Matthew Francis

Matthew Francis was a finalist in Series 12. He was a car sales executive.

Francis is one of only two contestants known to have selected eight consonants and one vowel in a letters game (the other being Philip Hardingham in Series 14). He did this twice, in Rounds 5 and 7 during his second game.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
573	21/05/1987	P	Janet McRae	51 – 57	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	74
574	22/05/1987	P	Brenda Roberts	35 – 58	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	71
575	25/05/1987	P	Carl Varney	39 – 41	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	70
576	26/05/1987	P	Olive Barton	48 – 50	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	71
577	27/05/1987	P	Mike Stanford	56 – 55	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	73
590	15/06/1987	QF	Matthew Francis	62 – 53	Vivien Crabb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	85
593	18/06/1987	SF	Matthew Francis	47 – 55	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Julia Swannell	85
M10	5/06/1989-9/06/1989	M	Nigel Gardner	78 – 86	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	135