Helen Grayson

Helen Grayson originally appeared on Countdown in the first series, drawing with Joyce Cansfield in her first game before defeating her in the subsequent game. Helen won two more games before having to retire for personal reasons, and as a consequence, did not qualify for the series 1 grand final. Helen returned in series 6 and was allowed to 'start from scratch' by the producers. Helen won seven games in impressive fashion before again retiring due to personal reasons. She returned for the finals as #1 seed, and beat Peter Hillman in the quarter-finals before losing to Olivia Lloyd, whose heats run she had cut short earlier in the series.

Helen has played in eleven heat games in her career, more than anybody else.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
8	15/11/1982	P	Joyce Cansfield	?	Helen Grayson	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams	[[]]
9	16/11/1982	P	Joyce Cansfield	?	Helen Grayson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams
10	17/11/1982	P	Helen Grayson	?	Jack Baker	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams
11	18/11/1982	P	Helen Grayson	?	Gail Cooper	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams
267	20/02/1985	P	Olivia Lloyd	42 – 62	Helen Grayson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warberton
268	21/02/1985	P	Helen Grayson	69 – 28	John Elliott	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Yvonne Warberton
269	22/02/1985	P	Helen Grayson	56 – 45	Diana Gritt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
270	25/02/1985	P	Helen Grayson	66 – 17	Ian Shepherd	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
271	26/02/1985	P	Helen Grayson	69 – 39	Malcolm McMaster	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
272	27/02/1985	P	Helen Grayson	55 – 27	Danis Ullah	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
273	28/02/1985	P	Helen Grayson	60 – 17	Neil Harris	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
282	13/03/1985	QF	Helen Grayson	54 – 18	Peter Hillman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel
286	19/03/1985	SF	Olivia Lloyd	59 – 53	Helen Grayson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Julia Swannel