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'''Episode 3''' was broadcast on 04 November 1982 as part of [[Series 1]].
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'''Episode 3''' was broadcast on 4 November 1982, as part of [[Series 1]].
  
[[Michael Goldman]] played [[Bill Benson]], with the game ending in a 55 all draw. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Ted Moult]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Mary]].
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[[Bill Benson]] played [[Michael Goldman]], with the game ending in a draw, the first instance of this. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Ted Moult]].
  
==Rounds==
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Besides ending in the first [[draw]], this episode was notable for featuring the first crucial [[conundrum]] in the show's history.
{{Rounds-start|Michael Goldman|Bill Benson}}
 
{{R-letters  |1 |RLTEAYEWR|RELATER  |TRAWLER  |ALTERER*, RELAYER*, REWATER*, WATERER*, WATERLY*|  7|7  |  7}}
 
{{R-letters  |2 |ASSEPAERT|SEPARATE |SEPARATE |SEPARATES*          | 15|15 | 25}}
 
{{R-letters  |3 |TYUIOWAAA|WAIATA  |WAIATA  |YAUTIA*            | 21|21 | 31}}
 
{{R-numbers  |4 | 8|4|3|5|6|10| 789
 
|781|sol1=8 + 5 = 13  * 10 * 6 = 780 4-3 =1
 
|781|sol2=8 + 5 = 13  * 10 * 6 = 780 4-3 =1
 
|cv=788|solcv=?
 
|other=789|solother=10 + 8 = 18 6 + 5 = 11 * 18 * 4= 792-3 =789
 
|26|26|41}}
 
{{R-letters  |5 |TYZEAATYP|ATTAP    |PATTA    |PETTE, PATTE*, PATTY*, PEATY*, PETTY*| 31|31 | 46}}
 
{{R-letters  |6 |SIHTCAFER|RAITCHES |CHARIEST |FRATCHES*, SHITFACE*, THERIACS*, SHITFACE*| 39|39 | 54}}
 
{{R-letters  |7 |PUPOPEEAT|POPPET  |POUPEE  |POPPET*, POUPEE*, PUPATE*, PUPPET*, TOUPEE*| 45|45 | 60}}
 
{{R-numbers  |8 | 8|5|6|7|100|50| 800
 
|800|sol1=8 * 100
 
|800|sol2=6-5 =1+7=8*100
 
|55|55|70}}
 
{{R-conundrum|9|TAAICKGAN|c1time=29|c1sol=x {{x}}|c1time=30|c1sol=no idea {{x}}|sol=ATTACKING|55|55|80}}
 
{{Rounds-end}}
 
  
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[[Category:Episodes in Series 1]]
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[[Category:Draws]]
 
[[Category:9-round games]]
 
[[Category:9-round games]]
[[Category:Episodes in Series 1]]
 
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
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[[Category:Episodes with Ted Moult as a guest]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
[[Category:Episodes with Mary as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Ted Moult as a guest]]
 

Revision as of 12:04, 30 May 2019

Episode 3 was broadcast on 4 November 1982, as part of Series 1.

Bill Benson played Michael Goldman, with the game ending in a draw, the first instance of this. The Dictionary Corner guest was Ted Moult.

Besides ending in the first draw, this episode was notable for featuring the first crucial conundrum in the show's history.