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Shemina Kirby

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Shemina Kirby, 18 years after her first appearance, in Series 92.

Shemina 'Shem' Kirby was a contestant in Series 57 and 92. At the time of both of her appearances, she was a biomedical scientist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford while also living in Oxfordshire.

In her first appearance, she rather unluckily ran into eventual octochamp and series champion Craig Beevers during his heat games; the latter ultimately defeated Kirby without too much trouble.

But upon her return almost 18 years later, she made a much greater mark, by securing her teapot thanks to a closely fought victory over Mel Smith in the first show of Series 92. She then followed it up with six further victories, before just losing out on octochampdom to Chas McLaughlin. With 615 points from seven appearances, time will only tell if that is enough for the end-of-series finals in December.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4472 01/11/2007 P Craig Beevers 117 – 40 Shemina Kirby Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 129
8549 30/06/2025 P Mel Smith 51 – 69 Shemina Kirby Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 125
8550 01/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 83 – 74 Aaron Daley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 133
8551 02/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 75 – 51 Kevin Pollock Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 121
8552 03/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 86 – 70 Matt Brooks Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 133
8553 04/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 70 – 66 Mark Bevington Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 128
8554 07/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 83 – 32 Neve King Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 119
8555 08/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 82 – 70 Karl Finnan Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 134
8556 09/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 67 – 81 Chas McLaughlin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 142