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Series 20
From Countdown
Series 20 ran from July 1990 to September 1990. The twentieth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Liz Barber. This was also the first series which had a change of dictionaries, as the COD8 replaced the COD7 in Episode 1016.
Contents |
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Derek Coombs | 8 | 462 |
2 | Billy Ward | 7 | 333 |
3 | Fiona Willis | 5+1 | 326 |
4 | Roy Bendall | 5 | 237 |
5 | Maurice Binks | 5 | 231 |
6 | Gordon Foy | 4 | 226 |
7 | Liz Barber | 4 | 191 |
8 | Denys Hollis | 3 | 127 |
Finals progress
Derek Coombs (1) vs Denys Hollis (8) | Derek Coombs (1) vs Maurice Binks (5) | Derek Coombs (1) vs Liz Barber (7) |
Maurice Binks (5) vs Roy Bendall (4) | ||
Fiona Willis (3) vs Gordon Foy (6) | Fiona Willis (3) vs Liz Barber (7) | |
Liz Barber (7) vs Billy Ward (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1004 | 3/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 58 – 33 | David Morris | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 73 |
1005 | 4/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 54 – 29 | Bill Giles | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 74 |
1006 | 5/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 46 – 32 | Sue Goodworth | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 70 |
1007 | 6/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 33 – 23 | Anne Duncan | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 73 |
1008 | 9/07/1990 | P | Liz Barber | 30 – 43 | Andrea Parker | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 73 |
1009 | 10/07/1990 | P | Malti Vasudevan | 28 – 38 | Andrea Parker | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | 71 |
1010 | 11/07/1990 | P | George Head | 55 – 14 | Andrea Parker | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 84 |
1011 | 12/07/1990 | P | George Head | 31 – 43 | Richard Hooke | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 72 |
1012 | 13/07/1990 | P | Graham Pearson | 40 – 51 | Richard Hooke | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 70 |
1013 | 16/07/1990 | P | Derek Coombs | 42 – 37 | Richard Hooke | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 84 |
1014 | 17/07/1990 | P | Derek Coombs | 56 – 15 | Pat Daines | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 69 |
1015 | 18/07/1990 | P | Derek Coombs | 57 – 30 | Neil Kendall | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | 68 |
1016 | 19/07/1990 | P | Neil Rich | 49 – 58 | Derek Coombs | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 71 |
1017 | 20/07/1990 | P | Duncan Dale-Emberton | 33 – 63 | Derek Coombs | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 74 |
1018 | 23/07/1990 | P | Mollie Haigh | 18 – 68 | Derek Coombs | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 76 |
1019 | 24/07/1990 | P | Colin Blumen | 44 – 72 | Derek Coombs | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 73 |
1020 | 25/07/1990 | P | Kevin Roberts | 44 – 46 | Derek Coombs | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 81 |
1021 | 26/07/1990 | P | Hadrian Geoffes | 51 – 60 | Gordon Foy | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | 71 |
1022 | 27/07/1990 | P | David Uri | 27 – 57 | Gordon Foy | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 70 |
1023 | 30/07/1990 | P | Marguerite Moulding | 39 – 66 | Gordon Foy | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 75 |
1024 | 31/07/1990 | P | John Mann | 40 – 43 | Gordon Foy | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 81 |
1025 | 1/08/1990 | P | Alan Harris | 39 – 36 | Gordon Foy | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 72 |
1026 | 2/08/1990 | P | Alan Harris | 30 – 35 | Maurice Binks | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 67 |
1027 | 3/08/1990 | P | John Rowan | 49 – 66 | Maurice Binks | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 74 |
1028 | 6/08/1990 | P | Philip Calvert | 6 – 42 | Maurice Binks | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 69 |
1029 | 7/08/1990 | P | Dave Berry | 44 – 49 | Maurice Binks | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 69 |
1030 | 8/08/1990 | P | Peggy Wilkinson | 33 – 39 | Maurice Binks | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 68 |
1031 | 9/08/1990 | P | Peter North | 38 – 32 | Maurice Binks | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 69 |
