Series 45

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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). Series 23, 25, 45, 63, 68, 77, 81, and 82 are the only series in which the finals 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

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.

NOTE: Geraldine Hylands was undefeated at the end of the series, and thus her 355 points came from 7 games whereas Rawnsley's 409 came from 8.

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	Host	Arithmetician	Guest	Lex	Max
3043	2/07/2001	P	John Rawnsley	61 - 37	Leonard Lavelle	Stephen Fry	Damian Eadie	85
3044	3/07/2001	P	John Rawnsley	38 - 34	Michael Galgut	Stephen Fry	Damian Eadie	84
3045	4/07/2001	P	John Rawnsley	65 - 41	Mary Hains	Stephen Fry	Damian Eadie	75
3046	10/07/2001	P	John Rawnsley	64 - 45	Richard Turner	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	85
3047	11/07/2001	P	John Rawnsley	41 - 21	Alexander Duncan	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	75
3048	12/07/2001	P	John Rawnsley	46 - 50	Jim Hopkins	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	74
3049	13/07/2001	P	Jim Hopkins	34 - 52	Rita Bean	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	72
3050	16/07/2001	P	Rita Bean	45 - 35	Ian Pitkin	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	73
3051	17/07/2001	P	Rita Bean	61 - 40	Peter Farmer	Carol Barnes	Susie Dent	73
3052	18/07/2001	P	Rita Bean	57 - 46	Alan Sagar	Siân Lloyd	Richard Samson	84
3053	24/07/2001	P	Rita Bean	50 - 23	James Carey	Siân Lloyd	Richard Samson	86
3054	27/07/2001	P	Rita Bean	45 - 56	Margaret Megeney	Siân Lloyd	Richard Samson	73
3055	30/07/2001	P	Margaret Megeney	33 - 43	Phil Bennett	Siân Lloyd	Richard Samson	72
3056	31/07/2001	P	Phil Bennett	41 - 40	Tom McCormack	Siân Lloyd	Richard Samson	70
3057	1/08/2001	P	Phil Bennett	40 - 28	Anne Docherty	Tom O'Connor	Richard Samson	74
3058	7/08/2001	P	Phil Bennett	57 - 46	David Royall	Tom O'Connor	Richard Samson	76
3059	8/08/2001	P	Phil Bennett	59 - 27	Geoff Young	Tom O'Connor	Richard Samson	84
3060	9/08/2001	P	Phil Bennett	40 - 19	Frank Welch	Tom O'Connor	Richard Samson	72
3061	10/08/2001	P	Phil Bennett	41 - 50	Brenda Dunn	Tom O'Connor	Richard Samson	76
3062	13/08/2001	P	Brenda Dunn	41 - 57	Craig Richardson	Tom O'Connor	Richard Samson	76
3063	14/08/2001	P	Craig Richardson	33 - 31	Edwin Mead	Sally Magnusson	Tania Styles	75
3064	15/08/2001	P	Craig Richardson	53 - 40	Bill Brakes	Sally Magnusson	Tania Styles	85
3065	21/08/2001	P	Craig Richardson	62 - 21	May Thomson	Sally Magnusson	Tania Styles	84
3066	22/08/2001	P	Craig Richardson	53 - 24	Susie Masum	Sally Magnusson	Tania Styles	74
3067	28/08/2001	P	Craig Richardson	49 - 19	Phil May	Sally Magnusson	Tania Styles	73
3068	29/08/2001	P	Craig Richardson	45 - 46	Neil Greenall	Sally Magnusson	Tania Styles	104
3069	30/08/2001	P	Neil Greenall	5 - 69	James Hankin	Geoffrey Durham	Tania Styles	82
3070	31/08/2001	P	James Hankin	62 - 51	Beverley Calder	Geoffrey Durham	Tania Styles	84
3071	3/09/2001	P	James Hankin	44 - 33	Jeff Evans	Geoffrey Durham	Tania Styles	74
3072	4/09/2001	P	James Hankin	44 - 50	David Dorward	Geoffrey Durham	Tania Styles	80
3073	5/09/2001	P	David Dorward	41 - 50	Mary Blair	Geoffrey Durham	Tania Styles	71
3074	6/09/2001	P	Mary Blair	44 - 31	Ian Robertson	Geoffrey Durham	Tania Styles	94
3075	7/09/2001	P	Mary Blair	31 - 33	Mac McDonald	Ken Hom	Susie Dent	74
3076	10/09/2001	P	Mac McDonald	46 - 55	Geraldine Hylands	Ken Hom	Susie Dent	85
3077	11/09/2001	P	Geraldine Hylands	36 - 22	Geoff Clarke	Ken Hom	Susie Dent	74
3078	12/09/2001	P	Geraldine Hylands	59 - 51	Billy Armstrong	Ken Hom	Susie Dent	73
3079	13/09/2001	P	Geraldine Hylands	55 - 45	Charlie Neill	Ken Hom	Susie Dent	76
3080	14/09/2001	P	Geraldine Hylands	45 - 16	Sue Oldreive	Ken Hom	Susie Dent	81
3081	17/09/2001	P	Geraldine Hylands	37 - 36	Fred Clark	Melvyn Hayes	Susie Dent	72
3082	18/09/2001	P	Geraldine Hylands	68 - 44	Mike Brown	Melvyn Hayes	Susie Dent	75
3083	19/09/2001	SF	John Rawnsley	56 - 43	Phil Bennett	Melvyn Hayes	Susie Dent	83
3084	20/09/2001	SF	Geraldine Hylands	43 - 41	Craig Richardson	Melvyn Hayes	Susie Dent	83
3085	21/09/2001	GF	Geraldine Hylands	63 - 90	John Rawnsley	Melvyn Hayes	Susie Dent	128

External links

• Series 45 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 45 on The Countdown Page.