Janet McRae

Janet McRae was the runner-up of series 12 in 1987. After winning 2 heats, she returned for the final rounds as #7 seed, beating Cathy Morgan via a sudden death conundrum in the quarter-final before beating Matthew Francis in the semi-final. In the final against Stephen Balment, a mistake in the final numbers game cost her a chance at a crucial conundrum, and she lost 81-66. Janet did not play in Championship of Champions III, but did play in the supreme championship, losing in the first round to Damian Eadie.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
571	19/05/1987	P	Geoffrey Reynolds	39 – 64	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
572	20/05/1987	P	Janet McRae	34 – 25	Tony Donovan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
573	21/05/1987	P	Janet McRae	51 – 57	Matthew Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Humphrey Lyttelton	Freda Thornton
589	12/06/1987	QF	Cathy Morgan	57 – 67	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannel
593	18/06/1987	SF	Matthew Francis	47 – 55	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Julia Swannel
594	19/06/1987	GF	Stephen Balment	81 – 66	Janet McRae	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon, Patrick Mower	Julia Swannel
1889	26/11/1996	fQF	Janet McRae	38 – 62	Damian Eadie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Catherine Stokes