Series 47 - Revision history

TobyMcDonald at 23:31, 5 January 2025

2025-01-05T23:31:13Z

TobyMcDonald at 14:36, 2 June 2022

2022-06-02T14:36:12Z

Show changes

Mclarenguy22 at 10:47, 18 December 2020

2020-12-18T10:47:54Z

JRTerrier24 at 18:37, 3 May 2020

2020-05-03T18:37:49Z

JohnnyCanuck: factoid

2019-12-11T21:54:23Z

factoid

JohnnyCanuck at 14:15, 21 August 2018

2018-08-21T14:15:49Z

Mclarenguy22 at 22:30, 29 January 2018

2018-01-29T22:30:29Z

Launchballer: It's not that incredible really.

2017-12-04T18:18:52Z

It's not that incredible really.

RLSJ1997: Well, it has taken 5673 days for that record to be shattered...just an add-on and Link to Series 77...

2017-12-04T16:18:09Z

Well, it has taken 5673 days for that record to be shattered...just an add-on and Link to Series 77...

Whammypower788 at 15:58, 4 December 2017

2017-12-04T15:58:05Z

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 {{Featured article}}
-{{series|previous=Series 46|next=Series 48}}
+{{series infobox
 '''Series 47''' ran from 26 December 2001 to 28 June 2002, reverting back to the six-month calendar span used since [[Series 38]]. The forty-seventh of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was the second series to use the [[15 round format]] and was won by [[Chris Wills]].
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 ==Seed table==
 {{Seed table}}
-{{seed|1|[[Chris Wills]]    |8|875|w}}
+{{seed|1|[[Chris Wills]]   |8|875|w}}
-{{seed|2|[[Tom Hargreaves]] |8|850}}
+{{seed|2|[[Tom Hargreaves]]|8|850}}
-{{seed|3|[[Lee Hartley]]    |8|811}}
+{{seed|3|[[Lee Hartley]]   |8|811}}
-{{seed|4|[[Wendy Roe]]      |8|781}}
+{{seed|4|[[Wendy Roe]]     |8|781}}
-{{seed|5|[[Rupert Stokoe]]  |8|776}}
+{{seed|5|[[Rupert Stokoe]] |8|776}}
-{{seed|6|[[Kevin Thurlow]]  |8|769}}
+{{seed|6|[[Kevin Thurlow]] |8|769}}
-{{seed|7|[[Mike Pullin]]    |8|756}}
+{{seed|7|[[Mike Pullin]]   |8|756}}
-{{seed|8|[[Brenda Jolley]]  |8|718}}
+{{seed|8|[[Brenda Jolley]] |8|718}}
 {{Seed table end}}
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 {{ep | 3275 | 24/06/2002 | QF |[[Kevin Thurlow]]| 106 – 93 |[[Lee Hartley]]|Geoffrey Durham|Susie Dent|145}}
 {{ep | 3276 | 25/06/2002 | QF |[[Rupert Stokoe]]| 99 – 80 |[[Wendy Roe]]|[[Richard Digance]]|Damian Eadie|130}}
-{{ep | 3277 | 26/06/2002 | SF |[[Rupert Stokoe]]| 78 – 118 |[[Chris Wills]]|Richard Digance|Damian Eadie|130}}
+{{ep | 3277 | 26/06/2002 | SF |Rupert Stokoe| 78 – 118 |Chris Wills|Richard Digance|Damian Eadie|130}}
-{{ep | 3278 | 27/06/2002 | SF |[[Kevin Thurlow]]| 93 – 109 |[[Tom Hargreaves]]|Richard Digance|Damian Eadie|122}}
+{{ep | 3278 | 27/06/2002 | SF |Kevin Thurlow| 93 – 109 |Tom Hargreaves|Richard Digance|Damian Eadie|122}}
-{{ep | 3279 | 28/06/2002 | GF |[[Tom Hargreaves]]| 67 – 110 |[[Chris Wills]]|Richard Digance|Damian Eadie|129}}
+{{ep | 3279 | 28/06/2002 | GF |Tom Hargreaves| 67 – 110 |Chris Wills|Richard Digance|Damian Eadie|129}}
 {{episode table end}}
 ==External Links==
 {{Series links|47|Series 47}}
 [[Category:Series|47]]

