Paul Kerry

Paul Kerry was a contestant in Series 40. He was a 26-year-old offshore oil engineer from Washington, Tyne & Wear.

He was the last defeated champion of the series before the quarter finals, and having begun a run of five straight victories just over a week earlier with a win over #3 seed Pamela Roud, he narrowly missed out on a place in the quarter-finals by just 13 points after losing his sixth game by just two points to Bobby Johnson with only one further heat game left before the quarter-finals - however, Kerry admitted there and then that had he won this episode and gone on to win the next, and last, heat episode of the series, he would have returned in Series 41 to try and continue his unbeaten run and become an octochamp, rather than contend in the series quarter-finals.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2539	8/06/1999	P	Pamela Roud	50 – 51	Paul Kerry	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Carol Barnes	Mark Nyman	95
2540	9/06/1999	P	Paul Kerry	45 – 40	Becky Smithson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Carol Barnes	Mark Nyman	72
2541	10/06/1999	P	Paul Kerry	48 – 27	Joan Airey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Carol Barnes	Mark Nyman	74
2542	11/06/1999	P	Paul Kerry	40 – 10	Paul Servé-Wells	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Carol Barnes	Mark Nyman	70
2543	14/06/1999	P	Paul Kerry	53 – 43	Peter Hazelwood	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	75
2544	15/06/1999	P	Paul Kerry	44 – 46	Bobby Johnson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	71