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This Month's Featured Article Martin Gardner was an octochamp and semi-finalist in Series 49. Before appearing as a contestant on the show, Gardner had a prominent presence in the online Countdown community; he organised Countdown Advance (the forerunner to Hypercountdown on the Gevincountdown web forum, served as a moderator on this website, and ran the now-defunct Countdown fan site Countdown Update UK. After finding the address to send off for an application form on Ben Wilson's website, he applied for the televised show and was invited to an audition at the end of 2002. Although he failed his audition, Gardner was invited to the studios as a replacement contestant after John Davies became an octochamp, leaving one seat vacated on 14 May 2003. In this opening game Gardner achieved his highest televised score of 107, with offerings including the eight-letter words ATOMISER and ACONITES; Martin found no nine-letter words during his appearances on the show. Seven more victories followed, including three further centuries. Gardner returned to the series finals as #2 seed behind Davies, his forerunner in the heats. In his quarter-final, the eight letter word POTHEADS and conundrum SCOOPGREY helped Gardner to convincingly defeat Peter Jeffery by 101 points to 64. He faced David Wilson in the semi-final and went ahead after three rounds courtesy of the seven-letter word UPRATED. However, he was pegged back in the next round with MORGUES. Thereafter, David scored in every round apart from the conundrum and won the game 98-86. (more...) More Featured Articles... Today in Countdown History edit  2024: David Burgess beat Joanne Horton-Hill with scores of 85 – 78. 2023: Paul O'Brien beat Jack Shephard with scores of 80 – 64. 2020: Shane Roberts beat Richard Ellis by 90 – 86. 2019: Andy Evans beat Gerry Gray in a game that ended 83 – 73. 2018: Dave Ashton beat Mark Garfield with scores of 99 – 58. 2017: Ben Leyburn beat Martin Osborne, by a score of 87 – 36. 2015: Thomas Carey beat Billy Richardson with a score of 122 – 25. 2014: Paul Worsley beat David Morgans in a 87 – 62 game. 2013: Alex Fish beat Uday Patel with final score 112 – 59. 2012: Liam Shaw beat Tristam Burgess, scoring 88 – 39. 2009: Jeffrey Burgin beat Darren Carter in a game that ended 93 – 86. 2008: Sarah Knapper beat Ian Fearon with scores of 85 – 67. 2007: David Von Geyer beat Tony Goodman, by a score of 97 – 55. 2006: Richard Brittain beat Jim Foster in a 96 – 62 game. 2003: Jim Bentley beat Ruth Edmonds with final score 96 – 51. 2002: Robert Lee beat Tony Bearn, scoring 75 – 68. 2001: Geraldine Hylands beat Mike Brown in a game that ended 68 – 44. 2000: Iain Macdonald beat Ann Masterson with a score of 39 – 33. 1998: Kate Ogilvie beat Declan Cahill with scores of 54 – 35. 1997: Bhavin Manek beat Roger Green in the first Series 36 quarter-final. 1996: Dennis Fearon beat Lou Brundell, by a score of 59 – 46. 1995: Glyn Wigley beat Kate Leckie in a 68 – 27 game. 1992: Alan Payne beat Adam Smith in the second Series 24 quarter-final. 1991: Alan Harston beat Philip Griffiths with final score 44 – 35. 1990: Robert Houston beat Billy Ward with a score of 42 – 39. 1990: Robert Richland played Joan Orchard in the second leg of a Countdown Masters game. 1989: Richard Evans beat Fraser McLeod with scores of 63 – 49. 1989: Eleanor Crosby played James Wilkie in the first leg of a Countdown Masters game.

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