Series 90

< Previous |

Series 90 is the present series of Countdown, and the sixth to feature Colin Murray as presenter. It began on 1 July 2024, and will conclude in December 2024.

Phil Campbell, who won the final three preliminary matches of Series 89, returned to continue his run in the first heat of this series.

Apterites Jon Stitcher, Robin Lyster and Richard Barnett have appeared in this series.

Episode 8310 was broadcast five minutes earlier at 14:05 to accommodate the live practice of the 2024 British Grand Prix.

Series 90 oversaw a significant overhaul made to Oxford Dictionaries Premium (ODP), which comprised thousands of the listed words imported from the Oxford English Dictionary in 2015 being spontaneously deleted from the site, predominantly those of an obscure nature. This permanent change, materialising on 16 July 2024, impacted the maxes available in letters games from the later stage of the series onwards.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Fiona Wood	8	819
2	James Swinnerton	5	523
3	Jon Stitcher	4	503
4	Phil Campbell	4	436
5	Steven Woods	3	341
6	Liam Critcher*	3	282
7	Stacey Burke	1	119

*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
8306	01/07/2024	P	Phil Campbell	101 – 25	Ben Bradley	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ranvir Singh	Susie Dent	135
8307	02/07/2024	P	Phil Campbell	65 – 74	Stacey Burke	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ranvir Singh	Susie Dent	135
8308	03/07/2024	P	Stacey Burke	45 – 73	James Swinnerton	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ranvir Singh	Susie Dent	126
8309	04/07/2024	P	James Swinnerton	100 – 67	Elaine Call	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ranvir Singh	Susie Dent	127
8310	05/07/2024	P	James Swinnerton	93 – 27	Michael Arnold	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ranvir Singh	Susie Dent	132
8311	08/07/2024	P	James Swinnerton	97 – 39	Philip Jones	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	136
8312	09/07/2024	P	James Swinnerton	86 – 49	Rachel Gallen	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	124
8313	10/07/2024	P	James Swinnerton	74 – 108	Jon Stitcher	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	133
8314	11/07/2024	P	Jon Stitcher	118 – 59	Hollie Kirkup	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	124
8315	12/07/2024	P	Jon Stitcher	92 – 50	Robin Lyster	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	133
8316	15/07/2024	P	Jon Stitcher	98 – 49	Mario Panayiotou	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris McCausland	Susie Dent	125
8317	16/07/2024	P	Jon Stitcher	87 – 89	Fiona Wood	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris McCausland	Susie Dent	124
8318	17/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	96 – 50	James Train	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris McCausland	Susie Dent	146
8319	18/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	111 – 81	Janet Turville	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris McCausland	Susie Dent	123
8320	19/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	107 – 79	Omair Azam	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Chris McCausland	Susie Dent	144
8321	22/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	113 – 49	Dan Barby	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katharine Merry	Susie Dent	120
8322	23/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	104 – 62	Helen Bell	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katharine Merry	Susie Dent	124
8323	24/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	91 – 45	Allan Turnbull	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katharine Merry	Susie Dent	119
8324	25/07/2024	P	Fiona Wood	108 – 72	Jules Quick	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katharine Merry	Susie Dent	122
8325	26/07/2024	P	Steven Woods	91 – 67	Zoe Roberts	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katharine Merry	Susie Dent	141
8326	29/07/2024	P	Steven Woods	83 – 76	Lianne Kennedy	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Lederer	Susie Dent	131
8327	30/07/2024	P	Steven Woods	85 – 76	Richard Barnett	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Lederer	Susie Dent	121
8328	31/07/2024	P	Steven Woods	82 – 88	Liam Critcher	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Lederer	Susie Dent	125
8329	01/08/2024	P	Liam Critcher	95 – 71	Anjelica Bent	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Lederer	Susie Dent	157
8330	02/08/2024	P	Liam Critcher	99 – 76	Ben Smith	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Lederer	Susie Dent	135
8331	05/08/2024	P	Liam Critcher	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clara Amfo	Susie Dent
8332	06/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clara Amfo	Susie Dent
8333	07/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clara Amfo	Susie Dent
8334	08/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clara Amfo	Susie Dent
8335	09/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clara Amfo	Susie Dent
8336	12/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent
8337	13/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent
8338	14/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent
8339	15/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent
8340	16/08/2024	P	tba	–	tba	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent

External Links

• Series 90 on The Countdown Database.