Series 51

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Series 51
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The Series 51 finalists with the presenters and Dictionary Corner.
Series information
First episode 5 January 2004
Last episode 25 June 2004
Highest score 137 (Stewart Holden)
Number of contestants 113
Number of episodes 114
Results
Winner Stewart Holden
Runner-up Steve Graston

Series 51 ran from 5 January to 25 June 2004. The 51st of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, was won by Stewart Holden.

This was the first series that used the ODE2.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Stewart Holden 8 870
2 Sweyn Kirkness 8 765
3 Gary Male 8 750
4 Nik Von Uexkull 8 749
5 Richard Pay 8 732
6 John Jeffrey 7 693
7 Steve Graston 5 586
8 Nicole Hutchings 4 444
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.

Finals progress

Stewart Holden (1) vs Nicole Hutchings (8) Stewart Holden (1) vs Richard Pay (5) Stewart Holden (1)
vs
Steve Graston (7)
Richard Pay (5) vs Nik Von Uexkull (4)
Gary Male (3) vs John Jeffrey (6) Gary Male (3) vs Steve Graston (7)
Steve Graston (7) vs Sweyn Kirkness (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Series finals

In the quarter-finals: Holden had a struggle against Nicole Hutchings but won by five points with thanks to his word spot of PENTODE in Round 11, followed by MANICURE in Round 13.

Sweyn Kirkness was beaten by Steve Graston when Graston took the points from the last numbers game, meaning that the conundrum was irrelevant.

Gary Male narrowly survived on the crucial conundrum of GEOLOGIST, after John Jeffrey became unable to solve it.

Nik Von Uexkull fell foul of Richard Pay, with thanks to another unsolved crucial conundrum.

In the semi-finals: Holden never looked like losing, with thanks to his word spots like BEAUTIES and DINOSAUR.

Graston made a great start against Male and never looked like losing despite a brave comeback from Male, who spotted UNPAIRED and SALUTE in the last three letters rounds; Graston was too far ahead and it was too little, too late.

