Tom Carey

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey was an octochamp in Series 73.

During his octorun, he became only the 7th person in Countdown history to get all 8 of his conundrums in his heats, with a combined time of 17.75 seconds, breaking Harvey Freeman's record which had stood since 1986. This helped him accrue his total of 923 points in his 8 wins, of which he scored a century in all of them. He has also an Apterite since 2011 and is known for wearing a tea cosy on his head.

He previously took part in CoLei4, CoNot 2011, CoChest, COLIN 2012, CoLei5, COHUD and CoChest2.

His grandfather is Wilf Carey.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
6210	17/09/2015	P	Colin White	47 – 120	Thomas Carey	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	132
6211	18/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	122 – 25	Billy Richardson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	135
6212	21/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	118 – 52	Alwyn Davies	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	129
6213	22/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	109 – 100	Adam Curran	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	131
6214	23/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	116 – 37	Mary Fox	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	121
6215	24/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	119 – 80	Brendan Duke	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	130
6216	28/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	109 – 41	Chris Selman	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	116
6217	29/09/2015	P	Thomas Carey	110 – 62	Lee Nixon	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Sir Ranulph Fiennes	Susie Dent	131
6271	15/12/2015	QF	Thomas Carey	124 – 87	Matty Artell	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	136
6275	21/12/2015	SF	Thomas Carey	94 – 104	Matthew Tassier	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Susie Dent	153