Series 17

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Series 17 ran from January 1989 to March 1989. The seventeenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Lawrence Pearse.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Tim Morrissey	8	533
2	Lawrence Pearse	8	438
3	David Poulter	6	333
4	Evan Simpson	5	319
5	Len Marshall	3	199
6	Vicki McCarthy	3	152
7	Jean Tweddell	2	112
8	Jim Saywell	2	111

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

Tim Morrissey (1) vs Jim Saywell (8)	Tim Morrissey (1) vs Evan Simpson (4)	Evan Simpson (4) vs Lawrence Pearse (2)
Len Marshall (5) vs Evan Simpson (4)
David Poulter (3) vs Vicki McCarthy (6)	Vicki McCarthy (6) vs Lawrence Pearse (2)
Jean Tweddell (7) vs Lawrence Pearse (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
820	11/01/1989	P	Alec Bryers	42 – 43	Jennifer Bryers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole	72
821	12/01/1989	P	David Poulter	57 – 50	Jennifer Bryers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole	73
822	13/01/1989	P	David Poulter	62 – 16	Kenneth Quarshie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole	73
823	16/01/1989	P	David Poulter	57 – 41	Eileen Farbrother	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole	70
824	17/01/1989	P	David Poulter	42 – 24	Jean Bakewell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Clement Freud	Georgia Hole	71
825	18/01/1989	P	David Poulter	57 – 48	Steve Bruce	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole	72
826	19/01/1989	P	David Poulter	58 – 31	Alison Baker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole	70
827	20/01/1989	P	David Poulter	35 – 69	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole	73
828	23/01/1989	P	Ken Wotherspoon	33 – 43	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole	69
829	24/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	63 – 60	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Lance Percival	Georgia Hole	74
830	25/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	56 – 32	Julie Pharro	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	70
831	26/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	57 – 25	Russell Turner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	75
832	27/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	51 – 51	Mary Hawes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	71
833	30/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	46 – 35	Mary Hawes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	73
834	31/01/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	77 – 56	Dave Chapple	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	79
835	1/02/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	61 – 20	Gail Cattermole	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	74
836	2/02/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	70 – 45	Jenny O'Sullivan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	74
837	3/02/1989	P	Tim Morrissey	52 – 40	Elizabeth Dorey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	72
838	6/02/1989	P	Nick Camp	45 – 65	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	83
839	7/02/1989	P	Frank Peach	48 – 49	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	81
840	8/02/1989	P	Esther Poligadoo	34 – 73	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	76
841	9/02/1989	P	Eileen Stokes	5 – 69	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	72
842	10/02/1989	P	Abu Oosman	26 – 63	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	96
843	13/02/1989	P	Cathy Bland	36 – 34	Evan Simpson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	71
844	14/02/1989	P	Cathy Bland	31 – 62	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	84
845	15/02/1989	P	Caroline Coombs	38 – 46	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	71
846	16/02/1989	P	Anna Sims	48 – 48	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	81
847	17/02/1989	P	Anna Sims	41 – 43	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	73
848	20/02/1989	P	Jim Saywell	60 – 45	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Eve Pollard	Della Thompson	70
849	21/02/1989	P	Jim Saywell	51 – 36	John Roycroft	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke	73
850	22/02/1989	P	Jim Saywell	34 – 53	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke	94
851	23/02/1989	P	Anne Ives	40 – 51	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke	84
852	24/02/1989	P	Cathy Frank	49 – 57	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke	94
853	27/02/1989	P	Fuad Shammas	48 – 49	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke	72
854	28/02/1989	P	Nadine Roebuck	36 – 48	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	73
855	1/03/1989	P	David Thompson	40 – 70	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	73
856	2/03/1989	P	Karen Hoggarth	23 – 58	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	71
857	3/03/1989	P	David Gledhill	12 – 52	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	72
858	6/03/1989	P	Vicki McCarthy	32 – 31	Jeanie Holmes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	72
859	7/03/1989	P	Vicki McCarthy	62 – 53	Alison Jarvis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	74
860	8/03/1989	P	Vicki McCarthy	58 – 48	Alex Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin	Georgia Hole	83
861	9/03/1989	QF	Tim Morrissey	60 – 44	Jim Saywell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole	70
862	10/03/1989	QF	Lawrence Pearse	52 – 29	Jean Tweddell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole	73
863	13/03/1989	QF	Vicki McCarthy	57 – 42	David Poulter	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole	72
864	14/03/1989	QF	Evan Simpson	67 – 27	Len Marshall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole	73
865	15/03/1989	SF	Evan Simpson	56 – 45	Tim Morrissey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole	74
866	16/03/1989	SF	Vicki McCarthy	24 – 49	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Georgia Hole	72
867	17/03/1989	GF	Evan Simpson	64 – 80	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Ned Sherrin, Frazer Hines	Freda Thornton	140

External links

• Series 17 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 17 on The Countdown Page.