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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:John Clarke.png|thumb|200px|right|John Clarke on ''Fifteen to One'', 31 years after his ''Countdown'' début.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:John Clarke.jpg|thumb|right|John Clarke in the Supreme Championship<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins>]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''John Clarke''' was the [[Series <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Winners</del>|champion]] of [[Series 11]] and a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions III]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:John Clarke.png|thumb|200px|right|John Clarke on ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{w|</ins>Fifteen to One<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>'', 31 years after his ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Countdown<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'' début.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''John Clarke''' was the [[Series <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">winners</ins>|champion]] of [[Series 11]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>and a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions III]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Appearances on the show==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Appearances on the show==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Heat games===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Heat games===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An accountant from Tyne and Wear, Clarke started his run on 26 March 1987, late in the series, and had time for only five victories before the finals started, including four scores over 60. He survived narrowly in his second game when, with the [[conundrum]] a crucial one, [[David Carr]] buzzed in and offered {{word|extricator {{x}}}} when the answer, which Clarke offered a few seconds later, was actually {{word|EXTRICATE}}. His remaining heat shows, however, were fairly one-sided. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">No. 1 </del>seed anyway, he opted to enter the finals.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An accountant from Tyne and Wear, Clarke started his run on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Episode 533|</ins>26 March 1987<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, late in the series, and had time for only five victories before the finals started, including four scores over 60. He survived narrowly in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Episode 534|</ins>his second game<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>when, with the [[conundrum]] a crucial one, [[David Carr]] buzzed in and offered {{word|extricator {{x}}}} when the answer, which Clarke offered a few seconds later, was actually {{word|EXTRICATE}}. His remaining heat shows, however, were fairly one-sided. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number one </ins>seed anyway, he opted to enter the finals.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Finals===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Finals===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A {{score|74|56 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">victory</del>|Episode 538}} over [[Maurice Sobell]], the [[List of series high scores|highest score of the series]], put him through to the semi-finals, and a comfortable {{score|48|19 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">defeat</del>|Episode 542}} of [[James Wilkie]] set up a final with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">No. 7 </del>seed [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]. Impressive finds of {{word|MARRIAGE}} and {{word|OUTRIDER}} gave Clarke a {{score|97|61 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">victory</del>|Episode 544}} to become the 11th series champion. An unsolved final conundrum {{word|LOCALTIES}} (illegal, as it had two valid solutions) denied him the [[century]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A {{score|74|56|Episode 538}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">victory </ins>over [[Maurice Sobell]], the [[List of series high scores|highest score of the series]], put him through to the semi-finals, and a comfortable {{score|48|19|Episode 542}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">defeat </ins>of [[James Wilkie]] set up a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grand </ins>final with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number seven </ins>seed [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]. Impressive finds of {{word|MARRIAGE}} and {{word|OUTRIDER}} gave Clarke a {{score|97|61|Episode 544}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">victory </ins>to become the 11th series champion. An unsolved final <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>conundrum<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>{{word|LOCALTIES}} (illegal, as it had two valid solutions) denied him the [[century]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Championship of Champions III===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Championship of Champions III===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He returned in June for [[Championship of Champions III]], where he drew [[Series 12]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>octochamp<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </del>[[Jon Marsh]]. Clarke comfortably emerged the winner with a score of {{score|61|29|Episode 598}}. In the semi-final he faced the legendary [[Harvey Freeman]] and delivered <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Episode 599|</del>a creditable performance<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </del>in defeat, with Freeman scoring one of the narrowest victories of his unbeaten career.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He returned in June for [[Championship of Champions III]], where he drew [[Series 12]] octochamp [[Jon Marsh]]. Clarke comfortably emerged the winner with a score of {{score|61|29|Episode 598}}. In the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Episode 599|</ins>semi-final<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>he faced the legendary [[Harvey Freeman]] and delivered a creditable performance in defeat, with Freeman scoring one of the narrowest victories of his unbeaten career.