Episode 80 - Revision history

DaaniyalAli at 15:19, 1 April 2025

2025-04-01T15:19:27Z

2023-04-17T00:57:54Z

recorded instances = we don't need to "believe"

2021-07-16T19:44:04Z

PAPARAZZI has now been used as a conundrum

2021-03-19T13:09:35Z

adding to partial recaps owing to lack of arithmetician data

2021-03-16T23:37:05Z

2021-03-16T12:21:49Z

2021-03-03T19:22:09Z

rm automated cat

2020-10-01T22:16:05Z

2020-05-12T14:20:25Z

add strangely missing "rematch" category

2020-05-04T17:22:06Z

should probably credit both vorderman and barrett for the final

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 {{episode|previous=Episode 79|next=Episode 81}}
-'''Episode 80''' was broadcast on 2 July 1983 and was the [[Series 2]] grand final. It aired at the later time of 7:00 p.m. and was an extended 45-minute episode, and the first [[14 round game]] in Countdown history. It was also the first-ever episode to be aired on a Saturday.
+'''Episode 80''' was broadcast on 2 July 1983 and was the [[Series 2]] grand final. It aired at the later time of 7:00pm and was an extended 45-minute episode, and the first [[14 round game]] in Countdown history. It was also the first-ever episode to be aired on a Saturday.
 The numbers game in Round 6 is the first recorded instance of a round in which both players failed to score any points, excluding conundrums.

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 '''Episode 80''' was broadcast on 2 July 1983 and was the [[Series 2]] grand final. It aired at the later time of 7:00 p.m. and was an extended 45-minute episode, and the first [[14 round game]] in Countdown history. It was also the first-ever episode to be aired on a Saturday.
-The numbers game in Round 6 is believed to be the first recorded instance of a round in which both players failed to score any points, excluding conundrums.
+The numbers game in Round 6 is the first recorded instance of a round in which both players failed to score any points, excluding conundrums.
 [[Ash Haji]] played [[Russell Byers]], with Ash Haji winning {{score|71|70}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guests were [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Lesley Burnett]], with this episode believed to be Burnett's last appearance as lexicographer to date.

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 {{episode|previous=Episode 79|next=Episode 81}}
-'''Episode 80''' was broadcast on 2 July 1983 and was the [[Series 2]] grand final. It aired at the later time of 7.00 p.m. and was an extended 45-minute episode, and the first [[14 round game]] in Countdown history. It was also the first-ever episode to be aired on a Saturday.
+'''Episode 80''' was broadcast on 2 July 1983 and was the [[Series 2]] grand final. It aired at the later time of 7:00 p.m. and was an extended 45-minute episode, and the first [[14 round game]] in Countdown history. It was also the first-ever episode to be aired on a Saturday.
-The numbers game in Round 6 is believed to be the first recorded instance of a round in which both players failed to score any points, excluding conundrums. Round 7's conundrum is also the only known one to have contained two {{word|Z}}s.
+The numbers game in Round 6 is believed to be the first recorded instance of a round in which both players failed to score any points, excluding conundrums.
 [[Ash Haji]] played [[Russell Byers]], with Ash Haji winning {{score|71|70}}. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guests were [[Kenneth Williams]] and [[Gyles Brandreth]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Lesley Burnett]], with this episode believed to be Burnett's last appearance as lexicographer to date.

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