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Series 45

From Countdown

Series 45 ran from 2 July to 21 September 2001. The forty-fifth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley was won by John Rawnsley. The series was shortened to make way for the 15 round format and didn't have any quarter-finals, just semi-finals and a final.

Series 45 is the most recent series to have not had any octochamps (with the exception of Series 46, which featured viscounts instead).

The finals of this series went completely true to the seedings (i.e. the higher seed always beat the lower seed, with no upsets).

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 John Rawnsley 7 409
2 Geraldine Hylands 7 355
3 Craig Richardson 6 352
4 Phil Bennett 6 321
NOTE: Geraldine Hylands was undefeated at the end of the series, and thus her 355 points came from seven games whereas Rawnsley's 409 came from eight.
Between Series 38 and Series 59, players were sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums were not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points were sorted by highest score.

Progress

John Rawnsley (1) vs Phil Bennett (4) John Rawnsley (1) vs Geraldine Hylands (2)
Geraldine Hylands (2) vs Craig Richardson (3)

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3043 02/07/2001 P John Rawnsley 61 – 37 Leonard Lavelle Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Stephen Fry Damian Eadie 85
3044 03/07/2001 P John Rawnsley 38 – 34 Michael Galgut Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Stephen Fry Damian Eadie 84
3045 04/07/2001 P John Rawnsley 65 – 41 Mary Hains Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Stephen Fry Damian Eadie 75
3046 10/07/2001 P John Rawnsley 64 – 45 Richard Turner Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Carol Barnes Susie Dent 85
3047 11/07/2001 P John Rawnsley 41 – 21 Alexander Duncan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Carol Barnes Susie Dent 75
3048 12/07/2001 P John Rawnsley 46 – 50 Jim Hopkins Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Carol Barnes Susie Dent 74
3049 13/07/2001 P Jim Hopkins 34 – 52 Rita Bean Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Carol Barnes Susie Dent 72
3050 16/07/2001 P Rita Bean 45 – 35 Ian Pitkin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Carol Barnes Susie Dent 73
3051 17/07/2001 P Rita Bean 61 – 40 Peter Farmer Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Carol Barnes Susie Dent 73
3052 18/07/2001 P Rita Bean 57 – 46 Alan Sagar Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Siân Lloyd Richard Samson 84
3053 24/07/2001 P Rita Bean 50 – 23 James Carey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Siân Lloyd Richard Samson 86
3054 27/07/2001 P Rita Bean 45 – 56 Margaret Megeney Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Siân Lloyd Richard Samson 73
3055 30/07/2001 P Margaret Megeney 33 – 43 Phil Bennett Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Siân Lloyd Richard Samson 72
3056 31/07/2001 P Phil Bennett 41 – 40 Tom McCormack Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Siân Lloyd Richard Samson 70
3057 01/08/2001 P Phil Bennett 40 – 28 Anne Docherty Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Richard Samson 74
3058 07/08/2001 P Phil Bennett 57 – 46 David Royall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Richard Samson 76
3059 08/08/2001 P Phil Bennett 59 – 27 Geoff Young Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Richard Samson 84
3060 09/08/2001 P Phil Bennett 40 – 19 Frank Welch Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Richard Samson 72
3061 10/08/2001 P Phil Bennett 41 – 50 Brenda Dunn Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Richard Samson 76
3062 13/08/2001 P Brenda Dunn 41 – 57 Craig Richardson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Richard Samson 76
3063 14/08/2001 P Craig Richardson 33 – 31 Edwin Mead Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sally Magnusson Tania Styles 75
3064 15/08/2001 P Craig Richardson 53 – 40 Bill Brakes Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sally Magnusson Tania Styles 85
3065 21/08/2001 P Craig Richardson 62 – 21 May Thomson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sally Magnusson Tania Styles 84
3066 22/08/2001 P Craig Richardson 53 – 24 Susie Masum Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sally Magnusson Tania Styles 74
3067 28/08/2001 P Craig Richardson 49 – 19 Phil May Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sally Magnusson Tania Styles 73
3068 29/08/2001 P Craig Richardson 45 – 46 Neil Greenall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sally Magnusson Tania Styles 104
3069 30/08/2001 P Neil Greenall 5 – 69 James Hankin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Tania Styles 82
3070 31/08/2001 P James Hankin 62 – 51 Beverley Calder Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Tania Styles 84
3071 03/09/2001 P James Hankin 44 – 33 Jeff Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Tania Styles 74
3072 04/09/2001 P James Hankin 44 – 50 David Dorward Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Tania Styles 80
3073 05/09/2001 P David Dorward 41 – 50 Mary Blair Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Tania Styles 71
3074 06/09/2001 P Mary Blair 44 – 31 Ian Robertson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Tania Styles 94
3075 07/09/2001 P Mary Blair 31 – 33 Mac McDonald Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Hom Susie Dent 74
3076 10/09/2001 P Mac McDonald 46 – 55 Geraldine Hylands Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Hom Susie Dent 85
3077 11/09/2001 P Geraldine Hylands 36 – 22 Geoff Clarke Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Hom Susie Dent 74
3078 12/09/2001 P Geraldine Hylands 59 – 51 Billy Armstrong Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Hom Susie Dent 73
3079 13/09/2001 P Geraldine Hylands 55 – 45 Charlie Neill Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Hom Susie Dent 76
3080 14/09/2001 P Geraldine Hylands 45 – 16 Sue Oldreive Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Hom Susie Dent 81
3081 17/09/2001 P Geraldine Hylands 37 – 36 Fred Clark Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Melvyn Hayes Susie Dent 72
3082 18/09/2001 P Geraldine Hylands 68 – 44 Mike Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Melvyn Hayes Susie Dent 75
3083 19/09/2001 SF John Rawnsley 56 – 43 Phil Bennett Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Melvyn Hayes Susie Dent 83
3084 20/09/2001 SF Geraldine Hylands 43 – 41 Craig Richardson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Melvyn Hayes Susie Dent 83
3085 21/09/2001 GF Geraldine Hylands 63 – 90 John Rawnsley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Melvyn Hayes Susie Dent 128

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