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Supreme Championship===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Supreme Championship===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine years later, Clarke would return to the studios for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. In his group, he beat [[Derek Coombs]], [[Andy Bodle]] and (by way of a [[conundrum|sudden-death conundrum]]) the previously unbeaten [[Don Reid]]. Clarke took the lead with {{word|DACOITS}} but Reid beat Clarke with {{word|CHEWIER}} meaning that it was a crucial conundrum {{score|53|53|Episode 1861}}, both players having scored in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">7 </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">8 </del>rounds. Neither player could solve the conundrum {{word|BIGPAINTS}} which meant there was a second conundrum {{word|ERIGATION}} which also went unsolved. Finally, in the 11th round of a 9-round game, Clarke solved {{word|TOOCHOPPY}} to relegate Reid to his only ever defeat, as he had won all of his 16 previous games. In the quarter-finals he faced [[Chris Rogers]] who had qualified by winning the [[Championship of Champions VIII]]. Both players scored in the first round with {{word|MISQUOTE}} but the key moment of the game was Rogers having {{word|pather}} {{x}} disallowed. This meant Clarke had a five point lead going into the conundrum {{word|LEFTDANTE}} which he solved in 17 seconds to qualify for the Series 33 semi-finals. He then faced a [[rematch]] with Harvey Freeman in the semi-final &mdash; Freeman beat Clarke with {{word|PROXIES}} but it was not enough to avoid a crucial conundrum. The conundrum was {{word|ALSHEARER}} which Freeman solved in one second to relegate Clarke to his second ever loss, both of which were against Freeman on crucial conundrums.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine years later, Clarke would return to the studios for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. In his group, he beat [[Derek Coombs]], [[Andy Bodle]] and (by way of a [[conundrum|sudden-death conundrum]]) the previously unbeaten [[Don Reid]]. Clarke took the lead with {{word|DACOITS}} but Reid beat Clarke with {{word|CHEWIER}} meaning that it was a crucial conundrum {{score|53|53|Episode 1861}}, both players having scored in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">seven </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eight </ins>rounds. Neither player could solve the conundrum {{word|BIGPAINTS}} which meant there was a second conundrum {{word|ERIGATION}} which also went unsolved. Finally, in the 11th round of a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[9 round format|</ins>9-round<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>game, Clarke solved {{word|TOOCHOPPY}} to relegate Reid to his only ever defeat, as he had won all of his 16 previous games. In the quarter-finals he faced [[Chris Rogers]] who had qualified by winning the [[Championship of Champions VIII]]. Both players scored in the first round with {{word|MISQUOTE}} but the key moment of the game was Rogers having {{word|pather}} {{x}} disallowed. This meant Clarke had a five point lead going into the conundrum {{word|LEFTDANTE}} which he solved in 17 seconds to qualify for the Series 33 semi-finals. He then faced a [[rematch]] with Harvey Freeman in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Episode 1905|</ins>semi-final<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>&mdash; Freeman beat Clarke with {{word|PROXIES}} but it was not enough to avoid a crucial conundrum. The conundrum was {{word|ALSHEARER}} which Freeman solved in one second to relegate Clarke to his second ever loss, both of which were against Freeman on crucial conundrums.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clarke's impressive ''Countdown'' record of having played 15 games and won 13, coupled with the fact that his only defeats were at the hands of the imperious Harvey Freeman, mean that his name invariably comes up in discussions concerning the greatest Countdowner of all time.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clarke's impressive ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Countdown<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'' record of having played 15 games and won 13, coupled with the fact that his only defeats were at the hands of the imperious Harvey Freeman, mean that his name invariably comes up in discussions concerning the greatest Countdowner of all time.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Appearance </del>on quiz <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">show</del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Appearances </ins>on quiz <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shows</ins>==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>More than thirty years after his ''Countdown'' début, Clarke appeared on ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' in November 2018.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>More than thirty years after his ''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Countdown<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>'' début, Clarke appeared on ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' in November 2018<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. He then appeared on ''{{w|Only Connect}}'' on 31 July 2023 as part of the "Drop of Red" team</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | 544 | 10/04/1987 | GF |[[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]| 61 - 97 |John Clarke|Bill Tidy, [[Gyles Brandreth]]|Catherine Clarke|131}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | 544 | 10/04/1987 | GF |[[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]| 61 - 97 |John Clarke|Bill Tidy, [[Gyles Brandreth]]|Catherine Clarke|131}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | 598 | 25/06/1987 | CQF |John Clarke| 61 - 29 |[[Jon Marsh]]|[[Sally James]]|[[Della Thompson]]|86}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | 598 | 25/06/1987 | CQF |John Clarke| 61 - 29 |[[Jon Marsh]]|[[Sally James]]|[[Della Thompson]]|86}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | 599 | 26/06/1987 | CSF |[[Harvey Freeman]]| 45 - 38 |John Clarke|Sally James|Della Thompson|71}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | 599 | 26/06/1987 | CSF |[[Harvey Freeman]]| 45 - 38 |John Clarke|Sally James|Della Thompson|71}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | M35 | 27/11/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1989-1</del>/12/1989 | M |[[Lawrence Pearse]]| 75 – 77 |John Clarke|none|Freda Thornton|138}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{ep | M35 | 27/11/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1989–01</ins>/12/1989 | M |[[Lawrence Pearse]]| 75 – 77 |John Clarke|none|Freda Thornton|138}}</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:John Clarke.png|thumb|200px|right|John Clarke on ''Fifteen to One'', 31 years after his ''Countdown'' début.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:John Clarke.png|thumb|200px|right|John Clarke on ''Fifteen to One'', 31 years after his ''Countdown'' début.