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Richard Brittain octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | Champion |
Seeding | 2 |
Points total | 820 |
Conundrums solved | 2 |
Richard Brittain was an octochamp in and the champion of Series 55, as well as a participant in Championship of Champions XIII. He is also an Apterite.
He accumulated 820 points in his octochamp run, but went into the finals as second seed to Steven Briers (843 points). Briers however then narrowly lost his quarter-final against eighth seed Phil Watson, a match which Brittain, watching from the audience, called 'an enthralling spectacle'. Brittain then comfortably won his quarter-final against Andrew Blades, but only narrowly beat Stu Horsey in the semi-finals before he trounced an off-form Tony Warren in the final, 103 – 60.
He returned for the Championship of Champions XIII and faced one of the favourites Jon Corby, and lost with the lowest score in the competition, including the disallowed words odontal ☓, biopot ☓, ommit ☓, saloneen ☓, and his now famous conundrum offering GANDISEEG ☓.
Brittain also appeared on the now-defunct gameshow Brainteaser in January 2007, less than a month after winning Countdown. He won the show and pocketed £1,500.
In November 2015, Brittain was arrested for assault after hitting an 18-year old ASDA shelf stacker with a wine bottle. He tracked her down to Fife and attacked her posting a negative review of his book online. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, serving 13 of them before being released in December 2016.
Preceded by Conor Travers |
Series winner Series 55 |
Followed by Nick Wainwright |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4188 | 11/09/2006 | P | Sarah Duncan | 67 – 116 | Richard Brittain | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
4189 | 12/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 94 – 83 | Claudia McQue | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
4190 | 13/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 95 – 77 | Gil-Ad Schwartz | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
4191 | 14/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 105 – 68 | Ali Ashman | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
4192 | 15/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 100 – 82 | Henry Smith | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
4193 | 18/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 96 – 62 | Jim Foster | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
4194 | 19/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 98 – 31 | Anne Devlin | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
4195 | 20/09/2006 | P | Richard Brittain | 116 – 66 | Paul Manning | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
4257 | 15/12/2006 | QF | Andrew Blades | 52 – 96 | Richard Brittain | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
4261 | 21/12/2006 | SF | Richard Brittain | 83 – 75 | Stu Horsey | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
4262 | 22/12/2006 | GF | Tony Warren | 60 – 103 | Richard Brittain | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
4735 | 14/01/2009 | CP | Jon Corby | 92 – 52 | Richard Brittain | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Andrew Sachs | Susie Dent | 112 |