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'''Episode 3387''' was broadcast on 18 December 2002, and was a semi-final of [[Series 48]].
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'''Episode 3387''' was broadcast on 18 December 2002, and was the first semi-final of [[Series 48]].
  
[[Danny Hamilton]] played [[Julian Fell]], with Julian Fell winning 146 - 77. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Richard Samson]].
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[[Danny Hamilton]] played [[Julian Fell]], with Julian Fell winning 146 – 77. The [[Dictionary Corner]] guest was [[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall]], and the [[lexicographer]] was [[Richard Samson]].
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Fell's score of 146 was the highest score ever achieved on ''Countdown'' at the time until it was beaten by [[Zarte Siempre]] with a score of 150 in [[Episode 6991]] on 17 January 2019. This was also the first (and to date only) time that a contestant has got 4 nines in a single game.
  
 
==Rounds==
 
==Rounds==
 
{{Rounds-start|Danny Hamilton|Julian Fell}}
 
{{Rounds-start|Danny Hamilton|Julian Fell}}
{{R-letters| 1|MRHIAUGQP|GRUMP   |GRAPH   |QUAIGH?      |5|5|5}}
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{{R-letters| 1|MRHIAUGQP|GRAPH   |GRUMP   |QUAIGH*, RUPIAH*    | 5|5 | 6}}
{{R-letters| 2|CTJOATEFR|FACTOR  |FACTOR  |COTTAR*, COTTER*, FATTER*, JOTTER*, ROTATE*|11|11|11}}
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{{R-letters| 2|CTJOATEFR|FACTOR  |FACTOR  |COTTAR*, COTTER, FATTER*, JOTTER, ROTATE| 11|11 | 12}}
{{R-letters| 3|SLNIOADMS|SALMONIDS|DOMAINS  ||29|11|29}}
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{{R-letters| 3|SLNIOADMS|DOMAINS  |SALMONIDS|                   | 11|29 | 30}}
{{R-letters| 4|OIEDGPNRT|DEPORTING|DEPORTING||47|29|47}}
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{{R-letters| 4|OIEDGPNRT|DEPORTING|DEPORTING|                   | 29|47 | 48}}
{{R-numbers| 5|7|4|5|25|75|50|100|249
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{{R-numbers| 5| 7|4|25|75|50|100| 249
|249|sol1=(75*50)-100-(4-75/25)
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|249|sol1=7 × 50 100 (4 75 ÷ 25)
|249|sol2=(75*50)-100-(4-75/25)
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|249|sol2=7 × 50 100 (4 75 ÷ 25)
|57|39|57}}
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|39|57|58}}
{{R-letters| 6|YCALBEOSX|CABLES  |CABLES  |CALYXES   |63|45|64}}
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{{R-TTT|MUTEPOP||UPTEMPO}}
{{R-letters| 7|NDTEIARML|TERMINAL |tramlined ☓|TRAMLINE|71|45|72}}
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{{R-letters| 6|YCALBEOSX|CABLES  |CABLES  |CALYXES             | 45|63 | 65}}
{{R-letters| 8|OSEPGWIVT|SPIGOT   |PIVOTS   |EGOIST*, OGIVES*, POSTIE*, SOVIET*, STOGIE*, SWIVET*|77|51|78}}
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{{R-letters| 7|NDTEIARML|tramlined {{x}}|TERMINAL |                   | 45|71 | 73}}
{{R-letters| 9|RSMUOODCL|COLOURS  |CLOUDS  |COUROLS|84|51|85}}
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{{R-letters| 8|OSEPGWIVT|PIVOTS   |SPIGOT   |EGOIST*, OGIVES*, POSTIE*, SOVIET*, STOGIE*, SWIVET*| 51|77 | 79}}
{{R-numbers|10|7|3|1|4|6|50| 195
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{{R-letters| 9|RSMUOODCL|CLOUDS  |COLOURS  |COUROLS            | 51|84 | 86}}
|195|sol1=(50*4)-(6-1)
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{{R-numbers|10| 7|3|1|4|6|50| 195
|195|sol2=(50*4)-(6-1)
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|195|sol1=50 × 4 (6 1)
|94|61|95}}
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|195|sol2=50 × 4 (6 1)
{{R-letters|11|NRTEAIGSH|INGATHERS|SHEARING ||112|61|113}}
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|61|94|96}}
{{R-letters|12|EOALDFNIT|DEFLATION|FAINTED  |DEFOLIANT*|130|61|131}}
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{{R-TTT|THESIGH||HIGHEST}}
{{R-letters|13|GRSEUOZPA|PAREUS  |GROUPS  |GOPURAS|136|67|137}}
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{{R-letters|11|NRTEAIGSH|SHEARING |INGATHERS|                   | 61|112|114}}
{{R-numbers|14|75|9|2|4|8|1|103
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{{R-letters|12|EOALDFNIT|FAINTED  |DEFLATION|DEFOLIANT*         | 61|130|132}}
|103|sol1=(8-1)*4+75
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{{R-letters|13|GRSEUOZPA|GROUPS  |PAREUS  |ARGUES*, AROUSE*, AUGERS*, AZURES*, GAPERS*, GASPER*, GAZERS*, GOURAS*, GRAPES, GRAZES, GROPES, GROSZE*, GROUSE, OPERAS*, PAGERS*, PARGES*, POSEUR*, PURGES*, ROGUES*, ROUGES*, RUGOSA*, RUGOSE*, SAUGER*, SPARGE*, SPURGE*, UPROSE*| 67|136|138}}
|103|sol2=(8-1)*4+75
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{{R-numbers|14| 75|9|2|4|8|1| 103
|146|77|147}}
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|103|sol1=(8 1) × 4 + 75
{{R-conundrum|15|THEIRCOPY|sol=HYPOCRITE             |146|77|157}}
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|103|sol2=(8 1) × 4 + 75
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|77|146|148}}
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{{R-conundrum|15|THEIRCOPY|sol=HYPOCRITE|77|146|158}}
 
