Series 89

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Series 89 is the current series of Countdown, and the fifth series to feature Colin Murray as presenter. It began on 2 January 2024 and will conclude in June 2024.

Mark Goodliffe, who won the final four preliminary matches of Series 88, returned to continue his run in the first heat of this series.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Mark Finnerty	8	876
2	Mark Goodliffe	8	816
3	Nathan Mulligan	4	396
4	Jan Scowcroft	2	234
	Dave Tinkler*	1	91

*still playing Since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest single-game score.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
8177	02/01/2024	P	Mark Goodliffe	91 – 58	Dan Morrell	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Babatunde Aléshé	Susie Dent	135
8178	03/01/2024	P	Mark Goodliffe	116 – 43	Sharon McIvor	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Babatunde Aléshé	Susie Dent	133
8179	04/01/2024	P	Mark Goodliffe	105 – 58	Julie Acheson	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Babatunde Aléshé	Susie Dent	147
8180	05/01/2024	P	Mark Goodliffe	105 – 82	Laura Gilbert	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Babatunde Aléshé	Susie Dent	134
8181	08/01/2024	P	Kevin McAfee	79 – 81	Nathan Mulligan	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	147
8182	09/01/2024	P	Nathan Mulligan	85 – 52	John Peake	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	124
8183	10/01/2024	P	Nathan Mulligan	87 – 58	Matt Heal	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	127
8184	11/01/2024	P	Nathan Mulligan	75 – 55	Marina Voak	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	130
8185	12/01/2024	P	Nathan Mulligan	68 – 70	Jan Scowcroft	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	148
8186	15/01/2024	P	Jan Scowcroft	92 – 89	Dorian Jeffrey	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	136
8187	16/01/2024	P	Jan Scowcroft	72 – 102	Mark Finnerty	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	137
8188	17/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	108 – 12	Georgina Heath	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	133
8189	18/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	128 – 45	Alison Fairclough	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	155
8190	19/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	105 – 53	Kevin Cornell	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	142
8191	22/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	113 – 81	Mike Courtney	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	138
8192	23/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	113 – 32	David Finch	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	121
8193	24/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	102 – 20	Sharon Redrobe	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	131
8194	25/01/2024	P	Mark Finnerty	105 – 36	Matthew Cox	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	119
8195	26/01/2024	P	Dave Tinkler	91 – 64	Mick Jennings	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
8196	29/01/2024	P	Dave Tinkler	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tasha Ghouri	Susie Dent
8197	30/01/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tasha Ghouri	Susie Dent
8198	31/01/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tasha Ghouri	Susie Dent
8199	01/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tasha Ghouri	Susie Dent
8200	02/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tasha Ghouri	Susie Dent
8201	05/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent
8202	06/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent
8203	07/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent
8204	08/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent
8205	09/02/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent

External Links

• Series 89 on The Countdown Database.