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Series 12
From Countdown
Series 12 ran from April 1987 to June 1987. The twelfth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Stephen Balment.
Contents |
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Marsh | 8+1 | 478 |
2 | Cathy Morgan | 7 | 398 |
3 | Matthew Francis | 4 | 206 |
4 | Stephen Balment | 3 | 189 |
5 | Nigel Aspden | 2 | 111 |
6 | Vivien Crabb | 2 | 108 |
7 | Janet McRae | 2 | 98 |
8 | Stephen Haggerty | 2 | 96 |
*Mike Stanford, with 2 wins and 101 points, would have been the #6 seed, but was unable to attend the finals, so Stephen Haggerty took his place.
Finals progress
Jon Marsh (1) vs Stephen Haggerty (8) | Jon Marsh (1) vs Stephen Balment (4) | Stephen Balment (4) vs Janet McRae (7) |
Nigel Aspden (5) vs Stephen Balment (4) | ||
Matthew Francis (3) vs Vivien Crabb (6) | Matthew Francis (3) vs Janet McRae (7) | |
Janet McRae (7) vs Cathy Morgan (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
545 | 13/04/1987 | P | Valerie Turner | 35 – 60 | Keith Albans | Bill Tidy | Catherine Clarke | 74 |
546 | 14/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 83 – 45 | Keith Albans | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 85 |
547 | 15/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 53 – 46 | Jez Gill | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 68 |
548 | 16/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 53 – 45 | Helen Pitt | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 75 |
549 | 17/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 43 – 59 | Mike Tobias | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | 71 |
550 | 20/04/1987 | P | Stephen Haggerty | 53 – 42 | Mike Tobias | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | 74 |
551 | 21/04/1987 | P | Stephen Haggerty | 43 – 33 | Alan Berry | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | 76 |
552 | 22/04/1987 | P | Stephen Haggerty | 27 – 37 | Shirley Morris | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | 74 |
553 | 23/04/1987 | P | Gordon Carrington | 41 – 30 | Shirley Morris | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | 72 |
554 | 24/04/1987 | P | Gordon Carrington | 32 – 43 | Martin Loughran | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | 77 |
555 | 27/04/1987 | P | Brian Dollery | 30 – 47 | Martin Loughran | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | 77 |
556 | 28/04/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 42 – 36 | Martin Loughran | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | 75 |
557 | 29/04/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 58 – 36 | Gwen Gerds | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | 75 |
558 | 30/04/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 54 – 43 | Alan Nash | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | 73 |
559 | 1/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 65 – 35 | Donald Kent | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | 74 |
560 | 4/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 61 – 49 | Tony Cook | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | 73 |
561 | 5/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 37 – 22 | Lewis Whetstone | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 70 |
562 | 6/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 51 – 32 | John Bird | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 74 |
563 | 7/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 49 – 49 | Phyllis Stevens | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 71 |
564 | 8/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 61 – 43 | Phyllis Stevens | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 82 |
565 | 11/05/1987 | P | David Lee | 45 – 53 | Nigel Aspden | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 74 |
566 | 12/05/1987 | P | Linda Chamberlain | 43 – 58 | Nigel Aspden | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 72 |
567 | 13/05/1987 | P | Ed Barral | 60 – 38 | Nigel Aspden | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 85 |
568 | 14/05/1987 | P | Ed Barral | 43 – 59 | Roger Brusch | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 71 |
569 | 15/05/1987 | P | Dave Boyes | 53 – 47 | Roger Brusch | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 72 |
570 | 18/05/1987 | P | Dave Boyes | 25 – 56 | Geoffrey Reynolds | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 74 |
571 | 19/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 64 – 39 | Geoffrey Reynolds | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 83 |
572 | 20/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 34 – 25 | Tony Donovan | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | 78 |
573 | 21/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 51 – 57 | Matthew Francis | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 74 |
574 | 22/05/1987 | P | Brenda Roberts | 35 – 58 | Matthew Francis | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 71 |
575 | 25/05/1987 | P | Carl Varney | 39 – 41 | Matthew Francis | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 70 |
576 | 26/05/1987 | P | Olive Barton | 48 – 50 | Matthew Francis | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 71 |
577 | 27/05/1987 | P | Mike Stanford | 56 – 55 | Matthew Francis | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 73 |
578 | 28/05/1987 | P | Mike Stanford | 45 – 39 | Tim Town | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 93 |
579 | 29/05/1987 | P | Mike Stanford | 45 – 60 | Vivien Crabb | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | 73 |
580 | 1/06/1987 | P | Geoffrey Harris | 34 – 48 | Vivien Crabb | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | 72 |
581 | 2/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 57 – 43 | Vivien Crabb | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | 73 |
582 | 3/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 54 – 40 | Rob Taylor | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | 86 |
583 | 4/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 – 19 | Christine Negus | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | 75 |
584 | 5/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 66 – 34 | Doug Walters | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | 69 |
585 | 8/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 60 – 53 | Nick Cant | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | 75 |
586 | 9/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 55 – 23 | Sarah Purlan | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | 72 |
587 | 10/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 – 37 | Karl Kurdistan | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | 73 |
588 | 11/06/1987 | QF | Jon Marsh | 65 – 49 | Stephen Haggerty | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | 84 |
589 | 12/06/1987 | QF | Cathy Morgan | 57 – 67* | Janet McRae | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | ?? |
590 | 15/06/1987 | QF | Matthew Francis | 62 – 53 | Vivien Crabb | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | 85 |
591 | 16/06/1987 | QF | Stephen Balment | 73* – 63 | Nigel Aspden | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | 95 |
592 | 17/06/1987 | SF | Stephen Balment | 51 – 30 | Jon Marsh | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | 70 |
593 | 18/06/1987 | SF | Matthew Francis | 47 – 55 | Janet McRae | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | 85 |
594 | 19/06/1987 | GF | Stephen Balment | 81 – 66 | Janet McRae | Diane Solomon, Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | 128 |