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Martin Gardner was an octochamp and semi-finalist in Series 49. Before appearing as a contestant on the show, Gardner had a prominent presence in the online Countdown community; he organised Countdown Advance (the forerunner to Hypercountdown on the Gevincountdown web forum, served as a moderator on this website, and ran the now-defunct Countdown fan site Countdown Update UK. After finding the address to send off for an application form on Ben Wilson's website, he applied for the televised show and was invited to an audition at the end of 2002.
Although he failed his audition, Gardner was invited to the studios as a replacement contestant after John Davies became an octochamp, leaving one seat vacated on 14 May 2003. In this opening game Gardner achieved his highest televised score of 107, with offerings including the eight-letter words ATOMISER and ACONITES; Martin found no nine-letter words during his appearances on the show. Seven more victories followed, including three further centuries.
Gardner returned to the series finals as #2 seed behind Davies, his forerunner in the heats. In his quarter-final, the eight letter word POTHEADS and conundrum SCOOPGREY helped Gardner to convincingly defeat Peter Jeffery by 101 points to 64. He faced David Wilson in the semi-final and went ahead after three rounds courtesy of the seven-letter word UPRATED. However, he was pegged back in the next round with MORGUES. Thereafter, David scored in every round apart from the conundrum and won the game 98-86. (more...)
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Today in Countdown History
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- 2021: Adam Collett beat Christine Harrison, with the game finishing 111 – 91.
- 2019: Katie Walvin beat Hannah Mohammed, scoring 88 – 41.
- 2018: Toby McDonald beat Alyssa Critchley with final score 111 – 10.
- 2017: John Robertson beat Lucy Golbourn with a score of 77 – 70.
- 2016: Dave Costello beat Thomas Wade with scores of 92 – 58.
- 2015: Paul Foot, Bill Bailey, and Sean Lock beat Sarah Millican, Rob Delaney, and Romesh Ranganathan by 54 – 13.
- 2013: Eileen Taylor beat Sam Lake, by a score of 67 – 64.
- 2012: Nick Hall beat Luke Spencer in a 96 – 58 game.
- 2011: Joe Jenkinson beat Roger Edwards in a game that ended 86 – 66.
- 2010: Lee Graham beat Nick Singh, scoring 86 – 51.
- 2007: Madeleine Hicks beat Linda Jackson with final score 96 – 49.
- 2006: Jon Corby beat Jack Welsh with a score of 97 – 82.
- 2005: Sally Bassinder beat Kieran Coppinger with scores of 82 – 72.
- 2004: Del Smith beat Anju Keetharuth in a 94 – 71 game.
- 2002: Damian Cook beat John Daly in a game that ended 80 – 75.
- 2001: Adrian D'Enrico beat Paul Hawkins, scoring 69 – 29.
- 2000: Graham Persson beat Daphne Barker, by a score of 51 – 49.
- 1999: Colin Sinnett beat Keith Loveys with final score 64 – 56.
- 1990: Mark Cooper played Les Martin in the fourth leg of a Countdown Masters game.
- 1989: Jon Marsh played Steve Williams in the third leg of a Countdown Masters game.
- 1988: Peter Pryer beat Doug Workman with a score of 59 – 57.
- 1984: Robert Richland beat Stuart Schofield with scores of 75 – 70
- 1983: Ash Haji beat Gray Robertson in a 58 – 18 game.
- 1982: Pamela Clough beat John Reed in the third Calendar Countdown quarter-final.
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- A brief overview of Countdown and some of its records and terminology.
- The team: Colin Murray, Rachel Riley, and Susie Dent.
- The show's institutions: The conundrum, the pencam, and the Teatime Teaser.
- Harry Savage, the reigning series champion, and his series grand final against Viraj Seelam.
- The most recent Championship of Champions Final between James Haughton and Ahmed Mohamed.
- The 30th Birthday Championship final between Conor Travers and Jack Hurst.
- Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Carol Vorderman, Jeff Stelling, Nick Hewer and Anne Robinson - the show's former permanent presenters.
- The highest ever score: 154, achieved by Tom Stevenson in Episode 7860 and Cillian McMulkin in Episode 7943.
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Everyone can edit the Countdown Wiki, just register and then click the edit link at the top of any page (except this one!) and start editing. Here are some useful links:
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Other Countdown websites
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- Apterous, an online game from the same people that run this site.
- The Countdown Android App, created by Series 63 champion Jack Hurst.
- The Countdown Database, detailed statistics and round-by-round details of over 7,800 episodes.
- FOCAL, regular in-person events that anyone can enter.
- c4countdown, Countdown's main online forum, populated by many past octochamps.
- Quantum Tombola, a numbers game solver designed by Series 65 champion Graeme Cole.
- Greem, a website listing nearly all Co-event scores until early 2020.
- The Countdown Page, the original site of Countdown stats, by Mike Brown.
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