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| A '''draw''' is a game where both players have the same score at the end of the show. In modern [[15 round game|15-round]] [[Countdown]] there is no such thing as a draw; instead, extra [[conundrum]]s are used until one player wins the game. Up until the end of [[Series 21]], if two players drew they played each other again the next day, which causes numerous problems with the recording schedule, not just for the production team but for [[contestant]]s who may have to go back home and come back up to the studios for another recording session. Additional conundrums were used to decide winners in the series finals and [[Championship of Champions]] events.
| | *'''[[Series 46|2001]]''': [[Ben Wilson]] beat [[Steve Sandalls]] in the '''[[Episode 3152|Series 46 grand final]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Series 43|2000]]''': [[Graham Nash]] beat [[Matthew Turner]] in the '''[[Episode 2911|Series 43 grand final]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Series 41|1999]]''': [[Scott Mearns]] beat [[Simon Cooper]] in the '''[[Episode 2673|Series 41 grand final]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Series 39|1998]]''': [[Kate Ogilvie]] beat [[Richard Saldanha]] in the '''[[Episode 2422|Series 39 grand final]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Special episode|1997]]''': [[Carol Vorderman|Carol King]] beat [[Richard Whiteley]] in a '''[[Episode CS1997|special Christmas challenge]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Masters Series 2|1990]]''': [[Geoff Taylor]] played [[Robert Coton]] in the first leg of a '''[[Episode M91|Countdown Masters game]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Masters Series 1|1989]]''': [[Alan Lee]] played [[Giselle Rowlinson]] in the first leg of a '''[[Episode M39|Countdown Masters game]]'''. |
| | *'''[[Series 14|1987]]''': [[Nic Brown]] beat [[Joel Salkin]] in the '''[[Episode 707|Series 14 grand final]]'''. |
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| ==Facts and figures==
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| *The first draw ever was between [[Michael Goldman]] and [[Bill Benson]] in [[Episode 3]], during the first week of the show's history.
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| *The last draw was between [[Lew Schwarz]] and [[Nuala Clenaghan]]. Schwarz went on to become an [[octochamp]] with two draws, which gave him a total of 547 points - which is technically the highest total score for an octochamp, although of course [[David Williams (Series 43)|David Williams]] got his 535 points in 8 games, not in 10. Schwarz is the only player to play in two drawn games.
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| *The lowest scoring draw was 35-all, done three times - episodes [[Episode 297|297]], [[Episode 311|311]] and [[Episode 1088|1088]].
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| *[[Jonathan Anstey]] and [[Sue Hall]] manufactured the highest scoring draw - 61 points in each in [[Episode 888]], [[Series 18]].
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| ==List of draws==
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| There were 28 draws in ''[[Countdown]]'' history. Below is a list of all of them in chronological order.
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| {{ep | 3 | 4/11/1982 | P |[[Bill Benson]]| ? |[[Michael Goldman]]|[[Ted Moult]]|[[Mary]]|??}}
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| {{ep | 8 | 15/11/1982 | P |[[Helen Grayson]]| ? |[[Joyce Cansfield]]|[[Kenneth Williams]]|Mary|??}}
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| {{ep | 25 | 14/12/1982 | P |[[Jane McLeman]]| 41 - 41 |[[Maurice Daniels]]|Kenneth Williams|Mary|70}}
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| {{ep | 64 | 8/06/1983 | P |[[David Wright]]| 40 - 40 |[[Philip Nelkon]]|Kenneth Williams||68}}
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| {{ep | 91 | 5/10/1983 | P |[[Allan Simmons]]| 36 - 36 |[[Alan Walker]]|[[William Rushton]]|[[Yvonne Warburton]]|70}}
