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Series 89
From Countdown
Series 89 is the current series of Countdown, and the fifth series to feature Colin Murray as presenter. It began on 2 January 2024 and will conclude in June 2024.
Mark Goodliffe, who won the final four preliminary matches of Series 88, returned to continue his run in the first heat of this series.
Apterites Kevin McAfee, Shabir Hussain, Lucas Glanville, Toby Byfield, Mark Mills and Anthony Noonan have appeared so far, with Arthur Page due to appear later in the series.
The week from 29 April to 3 May used a piano arrangement of the Countdown theme tune to promote Series 2 of The Piano.
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Finnerty | 8 | 876 |
2 | Toby Byfield | 8 | 830 |
3 | Jessica Pratesi | 8 | 822 |
4 | Mark Goodliffe | 8 | 816 |
5 | Michael Calder | 8 | 736 |
6 | Jack Harvey | 8 | 696 |
7 | Isabelle Heward | 8 | 686 |
8 | Charlotte Robson | 7 | 662 |
Matty Fraser* | 1 | 87 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8177 | 02/01/2024 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 91 – 58 | Dan Morrell | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Babatunde Aléshé | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8178 | 03/01/2024 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 116 – 43 | Sharon McIvor | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Babatunde Aléshé | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8179 | 04/01/2024 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 105 – 58 | Julie Acheson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Babatunde Aléshé | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
8180 | 05/01/2024 | P | Mark Goodliffe | 105 – 82 | Laura Gilbert | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Babatunde Aléshé | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8181 | 08/01/2024 | P | Kevin McAfee | 79 – 81 | Nathan Mulligan | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Thomson | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
8182 | 09/01/2024 | P | Nathan Mulligan | 85 – 52 | John Peake | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Thomson | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8183 | 10/01/2024 | P | Nathan Mulligan | 87 – 58 | Matt Heal | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Thomson | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
8184 | 11/01/2024 | P | Nathan Mulligan | 75 – 55 | Marina Voak | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Thomson | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
8185 | 12/01/2024 | P | Nathan Mulligan | 68 – 70 | Jan Scowcroft | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Thomson | Susie Dent | 148 | ||
8186 | 15/01/2024 | P | Jan Scowcroft | 92 – 89 | Dorian Jeffrey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8187 | 16/01/2024 | P | Jan Scowcroft | 72 – 102 | Mark Finnerty | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
8188 | 17/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 108 – 12 | Georgina Heath | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8189 | 18/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 128 – 45 | Alison Fairclough | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 155 | ||
8190 | 19/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 105 – 53 | Kevin Cornell | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
8191 | 22/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 113 – 81 | Mike Courtney | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 138 | ||
8192 | 23/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 113 – 32 | David Finch | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
8193 | 24/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 102 – 20 | Sharon Redrobe | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
8194 | 25/01/2024 | P | Mark Finnerty | 105 – 36 | Matthew Cox | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
8195 | 26/01/2024 | P | Dave Tinkler | 91 – 64 | Mick Jennings | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8196 | 29/01/2024 | P | Dave Tinkler | 58 – 100 | James Hussey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tasha Ghouri | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8197 | 30/01/2024 | P | James Hussey | 77 – 68 | Gráinne Stephenson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tasha Ghouri | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
8198 | 31/01/2024 | P | James Hussey | 78 – 61 | Ryan Lipman | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tasha Ghouri | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8199 | 01/02/2024 | P | James Hussey | 75 – 86 | Jack Harvey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tasha Ghouri | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8200 | 02/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 94 – 79 | Nick Wood | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tasha Ghouri | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8201 | 05/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 88 – 52 | Ian Ackers | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8202 | 06/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 89 – 76 | John Hadley | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8203 | 07/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 87 – 50 | Matthew Butt | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
8204 | 08/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 79 – 78 | Katharine Randall | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8205 | 09/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 88 – 77 | Peter Newton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
8206 | 12/02/2024 | P | Jack Harvey | 85 – 67 | Keith Aldridge | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8207 | 13/02/2024 | P | Shabir Hussain | 33 – 83 | Michael Calder | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8208 | 14/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 78 – 64 | David Munday | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8209 | 15/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 80 – 70 | Jill Martin | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8210 | 16/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 76 – 71 | Jack Haynes | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8211 | 19/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 116 – 63 | Aaron McAree | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sara Davies | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8212 | 20/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 104 – 60 | Mark Fielding | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sara Davies | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8213 | 21/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 90 – 59 | Stephen Colton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sara Davies | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
8214 | 22/02/2024 | P | Michael Calder | 109 – 49 | Julia Blake | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sara Davies | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8215 | 23/02/2024 | P | Nikki Needham | 73 – 55 | Melanie Clapham | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sara Davies | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8216 | 26/02/2024 | P | Nikki Needham | 100 – 40 | Mark Lynch | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8217 | 27/02/2024 | P | Nikki Needham | 58 – 86 | Isabelle Heward | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
8218 | 28/02/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 80 – 42 | Paul Davey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8219 | 29/02/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 74 – 73 | Séamus Boland | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8220 | 01/03/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 84 – 50 | James McDonald | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
8221 | 04/03/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 87 – 61 | Richard Phillips | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
8222 | 05/03/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 92 – 69 | Chris Boyce | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
8223 | 06/03/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 85 – 77 | Michael Douglas | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
