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Jon Stitcher

Well I had mine earmarked for my ashes when I kark it, till someone pointed out they wouldn't fit in one teapot. So two would be handy :) When I met Dag Griffiths at Fifteen to One he told me that his family have been told to put his ashes in the ancient Greek urn he won for winning a series of the...

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Recently selling my house, had no comments whatsoever on the CD teapot. My own fault for not displaying two next to each other. When I tried to sell my flat many years ago the Countdown Teapot had pride of place on the mantelpiece and one prospective buyer was way more interested in the teapot than...

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Great stats. Only 24 players have won teapots on 2 occasions (teapots weren't awarded prior to series 40 or that number would have been higher) How many would it have been? I'd say it's the more interesting statistic, since whether they were awarded teapots or not is largely arbitrary. I have 41 pl...

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Great stats. 3 players who were octochamps on their debut returned to lose on their second debut. Who were they? John Hadfield - Octochamp in series 14, lost 2nd debut in series 80 Anthony Jenkin - Octochamp in series 31, lost 2nd debut in series 80 Julia Wilkinson - Octochamp in series 48, lost 2n...

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Inspired by my recent second run at Countdown I thought I'd do a bit of investigating into contestants and their second turns. I'll prefix this by stating that all I had to go on was the Wiki page of players who've been on more than once so anyone not listed there won't be included, I'm only includi...

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Yes, a very good game. I find it helps to break the target figure down like so: 896 / 8 = 112 112 / 4 = 28 28 = 4 * 7 Therefore, 4 * 4 * 7 * 8 = 896 That’s four of the six cards drawn. I use the bus stop method. This is pretty much what I did, saw immediately that it was 112 x 8 so just looked to m...

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Applied around March 2002 Audition date November 2002 Found out I'd passed by letter about a week later January 2003 given a recording date for February 2003. Recording date cancelled due to lighting issues. March 2003 Went to Australia March 2004 returned from Australia, contacted team to say I was...

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After watching yet another historic failure by Ryan Taylor in a box awful quiz show, I wondered who, on this forum, had won the most money on quiz shows ? I may be wrong but I think Karen and James Pearson have won an awful lot across all the shows they've been on. Certainly more than the £12k I wo...

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James Robinson wrote:
Jon Stitcher wrote:Just in case anyone is interested my episode of The Chase airs on Tuesday 20th September at 5pm. I'm in seat one so tune in from the start or it's possible you'll miss me!
That doesn't sound promising....

I wanted to be deliberately ambiguous

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Just in case anyone is interested my episode of The Chase airs on Tuesday 20th September at 5pm. I'm in seat one so tune in from the start or it's possible you'll miss me!

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I withdrew the forty quid and blew it on booze and drugs, leaving 51p for my next bet, which I think will be on the outcome of the EU referendum. As Jen advised in the other thread, I really should post it here so that I can get Steven's professional opinion. I think it's going to be 56%-44% to sta...

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Stewart Gordon wrote:Those of you who aren't regulars on the wiki might be interested to know that we have a comprehensive list of such people.

My page needs an update too, probably for the same show that Ian's need an update for. I might have something else recorded but I really can't say any more than that

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Matt Bayfield wrote:Is there where the max was SOCIETY and you said "that's a f***king great word"?

Hah - nothing excited me as much as seeing Menace II Society as an Only Connect clue. That wasn't the first time I swore on TV though, I did say SHIT after getting something wrong in the kube on Krypton Factor

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There is one moment from my final game which was pretty extraordinary Was it the teaser answer coming up in the very next round ? That's the one. The whole of that 'half' was pretty awesome actually. Us both getting that. me spotting a 9. Jack getting DIOCESAN and then him making 924 from a very to...

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I was doing some tidying today and came across the DVD of my four Countdown episodes.

There is one moment from my final game which was pretty extraordinary and I would like to post it on youtube. Can this be done or would I need express permission from the Countdown team/Channel 4 etc?

Thanks all.

