Series 85

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Series 85 is the current series of Countdown and the second series presented by Anne Robinson. It began on 3 January 2022, and is expected to conclude in June 2022.

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, who served as stand-in arithmetician for the last 9 episodes of the previous series, carried over her role for the first 51 episodes of Series 85 while Rachel Riley was on maternity leave during the recordings. Riley returned on 15 March, after a 93-day absence on daytime Countdown.

Apterites Adrian Fletcher, Dan Byrom, Gabriel Thallon, Andrew Hamblen, Robbie Pender and Jim Athey have so far appeared on the series; Fletcher became a member after recording his preliminary matches. Apterites due to appear include Harry F.

Current Standings

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Dan Byrom	8	967
2	Adrian Fletcher	8	757
3	Dan Hall	8	711
4	Catriona Devaney	5	503
5	Jacob Kearney	4	397
6	Steve Hyde*	4	396
7	Jas Manoor	3	317
8	Andrew Hamblen	3	302
9	Robbie Oliver	2	246
10	Eric McPhail	2	212

* still playing Since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest single-game score.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
Arithmetician: Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
7667	3/01/2022	P	Kim Coltman	40 – 81	Niclas Want	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Richard Coles	Susie Dent	157
7668	4/01/2022	P	Niclas Want	76 – 99	Adrian Fletcher	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Michael Grade	Susie Dent	143
7669	5/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	109 – 12	Ali Williams	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Michael Grade	Susie Dent	125
7670	6/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	90 – 46	Jonathan Sandhu	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Michael Grade	Susie Dent	132
7671	7/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	95 – 72	Ted Coutts	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Michael Grade	Susie Dent	118
7672	10/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	90 – 66	Ben Isted	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Michael Grade	Susie Dent	132
7673	11/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	84 – 54	Nasir Minhas	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	135
7674	12/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	89 – 80	Patrick Rowson	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	135
7675	13/01/2022	P	Adrian Fletcher	111* – 101	David Wevill	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	139
7676	14/01/2022	P	Gary Hughes	73 – 75	Dan Hall	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	125
7677	17/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	87 – 53	Chris Magill	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Prue Leith	Susie Dent	134
7678	18/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	93 – 27	Debbie Breese	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Beth Rigby	Susie Dent	145
7679	19/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	74 – 73	Darren Tomkins	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Beth Rigby	Susie Dent	131
7680	20/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	108 – 27	David November	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Beth Rigby	Susie Dent	147
7681	21/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	74 – 71	Zeeshan Kisat	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Beth Rigby	Susie Dent	132
7682	24/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	103 – 78	Jamie Morgan	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Beth Rigby	Susie Dent	137
7683	25/01/2022	P	Dan Hall	97 – 34	Ayshmit Sethi	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	123
7684	26/01/2022	P	Paddy Drought	73 – 83	Crispin Salfarlie	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	152
7685	27/01/2022	P	Crispin Salfarlie	41 – 140	Dan Byrom	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	153
7686	28/01/2022	P	Dan Byrom	123 – 74	Dave Root	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	133
7687	31/01/2022	P	Dan Byrom	117 – 54	Joe Slade	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	150
7688	1/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	121 – 50	Heather Marsh	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	134
7689	2/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	140 – 59	Stuart Fenwick	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	143
7690	3/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	108 – 87	Gabriel Thallon	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	125
7691	4/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	114 – 32	David Moseby	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	129
7692	7/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	104 – 40	Iain Andrews	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	146
7693	8/02/2022	P	Jakir Hussain	41 – 93	Catriona Devaney	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Geoff Norcott	Susie Dent	120
7694	9/02/2022	P	Catriona Devaney	89 – 66	Alex Morton	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Geoff Norcott	Susie Dent	142
7695	10/02/2022	P	Catriona Devaney	67 – 66	Callum Roberts	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Geoff Norcott	Susie Dent	123
7696	11/02/2022	P	Catriona Devaney	90 – 61	Mark Curtis	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Geoff Norcott	Susie Dent	146
7697	14/02/2022	P	Catriona Devaney	103* – 93	Peter Allen	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Geoff Norcott	Susie Dent	136
7698	15/02/2022	P	Catriona Devaney	71 – 76	Jacob Kearney	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Elaine Paige	Susie Dent	125
7699	16/02/2022	P	Jacob Kearney	83 – 62	Keith Hennigan	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Elaine Paige	Susie Dent	144
7700	17/02/2022	P	Jacob Kearney	93 – 84	James Wainwright	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Elaine Paige	Susie Dent	143
7701	18/02/2022	P	Jacob Kearney	79 – 74	Justin Griffith	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Elaine Paige	Susie Dent	133
7702	21/02/2022	P	Jacob Kearney	66 – 69	Caelyn O'Reilly	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Elaine Paige	Susie Dent	124
7703	22/02/2022	P	Caelyn O'Reilly	88 – 90	Robbie Oliver	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Lemn Sissay	Susie Dent	129
7704	23/02/2022	P	Robbie Oliver	84* – 74	Chris Porter	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Lemn Sissay	Susie Dent	131
7705	24/02/2022	P	Robbie Oliver	82 – 97	Andrew Hamblen	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Lemn Sissay	Susie Dent	125
7706	25/02/2022	P	Andrew Hamblen	79 – 59	Judy Lewis	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Lemn Sissay	Susie Dent	143
7707	28/02/2022	P	Andrew Hamblen	82 – 63	Danny Kelly	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Lemn Sissay	Susie Dent	134
7708	1/03/2022	P	Andrew Hamblen	44 – 66	Eric McPhail	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Nicky Campbell	Susie Dent	123
7709	2/03/2022	P	Eric McPhail	88 – 39	Gary Janaway	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Nicky Campbell	Susie Dent	137
7710	3/03/2022	P	Eric McPhail	58 – 89	Mark Barrow	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Nicky Campbell	Susie Dent	134
7711	4/03/2022	P	Mark Barrow	54 – 73	Jas Manoor	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Nicky Campbell	Susie Dent	123
7712	7/03/2022	P	Jas Manoor	88 – 83	Christine Kirkham	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Nicky Campbell	Susie Dent	137
7713	8/03/2022	P	Jas Manoor	99 – 76	Andrea Bailey	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Janet Ellis	Susie Dent	144
7714	9/03/2022	P	Jas Manoor	57 – 79	Alan Breckenridge	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Janet Ellis	Susie Dent	136
7715	10/03/2022	P	Alan Breckenridge	76 – 105	Steve Hyde	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Janet Ellis	Susie Dent	133
7716	11/03/2022	P	Steve Hyde	100 – 53	Ben Keysell	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Janet Ellis	Susie Dent	126
7717	14/03/2022	P	Steve Hyde	102 – 69	Robbie Pender	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Janet Ellis	Susie Dent	134
Arithmetician: Rachel Riley
7718	15/03/2022	P	Steve Hyde	89 – 67	Jim Athey	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	132
7719	16/03/2022	P	Steve Hyde	111 – 52	Shay Deeny	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
7720	17/03/2022	P	Steve Hyde	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
7721	18/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
7722	21/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent
7723	22/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Humble	Susie Dent
7724	23/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Humble	Susie Dent
7725	24/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Humble	Susie Dent
7726	25/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Humble	Susie Dent
7727	28/03/2022	P	tba	–	tba	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Humble	Susie Dent

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

External Links

• Series 85 on The Countdown Database.