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''John Clarke''' was the [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series champion</del>|champion]] of [[Series 11]] and a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions III]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''John Clarke''' was the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Series Winners</ins>|champion]] of [[Series 11]] and a semi-finalist in [[Championship of Champions III]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">An accountant from Tyne and Wear, Clarke started his run </del>on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">26 March 1987, late in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series, and had time for only five victories before the finals started, including four scores over 60. He survived narrowly in his second game when, with the conundrum a crucial one, [[David Carr]] buzzed in and offered {{word|extricator {{x}}}} when the answer, which Clarke offered a few seconds later, was actually {{word|EXTRICATE}}. His remaining heat shows, however, were fairly one-sided. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was #1 seed anyway, he opted to enter the finals.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Appearances </ins>on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">show==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A {{score|74|56 victory|Episode 538}} over [[Maurice Sobell]]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the [[List of series high scores|highest score of </del>the series<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">put him through to </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">semi-</del>finals, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and a comfortable {{score|48|19 defeat|Episode 542}} of </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">James Wilkie</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">set up </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">final with #7 seed </del>[[David <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Reid (Series 11)|David Reid</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Impressive finds of </del>{{word|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">MARRIAGE</del>}} <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and {{word|OUTRIDER</del>}} <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">gave </del>Clarke a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{score|97|61 victory|Episode 544}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with only an unsolved final conundrum </del>{{word|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LOCALTIES</del>}} <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">denying him </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[century]]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">===Heat games===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">An accountant from Tyne and Wear, Clarke started his run on 26 March 1987</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">late in </ins>the series, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and had time for only five victories before </ins>the finals <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">started</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including four scores over 60. He survived narrowly in his second game when, with the </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conundrum</ins>]] a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">crucial one, </ins>[[David <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Carr</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">buzzed in and offered </ins>{{word|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">extricator {{x</ins>}}}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when the answer, which </ins>Clarke <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">offered </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">few seconds later</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was actually </ins>{{word|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">EXTRICATE</ins>}}<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. His remaining heat shows, however, were fairly one-sided. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was No. 1 seed anyway, he opted to enter </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">finals</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Finals===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A {{score|74|56 victory|Episode 538}} over [[Maurice Sobell]], the [[List of series high scores|highest score of the series]], put him through to the semi-finals, and a comfortable {{score|48|19 defeat|Episode 542}} of [[James Wilkie]] set up a final with No. 7 seed [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]. Impressive finds of {{word|MARRIAGE}} and {{word|OUTRIDER}} gave Clarke a {{score|97|61 victory|Episode 544}} to become the 11th series champion. An unsolved final conundrum {{word|LOCALTIES}} (illegal, as it had two valid solutions) denied him the [[century]].</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Championship of Champions III===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He returned in June for [[Championship of Champions III]], where he drew [[Series 12]] [[octochamp]] [[Jon Marsh]]. Clarke comfortably emerged the winner with a score of {{score|61|29|Episode 598}}. In the semi-final he faced the legendary [[Harvey Freeman]] and delivered [[Episode 599|a creditable performance]] in defeat, with Freeman scoring one of the narrowest victories of his unbeaten career.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He returned in June for [[Championship of Champions III]], where he drew [[Series 12]] [[octochamp]] [[Jon Marsh]]. Clarke comfortably emerged the winner with a score of {{score|61|29|Episode 598}}. In the semi-final he faced the legendary [[Harvey Freeman]] and delivered [[Episode 599|a creditable performance]] in defeat, with Freeman scoring one of the narrowest victories of his unbeaten career.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine years later, Clarke would return to the studios for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. In his group, he beat [[Derek Coombs]], [[Andy Bodle]] and (by way of a [[conundrum|sudden-death conundrum]]) the previously unbeaten [[Don Reid]]. Clarke took the lead with {{word|DACOITS}} but Reid beat Clarke with {{word|CHEWIER}} meaning that it was a crucial conundrum {{score|53|53|Episode 1861}}, both players having scored in 7 of the 8 rounds. Neither player could solve the conundrum {{word|BIGPAINTS}} which meant there was a second conundrum {{word|ERIGATION}} which also went unsolved. Finally, in the 11th round of a 9-round game, Clarke solved {{word|TOOCHOPPY}} to relegate Reid to his only ever defeat, as he had won all of his 16 previous games. In the quarter-finals he faced [[Chris Rogers]] who had qualified by winning the [[Championship of Champions VIII]]. Both players scored in the first round with {{word|MISQUOTE}} but the key moment of the game was Rogers having {{word|pather}} {{x}} disallowed. This meant Clarke had a five point lead going into the conundrum {{word|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">FLATTENED</del>}} which he solved in 17 seconds to qualify for the Series 33 semi-finals.