Series 16

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Series 16 ran from June 1988 to September 1988. The sixteenth of 53 series presented by Richard Whiteley, it was won by Tony Vick. Notably, on her way to the quarter-finals, Jenny Haldane compiled what is believed to be the first max game in the history of 9 round televised Countdown.

Series 16's finals stages contained the most upsets of any finals bracket ever, with six of the seven matches being won by the player with the lower seed.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Steve Williams	8	412
2	Jenny Haldane	7	397
3	Nigel Gardner	5	289
4	Andrew Loheide	4	207
5	Roger Wales	3	164
6	John Widdowson	3	164
7	Tony Vick	3	158
8	Gareth Hughes	3	154

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

Steve Williams (1) vs Gareth Hughes (8)	Steve Williams (1) vs Roger Wales (5)	Roger Wales (5) vs Tony Vick (7)
Roger Wales (5) vs Andrew Loheide (4)
Nigel Gardner (3) vs John Widdowson (6)	John Widdowson (6) vs Tony Vick (7)
Tony Vick (7) vs Jenny Haldane (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
758	20/06/1988	P	Sarah Richardson	38 – 56	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Richard Stilgoe	Catherine Clarke	71
759	21/06/1988	P	Lucy Brown	32 – 57	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Richard Stilgoe	Catherine Clarke	72
760	22/06/1988	P	Joyce Layson	21 – 62	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Richard Stilgoe	Catherine Clarke	73
761	23/06/1988	P	John Cranwell	28 – 65	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Richard Stilgoe	Catherine Clarke	70
762	24/06/1988	P	Keith Rossiter	36 – 49	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Richard Stilgoe	Catherine Clarke	72
763	27/06/1988	P	Brian Mulhern	53 – 46	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Richard Stilgoe	Catherine Clarke	73
764	28/06/1988	P	Brian Mulhern	45 – 46	Giselle Rowlinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	71
765	29/06/1988	P	Chris Whiteside	36 – 63	Giselle Rowlinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	73
766	30/06/1988	P	Mollie Clay	37 – 29	Giselle Rowlinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	95
767	1/07/1988	P	Mollie Clay	34 – 38	Lesley Highton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	83
768	4/07/1988	P	Gareth Hughes	43 – 33	Lesley Highton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	74
769	5/07/1988	P	Gareth Hughes	55 – 47	Stewart Dakers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	73
770	6/07/1988	P	Gareth Hughes	56 – 30	Jo Buckley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	74
771	7/07/1988	P	Gareth Hughes	46 – 47	Frederick Sellers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	72
772	8/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	52 – 36	Frederick Sellers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Brian Johnston	Della Thompson	73
773	11/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	51 – 30	Roy Anderson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Barbara Taylor Bradford	Catherine Clarke	95
774	12/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	51 – 46	Norman Armitage	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Barbara Taylor Bradford	Catherine Clarke	69
775	13/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	53 – 29	Beryl Owen	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Barbara Taylor Bradford	Catherine Clarke	74
776	14/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	59 – 36	Derek Baxter	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Barbara Taylor Bradford	Catherine Clarke	72
777	15/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	45 – 25	Margaret Baker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Barbara Taylor Bradford	Catherine Clarke	72
778	18/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	53 – 16	Paul Taylor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	74
779	19/07/1988	P	Steve Williams	48 – 36	Steve Maginn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	73
780	20/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	56 – 27	Mick Rann	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	73
781	21/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	58 – 31	Lynda Mackenzie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	72
782	22/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	44 – 41	Brian Phillips	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	70
783	25/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	53 – 58	Maxine Keegan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	73
784	26/07/1988	P	Edna Dale	30 – 23	Maxine Keegan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke	73
785	27/07/1988	P	Edna Dale	40 – 46	John Lister	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	71
786	28/07/1988	P	Jacky Griffiths	38 – 48	John Lister	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	72
787	29/07/1988	P	Wayne Blackburn	45 – 31	John Lister	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	70
788	1/08/1988	P	Wayne Blackburn	30 – 63	Cliff Boynton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	71
789	2/08/1988	P	John Widdowson	61 – 52	Cliff Boynton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	73
790	3/08/1988	P	John Widdowson	52 – 21	Doris Bland	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	74
791	4/08/1988	P	John Widdowson	51 – 38	Pete Lister	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	73
792	5/08/1988	P	John Widdowson	46 – 70	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	70
793	8/08/1988	P	Margaret Thomas	37 – 45	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	68
794	9/08/1988	P	Ian Fairweather	34 – 56	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	73
795	10/08/1988	P	Mary Slade	28 – 55	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	68
796	11/08/1988	P	Geoff Atkinson	44 – 51	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	80
797	12/08/1988	P	Jackie Sturrock	32 – 58	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	73
798	15/08/1988	P	Catherine Nicholls	18 – 62	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Ned Sherrin	Freda Thornton	73
799	16/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	46 – 35	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	71
800	17/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	63 – 43	Peter Barlow	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	69
801	18/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	55 – 32	Vicky Tomlinson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	73
802	19/08/1988	P	Roger Wales	36 – 51	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	74
803	22/08/1988	P	George Ding	29 – 61	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	72
804	23/08/1988	P	Leslie Mansfield	40 – 56	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	73
805	24/08/1988	P	Ivy Adamson	37 – 39	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Nigel Rees	Freda Thornton	74
806	25/08/1988	QF	Steve Williams	52 – 44	Gareth Hughes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson	81
807	26/08/1988	QF	Tony Vick	57 – 45	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson	74
808	29/08/1988	QF	John Widdowson	57 – 23	Nigel Gardner	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson	72
809	30/08/1988	QF	Roger Wales	33 – 24	Andrew Loheide	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson	73
810	31/08/1988	SF	Steve Williams	52 – 55	Roger Wales	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson	74
811	1/09/1988	SF	John Widdowson	58 – 61	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson	71
812	2/09/1988	GF	Roger Wales	69 – 100	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy, Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson	116

External Links

• Series 16 on The Countdown Database.
• Series 16 on The Countdown Page.