In the grand final: it was a close game as Graston led by one point after Round 10, but was beaten by PROSAIC and WALDOES in the following two rounds. Graston could still win if Holden slipped up on the final numbers game, but the final numbers round was easily solved and Holden avoided a crucial conundrum. As the conundrum of LAYONEEGG was revealed, Holden quicky buzzed in with GENEALOGY and won the series with eight centuries in eleven games.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3615 05/01/2004 P Steve Graston 115 – 67 Mal Myers Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Susie Dent 129
3616 06/01/2004 P Steve Graston 96 – 42 Hossein B Zadeh Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Susie Dent 117
3617 07/01/2004 P Steve Graston 80 – 94 Gail Wood Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Susie Dent 119
3618 08/01/2004 P Gail Wood 64 – 93 Margaret Murphy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Susie Dent 129
3619 09/01/2004 P Margaret Murphy 85 – 74 Kay Heath Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eve Pollard Susie Dent 123
3620 12/01/2004 P Margaret Murphy 88 – 26 Peter Ernest Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 133
3621 13/01/2004 P Margaret Murphy 80 – 89 Jean Bridge Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 132
3622 14/01/2004 P Jean Bridge 89 – 70 Dermot MacHugh Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 121
3623 15/01/2004 P Jean Bridge 78 – 83 Dennis Shepherd Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 142
3624 16/01/2004 P Dennis Shepherd 59 – 65 Evelyn Schofield Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 123
3625 19/01/2004 P Evelyn Schofield 87 – 26 Tom Jamieson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 129
3626 20/01/2004 P Evelyn Schofield 67 – 57 Samantha Cooper Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 119
3627 21/01/2004 P Evelyn Schofield 91 – 64 John Delaney Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 153
3628 22/01/2004 P Evelyn Schofield 64 – 96 Eric Wright Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 132
3629 23/01/2004 P Eric Wright 78 – 70 Julie Cope Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 133
3630 26/01/2004 P Eric Wright 123 – 66 Jonathan De Souza Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Esther Rantzen Alison Heard 151
3631 27/01/2004 P Eric Wright 69 – 73 Chris Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Esther Rantzen Alison Heard 121
3632 28/01/2004 P Chris Brown 89 – 82 Jill Ramsay Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Esther Rantzen Alison Heard 141
3633 29/01/2004 P Chris Brown 93 – 75 Norman MacKenzie Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Esther Rantzen Alison Heard 142
3634 30/01/2004 P Chris Brown 70 – 80 Adrian Daniel Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Esther Rantzen Alison Heard 131
3635 02/02/2004 P Adrian Daniel 56 – 85 Ariane Sherine Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 123
3636 03/02/2004 P Ariane Sherine 91 – 60 Chris Philpot Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 131
3637 04/02/2004 P Ariane Sherine 61 – 64 Paul Habershon Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 129
3638 05/02/2004 P Paul Habershon 42 – 94 Sue Babb Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 130
3639 06/02/2004 P Sue Babb 61 – 95 Richard Pay Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 121
3640 09/02/2004 P Richard Pay 105 – 51 Andy Cowie Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 123
3641 10/02/2004 P Richard Pay 70 – 62 Cathy Doyle Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 139
3642 11/02/2004 P Richard Pay 90 – 69 Kirk Bevins Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 111
3643 12/02/2004 P Richard Pay 102 – 74 Sue Booton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 132
3644 13/02/2004 P Richard Pay 89 – 82 Peter Thompson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 122
3645 16/02/2004 P Richard Pay 79 – 77 Claire Whitaker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eric Knowles Susie Dent 130
3646 17/02/2004 P Richard Pay 102 – 72 David Gordon Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eric Knowles Susie Dent 123
3647 18/02/2004 P John Hayward 71 – 66 Tony Bridge Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eric Knowles Susie Dent 121
3648 19/02/2004 P John Hayward 54 – 92 Victoria Thompson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eric Knowles Susie Dent 129
3649 20/02/2004 P Victoria Thompson 78 – 87 Philip Aelberry Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eric Knowles Susie Dent 140
3650 23/02/2004 P Philip Aelberry 45 – 115 Stewart Holden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jimmy Carr Susie Dent 129
3651 24/02/2004 P Stewart Holden 108 – 21 Fiona Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jimmy Carr Susie Dent 119
3652 25/02/2004 P Stewart Holden 94 – 52 Matt Dent Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jimmy Carr Susie Dent 131
3653 26/02/2004 P Stewart Holden 113 – 31 Pamela Moffat Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jimmy Carr Susie Dent 128
3654 27/02/2004 P Stewart Holden 116 – 35 Mike Collins Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jimmy Carr Susie Dent 131
3655 01/03/2004 P Stewart Holden 108 – 84 Mo Janson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 132
3656 02/03/2004 P Stewart Holden 137 – 68 Anna Briggs Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 139
3657 03/03/2004 P Stewart Holden 79 – 73 Martin Rigby Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 116
3658 04/03/2004 P Krista Simpson 73 – 87 Ben Phillips Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 131
3659 05/03/2004 P Ben Phillips 63 – 81 Jon Jacobs Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 134
3660 08/03/2004 P Jon Jacobs 87 – 59 Simon Macaulay Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent 131
3661 09/03/2004 P Jon Jacobs 83 – 80 Sue Picken Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent 118
3662 10/03/2004 P Jon Jacobs 77 – 93 Steve Hyde Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent 152
3663 11/03/2004 P Steve Hyde 97 – 72 Anna Daws Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent 120
3664 12/03/2004 P Steve Hyde 92 – 93 Andy Page Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent 120
3665 22/03/2004 P Andy Page 106 – 33 Sandra Moore Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Susie Dent 124
3666 23/03/2004 P Andy Page 74 – 92 Gary Male Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Susie Dent 122
3667 24/03/2004 P Gary Male 104 – 50 Paul Kennedy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Susie Dent 122
3668 25/03/2004 P Gary Male 92 – 66 Chris Gentry Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Susie Dent 141
3669 26/03/2004 P Gary Male 84 – 54 Anne Course Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Susie Dent 129
3670 29/03/2004 P Gary Male 84 – 83 Laurence Scott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 123
3671 30/03/2004 P Gary Male 90 – 60 Nick Allies Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 119
3672 31/03/2004 P Gary Male 112 – 36 Lorna Griffiths Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 143
