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	[[Image:Dag Griffiths.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Dag Griffiths during his debut.]]		[[Image:Dag Griffiths.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Dag Griffiths during his debut.]]
	'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]].		'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]].

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	'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]].		'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]].

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 '''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]].
-A 55-year old retired school teacher originally from Cheshire, his unusual name came from his initials – David Arthur Griffiths.  Dag beat five-time winner [[Stuart Barker]] in his first appearance, and racked up a further seven wins to become an [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final stages without facing a crucial conundrum in any of his eight games.
+A 55-year old retired school teacher originally from Cheshire, his unusual name came from his initials – David Arthur Griffiths. Griffiths beat five-time winner [[Stuart Barker]] in his first appearance, and racked up a further seven wins to become an [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final stages without facing a crucial conundrum in any of his eight games.
-He beat [[Sue Henning]] in the quarter-final in a low-scoring game in which he faced his first crcual conundrum, emerging triumphant after neither player was able to spot the Conundrum, and then came from behind on the Conundrum to defeat [[Amy Godel]] in the semi-final, but lost [[Episode 2037|the final]] to [[Pete Cashmore]] after Pete unscrambled the [[crucial conundrum]]. Dag returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Bhavin Manek]].
+He beat [[Sue Henning]] in the quarter-final in a low-scoring game in which he faced his first crcual conundrum, emerging triumphant after neither player was able to spot the Conundrum, and then came from behind on the Conundrum to defeat [[Amy Godel]] in the semi-final, but lost [[Episode 2037|the final]] to [[Pete Cashmore]] after Pete unscrambled the [[crucial conundrum]]. Griffiths returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Bhavin Manek]].
-Dag would return to the Countdown studios one more time to record a [[special game]], facing [[Pete Cashmore]] once again in a rematch of their grand-final, where this time he came away victorious.
+Griffiths would return to the Countdown studios one more time to record a [[special game]], facing [[Pete Cashmore]] once again in a rematch of their grand-final, where this time he came away victorious.
-Dag has also been a series champion on Countdown's former sister show ''Fifteen-to-One'' (Series 29 – 2000) and has come closer than anyone else to "doing the double" of winning both. He later appeared on the new version of the show in October 2014, however, he was beaten on this occasion by fellow former Countdown contestant [[Jon Stitcher]].
+Griffiths has also been a series champion on Countdown's former sister show ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' (Series 29 – 2000) and has come closer than anyone else to "doing the double" of winning both. He later appeared on the new version of the show in October 2014, however, he was beaten on this occasion by fellow former ''Countdown'' contestant [[Jon Stitcher]].
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 Dag would return to the Countdown studios one more time to record a [[special game]], facing [[Pete Cashmore]] once again in a rematch of their grand-final, where this time he came away victorious.
-Dag has also been a series champion on Countdown's former sister show ''Fifteen-to-One'' (Series 29 – 2000) and has come closer than anyone else to "doing the double" of winning both. He later appeared on the new version of the show in October 2014.
+Dag has also been a series champion on Countdown's former sister show ''Fifteen-to-One'' (Series 29 – 2000) and has come closer than anyone else to "doing the double" of winning both. He later appeared on the new version of the show in October 2014, however, he was beaten on this occasion by fellow former Countdown contestant [[Jon Stitcher]].
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Harshan Lamabadusuriya|series=35|followed_by=Maria Boyes}}

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 Dag would return to the Countdown studios one more time to record a [[special game]], facing [[Pete Cashmore]] once again in a rematch of their grand-final, where this time he came away victorious.
-Dag has also been a series champion on Countdown's former sister show ''Fifteen-to-One'' (Series 29 – 2000) and has come closer than anyone else to "doing the double" of winning both.
+Dag has also been a series champion on Countdown's former sister show ''Fifteen-to-One'' (Series 29 – 2000) and has come closer than anyone else to "doing the double" of winning both. He later appeared on the new version of the show in October 2014.
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Harshan Lamabadusuriya|series=35|followed_by=Maria Boyes}}

