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 '''Series 91''' of ''[[Countdown]]'' was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]], to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
-[[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s, and the first since [[Series 65]] where every [[Dictionary Corner]] guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week.
+[[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male [[arithmetician]], and the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s, and the first since [[Series 65]] where every [[Dictionary Corner]] guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week.
-[[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], Tim James, [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Valerie Dean]], [[Mark Ivey]], Rhys Jones, [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]], [[Amy Berry]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series, although Kane became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, Dean becoming a member after her game was broadcast, Page became a member after recording his preliminary games and Berry became a member after recording all of her appearances.
+[[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], Tim James, [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Valerie Dean]], [[Mark Ivey]], Rhys Jones, [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]], [[Amy Berry]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series. Kane though became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, Dean became a member after her game was broadcast, Page became a member after his preliminary games were recorded and Berry became a member after the recording of all her appearances.
 ==Seed table==

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 [[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s, and the first since [[Series 65]] where every [[Dictionary Corner]] guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week.
-[[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], Tim James, [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Valerie Dean]], [[Mark Ivey]], Rhys Jones, [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series, although Kane became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, Dean becoming a member after her game was broadcast, and Page became a member after recording his preliminary games.
+[[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], Tim James, [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Valerie Dean]], [[Mark Ivey]], Rhys Jones, [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]], [[Amy Berry]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series, although Kane became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, Dean becoming a member after her game was broadcast, Page became a member after recording his preliminary games and Berry became a member after recording all of her appearances.
 ==Seed table==

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 |runner-up          = [[Tim James]]
 }}
-'''Series 91''' of ''[[Countdown]]'' was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
+'''Series 91''' of ''[[Countdown]]'' was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]], to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
 [[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s, and the first since [[Series 65]] where every [[Dictionary Corner]] guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week.

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 |runner-up          = [[Tim James]]
 }}
-'''Series 91''' of ''[[Countdown]]'', and was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
+'''Series 91''' of ''[[Countdown]]'' was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
 [[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s, and the first since [[Series 65]] where every [[Dictionary Corner]] guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week.

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 |runner-up          = [[Tim James]]
 }}
-'''Series 91''' is the most recently completed [[series winners|series]] of ''[[Countdown]]'', and was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
+'''Series 91''' of ''[[Countdown]]'', and was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
 [[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s, and the first since [[Series 65]] where every [[Dictionary Corner]] guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week.

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 '''Series 91''' is the most recently completed [[series winners|series]] of ''[[Countdown]]'', and was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
-[[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician, [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and this was the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s.
+[[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and this was the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s.
 [[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], Tim James, [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Mark Ivey]], Rhys Jones, [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series, although Kane became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, and Page became a member after recording his preliminary games.