1032 | 10/08/1990 | P | Peter North | 46 – 37 | Aileen Willett | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 73 |
1033 | 13/08/1990 | P | Peter North | 28 – 46 | Denys Hollis | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | 92 |
1034 | 14/08/1990 | P | Chris Bergman | 27 – 31 | Denys Hollis | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 70 |
1035 | 15/08/1990 | P | Mike Lott | 33 – 50 | Denys Hollis | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 72 |
1036 | 16/08/1990 | P | Tony Hallam | 45 – 26 | Denys Hollis | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 70 |
1037 | 17/08/1990 | P | Tony Hallam | 32 – 50 | Iris Denon | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 71 |
1038 | 20/08/1990 | P | Stephen Mack | 53 – 42 | Iris Denon | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 72 |
1039 | 21/08/1990 | P | Stephen Mack | 57 – 35 | Mervyn Taylor | Martin Jarvis | Freda Thornton | 83 |
1040 | 22/08/1990 | P | Stephen Mack | 52 – 53 | Roy Bendall | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 84 |
1041 | 23/08/1990 | P | Susan Godfrey | 35 – 52 | Roy Bendall | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 77 |
1042 | 24/08/1990 | P | Jim Harvey | 40 – 50 | Roy Bendall | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 72 |
1043 | 27/08/1990 | P | Dennis Edgson | 36 – 42 | Roy Bendall | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 72 |
1044 | 28/08/1990 | P | Vera Selby | 33 – 40 | Roy Bendall | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 71 |
1045 | 29/08/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 46 – 40 | Roy Bendall | Ernie Wise | Mark Nyman | 75 |
1046 | 30/08/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 48 – 46 | Mary Andrews | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 |
1047 | 31/08/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 61 – 45 | Michael Kerr | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 74 |
1048 | 3/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 61 – 30 | Pete Johnson | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 |
1049 | 4/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 50 – 50 | Ian McLoughlin | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 |
1050 | 5/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 60 – 53 | Ian McLoughlin | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 |
1051 | 6/09/1990 | P | Fiona Willis | 45 – 52 | Richard Stevens | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 71 |
1052 | 7/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 48 – 44 | Richard Stevens | Brian Johnston | Mark Nyman | 73 |
1053 | 10/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 43 – 35 | Martin Jacques | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 72 |
1054 | 11/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 34 – 31 | Maureen Pollard | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 82 |
1055 | 12/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 53 – 43 | Malcolm Stern | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 71 |
1056 | 13/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 39 – 15 | Beryl Sutherland | Frazer Hines | Mark Nyman | 71 |
1057 | 14/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 54 – 39 | Martin Parker | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 72 |
1058 | 17/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 62 – 35 | Diane Hartrey | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 73 |
1059 | 18/09/1990 | P | Billy Ward | 39 – 42 | Robert Houston | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 75 |
1060 | 19/09/1990 | P | Ray Norris | 27 – 50 | Robert Houston | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 70 |
1061 | 20/09/1990 | QF | Derek Coombs | 69 – 10 | Denys Hollis | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 73 |
1062 | 21/09/1990 | QF | Billy Ward | 28 – 61 | Liz Barber | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 83 |
1063 | 24/09/1990 | QF | Roy Bendall | 32 – 46 | Maurice Binks | Simon Williams | Simon Mason | 69 |
1064 | 25/09/1990 | QF | Fiona Willis | 44 – 37 | Gordon Foy | Tim Rice | Simon Mason | 73 |
1065 | 26/09/1990 | SF | Derek Coombs | 51 – 34 | Maurice Binks | Tim Rice | Simon Mason | 67 |
1066 | 27/09/1990 | SF | Fiona Willis | 37 – 50 | Liz Barber | Tim Rice | Simon Mason | 70 |
1067 | 28/09/1990 | GF | Derek Coombs | 66 – 67 | Liz Barber | Tim Rice, Gyles Brandreth | Simon Mason | 124 |