Series 48 - Revision history

DaaniyalAli at 17:45, 10 December 2025

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DaaniyalAli at 16:15, 10 December 2025

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DaaniyalAli at 16:12, 10 December 2025

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TobyMcDonald at 23:31, 5 January 2025

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Ronan Higginson: Undo revision 156503 by MON (talk) Will you give it a break, Ashton?

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Undo revision 156503 by MON (talk) Will you give it a break, Ashton?

MON: I do not think that this is worthy of a mention in the introduction as it isn't the most important thing about this series. Even set changes are listed up their! Have moved to the bottom of the text

2022-12-13T17:43:42Z

I do not think that this is worthy of a mention in the introduction as it isn't the most important thing about this series. Even set changes are listed up their! Have moved to the bottom of the text

Mclarenguy22: I think this is right.

2022-12-12T13:16:38Z

I think this is right.

TobyMcDonald at 14:45, 2 June 2022

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Show changes

The Doctor at 15:59, 29 January 2021

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Mclarenguy22 at 11:31, 20 May 2020

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 In the final, Page missed {{word|CREMATION/MANTICORE}} and {{word|LEOPARDS/PRELOADS}} in the first two rounds and trailed by 26 points. She beat Fell later in the game with {{word|KNITWEAR}} and the final numbers game but Fell unravelled {{word|APIMOMENT}} in a single second to beat Page and take the Series 48 final with 112 points. His cumulative score of 1,307 in 11 games was the highest ever, until [[Dylan Taylor]] bettered the record by 12 points in [[Series 69]] despite losing the grand final of that series.
-This was also the first series where [[Susie Dent]] appeared in most episodes in a [[15-round format|15-round]] series as there was only four lexicographers in this series: Susie Dent appeared in 40 episodes, [[Richard Samson]] appeared in 30 episodes, [[Phiona Stanley]] appeared in 30 episodes (and eventually stood down from the lexicography on [[Episode 3319|13 September]]) and [[Damian Eadie]] appeared in 30 episodes (and technically stood down from the lexicography on [[Episode 3359|8 November]]).
+This was also the first series where [[Susie Dent]] appeared in most episodes in a [[15-round format|15-round]] series as there was only four lexicographers in this series: Susie Dent appeared in 40 episodes, [[Richard Samson]] appeared in 30 episodes, [[Phiona Stanley]] appeared in 30 episodes (and eventually stood down from the lexicography after [[Episode 3319|13 September]]) and [[Damian Eadie]] appeared in 30 episodes (and technically stood down from the lexicography after [[Episode 3359|8 November]]).
 ==Seed table==

