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So, we have another special show today. This time it's a battle of 2 "old timers" (no offence guys), who have both managed to get to the series finals of the last 2 series.

They are Series 66 (& 47) semi-finalist, Peter Lee and Series 65 quarter-finalist (as well as Only Connect contestant), Dave Taylor.

Firstly, Series 66 Semi-Finallist Peter Lee - 9 Wins, 969 Points (Average: 96.90)
Highest Score: 120 vs. Kieran Bray (5th Game)
Lowest Score: 78 vs. Niall Seymour (4th Game)
9's Achieved: 4/5
Total Points/Max/%: 969/1243 (78%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 690/846 (82%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 199/297 (67%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 70/100 (70%)

Secondly, Series 65 Quarter-Finallist Dave Taylor - 8 Wins, 769 Points (Average: 85.44)
Highest Score: 112 vs. Peter Staniland (1st Game)
Lowest Score: 61 vs. Leo Croker (3rd Game)
9's Achieved: 2/12
Total Points/Max/%: 769/1196 (64%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 530/842 (63%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 209/264 (79%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 30/90 (33%)

Thomas will be around with the recap later.

R2: SHINDIES

I want Peter to be the voice of my satnav.

EBONISER as a beater I believe.

Jordan F wrote:EBONISER as a beater I believe.

Fraid not

TINPOT beats PAINT

Eh, not too bad from Peter today.

Crushed it. Well done Peter.

Excellent spirited match between two gentlemen players of the game, well done both. Round 4 was a good laugh, I think everyone was looking for the "R".

Superb standard from Peter once again, well done sir.

Great performance there, Peter. RESULTANT was brilliant, I was nowhere near it. You don't often go for three vowels, so did you pick for it? Credit to both of you for putting on a good game played in the right spirit.

PANDIT for one DC beater in round 8, although it's not the max.

Wow. Mammoth score there Peter! Very well done! Great game.

Excellent play Peter, especially with the two 9's. Well done.

Peter *sigh* What a man

Very inaccurate stats from Nick at the end there.

Cracking game, formidable performance, Peter.

Didn't get either 9, so am more than happy to admit defeat.

11th highest score (not 8th, as Nick said) of all time too. That's something to behold too.

Excellent peformance Peter.

I didn't get either 9 so I would have been well and truly beaten!

Well, it is the eighth highest score, if you only count multiple occurrences of higher scores once. Seems an odd way to work it out though.

DOPANT in R8.

Great game, well played Peter. You'd have beaten me and plenty of other people with that performance. Grumble mumble chickened ENSOULING mumble mumble.

Also, good to see Dave Taylor back. "Probably the same six."

Graeme Cole wrote:Well, it is the eighth highest score, if you only count multiple occurrences of higher scores once. Seems an odd way to work it out though.

OK, I'll assume it was deliberately misleading rather than total sloblock. If they want to tell the viewers that they've just seen the eighth highest score in 30 years of trying because it sounds good (when did the 15-round format start?) why let reality stand in the way?

Had to feel a bit sorry for Dave. Were it not for RESULTANT, SLATTERN would have been the second-highest scoring word ever on Countdown. Sort of.

David Williams wrote:Had to feel a bit sorry for Dave. Were it not for RESULTANT, SLATTERN would have been the second-highest scoring word ever on Countdown. Sort of.

Haha, very good!

James Robinson wrote:They are Series 66 (& 47) semi-finalist, Peter Lee

Just wandering around and found this little beauty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHNgacnrcXQ (Go to 2:45)

He looks no different now then he did before does our Peter

Warning: this YouTube clip contains an advert for Otex ear drops!

James, haven't I told you how to link directly to the moment?