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Goodliffe first appeared on 21 January 2010 against eventual series winner [[Oliver Garner]], where he lost his only match on a crucial [[conundrum]] by 75 points to Garner's 81 points, and this was despite being 26 points ahead at one point. | Goodliffe first appeared on 21 January 2010 against eventual series winner [[Oliver Garner]], where he lost his only match on a crucial [[conundrum]] by 75 points to Garner's 81 points, and this was despite being 26 points ahead at one point. | ||
− | As a result of that matchup, Goodliffe returned to the show | + | As a result of that matchup, Goodliffe returned to the show just under 14 years later, winning his first match against 5-time winner [[JJ Burrows]] with 93 points to Burrows' 81 points. After 3 further wins, including a personal best of 117 points in his 2nd game, Goodliffe was placed aside for the series finals of Series 88, and returned to Countdown in January 2024 to continue his run. |
==Outside Countdown== | ==Outside Countdown== |
Revision as of 23:32, 2 January 2024
Mark Goodliffe was a contestant in Series 62, 88 and 89. At the time of his first appearance in 2010, he was a finance director. As of his return, he was a non-executive director and former chief financial officer. He was from London and was also a qualified chartered accountant.
Appearances on the show
Goodliffe first appeared on 21 January 2010 against eventual series winner Oliver Garner, where he lost his only match on a crucial conundrum by 75 points to Garner's 81 points, and this was despite being 26 points ahead at one point.
As a result of that matchup, Goodliffe returned to the show just under 14 years later, winning his first match against 5-time winner JJ Burrows with 93 points to Burrows' 81 points. After 3 further wins, including a personal best of 117 points in his 2nd game, Goodliffe was placed aside for the series finals of Series 88, and returned to Countdown in January 2024 to continue his run.
Outside Countdown
Outside of Countdown, Goodliffe is a twelve-time winner of The Times Crossword Championships, with a remarkable ten-year undefeated run spanning 2008 to 2017. He is also a former UK Sudoku Champion.
Goodliffe is well known alongside Simon Anthony, who represented the UK at the World Sudoku Championships, for their YouTube channel Cracking the Cryptic. On this channel they demonstrate (and occasionally live-stream) challenging paper-and-pencil puzzles, mainly Sudoku but also cryptic crosswords. The channel has been active since 2017, but grew in popularity during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. It now boasts over 500,000 subscribers.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4962 | 21/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 81 – 75 | Mark Goodliffe | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Stapleton | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
8166 | 08/12/2023 | P | JJ Burrows | 81 – 93 | Mark Goodliffe | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
8167 | 11/12/2023 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 117 – 41 | Nicola Lawson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Marcus Brigstocke | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8168 | 12/12/2023 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 94 – 38 | Paul Woodward | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Marcus Brigstocke | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
8169 | 13/12/2023 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 95 – 89 | Jill Davies | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Marcus Brigstocke | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8177 | 02/01/2024 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 91 – 58 | Dan Morrell | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Babatunde Aléshé | Susie Dent | 135 |
External Links
- Cracking the Cryptic on YouTube