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...that in Series 30, Ben Cooke beat Sue Renwick 60 – 26 in her sixth heat game but lost against her in the third quarter-final by 56 – 24, a record rematch score difference of 66 points?
...that due to five episodes of Countdown being recorded in a day, a slight ailment caused Rachel Riley to appear to lose her voice for three weeks during Series 62?
...that Sweyn Kirkness faced three numbers rounds in which it was impossible to score any points – round 5 of his third heat, his fifth heat, and his quarter-final?
...that Series 59 champion Junaid Mubeen (pictured) had previously appeared on the show ten years earlier as a fourteen-year-old boy?

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