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October'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 Ethan Thrower with scores of 88 – 67. 2021: Ryan Sutton beat Jo Leverett, with the game finishing 110 – 31. 2020: Richard Ellis beat Shaun Finch, by a score of 80 – 49. 2019: Andy Evans beat Matt Sykes, by a score of 100 – 65. 2018: Dave Ashton beat Stephen Holford with scores of 100 – 78. 2015: Thomas Carey beat Colin White in a 120 – 47 game. 2014: Paul Worsley beat Colm Byrne with final score 96 – 73. 2013: Alex Fish beat Rick Palmer in a game that ended 96 – 77. 2012: Liam Shaw beat Andy Rossall with a score of 97 – 90. 2010: Eoin Monaghan beat Pauline Wedell, scoring 115 – 44. 2009: Jeffrey Burgin beat Phil Reed, by a score of 80 – 63. 2008: Ian Fearon beat Denise McHale with scores of 93 – 81. 2007: David Von Geyer beat Sam Butcher in a 88 – 80 game. 2004: Mike Hannam beat Eve Morgan in a game that ended 103 – 58. 2003: Jim Bentley beat David Moore with a score of 83 – 79. 2002: Tony Bearn beat Alec Gaw with final score 92 – 62. 2001: Geraldine Hylands beat Fred Clark, scoring 37 – 36. 1999: Simon Cooper beat Raymond Ogilvie, by a score of 72 – 14. 1998: Kate Ogilvie beat Jane Gordon-Cumming in a 54 – 35 game. 1997: Bhavin Manek beat Ken Hunt with scores of 60 – 21. 1996: Dennis Fearon beat Les Rendell in a game that ended 52 – 35. 1993: Kathryn Barratt beat William Elsom with a score of 70 – 40. 1992: Fiona Davies beat Norman Christian in the first Series 24 quarter-final. 1991: Philip Griffiths beat Alan Titterington, scoring 44 – 28. 1990: Billy Ward beat Diane Hartrey with final score 62 – 35. 1990: Robert Richland played Joan Orchard in the first leg of a Countdown Masters game.

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