Series 73

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Series 73 was the eighth regular series of Countdown presented by Nick Hewer. It began with just one episode on 15 June 2015 before taking a break for horse racing. The series returned on 22 June 2015 and finished on 23 December 2015, making it the first since Series 46 to have ended on a day of the week other than Friday. It was won by Jonathan Wynn.

The series was of an incredibly strong standard and featured Apterites Thomas Carey, Jonathan Wynn, Matthew Tassier, and Matty Artell in the finals, as well as several others who did not make it to the finals (Rhys Benjamin, James Rowan, and Hazel Drury).

Only 1 point separated the top two seeds but, for the first time since Series 65, the number 1 seed was eliminated in the semi-final, making the Grand Final of this series the first since Series 65 not to feature a number 1 seed.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Thomas Carey	8	923
2	Jonathan Wynn	8	922
3	Stephen Briggs	8	883
4	John Hardie	8	845
5	Matthew Tassier	8	799
6	Judy Bursford	7	603
7	Liam Moloney	6	745
8	Matty Artell	5	541

Since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.

Finals progress

Thomas Carey (1) vs Matty Artell (8)	Thomas Carey (1) vs Matthew Tassier (5)	Matthew Tassier (5) vs Jonathan Wynn (2)
Matthew Tassier (5) vs John Hardie (4)
Stephen Briggs (3) vs Judy Bursford (6)	Stephen Briggs (3) vs Jonathan Wynn (2)
Liam Moloney (7) vs Jonathan Wynn (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Host	Arithmetician	Guest	Lex	Max
6157	15/06/2015	P	James Judge	68 - 78	Rhys Benjamin	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	124
6158	22/06/2015	P	Rhys Benjamin	92 - 63	Michael Stokes	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	131
6159	23/06/2015	P	Rhys Benjamin	81 - 53	Maxine Jones	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	123
6160	24/06/2015	P	Rhys Benjamin	78 - 59	Abby Foulkes	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	118
6161	25/06/2015	P	Rhys Benjamin	89 - 65	Olly Hall	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	120
6162	26/06/2015	P	Rhys Benjamin	76 - 98	Pat Lonergan	Joe McElderry	Susie Dent	144
6163	29/06/2015	P	Pat Lonergan	74 - 69	Rob Maxwell	Joe McElderry	Susie Dent	134
6164	30/06/2015	P	Pat Lonergan	86 - 55	Andrew Nicholson	Joe McElderry	Susie Dent	135
6165	1/07/2015	P	Pat Lonergan	67 - 64	Kunal Saujani	Joe McElderry	Susie Dent	141
6166	2/07/2015	P	Pat Lonergan	83 - 93	Judy Bursford	Joe McElderry	Susie Dent	121
6167	3/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	78 - 61	Tim Batchelor	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	123
6168	6/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	83 - 25	Phil Lane	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	134
6169	7/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	84 - 82	Rachel Hurst	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	135
6170	8/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	67 - 49	Ken Bainbridge	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	120
6171	13/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	70 - 62	James Macpherson	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	131
6172	14/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	69 - 55	David Bowen	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	133
6173	15/07/2015	P	Judy Bursford	59 - 118	Liam Moloney	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	135
6174	16/07/2015	P	Liam Moloney	104 - 44	Gloria Schofield	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	156
6175	17/07/2015	P	Liam Moloney	111 - 31	Karl Forman	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	134
6176	20/07/2015	P	Liam Moloney	121 - 58	Craig Glennie	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	123
6177	21/07/2015	P	Liam Moloney	103 - 73	Dave Noble	Michael Buerk	Susie Dent	134
6178	22/07/2015	P	Liam Moloney	111 - 70	Jyoti Madlani	Michael Buerk	Susie Dent	125
6179	23/07/2015	P	Liam Moloney	77 - 98	Stephen Briggs	Michael Buerk	Susie Dent	124
6180	24/07/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	103 - 44	Sam Fuller	Michael Buerk	Susie Dent	131
6181	27/07/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	127 - 51	Tom Pitt-Brooke	Michael Buerk	Susie Dent	144
6182	3/08/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	98 - 67	Chris Wreaves	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	132
6183	4/08/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	116 - 55	Euan Crabb	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	134
6184	5/08/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	106 - 51	Kadi Batra	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	122
6185	6/08/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	110 - 48	Grant Weaver	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	119
6186	7/08/2015	P	Stephen Briggs	125 - 56	Nigel Bridge	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	129
6187	10/08/2015	P	Nathan Pace	72 - 22	Andrew Cooper	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	121