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Hi Graeme. Inspired by Romaine's excellent LONGITUDE spot, I was wondering how many winless contestants there are who got a nine that their opponent didn't? I seem to remember one octochamp this series beating somebody despite missing a nine, and a lady getting DESPERADO in round one (but then losi...

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Peter Baldwin, best known for playing Derek Wilton in Coronation street has passed away. He was a DC guest on 25 occasions including 3 of my shows and seemed a very nice man.

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It would have been fun if they'd used that question on our show, Ian. Aye - would you have got it on 5? No, 3. When I was watching it at home I saw Whitehall and thought 1 2 1 2 because of Countdown and then did exactly what Richard did and laughed when the second clue came up. It just would have b...

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It would have been fun if they'd used that question on our show, Ian.

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One of Zarte's opponents was Ian Talbot, an anagram of the word BATTALION Have any other players had named that are anagrams of 9 letter words? Have any players surnames been anagrams of valid 9 letter words? (Not counting people who's surnames are already valid 9 letter words like WHITEHEAD - altho...

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Hi Graeme....

Most crucial conundrums faced by

A series champ
A series finalist
An Octochamp
any contestant

In both 9 and 15 round formats

Love your work.

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At least 3 Apterites will be appearing on the new series.

Ian Volante, Sam Hodkin and myself.

Dag Griffiths, countdown legend, is also on my debut show which airs on Friday 24th October.

Enjoy

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That was the exact conundrum shuffle from my last show back in 2004.

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I think in James Martin's 952 he actually says "and then x times y... whatever that is". I think you should have to know, but it's probably not enforced. I don't think you should be allowed the points in the numbers game. James said something along the lines of 'I don't know what that is'...

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What happens in this situation.

Numbers round 75 7 10 1 6 9 - 729

Player 1 declares they have it and says the following....

75+6+81
81x9 = 719
719+10 = 729

Rachel says, no, 81x9 = 729.

Do they get the points?

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I'm afraid I agree with Corby, Can't put my finger on it but I took an instant dislike to her and found her very tough to watch. I don't like it when people clearly look for a longer word when declaring second, I remember when I offered my nine I could see my opponent frantically scanning the select...

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6. C1 and C2 are seated with the game about to start. C1 writes the 75 times table, from memory, on one of the provided sheets of paper. C2 spots this and complains to you, saying C1 isn't allowed to use a times table list. Should C1 be allowed to keep the list? This was the first thing I did when ...

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6. C1 and C2 are seated with the game about to start. C1 writes the 75 times table, from memory, on one of the provided sheets of paper. C2 spots this and complains to you, saying C1 isn't allowed to use a times table list. Should C1 be allowed to keep the list? This was the first thing I did when ...

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Having met Lisa Hermann at the quizzing Grand Prix she mentioned that the person who beat her won her next game with a very low score so I looked the game up http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_2729 COLOR is no longer valid due to countdown rules so the winner should have actually lost this game, how m...

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Did anyone have any DC beaters for today? If not it's my first play along max!

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When Mark beat Bobby last week, Bobby got two nines and still lost.

Obviously we all remember Jack Hurst losing with two nines in the 30th birthday final.

Have any other players lost a game where they scored two nine letter words?

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PENISHEAD in round 12

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I think it's obvious why you can't score any points for this. Player one has ROPIEST for 7 but misdeclares it as an 8. Player 2 then thinks, crap better try and 8 then. Their 8 is disallowed but played 1 gets his 7 points for the length of his word. My sister was a recent example where she declared ...

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You came across very well on TV Brett, a good few shows there. I spoke to Andy's wife at length whilst you were all in make up and he does spend a lot of time practising and is aware of apterous but doesn't really use it. He also seemed to have good knowledge of champions before so is clearly a Coun...

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I think Jenny was unlucky, whilst Brett was definitely a better all round player I don't think a 42 point scoreline was a fair reflection. Watching it back today you could see that after the FLOUNCE error she'd admitted defeat, I'd texted her a list of words that come up commonly and ASTROID was one...

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That one's only 2 maxes for the winner, James. But when I watched this one I had the distinct impression that Gen was trying to score 0.