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| {{ep | 146 | 24/04/1984 | P |[[Sydney Price]]| 36 - 36 |[[Graham Paxton]]|[[Nigel Rees]]|[[Julia Swannell]]|74}}
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| {{ep | 151 | 2/05/1984 | P |[[Stuart Schofield]]| 51 - 51 |[[Robert Richland]]|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|Julia Swannell|70}}
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| {{ep | 157 | 14/05/1984 | P |[[Debbie Maguire]]| 43 - 43 |[[Mike Willis]]|Gyles Brandreth|Julia Swannell|71}}
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| {{ep | 196 | 30/10/1984 | P |[[Sarah Hadaway]]| 55 - 55 |[[Colin Pearce]]|Nigel Rees|Yvonne Warburton|73}}
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| {{ep | 297 | 24/10/1985 | P |[[Peter Collier]]| 35 - 35 |[[Dennis Allen]]|[[John Junkin]]||??}}
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| {{ep | 311 | 13/11/1985 | P |[[Enid Fordham]]| 35 - 35 |[[Tim O'Kane]]|John Junkin||??}}
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| {{ep | 317 | 22/11/1985 | P |[[Tim Davies]]| 44 - 44 |[[Arthur Boden]]|Gyles Brandreth||??}}
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| {{ep | 351 | 22/01/1986 | P |[[Dorothy Bailey (Series 8)|Dorothy Bailey]]| 49 - 49 |[[Paul Comaish]]|Gyles Brandreth|[[Della Thompson]]|71}}
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| {{ep | 369 | 17/02/1986 | P |[[Andy Keeble]]| 53 - 53 |[[Sandie Simonis]]|Gyles Brandreth|[[Hilary McGlynn]]|83}}
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| {{ep | 413 | 21/04/1986 | P |[[Peter Conroy]]| 42 - 42 |[[Mick Keeble]]|[[Bill Tidy]]|[[Catherine Clarke]]|74}}
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| {{ep | 512 | 25/02/1987 | P |[[Diana Beasley]]| 51 - 51 |[[Marianne Croll]]|Gyles Brandreth|Julia Swannell|73}}
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| {{ep | 563 | 7/05/1987 | P |[[Jon Marsh]]| 49 - 49 |[[Phyllis Stevens]]|[[Patrick Mower]]|[[Freda Thornton]]|71}}
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| {{ep | 602 | 1/07/1987 | P |[[Peter Medhurst]]| 47 - 47 |[[Cath Powell]]|Gyles Brandreth|Catherine Clarke|74}}
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| {{ep | 607 | 8/07/1987 | P |[[Hilary Hopper]]| 44 - 44 |[[Boz Osberg]]|[[Russell Harty]]|Catherine Clarke|83}}
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| {{ep | 679 | 20/11/1987 | P |[[Joel Salkin]]| 52 - 52 |[[Derek Rutter]]|Bill Tidy|Julia Swannell|72}}
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| {{ep | 832 | 27/01/1989 | P |[[Tim Morrissey]]| 51 - 51 |[[Mary Hawes]]|[[Sylvia Syms]]|Freda Thornton|71}}
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| {{ep | 846 | 16/02/1989 | P |[[Anna Sims]]| 48 - 48 |[[Len Marshall (Series 17)|Len Marshall]]|[[Eve Pollard]]|Della Thompson|81}}
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| {{ep | 888 | 7/08/1989 | P |[[Sue Hall]]| 61 - 61 |[[Jonathan Anstey]]|Eve Pollard|[[Simon Mason]]|86}}
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| {{ep | 1049 | 4/09/1990 | P |[[Fiona Willis]]| 50 - 50 |[[Ian McLoughlin]]|[[Brian Johnston]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|73}}
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| {{ep | 1088 | 28/01/1991 | P |[[Raine Hilson]]| 35 - 35 |[[John Arfon]]|Bill Tidy|Freda Thornton|73}}
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| {{ep | 1108 | 25/02/1991 | P |[[Gillian Tickle]]| 49 - 49 |[[Suzanne Kinnersley]]|[[Richard Stilgoe]]|[[Alexandra Clayton]]|68}}
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| {{ep | 1117 | 8/03/1991 | P |[[Julie Purdey]]| 42 - 42 |[[Lew Schwarz]]|Nigel Rees|[[Judy Pearsall]]|74}}
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| {{ep | 1120 | 13/03/1991 | P |[[Nuala Clenaghan]]| 54 - 54 |Lew Schwarz|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|73}}
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