6188	11/08/2015	P	Nathan Pace	74 - 89	Barbara Lucioni	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	131
6189	12/08/2015	P	Barbara Lucioni	50 - 89	Kevin Breeze	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	119
6190	13/08/2015	P	Kevin Breeze	89 - 67	David Bathurst	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	132
6191	14/08/2015	P	Kevin Breeze	89 - 45	Bill Hurst	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	129
6192	17/08/2015	P	Kevin Breeze	74 - 62	Mike Tapia	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	118
6193	18/08/2015	P	Kevin Breeze	72 - 82	Chris Roy	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	120
6194	24/08/2015	P	Chris Roy	30 - 100	Jonathan Wynn	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	136
6195	25/08/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	107 - 46	Mark Ainsley	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	123
6196	26/08/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	111 - 55	Steve Heeney	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	124
6197	27/08/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	119 - 49	Will Irvine	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	122
6198	28/08/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	112 - 79	Daniel Morris	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	132
6199	31/08/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	131 - 55	Paul Curtayne	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	134
6200	1/09/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	113 - 65	David Vernon	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	134
6201	2/09/2015	P	Jonathan Wynn	129 - 33	Hannah Short	Greg Rusedski	Susie Dent	132
6202	3/09/2015	P	Martyn Shenton	50 - 87	Matty Artell	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	130
6203	4/09/2015	P	Matty Artell	90 - 40	Daniel Hodgetts	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	123
6204	7/09/2015	P	Matty Artell	100 - 60	Paula Lewis	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	134
6205	8/09/2015	P	Matty Artell	96 - 87	Jonathan Joyce	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	120
6206	9/09/2015	P	Matty Artell	101 - 41	David Crafter	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	125
6207	14/09/2015	P	Matty Artell	67 - 82	Wayne McSorley	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	134
6208	15/09/2015	P	Wayne McSorley	82 - 52	Renita David	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	119
6209	16/09/2015	P	Wayne McSorley	62 - 79	Colin White	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	136
6210	17/09/2015	P	Colin White	47 - 120	Thomas Carey	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	132
6211	18/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	122 - 25	Billy Richardson	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	135
6212	21/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	118 - 52	Alwyn Davies	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	129
6213	22/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	109 - 100	Adam Curran	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	131
6214	23/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	116 - 37	Mary Fox	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	121
6215	24/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	119 - 80	Brendan Duke	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	130
6216	28/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	109 - 41	Chris Selman	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	116
6217	29/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	110 - 62	Lee Nixon	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	131
6218	30/09/2015	P	Matt Le Tissier	105 - 48	Shaun Connolly-Flynn	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	134
6219	1/10/2015	P	Matt Le Tissier	102 - 34	Georgie Metters	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	125
6220	2/10/2015	P	Matt Le Tissier	86 - 38	David Pople	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	128
6221	5/10/2015	P	Matt Le Tissier	51 - 102	John Hardie	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	133
6222	6/10/2015	P	John Hardie	109 - 48	Ben Dempster	Graeme Le Saux	Susie Dent	134
6223	7/10/2015	P	John Hardie	104 - 32	Kris Jack	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	120
6224	8/10/2015	P	John Hardie	104 - 97	James Rowan	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	145
6225	12/10/2015	P	John Hardie	109 - 51	Fiona Currie	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	122
6226	13/10/2015	P	John Hardie	108 - 76	Philip Leonard	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	122
6227	14/10/2015	P	John Hardie	99 - 76	Chris Barstow	Charlie Stayt	Susie Dent	119
6228	15/10/2015	P	John Hardie	110 - 24	David Cumming	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	153
6229	16/10/2015	P	Gareth Chapman	90 - 48	Naomi Powell	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	126
6230	19/10/2015	P	Gareth Chapman	71 - 79	Alex Skulnick	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	132