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-[[Image:Dag Griffiths.JPG|thumb|right| Dag Griffiths during his first game]]
+[[Image:Dag Griffiths.JPG|thumb|right|Dag Griffiths during his first game.]]
-'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]]. A 55-year old retired school teacher originally from Cheshire, his unusual name came from his initials – David Arthur Griffiths.  Dag beat five-time winner [[Stuart Barker]] in his first appearance, and racked up a further seven wins to become an [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final stages without facing a crucial conundrum in any of his eight games. He beat [[Sue Henning]] in the quarter-final in a low-scoring game in which he faced his first crcual conundrum, emerging triumphant after neither player was able to spot the Conundrum, and then came from behind on the Conundrum to defeat [[Amy Godel]] in the semi-final, but lost [[episode 2037|the final]] to [[Pete Cashmore]] after Pete unscrambled the [[crucial conundrum]]. Dag returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Bhavin Manek]].
+'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]].
 Dag would return to the Countdown studios one more time to record a [[special game]], facing [[Pete Cashmore]] once again in a rematch of their grand-final, where this time he came away victorious.
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 ==Episodes==
 {{episode table}}
-{{ep | 1996 | 1/05/1997 | P | [[Stuart Barker]] | 32 – 45 | Dag Griffiths | [[Angela Rippon]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
+{{ep | 1996 | 1/05/1997 | P |[[Stuart Barker]]| 32 – 45 |Dag Griffiths|[[Angela Rippon]]|[[Susie Dent]]|72}}
-{{ep | 1997 | 2/05/1997 | P | [[Olive Checkley]] | 26 – 56 | Dag Griffiths | Angela Rippon | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 1997 | 2/05/1997 | P |[[Olive Checkley]]| 26 – 56 |Dag Griffiths|Angela Rippon|Susie Dent|71}}
-{{ep | 1998 | 5/05/1997 | P | [[Devansh Trehan]] | 29 – 66 | Dag Griffiths | Angela Rippon | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 1998 | 5/05/1997 | P |[[Devansh Trehan]]| 29 – 66 |Dag Griffiths|Angela Rippon|Susie Dent|82}}
-{{ep | 1999 | 6/05/1997 | P | [[Steve Dalton]] | 17 – 43 | Dag Griffiths | Angela Rippon | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 1999 | 6/05/1997 | P |[[Steve Dalton]]| 17 – 43 |Dag Griffiths|Angela Rippon|Susie Dent|59}}
-{{ep | 2000 | 7/05/1997 | P | [[Jo Lockett]] | 23 – 48 | Dag Griffiths | Angela Rippon | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 2000 | 7/05/1997 | P |[[Jo Lockett]]| 23 – 48 |Dag Griffiths|Angela Rippon|Susie Dent|73}}
-{{ep | 2001 | 8/05/1997 | P | [[Bob Dunmall]] | 15 – 65 | Dag Griffiths | [[Terry Wogan]] | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 2001 | 8/05/1997 | P |[[Bob Dunmall]]| 15 – 65 |Dag Griffiths|[[Terry Wogan]]|Susie Dent|72}}
-{{ep | 2002 | 9/05/1997 | P | [[Gordon Smith (Series 35)|Gordon Smith]] | 21 – 60 | Dag Griffiths | Terry Wogan | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 2002 | 9/05/1997 | P |[[Gordon Smith (Series 35)|Gordon Smith]]| 21 – 60 |Dag Griffiths|Terry Wogan|Susie Dent|70}}
-{{ep | 2003 | 12/05/1997 | P | [[Alison Whitley]] | 35 – 70 | Dag Griffiths | Terry Wogan | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | 2003 | 12/05/1997 | P |[[Alison Whitley]]| 35 – 70 |Dag Griffiths|Terry Wogan|Susie Dent|84}}
-{{ep | 2031 | 19/06/1997 | QF | Dag Griffiths | 32 – 25 | [[Sue Henning]] | [[Nigel Rees]] | [[Rob Scriven]] }}
+{{ep | 2031 | 19/06/1997 | QF |Dag Griffiths| 32 – 25 |[[Sue Henning]]|[[Nigel Rees]]|[[Rob Scriven]]|70}}
-{{ep | 2035 | 25/06/1997 | SF | Dag Griffiths | 48 – 41 | [[Amy Godel]] | [[Ken Bruce]] | [[Catherine Stokes]] }}
+{{ep | 2035 | 25/06/1997 | SF |Dag Griffiths| 48 – 41 |[[Amy Godel]]|[[Ken Bruce]]|[[Catherine Stokes]]|69}}
-{{ep | 2037 | 27/06/1997 | GF | Dag Griffiths | 88 – 95 | [[Pete Cashmore|Peter Cashmore]] | Ken Bruce, Terry Wogan | Catherine Stokes }}
+{{ep | 2037 | 27/06/1997 | GF |Dag Griffiths| 88 – 95 |[[Pete Cashmore|Peter Cashmore]]|Ken Bruce, Terry Wogan|Catherine Stokes|120}}
-{{ep | 2170 | 7/01/1998 | CP | Dag Griffiths | 44 – 67 | [[Bhavin Manek]] | [[Gloria Hunniford]] | [[Mark Nyman]] }}
+{{ep | 2170 | 7/01/1998 | CP |Dag Griffiths| 44 – 67 |[[Bhavin Manek]]|[[Gloria Hunniford]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|72}}
-{{ep | S15 | 14/06/2004 | S | [[Pete Cashmore]] | 66 – 107 | Dag Griffiths | [[Geoffrey Durham]] | Susie Dent }}
+{{ep | S15 | 14/06/2004 | S |[[Pete Cashmore]]| 66 – 107 |Dag Griffiths|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|Susie Dent|121}}
 {{episode table end}}

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		+	[[Image:Dag Griffiths.JPG\|thumb\|right\| Dag Griffiths during his first game]]
	'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]]. A 55-year old retired school teacher originally from Cheshire, his unusual name came from his initials - David Arthur Griffiths. Dag beat five-time winner [[Stuart Barker]] in his first appearance, and racked up a further seven wins to become an [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final stages without facing a crucial conundrum in any of his eight games. He beat [[Sue Henning]] in the quarter-final in a low-scoring game in which he faced his first crcual conundrum, emerging triumphant after neither player was able to spot the Conundrum, and then came from behind on the Conundrum to defeat [[Amy Godel]] in the semi-final, but lost [[episode 2037\|the final]] to [[Pete Cashmore]] after Pete unscrambled the [[crucial conundrum]]. Dag returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Bhavin Manek]].		'''Dag Griffiths''' was the runner-up of [[Series 35]]. A 55-year old retired school teacher originally from Cheshire, his unusual name came from his initials - David Arthur Griffiths. Dag beat five-time winner [[Stuart Barker]] in his first appearance, and racked up a further seven wins to become an [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final stages without facing a crucial conundrum in any of his eight games. He beat [[Sue Henning]] in the quarter-final in a low-scoring game in which he faced his first crcual conundrum, emerging triumphant after neither player was able to spot the Conundrum, and then came from behind on the Conundrum to defeat [[Amy Godel]] in the semi-final, but lost [[episode 2037\|the final]] to [[Pete Cashmore]] after Pete unscrambled the [[crucial conundrum]]. Dag returned for [[Championship of Champions IX]], but was beaten in the first round by [[Bhavin Manek]].