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Mark Murray
Mark Murray was a contestant in Series 41 as well as an octochamp in and the champion of Series 70, making him the first series winner born in the Republic of Ireland, and a participant in Championship of Champions XIV. He is also the chairperson of FOCAL.
To date, Murray, whose octototal is 902, is the highest-scoring octochamp whose run has included a crucial conundrum. He had three altogether, in his matches against Bobby Johnson, Ciaran McCarthy and Peter Steggle.
Murray returned in 2016 for Championship of Champions XIV, facing off against Series 71 runner-up Antoinette Ryan in a game self-styled as "Battle of the Leprechauns", Murray emerged victorious 125-88. In the quarter-final, he came up against another Series 71 contestant in series champion Cool Dan McColm. In the battle of the two series winners of 2014, Cool Dan won a tense match 112-99.
In 2005, he entered the unofficial Countdown tournament CoBris 2005, and subsequently CoBris 2006 and CoBris 2007.
In 2015, he revived Countdown in Bristol as a co-host, along with veteran Jeff Clayton to create CoBris 2015.
Preceded by Callum Todd |
Series winner Series 70 |
Followed by Dan McColm |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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2630 | 27/10/1999 | P | Sanjay Mazumder | 65 – 25 | Mark Murray | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Marc Freden | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
5902 | 10/04/2014 | P | Bobby Johnson | 96 – 115 | Mark Murray | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
5903 | 11/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 108 – 42 | Chris Newbury | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5904 | 14/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 120 – 104 | Ciaran McCarthy | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
5905 | 15/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 100 – 26 | Jim Sales | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Louise Minchin | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
5906 | 16/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 115 – 48 | David Jameson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Louise Minchin | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
5907 | 17/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 112 – 95 | Peter Steggle | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Louise Minchin | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
5908 | 18/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 122 – 86 | Mike Wilson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Louise Minchin | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
5909 | 21/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 110 – 69 | Simon Pinder | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Louise Minchin | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
5940 | 13/06/2014 | QF | Mark Murray | 95 – 63 | Andy Gardner | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5944 | 25/06/2014 | SF | Mark Murray | 89 – 64 | Neil Green | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
5946 | 27/06/2014 | GF | Mark Murray | 105 – 70 | Andy Naylor | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
6285 | 13/01/2016 | CP | Antoinette Ryan | 88 – 125 | Mark Murray | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
6289 | 19/01/2016 | CQF | Dan McColm | 112 – 99 | Mark Murray | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Naga Munchetty | Susie Dent | 145 |