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Pete Evans
Peter "Pete" Evans was the champion of Series 5, the runner-up of Championship of Champions II, and a participant in the Supreme Championship.
From Coventry, he first appeared on 8 November 1984, beating Leslie Olson 67 – 48, the joint highest score of the series. He only won two more games before losing at the hands of Jane Smith. However, this was enough for him to return for the series finals as number four seed. He 'took revenge' on Jane Smith in the quarter-finals, defeating her 49 – 38, and beat number two seed Colin Pearce 53 – 43 in a close-run semi-final. In the grand final, he faced Robert Violett, running out the 87 – 71 winner.
He returned for Championship of Champions II, and made it all the way to the grand final where he faced Clive Freedman in a nail-biting contest. Ten points ahead going into the conundrum, Evans could only sit and watch as Freedman unscrambled two consecutive crucial conundrums to run out the 91 – 81 winner. Evans also appeared on the special episode to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the Countdown Masters in 1989 and 1990.
Evans returned in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, but was defeated in his first game 50 – 28 by Evan Simpson, denying him a mouth-watering rematch with Freedman in the following round.
In 1988, he appeared on the first series of Fifteen to One.
Preceded by Brian Hudson |
Series winner Series 5 |
Followed by Darryl Francis |
Preceded by Joyce Cansfield |
Champion of Champions runner-up Championship of Champions II |
Followed by David Trace |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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203 | 08/11/1984 | P | Peter Evans | 67 – 48 | Leslie Olson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Yvonne Warburton | 73 | |
204 | 09/11/1984 | P | Peter Evans | 38 – 33 | Daniel Shine | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Yvonne Warburton | 71 | |
205 | 12/11/1984 | P | Stephen White | 41 – 42 | Peter Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warburton | 74 | |
206 | 13/11/1984 | P | Peter Evans | 41 – 47 | Jane Smith | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warburton | 72 | |
230 | 17/12/1984 | QF | Peter Evans | 49 – 38 | Jane Smith | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warburton | 65 | |
233 | 20/12/1984 | SF | Peter Evans | 53 – 43 | Colin Pearce | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warburton | 70 | |
234 | 21/12/1984 | GF | Peter Evans | 87 – 71 | Robert Violett | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warburton | 114 | |
398 | 31/03/1986 | CQF | Clive Spate | 45 – 47 | Peter Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 81 | |
402 | 04/04/1986 | CSF | Peter Evans | 55 – 48 | John Wallace | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 87 | |
404 | 08/04/1986 | CGF | Clive Freedman | 91* – 81 | Peter Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 118 | |
495 | 02/02/1987 | X | Bill Tidy with Mark Nyman, Brian Hudson, Peter Evans, and Darryl Francis |
41 – 32 | Gyles Brandreth with Clive Freedman, Michael Wylie, Joyce Cansfield, and Harvey Freeman |
Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | none | Della Thompson | 68 | |
M36 | 04/12/1989–08/12/1989 | M | Ash Haji | 54 – 102 | Peter Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | none | Freda Thornton | 158 | ||
M71 | 06/08/1990–10/08/1990 | M | David Trace | 82 – 92 | Peter Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | none | Mark Nyman | 129 | ||
1863 | 21/10/1996 | bQF | Pete Evans | 28 – 50 | Evan Simpson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Susie Dent | 71 |
Championship of Champions Runners-Up | |
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I : Joyce Cansfield | II : Peter Evans | III : David Trace | IV : Tony Vick | V : Gino Corr | VI : Chris Waddington | VII : Damian Eadie | VIII : Kenneth Michie | IX : Pete Cashmore | X : Kate Ogilvie | XI : Chris Wills | XII : Mark Tournoff | XIII : Charlie Reams | XIV : Dan McColm | XV : Bradley Horrocks | XVI : James Haughton |