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Series 12
From Countdown
Series 12 ran from April 1987 to June 1987. The twelfth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Stephen Balment.
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Marsh | 8 | 479 |
2 | Cathy Morgan | 7 | 398 |
3 | Matthew Francis | 4 | 206 |
4 | Stephen Balment | 3 | 189 |
5 | Nigel Aspden | 2 | 111 |
6 | Vivien Crabb | 2 | 108 |
7 | Janet McRae | 2 | 98 |
8 | Stephen Haggerty | 2 | 96 |
Finals progress
Jon Marsh (1) vs Stephen Haggerty (8) | Jon Marsh (1) vs Stephen Balment (4) | Stephen Balment (4) vs Janet McRae (7) |
Nigel Aspden (5) vs Stephen Balment (4) | ||
Matthew Francis (3) vs Vivien Crabb (6) | Matthew Francis (3) vs Janet McRae (7) | |
Janet McRae (7) vs Cathy Morgan (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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545 | 13/04/1987 | P | Valerie Turner | 35 – 60 | Keith Albans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Bill Tidy | Catherine Clarke | ||
546 | 14/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 83 – 45 | Keith Albans | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 85 | |
547 | 15/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 53 – 46 | Jez Gill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | ||
548 | 16/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 53 – 45 | Helen Pitt | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | ||
549 | 17/04/1987 | P | Stephen Balment | 43 – 59 | Mike Tobias | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | ||
550 | 20/04/1987 | P | Stephen Haggerty | 53 – 42 | Mike Tobias | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | ||
551 | 21/04/1987 | P | Stephen Haggerty | 43 – 33 | Alan Berry | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | ||
552 | 22/04/1987 | P | Stephen Haggerty | 27 – 37 | Shirley Morris | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | ||
553 | 23/04/1987 | P | Gordon Carrington | 41 – 30 | Shirley Morris | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | ||
554 | 24/04/1987 | P | Gordon Carrington | 32 – 43 | Martin Loughran | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Anne Robinson | Della Thompson | ||
555 | 27/04/1987 | P | Brian Dollery | 30 – 47 | Martin Loughran | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | ||
556 | 28/04/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 42 – 36 | Martin Loughran | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | ||
557 | 29/04/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 58 – 36 | Gwen Gerds | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | ||
558 | 30/04/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 54 – 43 | Alan Nash | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | ||
559 | 1/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 66 – 35 | Donald Kent | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | ||
560 | 4/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 61 – 49 | Tony Cook | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Nigel Rees | Della Thompson | ||
561 | 5/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 37 – 22 | Lewis Whetstone | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | ||
562 | 6/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 51 – 32 | John Bird | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | ||
563 | 7/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 49 – 49 | Phyllis Stevens | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | ||
564 | 8/05/1987 | P | Jon Marsh | 61 – 43 | Phyllis Stevens | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | ||
565 | 11/05/1987 | P | David Lee | 45 – 53 | Nigel Aspden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Freda Thornton | ||
566 | 12/05/1987 | P | Linda Chamberlain | 43 – 58 | Nigel Aspden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
567 | 13/05/1987 | P | Ed Barral | 60 – 38 | Nigel Aspden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
568 | 14/05/1987 | P | Ed Barral | 43 – 59 | Roger Brusch | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
569 | 15/05/1987 | P | Dave Boyes | 53 – 47 | Roger Brusch | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
570 | 18/05/1987 | P | Dave Boyes | 25 – 56 | Geoffrey Reynolds | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
571 | 19/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 64 – 39 | Geoffrey Reynolds | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
572 | 20/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 34 – 25 | Tony Donovan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
573 | 21/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 51 – 57 | Matthew Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
574 | 22/05/1987 | P | Brenda Roberts | 35 – 58 | Matthew Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
575 | 25/05/1987 | P | Carl Varney | 39 – 41 | Matthew Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
576 | 26/05/1987 | P | Olive Barton | 48 – 50 | Matthew Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
577 | 27/05/1987 | P | Mike Stanford | 56 – 55 | Matthew Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
578 | 28/05/1987 | P | Mike Stanford | 45 – 39 | Tim Town | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
579 | 29/05/1987 | P | Mike Stanford | 45 – 60 | Vivien Crabb | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
580 | 1/06/1987 | P | Geoffrey Harris | 34 – 48 | Vivien Crabb | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | ||
581 | 2/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 57 – 43 | Vivien Crabb | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | ||
582 | 3/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 54 – 40 | Rob Taylor | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | ||
583 | 4/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 – 19 | Christine Negus | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | ||
584 | 5/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 66 – 34 | Doug Walters | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | ||
585 | 8/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 60 – 53 | Nick Cant | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Ned Sherrin | Freda Thornton | ||
586 | 9/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 55 – 23 | Sarah Purlan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | ||
587 | 10/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 – 37 | Karl Kurdistan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | ||
588 | 11/06/1987 | QF | Jon Marsh | 65 – 49 | Stephen Haggerty | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | ||
589 | 12/06/1987 | QF | Cathy Morgan | 57 – 67* | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | ||
590 | 15/06/1987 | QF | Matthew Francis | 62 – 53 | Vivien Crabb | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannell | ||
591 | 16/06/1987 | QF | Stephen Balment | 73* – 63 | Nigel Aspden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | 95 | |
592 | 17/06/1987 | SF | Stephen Balment | 51 – 30 | Jon Marsh | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | ||
593 | 18/06/1987 | SF | Matthew Francis | 47 – 55 | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | ||
594 | 19/06/1987 | GF | Stephen Balment | 81 – 66 | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Diane Solomon, Patrick Mower | Julia Swannell | 128 |