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">===Supreme Championship===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine years later, Clarke would return to the studios for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. In his group, he beat [[Derek Coombs]], [[Andy Bodle]] and (by way of a [[conundrum|sudden-death conundrum]]) the previously unbeaten [[Don Reid]]. Clarke took the lead with {{word|DACOITS}} but Reid beat Clarke with {{word|CHEWIER}} meaning that it was a crucial conundrum {{score|53|53|Episode 1861}}, both players having scored in 7 of the 8 rounds. Neither player could solve the conundrum {{word|BIGPAINTS}} which meant there was a second conundrum {{word|ERIGATION}} which also went unsolved. Finally, in the 11th round of a 9-round game, Clarke solved {{word|TOOCHOPPY}} to relegate Reid to his only ever defeat, as he had won all of his 16 previous games. In the quarter-finals he faced [[Chris Rogers]] who had qualified by winning the [[Championship of Champions VIII]]. Both players scored in the first round with {{word|MISQUOTE}} but the key moment of the game was Rogers having {{word|pather}} {{x}} disallowed. This meant Clarke had a five point lead going into the conundrum {{word|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LEFTDANTE</ins>}} which he solved in 17 seconds to qualify for the Series 33 semi-finals. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He then faced a [[rematch]] with </ins>Harvey Freeman in the semi-final <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&mdash; </ins>Freeman beat Clarke with {{word|PROXIES}} but it was not enough to avoid a crucial conundrum. The conundrum was {{word|ALSHEARER}} which Freeman solved in one second to relegate Clarke to his second ever loss, both of which were against Freeman on crucial conundrums.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clarke's impressive Countdown record of having played 15 games and won 13, coupled with the fact that his only defeats were at the hands of the imperious Harvey Freeman, mean that his name invariably comes up in discussions concerning the greatest Countdowner of all time.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clarke's impressive <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Countdown<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>record of having played 15 games and won 13, coupled with the fact that his only defeats were at the hands of the imperious Harvey Freeman, mean that his name invariably comes up in discussions concerning the greatest Countdowner of all time.</div></td></tr>
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TobyMcDonald
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The Doctor: lex for Masters not given in episode or series - probably a Dumper error
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<p>lex for Masters not given in episode or series - probably a Dumper error</p>
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The Doctor
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Mclarenguy22
https://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=John_Clarke_(Series_11)&diff=123516&oldid=prev
The Doctor at 18:22, 2 May 2020
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The Doctor
https://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=John_Clarke_(Series_11)&diff=114059&oldid=prev
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RLSJ1997
https://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=John_Clarke_(Series_11)&diff=113759&oldid=prev
JohnnyCanuck at 17:07, 12 November 2018
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JohnnyCanuck
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Mclarenguy22
https://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=John_Clarke_(Series_11)&diff=92638&oldid=prev
JohnnyCanuck at 20:08, 10 September 2013
2013-09-10T20:08:42Z
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An accountant from Tyne and Wear, Clarke started his run on 26 March 1987, late in the series, and had time for only five victories before the finals started, including four scores over 60. He survived narrowly in his second game when, with the conundrum a crucial one, [[David Carr]] buzzed in and offered {{word|extricator {{x}}}} when the answer, which Clarke offered a few seconds later, was actually {{word|EXTRICATE}}. His remaining heat shows, however, were fairly one-sided. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was #1 seed anyway, he opted to enter the finals.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An accountant from Tyne and Wear, Clarke started his run on 26 March 1987, late in the series, and had time for only five victories before the finals started, including four scores over 60. He survived narrowly in his second game when, with the conundrum a crucial one, [[David Carr]] buzzed in and offered {{word|extricator {{x}}}} when the answer, which Clarke offered a few seconds later, was actually {{word|EXTRICATE}}. His remaining heat shows, however, were fairly one-sided. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was #1 seed anyway, he opted to enter the finals.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">high-scoring </del>{{score|74|56 victory|Episode 538}} over [[Maurice Sobell]] put him through to the semi-finals, and a comfortable {{score|48|19 defeat|Episode 542}} of [[James Wilkie]] set up a final with #7 seed [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]. Impressive finds of {{word|MARRIAGE}} and {{word|OUTRIDER}} gave Clarke a {{score|97|61 victory|Episode 544}}, with only an unsolved final conundrum {{word|LOCALTIES}} denying him the [[century]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A {{score|74|56 victory|Episode 538}} over [[Maurice Sobell]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the [[List of series high scores|highest score of the series]], </ins>put him through to the semi-finals, and a comfortable {{score|48|19 defeat|Episode 542}} of [[James Wilkie]] set up a final with #7 seed [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]. Impressive finds of {{word|MARRIAGE}} and {{word|OUTRIDER}} gave Clarke a {{score|97|61 victory|Episode 544}}, with only an unsolved final conundrum {{word|LOCALTIES}} denying him the [[century]].</div></td></tr>
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