Mark Deeks

Mark Deeks octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	824
Conundrums solved	5

Mark Deeks was an octochamp in Series 65 and a participant in 30th Birthday Championship. He is an Apterite who is famous for playing the one millionth game on Apterous, on 16 May 2013 when achieving a perfect maximum score against Apterous Nude.

Deeks began his Countdown run on 12 July 2011 with a closely-fought victory over Jon Elmer and although Elmer spotted DISPERSER, Deeks caught up and prevailed on a crucial conundrum. He went on to win a further seven heats by more considerable margins and eventually became the series' No. 1 seed. He also earnt the highest score of the series: 126 against Lesley Lewis.

Deeks was the favourite for the quarter-finals and therein, proved himself even further with a 116 – 21 deconstruction against David Butcher. But his semi-final match was more closely fought when Carl Williams beat him with ADJUST and ADOPTERS, Williams was leading when going into the crucial conundrum of BLACRHINO that he also solved to end Deeks' run in his tenth appearance.

Deeks returned to the show in 2013, as one of 41 contestants that took part in 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against Series 63 champion, Jack Hurst, by 108 – 103.

Following his octorun, Deeks made his Co-event debut at Co:Lon 2011. He then appeared at COLIN 2012, CobliviLon and COEDI. He then won his first event by beating Kirk Bevins in the final of COLIN 2013. He also won CO:REA 2013, winning against Giles Hutchings in the final.

In early-2013, Deeks and Innis Carson took part in a 25-hour marathon of Countdown in tandem with Mark Watson's stand-up Comedy Marathon and raised almost £3,000 for Comic Relief.

Deeks captained "Meat and Two Veg" with teammates of Matt Morrison and Heather Badcock on Only Connect from August 2026.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5305	12/07/2011	P	Jon Elmer	89 – 94	Mark Deeks	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent	124
5306	13/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	114 – 73	John Maguire	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent	120
5307	14/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	104 – 58	Joe Zender	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent	119
5308	15/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	86 – 75	Taymar Pitman	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Stapleton	Susie Dent	128
5309	18/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	102 – 51	Sarah Axcell	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent	117
5310	19/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	96 – 43	Linda Muchmore	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent	121
5311	20/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	102 – 54	Shelley Worrall	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent	137
5312	21/07/2011	P	Mark Deeks	126 – 44	Lesley Lewis	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Durden-Smith	Susie Dent	132
5392	8/12/2011	QF	David Butcher	21 – 116	Mark Deeks	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	David Lloyd	Susie Dent	126
5396	14/12/2011	SF	Carl Williams	95 – 81	Mark Deeks	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	119
5617	9/01/2013	30BP	Mark Deeks	103 – 108	Jack Hurst	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dave Myers	Susie Dent	120

Links

• Mark and Innis's Ridiculously Ambitious Head-to-Head Countdown Marathon
• Article on Mark before his 30th BC appearance