Martin Bishop
| Martin Bishop octochamp statistics | |
|---|---|
| Final position | Semi-finalist |
| Seeding | 2 |
| Points total | 809 |
| Conundrums solved | 5 |
Martin Bishop was a finalist in Series 59 and a participant in the 30th Birthday Championship.
He won eight impressive heat games near the end of the series with including scores of 115, 111, 110 and 109. His final game yielded 83 points, just twelve short of the 95 needed to become No. 1 seed and surpass Charlie Reams. He did return for the finals as No. 2 seed and breezed past No. 7 seed, Lee Simmonds, with 112 – 64. The semi-final didn't go to plan for Bishop as Junaid Mubeen beat him early on with SPATIAL and ROMAINE. In the later rounds, Bishop looked to be in with a chance when Mubeen has precasted ☓ disallowed (the past participle of PRECAST is PRECAST) but when Bishop had somaine ☓ disallowed, the game was over as it was Mubeen that scored on both the final numbers game and conundrum.
Bishop was the last octochamp to be crowned with Des O'Connor and Carol Vorderman as presenters.
Bishop was invited to Championship of Champions XIII, but was unable to attend due to external commitments. He instead returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. After receiving a bye to the first round, he lost his only match against Series 47 champion, Chris Wills, by a score of 102 – 99 despite leading nearly the whole match.
In May 2010, Bishop attended his first unofficial Countdown tournament, Co:Lon 2010, and followed this up in October with CoLei3. He has subsequently appeared at CoNot 2011 and Co:Lon 2011.
On 30 April 2014, he appeared on the revival of Fifteen to One.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4704 | 4/11/2008 | P | Andy Crompton | 92 – 109 | Martin Bishop | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
| 4705 | 5/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 115 – 54 | Alice Donald | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
| 4706 | 6/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 92 – 56 | Daniel Searle | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
| 4707 | 7/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 94 – 67 | Thomas Cappleman | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
| 4708 | 10/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 95 – 68 | Lesley Wootton | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
| 4709 | 11/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 111 – 43 | Caro Ness | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
| 4710 | 12/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 110 – 61 | Campbell Norris | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
| 4711 | 13/11/2008 | P | Martin Bishop | 83 – 59 | June Walden | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
| 4727 | 5/12/2008 | QF | Martin Bishop | 112 – 64 | Lee Simmonds | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
| 4731 | 11/12/2008 | SF | Junaid Mubeen | 96 – 56 | Martin Bishop | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
| 5627 | 23/01/2013 | 30B1 | Martin Bishop | 99 – 102 | Chris Wills | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Margaret Mountford | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
