Series 11

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Series 11 ran from February 1987 to April 1987. The eleventh of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by John Clarke.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	John Clarke	5	303
2	Alan Johnson	5	216
3	Marianne Croll	3	211
4	Ted Kimmons	4	192
5	James Wilkie	4	187
6	Ken Heaton	3	166
7	David Reid	3	163
8	Maurice Sobell	3	161

Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Finals progress

John Clarke (1) vs Maurice Sobell (8)	John Clarke (1) vs James Wilkie (5)	John Clarke (1) vs David Reid (7)
James Wilkie (5) vs Ted Kimmons (4)
Marianne Croll (3) vs Ken Heaton (6)	Ken Heaton (6) vs David Reid (7)
David Reid (7) vs Alan Johnson (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
496	3/02/1987	P	David Kendix	40 – 52	Maurice Sobell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Della Thompson
497	4/02/1987	P	Derek Picton	34 – 62	Maurice Sobell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Della Thompson
498	5/02/1987	P	George Telford	41 – 47	Maurice Sobell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Della Thompson
499	6/02/1987	P	Pat Harvey	48 – 30	Maurice Sobell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Della Thompson
500	9/02/1987	P	Pat Harvey	45 – 56	Geoff Hinchliffe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
501	10/02/1987	P	Anne Beuglass	36 – 55	Geoff Hinchliffe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
502	11/02/1987	P	Alan Johnson	51 – 48	Geoff Hinchliffe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
503	12/02/1987	P	Alan Johnson	33 – 21	Ted Taylor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
504	13/02/1987	P	Alan Johnson	39 – 30	Robert Reid	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
505	16/02/1987	P	Alan Johnson	40 – 39	Jeananne Kidd	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Della Thompson
506	17/02/1987	P	Alan Johnson	53 – 33	Steve Grimble	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
507	18/02/1987	P	Alan Johnson	35 – 50	Ken Heaton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
508	19/02/1987	P	Roy Commins	34 – 48	Ken Heaton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
509	20/02/1987	P	Daren Putt	23 – 68	Ken Heaton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
510	23/02/1987	P	Ken Heaton	45 – 51	Marianne Croll	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Julia Swannel
511	24/02/1987	P	Jack Melville	52 – 57	Marianne Croll	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Julia Swannel
512	25/02/1987	P	Diana Beasley	51 – 51	Marianne Croll	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Julia Swannel
513	26/02/1987	P	Diana Beasley	25 – 52	Marianne Croll	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Julia Swannel
514	27/02/1987	P	Ted Kimmons	64 – 36	Marianne Croll	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Julia Swannel
515	2/03/1987	P	Ted Kimmons	44 – 24	Bob Moore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannel
516	3/03/1987	P	Ted Kimmons	42 – 41	Roger Squires	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannel
517	4/03/1987	P	Ted Kimmons	42 – 37	Steve Jones	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannel
518	5/03/1987	P	Ted Kimmons	19 – 56	David Reid	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannel
519	6/03/1987	P	Stephen Rooney	50 – 60	David Reid	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannel
520	9/03/1987	P	Peter Dickinson	33 – 47	David Reid	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Julia Swannel
521	10/03/1987	P	James Wilkie	48 – 44	David Reid	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
522	11/03/1987	P	James Wilkie	55 – 38	Michael Dalton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
523	12/03/1987	P	James Wilkie	35 – 31	Andrew Bradstock	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
524	13/03/1987	P	James Wilkie	49 – 36	Simon Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
525	16/03/1987	P	James Wilkie	31 – 32	Derek Roddis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
526	17/03/1987	P	Martyn Horwell	51 – 48	Derek Roddis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
527	18/03/1987	P	Martyn Horwell	40 – 45	Jim Deeney	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
528	19/03/1987	P	Sharon Harper	32 – 59	Jim Deeney	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
529	20/03/1987	P	Steve Macdonald	42 – 52	Jim Deeney	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
530	23/03/1987	P	Marc Rogers	46 – 21	Jim Deeney	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
531	24/03/1987	P	Marc Rogers	59 – 49	Alan West	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
532	25/03/1987	P	Marc Rogers	43 – 56	Bert MacNeill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
533	26/03/1987	P	John Clarke	45 – 39	Bert MacNeill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
534	27/03/1987	P	John Clarke	61 – 53	David Carr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
535	30/03/1987	P	John Clarke	61 – 42	Sue Duncalf	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
536	31/03/1987	P	John Clarke	67 – 27	Keith Newby	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
537	1/04/1987	P	John Clarke	69 – 31	Alan Benson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
538	2/04/1987	QF	John Clarke	74 – 56	Maurice Sobell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
539	3/04/1987	QF	David Reid	46 – 40	Alan Johnson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
540	6/04/1987	QF	Marianne Croll	32 – 53	Ken Heaton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
541	7/04/1987	QF	Ted Kimmons	13 – 53	James Wilkie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Freda Thornton
542	8/04/1987	SF	James Wilkie	19 – 48	John Clarke	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
543	9/04/1987	SF	David Reid	53 – 48	Ken Heaton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Catherine Clarke
544	10/04/1987	GF	David Reid	61 – 97	John Clarke	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy, Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	131

External links

• Series 11 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 11 on The Countdown Page.