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 '''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002, and introduced a new rule to ban American spellings of words in the [[letters game|letters games]]. The forty-eighth of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set (11 years after it first appeared in [[Series 22]]).
-Fell set multiple records by scoring [[Episode 3349|138 points]] (the highest ever score beating [[Chris Wills]]' score of [[Episode 3169|129]] against [[April Carlin]]). Fell also set records with 924 points in eight games and eight [[conundrum]]s solved out of eight. He faced [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] in the first quarter-final and ran away with it, scoring 125 points to Brown's 67. The second quarter-final was closer and hinged on [[Grace Page]] spotting {{word|SOBERING}} in the first round against [[David Nickeas]]. Nickeas got the conundrum but lost by four points. The third quarter-final produced the first upset - [[George Greenhough]] played [[Joe Zubaidi]] and lost on a crucial conundrum. During the heats, Greenhough had score 817 points to Zubaidi's 665 but the #6 seed held the #3 seed and beat him on the conundrum. In the last quarter-final, [[Julia Wilkinson]] slipped up by offering {{word|CEILINGS}} when there was only one {{word|I}} and [[Danny Hamilton]] won a place in the semi-final against Fell. In the semi-final, Fell broke his own records by getting four nine-letter words and an overall score of 146. He could have scored 156 as he had 146 after 14 rounds but the conundrum {{word|THEIRCOPY}} beat him, but still he'd managed to beat the #4 seed by 70 points. Joe Zubaidi was bidding for another upset against a higher seed but Page beat him and secured a [[century]] but spotting the conundrum, beating Zubaidi by 33 points.
+Fell set multiple records by scoring [[Episode 3349|138 points]] (the highest ever score beating [[Chris Wills]]' score of [[Episode 3169|129]] against [[April Carlin]]). Fell also set records with 924 points in eight games and eight [[conundrum]]s solved out of eight. He faced [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] in the first quarter-final and ran away with it, scoring 125 points to Brown's 67. The second quarter-final was closer and hinged on [[Grace Page]] spotting {{word|SOBERING}} in the first round against [[David Nickeas]]. Nickeas got the conundrum but lost by four points. The third quarter-final produced the first upset - [[George Greenhough]] played [[Joe Zubaidi]] and lost on a crucial conundrum. During the heats, Greenhough had score 817 points to Zubaidi's 665 but the #6 seed held the #3 seed and beat him on the conundrum. In the last quarter-final, [[Julia Wilkinson]] slipped up by offering {{word|CEILINGS}} when there was only one {{word|I}} and [[Danny Hamilton]] won a place in the semi-final against Fell. In the semi-final, Fell broke his own records by getting four nine-letter words and an overall score of 146. He could have scored 156 as he had 146 after 14 rounds but the conundrum of {{word|THEIRCOPY}} beat him, but he'd still managed to beat the #4 seed by 70 points. Joe Zubaidi was bidding for another upset against a higher seed but Page beat him and secured a [[century]] but spotting the conundrum, beating Zubaidi by 33 points.
 In the final, Page missed {{word|CREMATION/MANTICORE}} and {{word|LEOPARDS/PRELOADS}} in the first two rounds and trailed by 26 points. She beat Fell later in the game with {{word|KNITWEAR}} and the final numbers game but Fell unravelled {{word|APIMOMENT}} in a single second to beat Page and take the Series 48 final with 112 points. His cumulative score of 1,307 in 11 games was the highest ever, until [[Dylan Taylor]] bettered the record by 12 points in [[Series 69]] despite losing the grand final of that series.
-This was also the first series where [[Susie Dent]] appeared in most episodes in a [[15-round format|15-round]] series as there was only four lexicographers in this series: Susie Dent appeared in 40 episodes, [[Richard Samson]] appeared in 30 episodes, [[Phiona Stanley]] appeared in 30 episodes (and eventually stood down from the lexicography on [[Episode 3319|13 September]]) and [[Damian Eadie]] appeared in 30 episodes (and technically stood down from doing the lexicography on [[Episode 3359|8 November]].
+This was also the first series where [[Susie Dent]] appeared in most episodes in a [[15-round format|15-round]] series as there was only four lexicographers in this series: Susie Dent appeared in 40 episodes, [[Richard Samson]] appeared in 30 episodes, [[Phiona Stanley]] appeared in 30 episodes (and eventually stood down from the lexicography on [[Episode 3319|13 September]]) and [[Damian Eadie]] appeared in 30 episodes (and technically stood down from the lexicography on [[Episode 3359|8 November]]).
 ==Seed table==

