Alex Call

Alex Call octochamp statistics
Final position	TBC
Seeding	TBC
Points total	755
Conundrums solved	1

Alex Call in Series 90.

Alex Call was an octochamp in Series 90. At the time of his appearances, he was a self-employed book distributor from Swindon, and he will almost certainly return for the end-of-series finals in December.

He previously spent over fifteen years working for WHSmith, going on to become head of promotions and eventually head of book marketing. Following his departure to go on a year-long sabbatical, he went on to found and operate his own book distribution company, 'Bert's Books'. This was initially online only, but due to the success of the business, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic era, a physical shop opened in Swindon in 2022.

On 7 September 2020, Call appeared on the BBC quiz show, Pointless, alongside his mother, Elaine, who appeared earlier in the same series of Countdown.

Heat Games

Alex made his debut on the 27th August where he dispatched 2-time winner Jill Taylor. He went on to record seven more victories, which included a high-score of 116 in his fifth game and also the only 9-letter-word spot of his heats in ENCOURAGE. He notably managed to avoid any crucial conundrums despite actually only solving the single one through all of his heats, and wrapped up after his eighth game with a final total of 755 to become the third octochamp of the series, with that game also marking the point where the major dictionary cull of July 2024 took effect on-screen. Call thus became the third seed for the finals in December with just under half the series still to go.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
8347	27/08/2024	P	Jill Taylor	71 – 90	Alex Call	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kadeena Cox	Susie Dent	121
8348	28/08/2024	P	Alex Call	103 – 42	Lorraine Graham	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kadeena Cox	Susie Dent	135
8349	09/09/2024	P	Alex Call	77 – 75	Margaret Long	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	133
8350	10/09/2024	P	Alex Call	104 – 85	Chris Butterly	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	124
8351	11/09/2024	P	Alex Call	116 – 45	Mark Summersmith	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	136
8352	12/09/2024	P	Alex Call	93 – 35	Clare Harris	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	135
8353	13/09/2024	P	Alex Call	82 – 80	Paul Devine	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	129
8354	16/09/2024	P	Alex Call	90 – 61	Sean Lincoln	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Osman	Susie Dent	125