6231	20/10/2015	P	Alex Skulnick	68 - 89	Zac Goodman	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	139
6232	21/10/2015	P	Zac Goodman	76 - 54	Hayden McDonald	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	132
6233	22/10/2015	P	Zac Goodman	82 - 67	Paul Harley	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	144
6234	23/10/2015	P	Zac Goodman	114 - 10	Ross Lough	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	134
6235	26/10/2015	P	Zac Goodman	79 - 38	Francesca Kerr	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	144
6236	27/10/2015	P	Zac Goodman	55 - 79	Andrew Irvine	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	133
6237	28/10/2015	P	Andrew Irvine	80 - 52	Ishmael Kamran	Margaret Mountford	Susie Dent	134
6238	29/10/2015	P	Andrew Irvine	63 - 90	Hazel Drury	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	135
6239	30/10/2015	P	Hazel Drury	87 - 43	Nick Griggs	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	153
6240	2/11/2015	P	Hazel Drury	74 - 69	Gary Cocker	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	140
6241	3/11/2015	P	Hazel Drury	109 - 48	Matt Goulette	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	123
6242	4/11/2015	P	Hazel Drury	79 - 88	Anthony Poulton-Smith	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	124
6243	5/11/2015	P	Anthony Poulton-Smith	52 - 89	Keith Kan	Michelle Collins	Susie Dent	137
6244	6/11/2015	P	Keith Kan	75 - 38	Luci Clarke	Michelle Collins	Susie Dent	143
6245	9/11/2015	P	Keith Kan	65 - 102	Matthew Tassier	Michelle Collins	Susie Dent	141
6246	10/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	98 - 24	Tam O'Hare	Michelle Collins	Susie Dent	124
6247	11/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	77 - 65	Romaine Boothe	Michelle Collins	Susie Dent	131
6248	12/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	110 - 26	Bob Lowe	Sherrie Hewson	Susie Dent	146
6249	13/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	120 - 26	Eoin Jardine	Sherrie Hewson	Susie Dent	135
6250	16/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	103 - 57	Sarah Bladon	Sherrie Hewson	Susie Dent	124
6251	17/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	114 - 48	Chris Kiely	Sherrie Hewson	Susie Dent	134
6252	18/11/2015	P	Matthew Tassier	75 - 51	Jim Anderson	Sherrie Hewson	Susie Dent	112
6253	19/11/2015	P	Sam Morley	70 - 91	Margaret Fatih	Deborah Meaden	Susie Dent	139
6254	20/11/2015	P	Margaret Fatih	69 - 67	Graham Burgess	Deborah Meaden	Susie Dent	142
6255	23/11/2015	P	Margaret Fatih	52 - 97	James Richards	Deborah Meaden	Susie Dent	133
6256	24/11/2015	P	James Richards	78 - 46	Hassan Mumin	Deborah Meaden	Susie Dent	131
6257	25/11/2015	P	James Richards	84 - 69	David Tucker	Deborah Meaden	Susie Dent	121
6258	26/11/2015	P	James Richards	100 - 52	Anees Ikramullah	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent	141
6259	27/11/2015	P	James Richards	104 - 38	Indika Sarathchandra	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent	132
6260	30/11/2015	P	James Richards	64 - 107	Steven Fletcher	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent	137
6261	1/12/2015	P	Steven Fletcher	61 - 74	Chris Betteridge	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent	126
6262	2/12/2015	P	Chris Betteridge	101 - 58	Adam Ball	Richard Madeley	Susie Dent	130
6263	3/12/2015	P	Chris Betteridge	85 - 76	Dave Singer	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	123
6264	4/12/2015	P	Chris Betteridge	74 - 89	Scott Babb	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	138
6265	7/12/2015	P	Scott Babb	69 - 74	Jane Kempton	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	131
6266	8/12/2015	P	Jane Kempton	66 - 79	Jamie Collyer	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	120
6267	9/12/2015	P	Jamie Collyer	88 - 68	Steve Bassett	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	133
6268	10/12/2015	P	Jamie Collyer	94 - 67	Menino Pereira	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	133
6269	11/12/2015	P	Jamie Collyer	84 - 58	James Gallagher	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	125
6270	14/12/2015	P	Jamie Collyer	69 - 85	Tim Down	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	132
6271	15/12/2015	QF	Thomas Carey	124 - 87	Matty Artell	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	136
6272	16/12/2015	QF	Jonathan Wynn	90 - 84	Liam Moloney	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	122
6273	17/12/2015	QF	Stephen Briggs	110 - 48	Judy Bursford	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	122
6274	18/12/2015	QF	John Hardie	107 - 122	Matthew Tassier	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	146
6275	21/12/2015	SF	Thomas Carey	94 - 104	Matthew Tassier	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	153
6276	22/12/2015	SF	Jonathan Wynn	134 - 100	Stephen Briggs	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	157
6277	23/12/2015	GF	Jonathan Wynn	98 - 94	Matthew Tassier	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	130

External Links

• Series 73 on The Countdown Database.