Countdown Masters Series 1

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Countdown Masters Series 1 ran from April 1989 to March 1990, concurrently with Series 18 and 19 of Countdown. It was won by Julian Hough. Episodes were initially broadcasted at 6:05 am and repeated at 8:19 am, but in September this changed to just one scheduled broadcast at 8:45 am.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
M1	3/4/89-7/4/89	Masters 1	Nita Marr (13)	114 – 69	John Wallace (5)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	134
M2	10/4/89-14/4/89	Masters 1	Stephen Deakin (14)	94 – 98	Helen Grayson (6)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	139
M3	18/4/89-21/4/89	Masters 1	Tim Davies (7)	84 – 73	Tony Rand (4)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	127
M4	24/4/89-28/4/89	Masters 1	Sydney Price (4)	59 – 73	Christine Hunt (4)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	137
M5	1/5/89-5/5/89	Masters 1	Jon Marsh (12)	59 – 102	Steve Williams (16)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	135
M6	8/5/89-12/5/89	Masters 1	Cathy Morgan (12)	88 – 64	Alan Steel (14)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	135
M7	15/5/89-19/5/89	Masters 1	Pat Martin (15)	54 – 101	David White (9)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	157
M8	22/5/89-26/5/89	Masters 1	Robert Richland (4)	117 – 72	Joel Salkin (14)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	154
M9	29/5/89-2/6/89	Masters 1	Paul Walker (15)	104 – 66	Steve Haggerty (12)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	132
M10	5/6/89-9/6/89	Masters 1	Nigel Gardner (16)	78 – 86	Matthew Francis (12)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	135
M11	12/6/89-16/6/89	Masters 1	Mick Keeble (9)	82 – 87	Jean Fish (7)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	135
M12	19/6/89-23/6/89	Masters 1	Jenny Haldane (16)	98 – 54	Olivia Lloyd-Potts (6)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	145
M13	26/6/89-30/6/89	Masters 1	Michael Wylie (1)	100 – 58	Laurie Puddefoot (9)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	134
M14	3/7/89-7/7/89	Masters 1	Tony Clarke (8)	89 – 46	Dorothy Bailey (8)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	137
M15	10/7/89-14/7/89	Masters 1	Kathleen Vickers (15)	66 – 93	Len Marshall (17)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	137
M16	17/7/89-21/7/89	Masters 1	Julian Hough (7)	124 – 61	John Hadfield (14)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	136
M17	24/7/89-28/7/89	Masters 1	Dick Green (15)	88 – 112	David Trace (9)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	138
M18	31/7/89-4/8/89	Masters 1	David Poulter (17)	57 – 105	Stephen Balment (12)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke
M19	7/8/89-11/8/89	Masters 1	Ken Heaton (11)	81 – 79	Peter Pryer (15)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	147
M20	14/8/89-18/8/89	Masters 1	Brian Hudson (4)	86 – 63	Kevin Nelson (13)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M21	21/8/89-25/8/89	Masters 1	David Reid (11)	80 – 68	Tim O'Kane (7)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	147
M22	28/8/89-1/9/89	Masters 1	Gareth Hughes (16)	54 – 90	Maurice Sobell (11)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	136
M23	4/9/89-8/9/89	Masters 1	Gary Franks (7)	90 – 60	Sandie Simonis (8)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M24	11/9/89-15/9/89	Masters 1	John Widdowson (16)	90 – 67	Vicki McCarthy (17)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	138
M25	18/9/89-22/9/89	Masters 1	Eleanor Crosby (14)	86 – 42	James Wilkie (11)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M26	25/9/89-29/9/89	Masters 1	Peter Scott (9)	70 – 113	Derek Rutter (14)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	147
M27	2/10/89-6/10/89	Masters 1	Joyce Cansfield (1)	102 – 58	Chris Beith (15)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	136
M28	9/10/89-13/10/89	Masters 1	Marion Johnstone (7)	58 – 62	Eddie Murphy (9)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	135
M29	16/10/89-20/10/89	Masters 1	Liz Wilcox (10)	60 – 85	Roy Jackson (8)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	137
M30	23/10/89-27/10/89	Masters 1	Cliff Boynton (16)	?? – ??	Robert Randall (13)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton
M31	30/10/89-3/11/89	Masters 1	Jim Deeney (11)	68 – 95	John Lister (16)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	139
M32	6/11/89-10/11/89	Masters 1	Jim Saywell (17)	?? – ??	Jane Smith (5)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton
M33	13/11/89-17/11/89	Masters 1	Clive Freedman (7)	90 – 73	Darryl Francis (6)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	136
M34	20/11/89-24/11/89	Masters 1	Frances Rush (15)	95 – 44	Maureen Kelly (2)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	137
M35	27/11/89-1/12/89	Masters 1	Lawrence Pearse (17)	75 – 77	John Clarke (11)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	138
M36	4/12/89-8/12/89	Masters 1	Ash Haji (2)	54 – 102	Peter Evans (5)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	158
M37	11/12/89-15/12/89	Masters 1	Tim Morrissey (17)	83 – 100	Allan Saldanha (15)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	138
M38	18/12/89-22/12/89	Masters 1	Janet McRae (12)	84 – 61	Robert Violett (5)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton
M39	25/12/89-29/12/89	Masters 1	Alan Lee (9)	72 – 70	Giselle Rowlinson (16)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	137
M40	1/1/90-5/1/90	Masters 1	Roger Wales (16)	78 – 101	David Whiting (10)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton
M41	8/1/90-12/1/90	Masters 1	Laurie Silver (6)	72 – 80	William Bradford (3)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M42	15/1/90-19/1/90	Masters 1	Mike Whiteoak (13)	49 – 96	Gavin Rogers (15)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	140
M43	22/1/90-26/1/90	Masters 1	Harry Venet (3)	41 – 121	Allan Simmons (3)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M44	29/1/90-2/2/90	Masters 1	Hilary Hopper (13)	77 – 110	Mike Percik (10)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	136
M45	5/2/90-9/2/90	Masters 1	Mark Nyman (3)	76 – 68	Harvey Freeman (10)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	132
M46	12/2/90-16/2/90	Masters 1	Cath Powell (13)	59 – 110	Neil Wilkins (6)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	146
M47	19/2/90-23/2/90	Masters 1	Sheila Mann (2)	36 – 106	Clive Spate (8)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	134
M48	26/2/90-2/3/90	Masters 1	Evan Simpson (17)	93 – 86	Tony Vick (16)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	134
M49	5/3/90-9/3/90	Masters 1	Marianne Croll (11)	69 – 79	Peter Tatlow (13)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	136
M50	12/3/90-16/3/90	Masters 1	Felicity Brown (19)	74 – 76	Fred Sellers (16)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	130
M51	19/3/90-23/3/90	Masters 1	Diane Pratesi (18)	85 – 68	Jean Shaw (17)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	134
M52	26/3/90-30/3/90	Masters 1	Ingram Wilcox (2)	50 – 98	Peter Finley (2)	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	138

The parenthesised numbers refer to the series with which each contestant is most commonly associated.

External Links

• Countdown Masters Series 1 on The Countdown Page