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Series 11
From Countdown
Series 11 ran from February 1987 to April 1987. The eleventh of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by John Clarke.
Series 11 introduced the first change to the appearance of the letter and number tiles used on the show. Blue tiles with white sans-serif text replaced the grey tiles with yellow serif text that had been used previously.
Contents |
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Clarke | 5 | 303 |
2 | Alan Johnson | 5 | 216 |
3 | Marianne Croll | 3+1 | 211 |
4 | Ted Kimmons | 4 | 192 |
5 | James Wilkie | 4 | 187 |
6 | Ken Heaton | 3 | 166 |
7 | David Reid | 3 | 163 |
8 | Maurice Sobell | 3 | 161 |
Finals progress
John Clarke (1) vs Maurice Sobell (8) | John Clarke (1) vs James Wilkie (5) | John Clarke (1) vs David Reid (7) |
James Wilkie (5) vs Ted Kimmons (4) | ||
Marianne Croll (3) vs Ken Heaton (6) | Ken Heaton (6) vs David Reid (7) | |
David Reid (7) vs Alan Johnson (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
496 | 3/02/1987 | P | David Kendix | 40 – 52 | Maurice Sobell | Diane Solomon | Della Thompson | 73 |
497 | 4/02/1987 | P | Derek Picton | 34 – 62 | Maurice Sobell | Diane Solomon | Della Thompson | 70 |
498 | 5/02/1987 | P | George Telford | 41 – 47 | Maurice Sobell | Diane Solomon | Della Thompson | 75 |
499 | 6/02/1987 | P | Pat Harvey | 48 – 30 | Maurice Sobell | Diane Solomon | Della Thompson | 71 |
500 | 9/02/1987 | P | Pat Harvey | 45 – 56 | Geoff Hinchliffe | Steve Jones | Della Thompson | 82 |
501 | 10/02/1987 | P | Anne Beuglass | 36 – 55 | Geoff Hinchliffe | Steve Jones | Della Thompson | 76 |
502 | 11/02/1987 | P | Alan Johnson | 51 – 48 | Geoff Hinchliffe | Steve Jones | Della Thompson | 85 |
503 | 12/02/1987 | P | Alan Johnson | 33 – 21 | Ted Taylor | Steve Jones | Della Thompson | 74 |
504 | 13/02/1987 | P | Alan Johnson | 39 – 30 | Robert Reid | Steve Jones | Della Thompson | 71 |
505 | 16/02/1987 | P | Alan Johnson | 40 – 39 | Jeananne Kidd | Steve Jones | Della Thompson | 85 |
506 | 17/02/1987 | P | Alan Johnson | 53 – 33 | Steve Grimble | Bill Tidy | Della Thompson | 93 |
507 | 18/02/1987 | P | Alan Johnson | 35 – 50 | Ken Heaton | Bill Tidy | Della Thompson | 76 |
508 | 19/02/1987 | P | Roy Commins | 34 – 48 | Ken Heaton | Bill Tidy | Della Thompson | 70 |
509 | 20/02/1987 | P | Daren Putt | 23 – 68 | Ken Heaton | Bill Tidy | Della Thompson | 73 |
510 | 23/02/1987 | P | Ken Heaton | 45 – 51 | Marianne Croll | Gyles Brandreth | Julia Swannell | 83 |
511 | 24/02/1987 | P | Jack Melville | 52 – 57 | Marianne Croll | Gyles Brandreth | Julia Swannell | 86 |
512 | 25/02/1987 | P | Diana Beasley | 51 – 51 | Marianne Croll | Gyles Brandreth | Julia Swannell | 73 |
513 | 26/02/1987 | P | Diana Beasley | 25 – 52 | Marianne Croll | Gyles Brandreth | Julia Swannell | 72 |
514 | 27/02/1987 | P | Ted Kimmons | 64 – 36 | Marianne Croll | Gyles Brandreth | Julia Swannell | 94 |
515 | 2/03/1987 | P | Ted Kimmons | 44 – 24 | Bob Moore | John Junkin | Julia Swannell | 71 |
516 | 3/03/1987 | P | Ted Kimmons | 42 – 41 | Roger Squires | John Junkin | Julia Swannell | 84 |
517 | 4/03/1987 | P | Ted Kimmons | 42 – 37 | Steve Jones | John Junkin | Julia Swannell | 71 |
518 | 5/03/1987 | P | Ted Kimmons | 19 – 56 | David Reid | John Junkin | Julia Swannell | 74 |
519 | 6/03/1987 | P | Stephen Rooney | 50 – 60 | David Reid | John Junkin | Julia Swannell | 84 |
520 | 9/03/1987 | P | Peter Dickinson | 33 – 47 | David Reid | John Junkin | Julia Swannell | 74 |
521 | 10/03/1987 | P | James Wilkie | 48 – 44 | David Reid | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 82 |
522 | 11/03/1987 | P | James Wilkie | 55 – 38 | Michael Dalton | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 69 |
523 | 12/03/1987 | P | James Wilkie | 35 – 31 | Andrew Bradstock | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 71 |
524 | 13/03/1987 | P | James Wilkie | 49 – 36 | Simon Smith | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 85 |
525 | 16/03/1987 | P | James Wilkie | 31 – 32 | Derek Roddis | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 84 |
526 | 17/03/1987 | P | Martyn Horwell | 51 – 48 | Derek Roddis | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 71 |
527 | 18/03/1987 | P | Martyn Horwell | 40 – 45 | Jim Deeney | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 73 |
528 | 19/03/1987 | P | Sharon Harper | 32 – 59 | Jim Deeney | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 75 |
529 | 20/03/1987 | P | Steve Macdonald | 42 – 52 | Jim Deeney | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 86 |
530 | 23/03/1987 | P | Marc Rogers | 46 – 21 | Jim Deeney | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 70 |
531 | 24/03/1987 | P | Marc Rogers | 59 – 49 | Alan West | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 72 |
532 | 25/03/1987 | P | Marc Rogers | 43 – 56 | Bert MacNeill | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | ?? |
533 | 26/03/1987 | P | John Clarke | 45 – 29 | Bert MacNeill | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 73 |
534 | 27/03/1987 | P | John Clarke | 61 – 53 | David Carr | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | ?? |
535 | 30/03/1987 | P | John Clarke | 61 – 42 | Sue Duncalf | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 74 |
536 | 31/03/1987 | P | John Clarke | 67 – 27 | Keith Newby | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 74 |
537 | 1/04/1987 | P | John Clarke | 69 – 31 | Alan Benson | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 73 |
538 | 2/04/1987 | QF | John Clarke | 74 – 56 | Maurice Sobell | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 106 |
539 | 3/04/1987 | QF | David Reid | 46 – 40 | Alan Johnson | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 84 |
540 | 6/04/1987 | QF | Marianne Croll | 32 – 53 | Ken Heaton | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 70 |
541 | 7/04/1987 | QF | Ted Kimmons | 13 – 53 | James Wilkie | Russell Harty | Freda Thornton | 77 |
542 | 8/04/1987 | SF | James Wilkie | 19 – 48 | John Clarke | Bill Tidy | Catherine Clarke | 69 |
543 | 9/04/1987 | SF | David Reid | 53 – 48 | Ken Heaton | Bill Tidy | Catherine Clarke | 74 |
544 | 10/04/1987 | GF | David Reid | 61 – 97 | John Clarke | Bill Tidy, Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 131 |