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I quite like the Daily Mail,

The cryptic crossword is both challenging and acheivable and it's probably the highest quality newspaper I can hold without ruining the pages when I try and turn a page over.

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All starts around 2:13am.

Not really a moment but the whole chat was just a bit mental!

http://www.apterous.org/chat.php?base=1 ... ir=earlier

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0 max games....

Obviously the games where players scored 0 were zero max games I just wondered how many contestants scored 0 maxes in a game, did any player win whilst scoring 0 maxes, what's the fewest number of maxes a winner has scored, any games where neither player hit a max?

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How many contestants have found a 9 letter word which their opponent did not find and gone on to lose the game?

I assume in the 9 round era this must have been incredibly rare.

What's the biggest victory in these circumstances? I know I lost by 37 despite finding a 9 my opponent did not.

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I was just browsing the Countdown wiki and thought I'd see how many people had won at least one episode of Countdown. This led me to teapot owners page which is everyone who's had a teapot in their goodybag, introduced in 1998. I was quite amazed to see that the current champion is the 1000th winner...

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Good luck Brett, if you win 2 games you'll be playing my sister in your third game so I might see you in the green room tomorrow!

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Brett,

My little sister Jenny is filming on the 14th so you might get to play her!

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I just noticed on facebook that Helen Grayson has passed away.

You can see from her wiki page that she was a very important figure in the early days of Countdown

http://wiki.apterous.org/Helen_Grayson

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Up to the end of series 68, 418 people have a perfect record in all the numbers rounds they ever played on the show. Of those, Graham Dugdale played the most numbers rounds, scoring 90 out of 90 on numbers in his three games.[/quote] Ha, I just looked through his 9 numbers games and I am pretty sure...

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Apologies if this has been asked before, but has a teatime teaser solution ever appeared in subsequent rounds in the same programme? If so did the contestants solve it [assuming there wasn't a 9 letter word in that round to win with]? Or perhaps if this happens, do they just record a new teatime te...

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But I see the ambiguity in my post. so I thank you for your response.

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I know Andy,

I'm asking what's the most amount of numbers games played where a player maintained a 100% record throughout their entire run. so losing the 5th game but maxing every numbers for example.

I'm expecting it to be someone who lost their first game but maxed all the numbers.

Jon Stitcher

So no player has maxed every numbers game in an octorun, what's the most amount of numbers games someone has played and maintained a 100% record on the show?

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From when I used to post.

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I remember you.

I'll learn how to do quotes later.

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Ben, it's your fault. Just watched your show today.

I think there is something in the name Jon that makes you into a cunt. Am I allowed to use that word here?

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Topic says it all, I need a new challenge, I'm gonna get good on apterous and then beg for another go at Countdown, it's been nearly 10 years since I offered lots of fake words and I need a distraction from the monotomy of poker. Apterous could be what I'm looking for. Plus I'm enjoying the 30th ann...

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I'd play, but I have won a european ranking poker tournament and made several thousands at poker over the past few years it might be a bit unfair of me to join in, but I will watch and offer expert advice to anyone who is looking to improve their game.

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I'll be applying for this fairly soon, looks pretty simple really, hard to win the jackpot though as the AKA and the common word can be pretty tricky and you only have 90 seconds at the end

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Hey Richard,

That should be fine, around 11am?

Jon Stitcher

I'll play, why not have a knock out prelim tourney for those wanting the slots?

Jon Stitcher

wow

This is exciting, I wonder if there's a chance I'd be allowed a second shot, probably not cos didn't lose my first game, but I'll give it a few years and see if I can play Damian's heart strings.

I love Jeff Stelling and would love to meet him!

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Oh, I also have a girlfriend which I believe is quite unique for countdown contestants

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I can beat you Joseph. I passed my audition in November 2002 and didn't appear on the show til May 2004. I was also the best looking player in living memory (as stated on my wiki page) I'm not certain but of all 3 time winners I probably have the worst pts scored - pts allowed record. All 3 shows I ...

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