3673 01/04/2004 P Gary Male 92 – 87 Greg Bryce Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 129
3674 02/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 86 – 43 John D Hall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 134
3675 05/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 81 – 72 James Nunan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Emma Forbes Susie Dent 129
3676 06/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 85 – 68 Anne Callender Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Emma Forbes Susie Dent 133
3677 07/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 86 – 69 Leon Lewis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Emma Forbes Susie Dent 133
3678 08/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 96 – 55 Dwain Tudor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Emma Forbes Susie Dent 119
3679 09/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 85 – 66 Colin Jacobs Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Emma Forbes Susie Dent 130
3680 12/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 107 – 51 Hilary Halter Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman John Craven Susie Dent 122
3681 13/04/2004 P John Jeffrey 67 – 74 Sean Jessop Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman John Craven Susie Dent 118
3682 14/04/2004 P Sean Jessop 88 – 83 Andrew Kirkham Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman John Craven Susie Dent 130
3683 15/04/2004 P Sean Jessop 72 – 79 Nicole Hutchings Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman John Craven Susie Dent 131
3684 16/04/2004 P Nicole Hutchings 92 – 71 Dennis McGarry Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman John Craven Susie Dent 129
3685 19/04/2004 P Nicole Hutchings 102 – 71 Matt Baker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 131
3686 20/04/2004 P Nicole Hutchings 94 – 68 David Minor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 127
3687 21/04/2004 P Nicole Hutchings 77 – 97 Nik Von Uexkull Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 129
3688 22/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 71 – 66 Helen Waterston Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 121
3689 23/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 89 – 70 Keith Wade Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 120
3690 26/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 95 – 61 Tricia Anderson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 127
3691 27/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 114 – 56 David Harlow Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 133
3692 28/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 100 – 68 John Britton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 138
3693 29/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 78 – 37 Gillian Beal Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 131
3694 30/04/2004 P Nik Von Uexkull 105 – 67 Conor Owens Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 132
3695 03/05/2004 P Anju Keetharuth 71 – 94 Del Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 124
3696 04/05/2004 P Del Smith 79 – 61 Judy Mugleston Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 120
3697 05/05/2004 P Del Smith 58 – 104 Sweyn Kirkness Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 123
3698 06/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 96 – 49 Marcus Alder Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 124
3699 07/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 84 – 65 Marilyn Spicer Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Susie Dent 123
3700 10/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 103 – 66 Ian Fellows Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 121
3701 11/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 92 – 52 Sue Clifford Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 110
3702 12/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 122 – 52 James Carragher Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 131
3703 13/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 88 – 83 Luke Boynton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 119
3704 14/05/2004 P Sweyn Kirkness 76 – 47 Brian Mills Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 121
3705 17/05/2004 P Chris White 93 – 104 Laura Taylor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 153
3706 18/05/2004 P Laura Taylor 66 – 70 Margaret Goodman Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 125
3707 19/05/2004 P Margaret Goodman 72 – 100 Julian Durlacher Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 129
3708 25/05/2004 P Julian Durlacher 70 – 83 Celia Rogers Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 123
3709 26/05/2004 P Celia Rogers 37 – 103 Ben Walden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent 123
3710 27/05/2004 P Ben Walden 101 – 84 Anna Perry Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jeremy Beadle Susie Dent 142
3711 28/05/2004 P Ben Walden 83 – 91 Jeff Clayton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jeremy Beadle Susie Dent 128
3712 31/05/2004 P Jeff Clayton 85 – 65 Yvonne McKeon Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jeremy Beadle Susie Dent 142
3713 01/06/2004 P Jeff Clayton 52 – 75 Richard Hunter Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jeremy Beadle Susie Dent 128
3714 02/06/2004 P Richard Hunter 90 – 66 Nadeem Roshan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jeremy Beadle Susie Dent 122
3715 03/06/2004 P Richard Hunter 78 – 75 Nobby Richardson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 130
3716 04/06/2004 P Richard Hunter 77 – 89 Mark Hannon Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 121
3717 07/06/2004 P Mark Hannon 71 – 50 Martyn Washbourne Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 123
3718 08/06/2004 P Mark Hannon 95 – 102 David Thirlwall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 130
3719 09/06/2004 P David Thirlwall 95 – 52 Jane Coulon Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 134
3720 15/06/2004 P David Thirlwall 77 – 67 Eric Robinson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 131
3721 16/06/2004 P David Thirlwall 88 – 55 David Phelan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 129
3722 17/06/2004 QF Stewart Holden 110 – 105 Nicole Hutchings Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 124
3723 18/06/2004 QF Sweyn Kirkness 64 – 78 Steve Graston Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 112
3724 21/06/2004 QF John Jeffrey 71 – 79 Gary Male Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 122
3725 22/06/2004 QF Nik Von Uexkull 80 – 85 Richard Pay Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 123
3726 23/06/2004 SF Richard Pay 60 – 93 Stewart Holden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 124
3727 24/06/2004 SF Steve Graston 100 – 83 Gary Male Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 129
3728 25/06/2004 GF Steve Graston 81 – 104 Stewart Holden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent 119

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