doug Elkins beat Ryan Loughborough with final score 64 – 50. 2009: Micheal Harris beat Anne Hughes with a score of 89 – 56. 2008: Patricia Jamieson beat Katy Turner, scoring 99 – 84. 2004: Malcolm Major beat Elspeth Fox, by a score of 114 – 65. 2003: Ian Smith beat Jenny Fenn with scores of 99 – 85. 2002: Grace Page beat Fiona Farquharson with a score of 112 – 72. 1999: Kevill Davies beat Andy Conner in a game that ended 50 – 40. 1998: Jackie Anderson beat William Goram with final score 50 – 37. 1997: Joy Hill beat Paul Harrison, scoring 52 – 45. 1996: Graeme Sugarman beat Donal McAnallen in a 67 – 57 game. 1994: Sharon Bridge beat Annette Bennett, by a score of 59 – 24. 1993: Howard Whiteley beat Liz Collins with a score of 57 – 44. 1992: Mandy Lewis beat Martin Summers in a game that ended 56 – 24. 1991: Frank Little beat John Shock with scores of 67 – 42. 1988: Steve Williams beat Frederick Sellers with final score 52 – 36. 1987: Boz Osberg drew with Hilary Hopper, scoring 44 – 44.

[edit] Popular articles A brief overview of Countdown and some of its records and terminology. The team – Colin Murray, Rachel Riley, and Susie Dent. The show's institutions – the conundrum, the Countdown clock and its music, Dictionary Corner, the pencam, and the Teatime Teaser. Rhys Jones, the reigning series champion, and his series grand final against Tim James. The most recent Championship of Champions grand final between James Haughton and Ahmed Mohamed. The 30th Birthday Championship grand final between Conor Travers and Jack Hurst. Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Carol Vorderman, Jeff Stelling, Nick Hewer and Anne Robinson – the show's former permanent presenters. The highest ever score – 154, achieved by Tom Stevenson on 29 September 2022 and Cillian McMulkin on 31 January 2023. [edit] Editors Everyone can edit the Countdown Wiki, just register and then click the edit link at the top of any page (except this one!) and start editing. Here are some useful links: Learn about this wiki and how to use it. Episode style guide - if you want to help us edit the episode pages, this style guide gives comprehensive help. Suggest a featured article which will in turn be featured on the Main Page. [edit] Other Countdown websites Apterous, an online game from the same people that run this site. The Countdown Android App, created by Series 63 champion Jack Hurst. The Countdown Database, detailed statistics and round-by-round details of over 7,800 episodes. FOCAL, regular in-person events that anyone can enter. c4countdown, Countdown's main online forum, populated by many past octochamps. Quantum Tombola, a numbers game solver designed by Series 65 champion Graeme Cole. A mobile version of the above. Greem, a website listing nearly all Co-event scores until early 2020. The Countdown Page, the original site of Countdown stats, by Mike Brown. [edit] Upcoming Countdown tournaments The full list of FOCAL tournaments for 2025 is here. The next scheduled events are those making up the Countdown in Birmingham double-header: Co:Brum 2025: Warm-up (1 August), and Co:Brum 2025 (2 August). Almost all online tournaments are now held on Apterous: the list of ongoing tournaments is here.

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