Jim Bentley

Jim Bentley was an Octochamp in Series 50. 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 #5 seed and faced #4 seed Adam Laws. In a very close game, they went into the conundrum NIPPERAID with 78 points each, but it was Adam that solved DRAINPIPE in 11 seconds to go onto the semi-final against #1 seed Chris Cummins.

Since appearing on Countdown, Jim has appeared at Countdown in Lincoln in 2005 and is a moderator and regular recappers on the C4countdown forum.

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				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent
3543	29/08/2003	P	Jim Bentley	101 – 51	Alison Ross	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent
3544	1/09/2003	P	Jim Bentley	90 – 89	Stuart Lightfoot	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent
3545	15/09/2003	P	Jim Bentley	112 – 62	Richard Francis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
3546	16/09/2003	P	Jim Bentley	82 – 66	Diana Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
3547	17/09/2003	P	Jim Bentley	83 – 79	David Moore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
3548	18/09/2003	P	Jim Bentley	96 – 51	Ruth Edmonds	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
3549	19/09/2003	P	Jim Bentley	113 – 51	Irvine Henderson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
3611	16/12/2003	QF	Jim Bentley	78 – 88	Adam Laws	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent