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Series 78
Series 78 is the current series of Countdown. The thirteenth series presented by Nick Hewer, it began on 2 January 2018 and will finish on 22 June 2018. Apterites featuring in this series include Sam Prouse, Philip Aston, Zarte Siempre and Toby McDonald.
A Daily Mirror report in April 2017 confirmed that 260 episodes of Countdown are being ordered for production in 2018. [1]
The series was off-air during the second week of January due to Channel 4’s coverage of the BDO World Darts Championship. It will also be interrupted by two live Formula 1 practice sessions, as will the following series. Channel 4’s contract for the darts has now expired and is yet to be renewed, but live Formula 1 will leave free-to-air television after 2018, with the exception of the British Grand Prix.
Leaderboard
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zarte Siempre | 8 | 967 |
2 | Chris Thorn | 8 | 760 |
3 | Phil Davies | 8 | 757 |
4 | Philip Aston | 6 | 760 |
5 | George Armstrong | 4 | 429 |
6 | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 4 | 424 |
7 | Mary Bainbridge | 4 | 419 |
8 | John Cole | 3 | 325 |
9 | Maria Frizelle | 3 | 297 |
10 | Dougie Mackay * | 3 | 292 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6737 | 2/01/2018 | P | Roger Springthorpe | 33 – 91 | Jacob Coventry-Peters | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6738 | 3/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 84 – 74 | Shelagh Addis | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6739 | 4/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 70 – 29 | Anthony McLaughlin | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
6740 | 5/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 98 – 26 | Wendy Almond | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6741 | 15/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 81 – 87 | Mary Bainbridge | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6742 | 16/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 87 – 77 | Glen Burke | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6743 | 17/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 91 – 53 | Graeme Dryburgh-Cook | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
6744 | 18/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 83 – 49 | Amit Amin | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6745 | 19/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 71 – 90 | Chris Thorn | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 175 | ||
6746 | 22/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 108 – 47 | Terry Kelly | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6747 | 23/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 88 – 60 | Todd Goodman | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
6748 | 24/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 83 – 58 | Ann Duckworth | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
6749 | 25/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 92 – 72 | Robin McConnell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
6750 | 26/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 93 – 77 | Sam Prouse | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
6751 | 29/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 87 – 65 | Paul McGhee | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6752 | 30/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 119 – 59 | Ryan Peteranna | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6753 | 31/01/2018 | P | Mandy Wilson | 61 – 80 | Louise Regan | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6754 | 1/02/2018 | P | Louise Regan | 64 – 78 | David Shipley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6755 | 2/02/2018 | P | David Shipley | 79 – 48 | Lena Hamre | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6756 | 5/02/2018 | P | David Shipley | 47 – 78 | Phil Davies | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6757 | 6/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 96 – 28 | Simon Block | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
6758 | 7/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 75 – 61 | Lisa Miller | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6759 | 8/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 98 – 86 | Alyn McFetridge | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6760 | 9/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 100 – 77 | John Owens | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6761 | 12/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 104 – 77 | Ben Jenkins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6762 | 13/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 114 – 37 | Mike O'Connell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
6763 | 14/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 92 – 43 | Heather Blackley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
6764 | 15/02/2018 | P | Simon Baker | 72 – 48 | Tony Smith | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6765 | 16/02/2018 | P | Simon Baker | 35 – 86 | Becky Taberner | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6766 | 19/02/2018 | P | Becky Taberner | 80 – 64 | Robert Zara | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6767 | 20/02/2018 | P | Becky Taberner | 99 – 103 | Jill Thwaites | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
6768 | 21/02/2018 | P | Jill Thwaites | 27 – 107 | Philip Aston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 151 | ||
6769 | 22/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 123 – 40 | Sylvia O'Brien | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
6770 | 23/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 110 – 41 | John Eadie | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
6771 | 26/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 94 – 75 | Mick Armstrong | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6772 | 27/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 116 – 49 | Derek Matthews | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
6773 | 28/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 113 – 30 | Jenny Coote | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6774 | 1/03/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 97 – 121 | Zarte Siempre | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6775 | 2/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 111 – 64 | Keith Howkins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6776 | 5/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 118 – 70 | Donal Casey | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6777 | 6/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 128 – 23 | Jonathan Stoneman | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
6778 | 7/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 130 – 62 | Patrick Gray | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
6779 | 8/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 130 – 39 | Dave Burch | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
6780 | 9/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 118 – 29 | Steve Shingleton | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6781 | 12/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 111 – 65 | Anthony Jenkin | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
6782 | 13/03/2018 | P | Patrick Murphy | 62 – 46 | Richard Anning | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6783 | 14/03/2018 | P | Patrick Murphy | 58 – 67 | Ted Anscomb | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6784 | 15/03/2018 | P | Ted Anscomb | 76 – 78 | Maria Frizelle | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6785 | 16/03/2018 | P | Maria Frizelle | 65 – 64 | John Dickinson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
6786 | 19/03/2018 | P | Maria Frizelle | 92 – 48 | James Barber | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6787 | 20/03/2018 | P | Maria Frizelle | 62 – 89 | Mohsin Shabir | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
6788 | 21/03/2018 | P | Mohsin Shabir | 89 – 37 | Nicola Sibbick | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6789 | 22/03/2018 | P | Mohsin Shabir | 71 – 82 | Ed Morrison | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
6790 | 23/03/2018 | P | Ed Morrison | 58 – 61 | Glen Jones | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6791 | 26/03/2018 | P | Glen Jones | 67 – 38 | Kathy Smith | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6792 | 27/03/2018 | P | Glen Jones | 55 – 80 | John Cole | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
6793 | 28/03/2018 | P | John Cole | 89 – 78 | Marjory Humphreys | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6794 | 29/03/2018 | P | John Cole | 87 – 58 | Riley Halson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
6795 | 30/03/2018 | P | John Cole | 69 – 75 | George Armstrong | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6796 | 2/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 78* – 68 | Noel Jongwe | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
6797 | 3/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 104 – 89 | Michael Stephenson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
6798 | 4/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 95 – 69 | Danny Sarkissian | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
6799 | 5/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 87 – 90 | Luke O'Neill | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 148 | ||
6800 | 6/04/2018 | P | Luke O'Neill | 73 – 109 | Dougie Mackay | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6801 | 9/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 78 – 70 | Darren Newton | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6802 | 10/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 105 – 36 | Colin Broome | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
6803 | 11/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | |||
6804 | 12/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | |||
6805 | 13/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | |||
6806 | 16/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | |||
6807 | 17/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | |||
6808 | 18/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | |||
6809 | 19/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | |||
6810 | 20/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | |||
6811 | 23/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | |||
6812 | 24/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | |||
6813 | 25/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | |||
6814 | 26/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | |||
6815 | 30/04/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | |||
6816 | 1/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | |||
6817 | 2/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
6818 | 3/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
6819 | 4/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
6820 | 7/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
6821 | 8/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | |||
6822 | 9/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | |||
6823 | 10/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | |||
6824 | 11/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | |||
6825 | 14/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | |||
6826 | 15/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | |||
6827 | 16/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | |||
6828 | 17/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | |||
6829 | 18/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | |||
6830 | 21/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | |||
6831 | 22/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | |||
6832 | 23/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | |||
6833 | 25/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | |||
6834 | 28/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | |||
6835 | 29/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | |||
6836 | 30/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | |||
6837 | 31/05/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | |||
6838 | 1/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | |||
6839 | 4/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | |||
6840 | 5/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | |||
6841 | 6/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | |||
6842 | 7/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | |||
6843 | 8/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | |||
6844 | 11/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | |||
6845 | 12/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | |||
6846 | 13/06/2018 | P | tba | – | tba | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | |||
6847 | 14/06/2018 | QF | #1 Seed | – | #8 Seed | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | |||
6848 | 15/06/2018 | QF | #2 Seed | – | #7 Seed | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | |||
6849 | 18/06/2018 | QF | #3 Seed | – | #6 Seed | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | |||
6850 | 19/06/2018 | QF | #4 Seed | – | #5 Seed | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | |||
6851 | 20/06/2018 | SF | 6847 Winner | – | 6850 Winner | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | |||
6852 | 21/06/2018 | SF | 6848 Winner | – | 6849 Winner | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | |||
6853 | 22/06/2018 | GF | 6851 Winner | – | 6852 Winner | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent |