Series 13

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Series 13 ran from June 1987 to August 1987, and started with Championship of Champions III before reverting to normal episodes. The thirteenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Hilary Hopper.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Nita Marr	7	401
2	Mike Whiteoak	5	303
3	Kevin Nelson	5	263
4	Hilary Hopper	4	254
5	John Clark	4	233
6	Mark Preston	3	201
7	Peter Tatlow	2	122
8	Cath Powell	1	103

Between Series 3 and Series 20, players were ranked by total number of points, including winning and drawing scores, but not losing ones.

Finals progress

Nita Marr (1) vs Cath Powell (8)	Nita Marr (1) vs Hilary Hopper (4)	Hilary Hopper (4) vs Kevin Nelson (3)
John Clark (5) vs Hilary Hopper (4)
Kevin Nelson (3) vs Mark Preston (6)	Kevin Nelson (3) vs Mike Whiteoak (2)
Peter Tatlow (7) vs Mike Whiteoak (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
602	1/07/1987	P	Peter Medhurst	47 – 47	Cath Powell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
603	2/07/1987	P	Peter Medhurst	28 – 56	Cath Powell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
604	3/07/1987	P	Hilary Hopper	60 – 23	Cath Powell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
605	6/07/1987	P	Hilary Hopper	43 – 22	Dennis Davies	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
606	7/07/1987	P	Hilary Hopper	54 – 41	Hilary Jones	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
607	8/07/1987	P	Hilary Hopper	44 – 44	Boz Osberg	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
608	9/07/1987	P	Hilary Hopper	53 – 43	Boz Osberg	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
609	10/07/1987	P	Hilary Hopper	50 – 60	Robert Randall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
610	13/07/1987	P	Kevin Nelson	46 – 30	Robert Randall	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
611	14/07/1987	P	Kevin Nelson	46 – 37	Doreen Nunn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
612	15/07/1987	P	Kevin Nelson	67 – 45	Tom Ellis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Russell Harty	Catherine Clarke
613	16/07/1987	P	Kevin Nelson	55 – 39	Mike Reeve	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
614	17/07/1987	P	Kevin Nelson	49 – 44	Alan Cannon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
615	20/07/1987	P	Kevin Nelson	37 – 46	Mick Elsdon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
616	21/07/1987	P	Audrey Marsden	35 – 34	Mick Elsdon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
617	22/07/1987	P	Audrey Marsden	47 – 58	John Clark	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
618	23/07/1987	P	Pat Shakespeare	26 – 67	John Clark	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy	Freda Thornton
619	24/07/1987	P	Richard Gilmore	39 – 59	John Clark	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
620	27/07/1987	P	Phil John	34 – 49	John Clark	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
621	28/07/1987	P	Peter Tatlow	61 – 44	John Clark	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
622	29/07/1987	P	Peter Tatlow	51 – 50	Ann Lawn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
623	30/07/1987	P	Peter Tatlow	59 – 79	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
624	31/07/1987	P	Dave Edgerley	25 – 43	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
625	3/08/1987	P	Vince O'Donnell	24 – 59	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Lance Percival	Freda Thornton
626	4/08/1987	P	George Orgill	37 – 42	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Freda Thornton
627	05/08/1987	P	Derek Edwards	52 – 80	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Freda Thornton	83
628	6/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	45 – 39	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Freda Thornton
629	7/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	72 – 27	Letsy Constable	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Freda Thornton
630	10/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	48 – 26	Peter Holden	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Freda Thornton
631	11/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	64 – 30	Yvonne Thomson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Diane Solomon	Freda Thornton
632	12/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	65 – 41	Suzanne Anderson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Freda Thornton
633	13/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	52 – 49	Walker Roberts	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Freda Thornton
634	14/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	55 – 36	Ruth Tonothy	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Freda Thornton
635	17/08/1987	P	Nita Marr	34 – 52	Mark Preston	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Freda Thornton
636	18/08/1987	P	Shirley Llewellyn	31 – 69	Mark Preston	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Freda Thornton
637	19/08/1987	P	John Brooks	0 – 80	Mark Preston	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Freda Thornton	81
638	20/08/1987	QF	Nita Marr	47 – 28	Cath Powell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke
639	21/08/1987	QF	Peter Tatlow	69 – 74	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke
640	24/08/1987	QF	Mark Preston	32 – 40	Kevin Nelson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke
641	25/08/1987	QF	Hilary Hopper	58 – 54	John Clark	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke
642	26/08/1987	SF	Nita Marr	34 – 54	Hilary Hopper	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke
643	27/08/1987	SF	Kevin Nelson	56 – 53	Mike Whiteoak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke
644	28/08/1987	GF	Hilary Hopper	94 – 79	Kevin Nelson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth, Derek Nimmo	Catherine Clarke	115

External links

• Series 13 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 13 on The Countdown Page.