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[[File:Anthony Jenkin1.png|thumb|200px|right|Anthony Jenkin in [[Series 31]]...]]
 
[[File:Anthony Jenkin1.png|thumb|200px|right|Anthony Jenkin in [[Series 31]]...]]
 
[[File:Anthony Jenkin.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 22 years later in [[Series 78]]!]]
 
[[File:Anthony Jenkin.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 22 years later in [[Series 78]]!]]
'''Anthony Jenkin''' was an [[octochamp]] and finalist in [[Series 31]] and a [[contestant]] in [[Series 78]].
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'''Anthony Jenkin''' was an [[octochamp]] and finalist in [[Series 31]], and a [[contestant]] in [[Series 78]].
  
Jenkin is one of just 4 people to have won a game with the extra intensity [[clock music]]. Upon his readmission to the show in 2018, he also became the first octochamp to be invited back for a second ''Countdown'' run. Unfortunately for Jenkin, his "second début" would prove to be his last show, as he was pitted against [[Zarte Siempre]] in the final game of Siempre's 967-point octorun.
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Jenkin is one of just 4 people to have won a game with the extra intensity [[clock music]]. Upon his readmission to the show in 2018, he also became the first octochamp to be invited back for a second ''Countdown'' run. Unfortunately for Jenkin, his "second debut" would prove to be his last show as he was pitted against [[Zarte Siempre]] in the final game of Siempre's 967-point octorun.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Latest revision as of 18:10, 5 November 2025

Anthony Jenkin
octochamp statistics
Final position Quarter-finalist
Seeding 2
Points total 459
Conundrums solved 6
Anthony Jenkin in Series 31...
...and 22 years later in Series 78!

Anthony Jenkin was an octochamp and finalist in Series 31, and a contestant in Series 78.

Jenkin is one of just 4 people to have won a game with the extra intensity clock music. Upon his readmission to the show in 2018, he also became the first octochamp to be invited back for a second Countdown run. Unfortunately for Jenkin, his "second debut" would prove to be his last show as he was pitted against Zarte Siempre in the final game of Siempre's 967-point octorun.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1721 4/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 40 – 28 Maria Thomson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 80
1722 5/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 68 – 51 Barbara Taylor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 69
1723 8/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 62 – 42 Ben Jeffrey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 73
1724 9/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 64 – 48 Shelagh Melville Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 69
1725 10/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 64 – 27 David Bremner Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 84
1726 11/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 44 – 29 Diane Simpkins Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 70
1727 12/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 59 – 31 Nevil Malin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 73
1728 15/01/1996 P Anthony Jenkin 58 – 26 Angela Raker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Catherine Stokes 72
1777 22/03/1996 QF Anthony Jenkin 26 – 54 Chris Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 72
6781 12/03/2018 P Zarte Siempre 111 – 65 Anthony Jenkin Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Liz Bonnin Susie Dent 125