Series 10

Series 10
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The prize presentation in the grand final of Series 10.
Series information
First episode	14 October 1986
Last episode	19 December 1986
Highest score (9-round games only)	82 (Harvey Freeman)
Number of contestants	44
Number of episodes	50
Results
Winner	Harvey Freeman
Runner-up	Mike Percik

Series 10 ran from 14 October to 19 December 1986. The tenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Harvey Freeman.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Harvey Freeman	8	523
2	Michael Stephenson	6	324
3	David Whiting	5	267
4	Liz Wilcox	3	165
5	Les Martin	3	163
6	Mike Percik	3	161
7	Maggie Barker	2	111
8	Elisabeth Jardine	2	106

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

Harvey Freeman (1) vs Elisabeth Jardine (8)	Harvey Freeman (1) vs Les Martin (5)	Harvey Freeman (1) vs Mike Percik (6)
Les Martin (5) vs Liz Wilcox (4)
David Whiting (3) vs Mike Percik (6)	Mike Percik (6) vs Michael Stephenson (2)
Maggie Barker (7) vs Michael Stephenson (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
446	14/10/1986	P	Mark Kingston	41 – 62	Liz Wilcox	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Mark Nyman	Julia Swannell	73
447	15/10/1986	P	Colin Bevan	40 – 41	Liz Wilcox	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannell	74
448	16/10/1986	P	Louise Stevenson	43 – 62	Liz Wilcox	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannell	74
449	17/10/1986	P	Steven Leven	47 – 38	Liz Wilcox	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannell	81
450	20/10/1986	P	Steven Leven	29 – 59	Paul Robson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannell	70
451	21/10/1986	P	Steve Wood	53 – 49	Paul Robson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannell	71
452	22/10/1986	P	Steve Wood	25 – 63	Maggie Barker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	71
453	23/10/1986	P	Frank Stokes	32 – 48	Maggie Barker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	74
454	24/10/1986	P	David Whiting	49 – 35	Maggie Barker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	70
455	27/10/1986	P	David Whiting	50 – 16	Doreen Midgley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	85
456	28/10/1986	P	David Whiting	59 – 45	Patrick Redmond	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	84
457	29/10/1986	P	David Whiting	50 – 22	Alan Seabrook	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	73
458	30/10/1986	P	David Whiting	59 – 51	Brenda Widger	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Julia Swannell	72
459	31/10/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	65 – 45	David Whiting	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lee Peck	Freda Thornton	86
460	03/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	82 – 30	Rita Meston	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lee Peck	Freda Thornton	83
461	04/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	60 – 29	Anilkumar Shah	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lee Peck	Freda Thornton	72
462	05/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	57 – 33	Michael Sim	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lee Peck	Freda Thornton	70
463	06/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	64 – 28	John Wesley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lee Peck	Freda Thornton	73
464	07/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	49 – 21	Frances Kicul	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lee Peck	Freda Thornton	73
465	10/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	71 – 17	Martin Reed	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton	83
466	11/11/1986	P	Harvey Freeman	75 – 10	Roy James	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton	76
467	12/11/1986	P	Elisabeth Jardine	62 – 23	Ashley Connor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton	72
468	13/11/1986	P	Elisabeth Jardine	44 – 35	Carole Paulton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton	75
469	14/11/1986	P	Elisabeth Jardine	32 – 50	Ian Robinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton	83
470	17/11/1986	P	Judy Moss	34 – 50	Ian Robinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton	73
471	18/11/1986	P	Louis Schwartz	44 – 41	Ian Robinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	75
472	19/11/1986	P	Louis Schwartz	46 – 60	Stella Haffenden-Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	88
473	20/11/1986	P	Ken Fry	29 – 16	Stella Haffenden-Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	81
474	21/11/1986	P	Ken Fry	42 – 53	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	70
475	24/11/1986	P	Mike Percik	60 – 49	Tony Durrant	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	72
476	25/11/1986	P	Hugh Westbrook	36 – 48	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	84
477	26/11/1986	P	Doreen Whyte	42 – 40	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	75
478	27/11/1986	P	Doreen Whyte	23 – 54	Grahame Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	75
479	28/11/1986	P	Les Martin	44 – 38	Grahame Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	76
480	01/12/1986	P	Les Martin	51 – 47	Glenys Batchelor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	William Davis	Freda Thornton	74
481	02/12/1986	P	Les Martin	68 – 44	Keith Burgess-Clements	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	96
482	03/12/1986	P	Les Martin	20 – 56	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	??
483	04/12/1986	P	Alec Cooke	18 – 59	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	69
484	05/12/1986	P	Jem Stephenson	23 – 55	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	83
485	08/12/1986	P	Jamie Howe	33 – 53	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	85
486	09/12/1986	P	Carolyn Best	35 – 43	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	70
487	10/12/1986	P	Paul Vates	25 – 58	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	??
488	11/12/1986	QF	Harvey Freeman	65 – 29	Elisabeth Jardine	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	73
489	12/12/1986	QF	Maggie Barker	32 – 67	Michael Stephenson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	72
490	15/12/1986	QF	David Whiting	31 – 45	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	86
491	16/12/1986	QF	Liz Wilcox	27 – 66	Les Martin	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	72
492	17/12/1986	SF	Harvey Freeman	76 – 36	Les Martin	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	??
493	18/12/1986	SF	Michael Stephenson	45 – 52	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke	83
494	19/12/1986	GF	Harvey Freeman	96 – 52	Mike Percik	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth, Bill Tidy	Della Thompson	117

External Links

• Series 10 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 10 on The Countdown Page.