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 |runner-up          = [[Grace Page]]
 }}
-'''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002, and introduced a new rule to ban American spellings of words in the [[letters game|letters games]]. The forty-eighth of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set, 11 years after it first appeared in [[Series 22]].
+'''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002, and introduced a new rule to ban American spellings of words in the [[letters game|letters games]]. The forty-eighth of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set (11 years after it first appeared in [[Series 22]]).
-Fell set multiple records by scoring 138 points, the highest ever score beating [[Chris Wills]]' score of 129 against [[April Carlin]]. Fell also set records with 924 points in eight games and eight [[conundrum]]s solved out of eight. He faced [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] in the first quarter-final and ran away with it, scoring 125 points to Brown's 67. The second quarter-final was closer and hinged on [[Grace Page]] spotting {{word|SOBERING}} in the first round against [[David Nickeas]]. Nickeas got the conundrum but lost by four points. The third quarter-final produced the first upset. [[George Greenhough]] played [[Joe Zubaidi]] and lost on a crucial conundrum. During the heats, Greenhough had score 817 points to Zubaidi's 665, but the #6 seed held the #3 seed and beat him on the conundrum. In the final quarter-final, [[Julia Wilkinson]] slipped up by offering {{word|CEILINGS}} when there was only one {{word|I}}, and [[Danny Hamilton]] won a place in the semi-final against Fell. In the semi-final, Fell broke his own records by getting four nine-letter words and an overall score of 146. He could have scored 156 as he had 146 after 14 rounds, but the conundrum {{word|THEIRCOPY}} beat him, but still he'd managed to beat the #4 seed by 70 points. Joe Zubaidi was bidding for another upset against a higher seed, but Page beat him and secured a [[century]] but spotting the conundrum, beating Zubaidi by 33 points.
+Fell set multiple records by scoring [[Episode 3349|138 points]] (the highest ever score beating [[Chris Wills]]' score of [[Episode 3169|129]] against [[April Carlin]]). Fell also set records with 924 points in eight games and eight [[conundrum]]s solved out of eight. He faced [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] in the first quarter-final and ran away with it, scoring 125 points to Brown's 67. The second quarter-final was closer and hinged on [[Grace Page]] spotting {{word|SOBERING}} in the first round against [[David Nickeas]]. Nickeas got the conundrum but lost by four points. The third quarter-final produced the first upset - [[George Greenhough]] played [[Joe Zubaidi]] and lost on a crucial conundrum. During the heats, Greenhough had score 817 points to Zubaidi's 665 but the #6 seed held the #3 seed and beat him on the conundrum. In the last quarter-final, [[Julia Wilkinson]] slipped up by offering {{word|CEILINGS}} when there was only one {{word|I}} and [[Danny Hamilton]] won a place in the semi-final against Fell. In the semi-final, Fell broke his own records by getting four nine-letter words and an overall score of 146. He could have scored 156 as he had 146 after 14 rounds but the conundrum {{word|THEIRCOPY}} beat him, but still he'd managed to beat the #4 seed by 70 points. Joe Zubaidi was bidding for another upset against a higher seed but Page beat him and secured a [[century]] but spotting the conundrum, beating Zubaidi by 33 points.
-In the final, Page missed {{word|CREMATION/MANTICORE}} and {{word|LEOPARDS/PRELOADS}} in the first two rounds and trailed by 26 points. She beat Fell later in the game with {{word|KNITWEAR}} and the final numbers game, but Fell unravelled {{word|APIMOMENT}} in a single second to beat Page and take the Series 48 final with 112 points. His cumulative score of 1,307 in 11 games was the highest ever, until [[Dylan Taylor]] bettered the record by 12 points in [[Series 69]] despite losing the grand final of that series.
+In the final, Page missed {{word|CREMATION/MANTICORE}} and {{word|LEOPARDS/PRELOADS}} in the first two rounds and trailed by 26 points. She beat Fell later in the game with {{word|KNITWEAR}} and the final numbers game but Fell unravelled {{word|APIMOMENT}} in a single second to beat Page and take the Series 48 final with 112 points. His cumulative score of 1,307 in 11 games was the highest ever, until [[Dylan Taylor]] bettered the record by 12 points in [[Series 69]] despite losing the grand final of that series.
 ==Seed table==

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-{{series|previous=Series 47|next=Series 49}}
+{{series infobox
 '''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002, and introduced a new rule to ban American spellings of words in the [[letters game|letters games]]. The forty-eighth of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set, 11 years after it first appeared in [[Series 22]].
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 {{ep | 3385 | 16/12/2002 | QF |[[George Greenhough]]| 86 – 94 |[[Joe Zubaidi]]|[[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall]]|Richard Samson|121}}
 {{ep | 3386 | 17/12/2002 | QF |[[Julia Wilkinson]]| 70 – 105 |[[Danny Hamilton]]|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|136}}
-{{ep | 3387 | 18/12/2002 | SF |[[Danny Hamilton]]| 77 – 146 |[[Julian Fell]]|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|158}}
+{{ep | 3387 | 18/12/2002 | SF |Danny Hamilton| 77 – 146 |Julian Fell|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|158}}
-{{ep | 3388 | 19/12/2002 | SF |[[Grace Page]]| 104 – 71 |[[Joe Zubaidi]]|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|132}}
+{{ep | 3388 | 19/12/2002 | SF |Grace Page| 104 – 71 |Joe Zubaidi|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|132}}
-{{ep | 3389 | 20/12/2002 | GF |[[Julian Fell]]| 112 – 88 |[[Grace Page]]|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|132}}
+{{ep | 3389 | 20/12/2002 | GF |Julian Fell| 112 – 88 |Grace Page|Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall|Richard Samson|132}}
 {{episode table end}}
 ==External Links==
 {{Series links|48|Series 48}}
 [[Category:Series|48]]