8224 | 07/03/2024 | P | Isabelle Heward | 98 – 90 | Phillip Lee | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8225 | 08/03/2024 | P | Jane Ashley | 69 – 78 | Fiona Povey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8226 | 11/03/2024 | P | Fiona Povey | 67 – 82 | Alex Munro | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rick Edwards | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8227 | 12/03/2024 | P | Alex Munro | 37 – 111 | Lucas Glanville | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rick Edwards | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
8228 | 13/03/2024 | P | Lucas Glanville | 94 – 47 | Kath Moreland | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rick Edwards | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
8229 | 14/03/2024 | P | Lucas Glanville | 95 – 53 | Keith Gorst | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rick Edwards | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
8230 | 15/03/2024 | P | Lucas Glanville | 112 – 69 | Kate Murphy | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rick Edwards | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
8231 | 18/03/2024 | P | Lucas Glanville | 63 – 59 | Jenny Melville | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Neil Delamere | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
8232 | 19/03/2024 | P | Lucas Glanville | 88 – 69 | Iain Moffat | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Neil Delamere | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8233 | 20/03/2024 | P | Lucas Glanville | 44 – 111 | Toby Byfield | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Neil Delamere | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
8234 | 21/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 98 – 51 | Nigel Gardner | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Neil Delamere | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
8235 | 22/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 92 – 86 | Bernard Greep | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Neil Delamere | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8236 | 25/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 117 – 40 | Stuart Ingham | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
8237 | 26/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 113 – 58 | Andy Wilkinson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
8238 | 27/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 108 – 59 | Gerry Kelly | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
8239 | 28/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 95 – 65 | Sonia Dari | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
8240 | 29/03/2024 | P | Toby Byfield | 96 – 84 | Jonno Smith | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
8241 | 01/04/2024 | P | Mark Mills | 72 – 66 | Gillian Beal | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
8242 | 02/04/2024 | P | Mark Mills | 43 – 88 | Anthony Noonan | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
8243 | 03/04/2024 | P | Anthony Noonan | 51 – 109 | Jessica Pratesi | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8244 | 04/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 110 – 54 | Chris Craddock | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8245 | 05/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 83 – 47 | Jack Salisbury | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
8246 | 08/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 106 – 33 | David Long | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Dr Nighat Arif | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
8247 | 09/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 123 – 35 | Dave Bennett | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Dr Nighat Arif | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
8248 | 10/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 104 – 45 | Mark O'Shaughnessy | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Dr Nighat Arif | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8249 | 11/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 87 – 72 | Gareth Ellis | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Dr Nighat Arif | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8250 | 12/04/2024 | P | Jessica Pratesi | 100 – 58 | Steve Henton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | JB Gill | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8251 | 15/04/2024 | P | Steve Draper | 74 – 66 | Siobhán Gallagher | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | JB Gill | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8252 | 16/04/2024 | P | Steve Draper | 71 – 97 | Annie Gallagher | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | JB Gill | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
8253 | 17/04/2024 | P | Annie Gallagher | 72 – 41 | Andre Pichard | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | JB Gill | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8254 | 18/04/2024 | P | Annie Gallagher | 85 – 93 | George McAlear | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | JB Gill | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
8255 | 19/04/2024 | P | George McAlear | 76 – 47 | Andrea Maycock | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Les Dennis | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8256 | 22/04/2024 | P | George McAlear | 70 – 94 | John Gibson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Les Dennis | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
8257 | 23/04/2024 | P | John Gibson | 80 – 74 | Iain McLaren | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Les Dennis | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
8258 | 24/04/2024 | P | John Gibson | 71 – 85 | Charlotte Robson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Les Dennis | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8259 | 25/04/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 102 – 80 | Elina Riuttanen | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Les Dennis | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
8260 | 26/04/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 72 – 55 | Dan Holmes | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Les Dennis | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8261 | 29/04/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 80* – 70 | Azi Bham | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Virgo | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8262 | 30/04/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 71 – 58 | Siân Hamilton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Virgo | Susie Dent | 159 | ||
8263 | 01/05/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 98 – 39 | Olly Mearns | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Virgo | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
8264 | 02/05/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 87 – 73 | Ellie Jones | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Virgo | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8265 | 03/05/2024 | P | Charlotte Robson | 77 – 83 | Bernard McDonald | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | John Virgo | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
8266 | 06/05/2024 | P | Bernard McDonald | 66 – 71 | John Whitenstall | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Cheryl Baker | Susie Dent | 152 | ||
8267 | 07/05/2024 | P | John Whitenstall | 71 – 81 | Janet Parton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Cheryl Baker | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8268 | 08/05/2024 | P | Janet Parton | 87 – 48 | Carly Evans | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Cheryl Baker | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
8269 | 09/05/2024 | P | Janet Parton | 91 – 71 | Inderjit Bedi | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Cheryl Baker | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
8270 | 10/05/2024 | P | Janet Parton | 74 – 87 | Matty Fraser | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Cheryl Baker | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
8271 | 13/05/2024 | P | Matty Fraser | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | |||
8272 | 14/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | |||
8273 | 15/05/2024 | P | tba | – | Arthur Page | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | |||
8274 | 16/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | |||
8275 | 17/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Sunetra Sarker | Susie Dent | |||
8276 | 20/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | |||
8277 | 21/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | |||
8278 | 22/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | |||
8279 | 23/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent | |||
8280 | 24/05/2024 | P | tba | – | tba | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Pat Nevin | Susie Dent |