William Bradford

A close-up of William Bradford, from Episode 104.

William Bradford octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	2
Points total	399
Conundrums solved	2

William Bradford was an octochamp in Series 3.

A hotelier from Cambridge, he first appeared on 17 October 1983 and beat 7-time winner Allan Simmons. He went on to become the first octochamp in Countdown history. He returned to the finals as #2 seed, where he beat David Brook in the quarter-final before losing to eventual champion Andrew Guy in the semi-final.

Also known as Bill, he is a top Scrabble player. His son, Peter, appeared on the show in Series 25.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
97	17/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	31 – 38	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton	Yvonne Warburton	72
98	18/10/1983	P	Andrew Long	40 – 47	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	70
99	19/10/1983	P	Pat Bowlas	40 – 50	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	68
100	20/10/1983	P	David Coss	40 – 50	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	73
101	24/10/1983	P	Christine Williams	24 – 42	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	70
102	25/10/1983	P	Adrian Yonace	42 – 50	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	70
103	26/10/1983	P	Pat Flowers	16 – 53	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	72
104	27/10/1983	P	Jane Kestin	34 – 69	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	83
127	7/12/1983	QF	David Brook	37 – 51	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannell	72
131	14/12/1983	SF	William Bradford	42 – 65	Andrew Guy	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannell	67
185	15/10/1984	CQF	William Bradford	28 – 54	Mark Nyman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	68
M41	8/01/1990-12/01/1990	M	Laurie Silver	72 – 80	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133