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'''Jim Bentley''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 50]].
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'''Jim Bentley''' (1971-2022) was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 50]].
  
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He overcame the sitting champion [[Brian McKeon]] by just 9 points before going on to win 7 more games, including a score of 112 against [[Richard Francis]], winning by 50 points. He went into the finals as #4 seed and faced #5 seed [[Adam Laws]]. In a very close game, they went into the conundrum {{word|NIPPERAID}} with 78 points each, but it was Laws that solved {{word|DRAINPIPE}} in 11 seconds to go onto the semi-final against #1 seed [[Chris Cummins]].
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In 2020, he was given a sixteen-month prison sentence (suspended for two years), after being convicted of possessing Category A: child pornography.
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Bentley died of a stroke in August 2022.
  
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Since appearing on Countdown, Bentley has appeared at [[Countdown in Lincoln]] in [[COLIN 2005|2005]], [[COLIN 2006|2006]], [[COLIN 2008|2008]], [[COLIN 2010|2010]], [[COLIN 2011|2011]] and [[COLIN 2012|2012]], and is a moderator on the [[C4countdown]] forum. He's well known for posting the first ever recap on both the original C4countdown mailing list and the forum, and for compiling a comprehensive dictionary for online gaming known as "JimDic".
 
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==Episodes==
 
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 1 February 2023

Jim Bentley
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionQuarter-finalist
Seeding4
Points total756
Conundrums solved5

Jim Bentley (1971-2022) was an octochamp in Series 50.

In 2020, he was given a sixteen-month prison sentence (suspended for two years), after being convicted of possessing Category A: child pornography.

Bentley died of a stroke in August 2022.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3542 28/08/2003 P Brian McKeon 70 – 79 Jim Bentley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent 116
3543 29/08/2003 P Jim Bentley 101 – 51 Alison Ross Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent 125
3544 1/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 90 – 89 Stuart Lightfoot Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Susie Dent 120
3545 15/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 112 – 62 Richard Francis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 125
3546 16/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 82 – 66 Diana Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 131
3547 17/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 83 – 79 David Moore Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 120
3548 18/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 96 – 51 Ruth Edmonds Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 122
3549 19/09/2003 P Jim Bentley 113 – 51 Irvine Henderson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 119
3611 16/12/2003 QF Jim Bentley 78 – 88 Adam Laws Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 118
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