Series 12

Series 12
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Series information
First episode	13 April 1987
Last episode	19 June 1987
Highest score (9-round games only)	83 (Stephen Balment)
Number of contestants	44
Number of episodes	50
Results
Winner	Stephen Balment
Runner-up	Janet McRae

Series 12 ran from 13 April to 19 June 1987. The twelfth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Stephen Balment.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Jon Marsh	8+1	478
2	Cathy Morgan	7	398
3	Matthew Francis	4	206
4	Stephen Balment	3	189
5	Nigel Aspden	2	111
6	Vivien Crabb	2	108
7	Janet McRae	2	98
8	Stephen Haggerty	2	96

Numbers after "+" signs in the Wins column represent drawn games. *Mike Stanford, with two wins and 101 points, would have been the number six seed, but was unable to attend the finals, so Stephen Haggerty took his place. Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Finals progress

Jon Marsh (1) vs Stephen Haggerty (8)	Jon Marsh (1) vs Stephen Balment (4)	Stephen Balment (4) vs Janet McRae (7)
Nigel Aspden (5) vs Stephen Balment (4)
Matthew Francis (3) vs Vivien Crabb (6)	Matthew Francis (3) vs Janet McRae (7)
Janet McRae (7) vs Cathy Morgan (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
545	13/04/1987	P	Valerie Turner	35 – 60	Keith Albans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	74
546	14/04/1987	P	Stephen Balment	83 – 45	Keith Albans	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	85
547	15/04/1987	P	Stephen Balment	53 – 46	Jez Gill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	68
548	16/04/1987	P	Stephen Balment	53 – 45	Helen Pitt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	75
549	17/04/1987	P	Stephen Balment	43 – 59	Mike Tobias	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Anne Robinson	Della Thompson	71
550	20/04/1987	P	Stephen Haggerty	53 – 42	Mike Tobias	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Anne Robinson	Della Thompson	74
551	21/04/1987	P	Stephen Haggerty	43 – 33	Alan Berry	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Anne Robinson	Della Thompson	76
552	22/04/1987	P	Stephen Haggerty	27 – 37	Shirley Morris	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Anne Robinson	Della Thompson	74
553	23/04/1987	P	Gordon Carrington	41 – 30	Shirley Morris	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Anne Robinson	Della Thompson	72
554	24/04/1987	P	Gordon Carrington	32 – 43	Martin Loughran	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Anne Robinson	Della Thompson	77
555	27/04/1987	P	Brian Dollery	30 – 47	Martin Loughran	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	77
556	28/04/1987	P	Jon Marsh	42 – 36	Martin Loughran	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	75
557	29/04/1987	P	Jon Marsh	58 – 36	Gwen Gerds	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	75
558	30/04/1987	P	Jon Marsh	54 – 43	Alan Nash	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	73
559	01/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	65 – 35	Donald Kent	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	74
560	04/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	61 – 49	Tony Cook	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	73
561	05/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	37 – 22	Lewis Whetstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	70
562	06/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	51 – 32	John Bird	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	74
563	07/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	49 – 49	Phyllis Stevens	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	71
564	08/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	61 – 43	Phyllis Stevens	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	82
565	11/05/1987	P	David Lee	45 – 53	Nigel Aspden	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	74
566	12/05/1987	P	Linda Chamberlain	43 – 58	Nigel Aspden	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	72
567	13/05/1987	P	Ed Barral	60 – 38	Nigel Aspden	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	85
568	14/05/1987	P	Ed Barral	43 – 59	Roger Brusch	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	71
569	15/05/1987	P	Dave Boyes	53 – 47	Roger Brusch	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	72
570	18/05/1987	P	Dave Boyes	25 – 56	Geoffrey Reynolds	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	74
571	19/05/1987	P	Janet McRae	64 – 39	Geoffrey Reynolds	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	83
572	20/05/1987	P	Janet McRae	34 – 25	Tony Donovan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton	78
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
578	28/05/1987	P	Mike Stanford	45 – 39	Tim Town	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	93
579	29/05/1987	P	Mike Stanford	45 – 60	Vivien Crabb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton	73
580	01/06/1987	P	Geoffrey Harris	34 – 48	Vivien Crabb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	72
581	02/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	57 – 43	Vivien Crabb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	73
582	03/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	54 – 40	Rob Taylor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	86
583	04/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	53 – 19	Christine Negus	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	75
584	05/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	66 – 34	Doug Walters	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	69
585	08/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	60 – 53	Nick Cant	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	75
586	09/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	55 – 23	Sarah Purlan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	72
587	10/06/1987	P	Cathy Morgan	53 – 37	Karl Kurdistan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	73
588	11/06/1987	QF	Jon Marsh	65 – 49	Stephen Haggerty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	84
589	12/06/1987	QF	Cathy Morgan	57 – 67*	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	??
590	15/06/1987	QF	Matthew Francis	62 – 53	Vivien Crabb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	85
591	16/06/1987	QF	Stephen Balment	73* – 63	Nigel Aspden	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Julia Swannell	95
592	17/06/1987	SF	Stephen Balment	51 – 30	Jon Marsh	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Julia Swannell	70
593	18/06/1987	SF	Matthew Francis	47 – 55	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Julia Swannell	85
594	19/06/1987	GF	Stephen Balment	81 – 66	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon, Patrick Mower	Julia Swannell	128

* Includes 10 points from a tiebreak conundrum

External Links

• Series 12 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 12 on The Countdown Page.