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 {{Featured article}}
 {{series|previous=Series 46|next=Series 48}}
-'''Series 47''' ran from 26 December 2001 to 28 June 2002. The forty-seventh of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was the second series to use the [[15 round format]] and was won by [[Chris Wills]].
+'''Series 47''' ran from 26 December 2001 to 28 June 2002, reverting back to the 6-month calendar span used since [[Series 38]]. The forty-seventh of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was the second series to use the [[15 round format]] and was won by [[Chris Wills]].
 Series 47 was the first series in which eight contestants became [[octochamp|octochamps]]. This record would be held for 15 years until [[Series 77]] in 2017; however, Series 47 remains the only series in which all eight contestants entered the finals unbeaten, because in all series that have had eight or more octochamps since then, at least one of them has been a returnee who was defeated in a previous appearance.

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 {{Featured article}}
 {{series|previous=Series 46|next=Series 48}}
-'''Series 47''' ran from December 2001 to June 2002. The forty-seventh of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was the second series to use the [[15 round format]] and was won by [[Chris Wills]].
+'''Series 47''' ran from 26 December 2001 to 28 June 2002. The forty-seventh of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was the second series to use the [[15 round format]] and was won by [[Chris Wills]].
 Series 47 was the first series in which eight contestants became [[octochamp|octochamps]]. This record would be held for 15 years until [[Series 77]] in 2017; however, Series 47 remains the only series in which all eight contestants entered the finals unbeaten, because in all series that have had eight or more octochamps since then, at least one of them has been a returnee who was defeated in a previous appearance.
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 Wills played Jolley in the first quarter-final of Series 47, and whilst both scored 30 out of 30 on the [[numbers round]]s Wills beat Jolley in two [[letters round]]s and unravelled the [[conundrum]] {{word|CELERYFIT}} to win {{score|110|86}}. In the second quarter-final between Pullin and Hargreaves, the lead changed hands three times before Hargreaves won on a [[crucial conundrum]]. Two further crucial conundrums enabled Thurlow to defeat Hartley, and Stokoe to win against Roe. Stokoe returned the following day to play Wills in the first semi-final, but he lost three consecutive letters rounds to go 22 points behind by round 7, with Wills winning comfortably by 118 points to 78. In the second semi-final, Hargraves dropped just three points across the first 14 rounds, and dispatched Thurlow despite failing to solve the conundrum {{word|OUTERSUNS}}. In the series final, Hargraves had {{word|roadsail}} {{X}} disallowed in round 4 and by the second commercial break he had fallen 25 points behind. Both players missed the [[nine-letter word]] {{word|VIDEOTAPE}} in round 11, effectively ending Hargreaves chances as Wills ran out the {{word|ENDVICTOR}} by {{score|110|67}}.
-In March 2002, approximately halfway through Series 47, there was a three day break from the main competition to make way for the [[Junior Championship]]. This three day mini-tournament featured four contestants who were aged between 8&ndash;12&nbsp;years old upon their original appearance. The four contestants were [[Perry Fung]] from [[Series 40]], [[Amey Deshpande]] and [[Andrew Hulme]] from [[Series 42]], and [[Bruce Lambert]] from [[Series 43]]. Hulme beat Fung in the final by 53 points to 41 after a crucial conundrum. He returned to ''Countdown'' as an adult, becoming the runner-up of [[Series 61]] and participating in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].
+In March 2002, approximately halfway through Series 47, there was a three day break from the main competition to make way for the [[Junior Championship]]. This three day mini-tournament featured four contestants who were aged between 8-12 years old upon their original appearance. The four contestants were [[Perry Fung]] from [[Series 40]], [[Amey Deshpande]] and [[Andrew Hulme]] from [[Series 42]], and [[Bruce Lambert]] from [[Series 43]]. Hulme beat Fung in the final by 53 points to 41 after a crucial conundrum. He returned to ''Countdown'' as an adult, becoming the runner-up of [[Series 61]] and participating in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].
 ==Seed table==

