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'''Janet McRae''' was the runner-up of [[Series 12]] in 1987. She was a housewife from Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire.  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 which gave her an opportunity for revenge against [[Matthew Francis]] in the semi-final. Matthew had ended her run in the heats by pipping her on the conundrum, and history looked to be repeating itself in the semi-final when, with Janet again leading, he buzzed in after 1 second on the conundrum LEGALTIES.However, to Janet's relief, he offered LEGALITIES which was wrong, and she ran out the winner. 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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'''Janet McRae''' was the runner-up of [[Series 12]] in 1987. She was a housewife from Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire.  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 which gave her an opportunity for revenge against [[Matthew Francis]] in the semi-final. Matthew had ended her run in the heats by pipping her on the conundrum, and history looked to be repeating itself in the semi-final when, with Janet again leading, he buzzed in after 1 second on the conundrum {{word|LEGALTIES}}. However, to Janet's relief, he offered {{word|LEGALITIES}} which was wrong, and she ran out the winner. 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 {{score|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]].
  
  

Revision as of 01:03, 7 February 2010

Janet McRae was the runner-up of Series 12 in 1987. She was a housewife from Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire. 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 which gave her an opportunity for revenge against Matthew Francis in the semi-final. Matthew had ended her run in the heats by pipping her on the conundrum, and history looked to be repeating itself in the semi-final when, with Janet again leading, he buzzed in after 1 second on the conundrum LEGALTIES. However, to Janet's relief, he offered LEGALITIES which was wrong, and she ran out the winner. 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
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
M38 18/12/89–22/12/89 Masters 1 Janet McRae 84 – 61 Robert Violett Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman N/A Freda Thornton
1889 26/11/1996 fQF Janet McRae 38 – 62 Damian Eadie Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Catherine Stokes