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{{seed | 5 | Ian Bebbington  | 3 | 177 | w }}
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Revision as of 20:50, 12 October 2010

Series 7 champion Ian Bebbington (right) with his winning dictionaries

Series 7 ran from October 1985 to December 1985. Episodes were broadcast at 4:30 pm. The seventh of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Ian Bebbington. The runner-up prize was £100 of book tokens.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Clive Freedman 8 409
2 Julian Hough 6 329
3 Tim O'Kane 4 267
4 Robert Coton 4 214
5 Ian Bebbington 3 177
6 Jean Fish 3 152
7 Tim Davies 2 144
8 Gary Franks 2 104
Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Note: Due to a rule that was in place at the time, win and point totals were reset if a player crossed a boundary between series. In addition to becoming an octochamp in Series 7, Clive Freedman had also won one additional game in Series 6.

Finals progress

Clive Freedman (1) vs Gary Franks (8) Clive Freedman (1) vs Ian Bebbington (5) Ian Bebbington (5)
vs
Julian Hough (2)
Ian Bebbington (5) vs Robert Coton (4)
Tim O'Kane (3) vs Jean Fish (6) Jean Fish (6) vs Julian Hough (2)
Tim Davies (7) vs Julian Hough (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
289 14/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 49 – 40 James Baillie Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
290 15/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 52 – 31 Paul Darnley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
291 16/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 36 – 6 Jill Payne Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
292 17/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 48 – 29 David Braines Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
293 18/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 55 – 37 Steve Drinkwater Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
294 21/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 46 – 40 Michael Rowlands Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
295 22/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 67 – 19 Joan Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
296 23/10/1985 P Clive Freedman 56 – 38 Andrew Thomson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
297 24/10/1985 P Peter Collier 35 – 35 Dennis Allen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
298 25/10/1985 P Peter Collier 55 – 40 Dennis Allen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
299 28/10/1985 P Peter Collier 29 – 47 Jean Fish Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
300 29/10/1985 P Phil Wall 43 – 46 Jean Fish Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
301 30/10/1985 P Pauline West 43 – 59 Jean Fish Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones
302 31/10/1985 P Michael Spencer 54 – 34 Jean Fish Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones
303 1/11/1985 P Michael Spencer 16 – 66 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones
304 4/11/1985 P Ken Brown 31 – 52 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones
305 5/11/1985 P Michael McCormack 18 – 59 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones
306 6/11/1985 P Marion Johnstone 52 – 41 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones
307 7/11/1985 P Marion Johnstone 57 – 29 Graham Green Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
308 8/11/1985 P Marion Johnstone 36 – 45 Cliff Loy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
309 11/11/1985 P Susan Wallace 49 – 30 Cliff Loy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
310 12/11/1985 P Susan Wallace 36 – 57 Tim O'Kane Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
311 13/11/1985 P Enid Fordham 35 – 35 Tim O'Kane Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
312 14/11/1985 P Enid Fordham 38 – 55 Tim O'Kane Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
313 15/11/1985 P Margaret Reid 29 – 57 Tim O'Kane Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
314 19/11/1985 P Robert Bosher 46 – 63 Tim O'Kane Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
315 20/11/1985 P Tim Davies 50 – 43 Tim O'Kane Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner John Junkin
316 21/11/1985 P Tim Davies 50 – 34 Honey Russell Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
317 22/11/1985 P Tim Davies 44 – 44 Arthur Boden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
318 23/11/1985 P Tim Davies 31 – 44 Arthur Boden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
319 25/11/1985 P Patricia Mendes Da Costa 49 – 15 Arthur Boden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth
320 26/11/1985 P Robert Coton 48 – 42 Patricia Mendes Da Costa Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
321 27/11/1985 P Robert Coton 70 – 31 Cyril Annis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
322 28/11/1985 P Robert Coton 45 – 25 Philip Faulkner Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
323 29/11/1985 P Robert Coton 51 – 39 John Hawker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
324 2/12/1985 P Robert Coton 38 – 49 Gary Franks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
325 3/12/1985 P June Fawcett 13 – 55 Gary Franks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
326 4/12/1985 P Julian Hough 60 – 45 Gary Franks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
327 5/12/1985 P Julian Hough 58 – 36 Philip Godfrey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
328 6/12/1985 P Julian Hough 45 – 37 Neil Stein Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
329 9/12/1985 P Julian Hough 54 – 27 Leslie Pollitt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
330 10/12/1985 P Julian Hough 50 – 19 Steve Holdsworth Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
331 11/12/1985 P Julian Hough 62 – 17 Bob Balmer Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Bill Tidy
332 12/12/1985 QF Clive Freedman 63 – 19 Gary Franks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
333 13/12/1985 QF Julian Hough 63 – 34 Tim Davies Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
334 16/12/1985 QF Tim O'Kane 54 – 57 Jean Fish Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
335 17/12/1985 QF Robert Coton 53 – 65 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
336 18/12/1985 SF Clive Freedman 46 – 49 Ian Bebbington Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
337 19/12/1985 SF Jean Fish 37 – 59 Julian Hough Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson
338 20/12/1985 GF Ian Bebbington 82 – 77 Julian Hough Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Richard Stilgoe, John Junkin Della Thompson

External links

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