{{Rounds-end}}
 
{{Rounds-end}}
  
 
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[[Category:Episodes in Series 48]]
 
[[Category:Episodes in Series 48]]
[[Category:Scores over 130]]
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[[Category:Scores over 125]]
 
[[Category:15-round games]]
 
[[Category:15-round games]]
[[Category:Semi-finals|48]]
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[[Category:Semi-finals]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
 
[[Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]]
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[[Category:Episodes with Carol Vorderman as arithmetician]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Richard Samson as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Richard Samson as lexicographer]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as a guest]]
 
[[Category:Episodes with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as a guest]]
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[[Category:Recaps with missing or incomplete Teatime Teasers]]

Revision as of 14:15, 17 May 2019

Episode 3387 was broadcast on 18 December 2002, and was the first semi-final of Series 48.

Danny Hamilton played Julian Fell, with Julian Fell winning 146 – 77. The Dictionary Corner guest was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and the lexicographer was Richard Samson.

Fell's score of 146 was the highest score ever achieved on Countdown at the time until it was beaten by Zarte Siempre with a score of 150 in Episode 6991 on 17 January 2019. This was also the first (and to date only) time that a contestant has got 4 nines in a single game.

Rounds

Rnd Selection Danny Hamilton Score Julian Fell Others Max.
1 MRHIAUGQP GRAPH 5 – 5 GRUMP QUAIGH*, RUPIAH* 6
2 CTJOATEFR FACTOR 11 – 11 FACTOR COTTAR*, COTTER, FATTER*, JOTTER, ROTATE 12
3 SLNIOADMS DOMAINS 11 – 29 SALMONIDS 30
4 OIEDGPNRT DEPORTING 29 – 47 DEPORTING 48
5 7 4 25 75 50 100 → 249 249
7 × 50 − 100 − (4 − 75 ÷ 25)
39 – 57 249
7 × 50 − 100 − (4 − 75 ÷ 25)


58
TTT MUTEPOP UPTEMPO
6 YCALBEOSX CABLES 45 – 63 CABLES CALYXES 65
7 NDTEIARML tramlined ☓ 45 – 71 TERMINAL 73
8 OSEPGWIVT PIVOTS 51 – 77 SPIGOT EGOIST*, OGIVES*, POSTIE*, SOVIET*, STOGIE*, SWIVET* 79
9 RSMUOODCL CLOUDS 51 – 84 COLOURS COUROLS 86
10 7 3 1 4 6 50 → 195 195
50 × 4 − (6 − 1)
61 – 94 195
50 × 4 − (6 − 1)


96
TTT THESIGH HIGHEST
11 NRTEAIGSH SHEARING 61 – 112 INGATHERS 114
12 EOALDFNIT FAINTED 61 – 130 DEFLATION DEFOLIANT* 132
13 GRSEUOZPA GROUPS 67 – 136 PAREUS ARGUES*, AROUSE*, AUGERS*, AZURES*, GAPERS*, GASPER*, GAZERS*, GOURAS*, GRAPES, GRAZES, GROPES, GROSZE*, GROUSE, OPERAS*, PAGERS*, PARGES*, POSEUR*, PURGES*, ROGUES*, ROUGES*, RUGOSA*, RUGOSE*, SAUGER*, SPARGE*, SPURGE*, UPROSE* 138
14 75 9 2 4 8 1 → 103 103
(8 − 1) × 4 + 75
77 – 146 103
(8 − 1) × 4 + 75


148
15 THEIRCOPY 77 – 146 HYPOCRITE 158