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 |runner-up          = [[Tim James]]
 }}
-'''Series 91''' is the most recently completed [[series]] of ''[[Countdown]]'', and was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with No. 1 seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating No. 3 seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|final]] to become the first Welsh to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
+'''Series 91''' is the most recently completed [[series winners|series]] of ''[[Countdown]]'', and was the seventh to feature [[Colin Murray]] as [[presenter]]. It began on 6 January 2025 and concluded on 27 June 2025 with number one seed [[Rhys Jones]] defeating number three seed [[Tim James]] in the [[Episode 8548|grand final]] to become the first Welsh person to win a series in [[Episode 1972|28 years]] since the late [[Huw Morgan]].
-[[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician, [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made this the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one [[arithmetician]] and Crawford as the show's first-ever male arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s.
+[[Rachel Riley]] was unavailable to film the episodes broadcast between [[Episode 8459|24 February]] and [[Episode 8473|14 March]] as she was filming ''Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters'', so {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and {{w|University of Oxford|Oxford}} mathematician, [[Dr Tom Crawford]] deputised – this made Crawford the show's first-ever male arithmetician, and this was the first series since [[Series 85]] to have more than one arithmetician. This was also the first series since [[Series 84]] to have five [[octochamp]]s.
-[[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], [[Tim James]], [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Mark Ivey]], [[Rhys Jones]], [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series, although Kane became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, with Page becoming a member after recording his preliminary games.
+[[Apterous|Apterites]] [[Michael Kane]] (the rollover contestant from [[Series 90|the previous series]]), [[Brian O'Donovan]], [[Isaac McIlwrath]], Tim James, [[Matt Fife]], [[Stephen Ashley]], [[Mark Ivey]], Rhys Jones, [[Anthony Endsor]], [[Tom Page]], [[Darrell Coker]], [[Guy Crozier]] and [[Charles Baker]] appeared in this series, although Kane became a member after his preliminary games were broadcast, and Page became a member after recording his preliminary games.
 ==Seed table==
 {{Seed table}}
-{{Seed|1|[[Rhys Jones]]           |8|800|w}}
+{{Seed|1|[[Rhys Jones]]     |8|800|w}}
-{{Seed|2|[[Tim Bridgstock]]       |8|792|}}
+{{Seed|2|[[Tim Bridgstock]] |8|792|}}
-{{Seed|3|[[Tim James]]            |8|781|}}
+{{Seed|3|[[Tim James]]      |8|781|}}
-{{Seed|4|[[Amy Berry]]            |8|750|}}
+{{Seed|4|[[Amy Berry]]      |8|750|}}
-{{Seed|5|[[Christine Smith]]      |8|739|}}
+{{Seed|5|[[Christine Smith]]|8|739|}}
-{{Seed|6|[[Matt Fife]]            |7|720|}}
+{{Seed|6|[[Matt Fife]]      |7|720|}}
-{{Seed|7|[[Tom Page]]             |6|669|}}
+{{Seed|7|[[Tom Page]]       |6|669|}}
-{{Seed|8|[[Michael Kane]]         |6|607|}}
+{{Seed|8|[[Michael Kane]]   |6|607|}}
 {{Seed table end}}
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 ==Finals progress==
 {{finals progress
-| 1 = [[Rhys Jones]]  | q1w = 1  | s1w = 1 | fw = 1
+| 1 = [[Rhys Jones]]      | q1w = 1 | s1w = 1 | fw = 1
 | 8 = [[Michael Kane]]
-| 4 = [[Amy Berry]]   | q4w = 4
+| 4 = [[Amy Berry]]       | q4w = 4
 | 5 = [[Christine Smith]]
-| 3 = [[Tim James]] | q3w = 3    | s2w = 3
+| 3 = [[Tim James]]       | q3w = 3 | s2w = 3
 | 6 = [[Matt Fife]]
-| 2 = [[Tim Bridgstock]] | q2w = 2
+| 2 = [[Tim Bridgstock]]  | q2w = 2
 | 7 = [[Tom Page]]
 }}
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 {{ep | 8544 | 23/06/2025 | QF |[[Tim James]]|75 – 70|[[Matt Fife]]|[[Bob Harris]]|Susie Dent|117}}
 {{ep | 8545 | 24/06/2025 | QF |[[Amy Berry]]|101 – 61|[[Christine Smith]]|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|125}}
-{{ep | 8546 | 25/06/2025 | SF |[[Rhys Jones]]|84 – 66|[[Amy Berry]]|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|119}}
+{{ep | 8546 | 25/06/2025 | SF |Rhys Jones|84 – 66|Amy Berry|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|119}}
-{{ep | 8547 | 26/06/2025 | SF |[[Tim Bridgstock]]|77 – 100|[[Tim James]]|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|143}}
+{{ep | 8547 | 26/06/2025 | SF |Tim Bridgstock|77 – 100|Tim James|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|143}}
-{{ep | 8548 | 27/06/2025 | GF |[[Rhys Jones]]|106 – 89|[[Tim James]]|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|131}}
+{{ep | 8548 | 27/06/2025 | GF |Rhys Jones|106 – 89|Tim James|Bob Harris|Susie Dent|131}}
 {{episode table end}}