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Darryl Francis
Darryl Francis first appeared in Series 1, losing his debut game to Joe Guy. he was later invited back for Series 6, where he became an octochamp, and went on to beat Olivia Lloyd in the grand final. Unable to play in Championship of Champions II due to a broken leg, he was invited back in 1987 for Championship of Champions III, where he defeated Steve Balment in the quarter finals before narrowly succumbing to David Trace 58-55 in the semis. Darryl returned to Countdown one last time in 1996 for the Supreme Championships where, after a first round win over Mike Percik, he was defeated by Allan Saldanha, who equalled the record for the highest score ever achieved in a 9 round game of Countdown.
Preceded by Peter Evans |
Series winner Series 6 |
Followed by Ian Bebbington |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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12 | 22/11/1982 | P | Darryl Francis | ? | Joe Guy | Richard Whiteley | Dr Linda Barrett | Beverley Isherwood | Cathy Hytner | Kenneth Williams | ||
245 | 21/01/1985 | P | Steven Tew | 46 – 47 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
246 | 22/01/1985 | P | Andrew Mason | 26 – 60 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
247 | 24/01/1985 | P | Darryl Francis | 51 – 18 | Diana Mills | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
248 | 25/01/1985 | P | Darryl Francis | 52 – 49 | Alan Carvell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
249 | 27/01/1985 | P | Irene Pollard | 21 – 41 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
250 | 28/01/1985 | P | Darryl Francis | 57 – 16 | Clive Simkin | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
251 | 29/01/1985 | P | Darryl Francis | 69 – 47 | Armand Gilinsky | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Yvonne Warberton | ||
252 | 30/01/1985 | P | Darryl Francis | 59 – 5 | Tom Roberts | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Yvonne Warberton | ||
283 | 14/03/1985 | QF | Neil Wilkins | 35 – 56 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannel | ||
287 | 20/03/1985 | SF | Adam Gilinsky | 34 – 72 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannel | ||
288 | 21/03/1985 | GF | Olivia Lloyd | 37 – 69 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth, Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannel | ||
596 | 23/06/1987 | CQF | Darryl Francis | 46 – 28 | Stephen Balment | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Sally James | Della Thompson | ||
600 | 29/06/1987 | CSF | Darryl Francis | 55 – 58 | David Trace | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Sally James | Della Thompson | ||
1883 | 18/11/1996 | eQF | Darryl Francis | 60 – 31 | Mike Percik | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Barry Cryer | Susie Dent | |||
1886 | 21/11/1996 | eSF | Darryl Francis | 24 – 83 | Allan Saldanha | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tom O'Connor | Catherine Stokes |