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Christine Hunt (Series 4)

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Christine Hunt in the 1980s...

Christine Hunt was the runner-up of Series 4, and was a participant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

A housewife from Towcester, Northamptonshire, she won three heat games early on in the series before losing at the hands of Peter Skiba. She returned for the final rounds as #7 seed, and beat Sydney Price in the quarter-finals before beating Peter Skiba in the semis in a rematch of their earlier heat game. However, she was outclassed in the final against Brian Hudson, losing 87 – 55.

She played in Championship of Champions I, but was beaten in the first round by Joyce Cansfield.

Hunt also played in the Supreme Championship over ten years later, but was again beaten in the first round, this time by Chris Waddington.

She returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship; among these, she was the one whose original finals appearance was the earliest. She received a bye to the first round, and won her first game against Series 8 contestant Sandie Simonis by a score of 88 – 78, after needing to unravel two conundrums to win. She then succumbed to the Series 66 champion Jack Worsley in the second round of the tournament.

Away from Countdown, Hunt occasionally plays in Scrabble tournaments.

Preceded by
Mark Nyman
Series runner-up
Series 4
Followed by
Bob Violett


...and just under three decades later in the 30th Birthday Championship!

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
137 9/04/1984 P Christine Hunt 46 – 21 Ken Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Eve Pollard Julia Swannell 69
138 10/04/1984 P Christine Hunt 56 – 35 Philip Barlow Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Nigel Rees Julia Swannell 73
139 11/04/1984 P Christine Hunt 42 – 31 Cheryl Barnett Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Eve Pollard Julia Swannell 72
140 12/04/1984 P Christine Hunt 38 – 50 Peter Skiba Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Nigel Rees Julia Swannell 84
179 20/06/1984 QF Sydney Price 28 – 34 Christine Hunt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 69
183 27/06/1984 SF Christine Hunt 53 – 38 Peter Skiba Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 71
184 28/06/1984 GF Brian Hudson 87 – 55 Christine Hunt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth, Ned Sherrin Yvonne Warburton 116
186 16/10/1984 CQF Joyce Cansfield 45 – 31 Christine Hunt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Nigel Rees Yvonne Warburton 69
M4 24/04/1989-28/04/1989 M Sydney Price 59 – 73 Christine Hunt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Catherine Clarke 137
1864 22/10/1996 bQF Chris Waddington 58 – 41 Christine Hunt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 72
5630 28/01/2013 30B1 Christine Hunt 88* – 78 Sandie Simonis Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 134
5646 19/02/2013 30B2 Christine Hunt 67 – 115 Jack Worsley Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 117
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum