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'''Janet McRae''' was the runner-up of [[series 12]] in 1987. After winning 2 heats, she returned for the final rounds as #7 seed, beating [[Cathy Morgan]] via a [[sudden death conundrum]] in the quarter-final before beating [[Matthew Francis]] in the semi-final. In the [[episode 594|final]] against [[Stephen Balment]], a mistake in the final numbers game cost her a chance at a [[crucial conundrum]], and she lost 81-66. Janet did not play in [[Championship of Champions III]], but did play in the [[supreme championship]], losing in the first round to [[Damian Eadie]]. | '''Janet McRae''' was the runner-up of [[series 12]] in 1987. After winning 2 heats, she returned for the final rounds as #7 seed, beating [[Cathy Morgan]] via a [[sudden death conundrum]] in the quarter-final before beating [[Matthew Francis]] in the semi-final. In the [[episode 594|final]] against [[Stephen Balment]], a mistake in the final numbers game cost her a chance at a [[crucial conundrum]], and she lost 81-66. Janet did not play in [[Championship of Champions III]], but did play in the [[supreme championship]], losing in the first round to [[Damian Eadie]]. | ||
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Revision as of 22:01, 6 February 2009
Janet McRae was the runner-up of series 12 in 1987. After winning 2 heats, she returned for the final rounds as #7 seed, beating Cathy Morgan via a sudden death conundrum in the quarter-final before beating Matthew Francis in the semi-final. In the final against Stephen Balment, a mistake in the final numbers game cost her a chance at a crucial conundrum, and she lost 81-66. Janet did not play in Championship of Champions III, but did play in the supreme championship, losing in the first round to Damian Eadie.
| Preceded by David Reid |
Series runner-up Series 12 |
Followed by Kevin Nelson |
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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| 571 | 19/05/1987 | P | Geoffrey Reynolds | 39 – 64 | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
| 572 | 20/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 34 – 25 | Tony Donovan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Lance Percival | Freda Thornton | ||
| 573 | 21/05/1987 | P | Janet McRae | 51 – 57 | Matthew Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Humphrey Lyttelton | Freda Thornton | ||
| 589 | 12/06/1987 | QF | Cathy Morgan | 57 – 67 | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannel | ||
| 593 | 18/06/1987 | SF | Matthew Francis | 47 – 55 | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Patrick Mower | Julia Swannel | ||
| 594 | 19/06/1987 | GF | Stephen Balment | 81 – 66 | Janet McRae | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Diane Solomon, Patrick Mower | Julia Swannel | ||
| 1889 | 26/11/1996 | fQF | Janet McRae | 38 – 62 | Damian Eadie | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tom O'Connor | Catherine Stokes | |||
