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[[Image:1989.JPG|right|thumb|200px|This series marked the debut of this set, which was only used for two years. Also the Countdown clock music had changed to its present version.]] | [[Image:1989.JPG|right|thumb|200px|This series marked the debut of this set, which was only used for two years. Also the Countdown clock music had changed to its present version.]] | ||
− | '''Series 18''' ran from July 1989 to October 1989. | + | '''Series 18''' ran from July 1989 to October 1989. The eighteenth of 53 series presented by [[Richard Whiteley]], it was won by [[Rajaretnam Yogasagarar]]. |
This series saw the change of letter tiles to a new red and white design. After several episodes had been recorded, someone realized that this would cause problems for epileptics. An attempt was made to record all the shows again with the original contestants and different tiles, but this caused issues as some were no longer available. This resulted in some shows still having to be screened with the problem tiles. | This series saw the change of letter tiles to a new red and white design. After several episodes had been recorded, someone realized that this would cause problems for epileptics. An attempt was made to record all the shows again with the original contestants and different tiles, but this caused issues as some were no longer available. This resulted in some shows still having to be screened with the problem tiles. |
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Series 18 ran from July 1989 to October 1989. The eighteenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Rajaretnam Yogasagarar.
This series saw the change of letter tiles to a new red and white design. After several episodes had been recorded, someone realized that this would cause problems for epileptics. An attempt was made to record all the shows again with the original contestants and different tiles, but this caused issues as some were no longer available. This resulted in some shows still having to be screened with the problem tiles.
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Anstey | 8 | 479 |
2 | Richard Evans | 8 | 433 |
3 | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 6 | 333 |
4 | Derek Stuart-Clark | 6 | 325 |
5 | Mandi Hale | 5 | 257 |
6 | Shirley Scott | 5 | 251 |
7 | Mark St. John London | 4 | 237 |
8 | Margaret Budden | 3 | 165 |
Finals progress
Jonathan Anstey (1) vs Margaret Budden (8) | Jonathan Anstey (1) vs Mandi Hale (5) | Mandi Hale (5) vs Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (3) |
Mandi Hale (5) vs Derek Stuart-Clark (4) | ||
Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (3) vs Shirley Scott (6) | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar (3) vs Richard Evans (2) | |
Mark St John London|Mark St. John London (7) vs Richard Evans (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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868 | 10/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 59 – 36 | Monica Kirby | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
869 | 11/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 64 – 37 | Brian Clarke | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
870 | 12/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 49 – 37 | Margaret Jones | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
871 | 13/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 58 – 20 | Bob Holland | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
872 | 15/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 47 – 18 | Graham Owen | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
873 | 17/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 56 – 25 | Win Strange | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ned Sherrin | Della Thompson | |||
874 | 18/07/1989 | P | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | 37 – 44 | Shirley Scott | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ned Sherrin | Della Thompson | |||
875 | 19/07/1989 | P | Shirley Scott | 57 – 45 | Reg Jones | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ned Sherrin | Della Thompson | |||
876 | 20/07/1989 | P | Shirley Scott | 46 – 43 | Ron Smith | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ned Sherrin | Della Thompson | |||
877 | 21/07/1989 | P | Shirley Scott | 57 – 31 | Joan Gray | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ned Sherrin | Della Thompson | |||
878 | 24/07/1989 | P | Shirley Scott | 47 – 44 | Christine Stallybrass | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
879 | 25/07/1989 | P | Shirley Scott | 41 – 61 | Derek Stuart-Clark | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
880 | 26/07/1989 | P | Derek Stuart-Clark | 46 – 30 | Valia Hedley | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
881 | 27/07/1989 | P | Derek Stuart-Clark | 63 – 39 | Anne Cox | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
882 | 28/07/1989 | P | Derek Stuart-Clark | 49 – 37 | John Gough-Cooper | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
883 | 31/07/1989 | P | Derek Stuart-Clark | 39 – 29 | Garry Preston | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
884 | 1/08/1989 | P | Derek Stuart-Clark | 67 – 34 | Karen Hazell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Simon Williams | Della Thompson | |||
885 | 2/08/1989 | P | Tom Dudley | 43 – 39 | Win Blackborow | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
886 | 3/08/1989 | P | Tom Dudley | 35 – 54 | Jonathan Anstey | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
887 | 4/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 66 – 12 | Keith Pottage | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
888 | 7/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 61 – 61 | Sue Hall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
889 | 8/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 46 – 37 | Sue Hall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
890 | 9/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 81 – 40 | Neil Barlow | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
891 | 10/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 62 – 42 | John Feetenby | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Simon Mason | |||
892 | 11/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 53 – 24 | Eileen Meghen | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lance Percival | Simon Mason | |||
