David Roe

David Roe was a quarter-finalist in Series 44, and a contestant in Series 90. He was a Chartered Accountant from Colne, Lancashire, and has now qualified for the end-of-series finals in December for a second time.

David first appeared in June 2001, in the tail-end of the show's 44th series, first winning against John Hedges, following up with four additional wins before ultimately losing to Bruno Murray in a close 49-41 contest, after failing to crack the crucial conundrum IFUSECOAT. His performance was enough to warrant a place in the quarter-finals as the #6 seed, in which he was matched up against #3 seed, Stuart Wood, but was defeated 60-36, and Wood ultimately went on to win the series.

More than two decades later, Roe returned to the show, facing Nigel Hutchinson, where he achieved a comfortable 22-point victory to take home a second teapot, despite being beaten to the buzzer in the conundrum. He has since won six more games to take his tally to seven, with three centuries along the way, and guaranteed his return for the December finals through a dispatch of Hiral Varia in a very closely fought game.

In 2010, he attended his first Co-event, COLIN 2010.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3025	06/06/2001	P	John Hedges	35 – 67	David Roe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alastair Stewart	Catherine Clarke	89
3026	07/06/2001	P	David Roe	51 – 20	Susan Kavanagh	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alastair Stewart	Catherine Clarke	73
3027	08/06/2001	P	David Roe	67 – 41	Brian Gentle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alastair Stewart	Catherine Clarke	82
3028	11/06/2001	P	David Roe	57 – 47	Mike O'Rourke	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alastair Stewart	Catherine Clarke	74
3029	12/06/2001	P	David Roe	54 – 39	Jackie Wilcock	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alastair Stewart	Catherine Clarke	73
3030	13/06/2001	P	David Roe	41 – 49	Bruno Murray	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Catherine Clarke	84
3038	25/06/2001	QF	Stuart Wood	60 – 36	David Roe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Damian Eadie	73
8384	28/10/2024	P	Nigel Hutchinson	76 – 98	David Roe	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	122
8385	29/10/2024	P	David Roe	92 – 84	Anna Seemayer	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	123
8386	30/10/2024	P	David Roe	95 – 60	Olivia Bryan	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	117
8387	31/10/2024	P	David Roe	95 – 53	Will Rogers	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	121
8388	01/11/2024	P	David Roe	103 – 33	Charlotte Dunsterville	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	131
8389	04/11/2024	P	David Roe	110 – 55	Barrie Jones	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Carl Frampton	Susie Dent	133
8390	05/11/2024	P	David Roe	109 – 82	Hiral Varia	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Carl Frampton	Susie Dent	124

External links

• Article quoting Roe's first appearances in the Lancashire Telegraph