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 {{series|previous=Series 47|next=Series 49}}
-'''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002. The forty-eighth of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set, 11 years after it first appeared in [[Series 22]].
+'''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002, and introduced a new rule to ban American spellings of words in the [[letters game|letters games]]. The forty-eighth of 53 [[Series Winners|series]] presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set, 11 years after it first appeared in [[Series 22]].
 Fell set multiple records by scoring 138 points, the highest ever score beating [[Chris Wills]]' score of 129 against [[April Carlin]]. Fell also set records with 924 points in eight games and eight [[conundrum]]s solved out of eight. He faced [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] in the first quarter-final and ran away with it, scoring 125 points to Brown's 67. The second quarter-final was closer and hinged on [[Grace Page]] spotting {{word|SOBERING}} in the first round against [[David Nickeas]]. Nickeas got the conundrum but lost by four points. The third quarter-final produced the first upset. [[George Greenhough]] played [[Joe Zubaidi]] and lost on a crucial conundrum. During the heats, Greenhough had score 817 points to Zubaidi's 665, but the #6 seed held the #3 seed and beat him on the conundrum. In the final quarter-final, [[Julia Wilkinson]] slipped up by offering {{word|CEILINGS}} when there was only one {{word|I}}, and [[Danny Hamilton]] won a place in the semi-final against Fell. In the semi-final, Fell broke his own records by getting four nine-letter words and an overall score of 146. He could have scored 156 as he had 146 after 14 rounds, but the conundrum {{word|THEIRCOPY}} beat him, but still he'd managed to beat the #4 seed by 70 points. Joe Zubaidi was bidding for another upset against a higher seed, but Page beat him and secured a [[century]] but spotting the conundrum, beating Zubaidi by 33 points.
 In the final, Page missed {{word|CREMATION/MANTICORE}} and {{word|LEOPARDS/PRELOADS}} in the first two rounds and trailed by 26 points. She beat Fell later in the game with {{word|KNITWEAR}} and the final numbers game, but Fell unravelled {{word|APIMOMENT}} in a single second to beat Page and take the Series 48 final with 112 points. His cumulative score of 1,307 in 11 games was the highest ever, until [[Dylan Taylor]] bettered the record by 12 points in [[Series 69]] despite losing the grand final of that series.
 ==Seed table==

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 {{ep | 3308 | 21/08/2002 | P |Martin Oliver| 100 – 53 |[[Dave Holcroft]]|Philip Franks|Susie Dent|127}}
 {{ep | 3309 | 27/08/2002 | P |Martin Oliver| 60 – 88 |[[Dorothy Bailey (Series 48)|Dorothy Bailey]]|Philip Franks|Susie Dent|125}}
-{{ep | 3310 | 28/08/2002 | P |Dorothy Bailey| 103 – 54 |[[Kristian Turner]]|[[Barry Cryer]]|Phiona Stanley|129}}
+{{ep | 3310 | 28/08/2002 | P |Dorothy Bailey| 103 – 54 |[[Kristian Turner (Series 48)|Kristian Turner]]|[[Barry Cryer]]|Phiona Stanley|129}}
 {{ep | 3311 | 29/08/2002 | P |Dorothy Bailey| 69 – 73 |[[Val Raddon]]|Barry Cryer|Phiona Stanley|127}}
 {{ep | 3312 | 30/08/2002 | P |Val Raddon| 75 – 84 |[[Alex McKenzie]]|Barry Cryer|Phiona Stanley|133}}

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 {{series|previous=Series 47|next=Series 49}}
-'''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002. The forty-eighth of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived Wings set, which first appeared in [[Series 22]].
+'''Series 48''' ran from 1 July to 20 December 2002. The forty-eighth of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]] was won by [[Julian Fell]]. It was also the last series to be played on the long-lived "wings" set, which first appeared in [[Series 22]].
 Fell set multiple records by scoring 138 points, the highest ever score beating [[Chris Wills]]' score of 129 against [[April Carlin]]. Fell also set records with 924 points in 8 games and 8 [[conundrum]]s solved out of 8. He faced [[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] in the first quarter-final and ran away with it, scoring 125 points to Brown's 67. The second quarter-final was closer and hinged on [[Grace Page]] spotting {{word|SOBERING}} in the first round against [[David Nickeas]]. Nickeas got the conundrum but lost by 4 points. The third quarter-final produced the first upset. [[George Greenhough]] played [[Joe Zubaidi]] and lost on a crucial conundrum. During the heats, Greenhough had score 817 points to Zubaidi's 665, but the #6 seed held the #3 seed and beat him on the conundrum. In the final quarter-final, [[Julia Wilkinson]] slipped up by offering {{word|CEILINGS}} when there was only one {{word|I}}, and [[Danny Hamilton]] won a place in the semi-final against Fell. In the semi-final, Fell broke his own records by getting four nine letter words and an overall score of 146. He could have scored 156 as he had 146 after 14 rounds, but the conundrum {{word|THEIRCOPY}} beat him, but still he'd managed to beat the #4 seed by 70 points. Joe Zubaidi was bidding for another upset against a higher seed, but Page beat him and secured a [[century]] but spotting the conundrum, beating Zubaidi by 33 points.