893 | 14/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 59 – 33 | Ian Whitcombe | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lance Percival | Simon Mason | |||
894 | 15/08/1989 | P | Jonathan Anstey | 58 – 41 | Elizabeth Rennie | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lance Percival | Simon Mason | |||
895 | 16/08/1989 | P | Leslie Martin | 41 – 32 | Steve Tidbury | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lance Percival | Simon Mason | |||
896 | 17/08/1989 | P | Leslie Martin | 52 – 39 | Anne Maclachlan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lance Percival | Simon Mason | |||
897 | 18/08/1989 | P | Leslie Martin | 44 – 53 | Mark Pont | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lance Percival | Simon Mason | |||
898 | 21/08/1989 | P | Mark Pont | 65 – 45 | Debbie Williams | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Della Thompson | |||
899 | 22/08/1989 | P | Mark Pont | 44 – 40 | Andrew Balkin | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Della Thompson | |||
900 | 23/08/1989 | P | Mark Pont | 59 – 63 | Ann Rutter | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Della Thompson | |||
901 | 24/08/1989 | P | Ann Rutter | 38 – 40 | David Ware | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Della Thompson | |||
902 | 25/08/1989 | P | David Ware | 39 – 23 | Tony Diball | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Brian Johnston | Della Thompson | |||
903 | 28/08/1989 | P | David Ware | 51 – 46 | Jan Whitfield | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | |||
904 | 29/08/1989 | P | David Ware | 43 – 50 | Clive Everill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | |||
905 | 30/08/1989 | P | Clive Everill | 70 – 60 | Chris Magill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | |||
906 | 31/08/1989 | P | Clive Everill | 27 – 50 | Bill Taylor | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | |||
907 | 1/09/1989 | P | Bill Taylor | 42 – 50 | Mark St. John London | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | |||
908 | 4/09/1989 | P | Mark St. John London | 60 – 55 | Alex McClimens | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Della Thompson | |||
909 | 5/09/1989 | P | Mark St. John London | 70 – 26 | John Slade | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
910 | 6/09/1989 | P | Mark St. John London | 57 – 51 | Patrick Kavanagh | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
911 | 7/09/1989 | P | Mark St. John London | 48 – 64 | Margaret Budden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
912 | 8/09/1989 | P | Margaret Budden | 43 – 34 | Christopher Alexander | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
913 | 11/09/1989 | P | Margaret Budden | 58 – 30 | Patrick Lindfield | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
914 | 12/09/1989 | P | Margaret Budden | 45 – 57 | Diane Pratesi | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Della Thompson | |||
915 | 13/09/1989 | P | Diane Pratesi | 59 – 34 | Christopher Quartermaine | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Clement Freud | Freda Thornton | |||
916 | 14/09/1989 | P | Diane Pratesi | 48 – 60 | Richard Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Clement Freud | Freda Thornton | |||
917 | 15/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 50 – 32 | Mary Mullins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Clement Freud | Freda Thornton | |||
918 | 18/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 63 – 49 | Fraser McLeod | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Clement Freud | Freda Thornton | |||
919 | 19/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 50 – 29 | Avril Goldsworthy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Clement Freud | Freda Thornton | |||
920 | 20/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 45 – 30 | Brian Porter | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Dinah Sheridan | Freda Thornton | |||
921 | 21/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 49 – 44 | Garry Thomas | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Dinah Sheridan | Freda Thornton | |||
922 | 22/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 68 – 51 | Brendan Meghan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Dinah Sheridan | Freda Thornton | |||
923 | 25/09/1989 | P | Richard Evans | 48 – 45 | Chris Tesseras | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Dinah Sheridan | Freda Thornton | |||
924 | 26/09/1989 | P | Mandi Hale | 51 – 27 | Rosemary Tame | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Dinah Sheridan | Freda Thornton | |||
925 | 27/09/1989 | P | Mandi Hale | 41 – 30 | Brian Burrows | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Dinah Sheridan | Freda Thornton | |||
926 | 28/09/1989 | P | Mandi Hale | 46 – 27 | Julian Bloom | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nigel Rees | Freda Thornton | |||
927 | 29/09/1989 | P | Mandi Hale | 54 – 36 | Doris Beckerlegge | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nigel Rees | Freda Thornton | |||
928 | 2/10/1989 | P | Mandi Hale | 65 – 29 | David Dillner | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nigel Rees | Freda Thornton | |||
929 | 3/10/1989 | P | Mandi Hale | 32 – 48 | Mark Cooper | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nigel Rees | Freda Thornton | |||
930 | 4/10/1989 | P | Mark Cooper | 41 – 33 | Robin Robinson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
931 | 5/10/1989 | QF | Jonathan Anstey | 45 – 33 | Margaret Budden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
932 | 6/10/1989 | QF | Mark St. John London | 12 – 45 | Richard Evans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
933 | 9/10/1989 | QF | Shirley Scott | 39 – 46 | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
934 | 10/10/1989 | QF | Mandi Hale | 53 – 47 | Derek Stuart-Clark | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | |||
935 | 11/10/1989 | SF | Mandi Hale | 48 – 36 | Jonathan Anstey | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Catherine Clarke | |||
936 | 12/10/1989 | SF | Richard Evans | 46 – 56 | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eve Pollard | Catherine Clarke | |||
937 | 13/10/1989 | GF | Mandi Hale | 73 – 92 | Rajaretnam Yogasagarar | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Frazer Hines, Eve Pollard | Catherine Clarke |