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 '''Series 47''' ran from December 2001 to June 2002. The forty-seventh of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was the second series to use the [[15 round format]] and was won by [[Chris Wills]].
-Series 47 was the first series in which eight contestants became [[octochamp|octochamps]] on 24 May 2002. This record would be held for 15 years until [[Series 77]] on 4 December 2017. The series also contained three seven-time winners who therefore did not appear in the series finals: [[David Franks]], [[Peter Coutts]], and [[Julia Wilkinson]]. Almost three-quarters of Series 47 preliminaries involved either an octochamp or a seven-time winner. Wilkinson won her seventh heat game on the day immediately prior to the first quarter-final, and therefore chose to continue her run in [[Series 48]], where she qualified for the series finals as #5 seed.
+Series 47 was the first series in which eight contestants became [[octochamp|octochamps]]. This record would be held for 15 years until [[Series 77]] in 2017; however, Series 47 remains the only series in which all eight contestants entered the finals unbeaten, because in all series that have had eight or more octochamps since then, at least one of them has been a returnee who was defeated in a previous appearance.
 Wills played Jolley in the first quarter-final of Series 47, and whilst both scored 30 out of 30 on the [[numbers round]]s Wills beat Jolley in two [[letters round]]s and unravelled the [[conundrum]] {{word|CELERYFIT}} to win {{score|110|86}}. In the second quarter-final between Pullin and Hargreaves, the lead changed hands three times before Hargreaves won on a [[crucial conundrum]]. Two further crucial conundrums enabled Thurlow to defeat Hartley, and Stokoe to win against Roe. Stokoe returned the following day to play Wills in the first semi-final, but he lost three consecutive letters rounds to go 22 points behind by round 7, with Wills winning comfortably by 118 points to 78. In the second semi-final, Hargraves dropped just three points across the first 14 rounds, and dispatched Thurlow despite failing to solve the conundrum {{word|OUTERSUNS}}. In the series final, Hargraves had {{word|roadsail}} {{X}} disallowed in round 4 and by the second commercial break he had fallen 25 points behind. Both players missed the [[nine-letter word]] {{word|VIDEOTAPE}} in round 11, effectively ending Hargreaves chances as Wills ran out the {{word|ENDVICTOR}} by {{score|110|67}}.

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 {{ep | 3195 | 22/02/2002 | P |Lee Hartley| 93 – 46 |[[Andy Cooper]]|Melvyn Hayes|Kay Celtel|120}}
 {{ep | 3196 | 25/02/2002 | P |Lee Hartley| 93 – 50 |[[Jane Williams]]|[[Jan Harvey]]|Susie Dent|117}}
-{{ep | 3197 | 26/02/2002 | P |Lee Hartley| 100 – 41 |[[Philip Whitehead]]|Jan Harvey|Susie Dent|123}}
+{{ep | 3197 | 26/02/2002 | P |Lee Hartley| 100 – 41 |[[Philip Whitehead (Series 47)|Philip Whitehead]]|Jan Harvey|Susie Dent|123}}
 {{ep | 3198 | 27/02/2002 | P |Lee Hartley| 105 – 42 |[[Bob Sainsbury]]|Jan Harvey|Susie Dent|129}}
 {{ep | 3199 | 28/02/2002 | P |[[Terry Matthewman]]| 81 – 57 |[[Wendy Barker]]|Jan Harvey|Susie Dent|122}}