Friday 20th December 1985 (Series 7, Grand Final)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Friday 20 December 1985.

C1: No.5 Seed Ian Bebbington (5 wins, 334 points.)
C2: No.2 Seed Julian Hough (8 wins, 451 points.)
DC: Della Thompson, John Junkin and Richard Stilgoe.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: P T S T L I E N U
R02: Y T B E A T O A G
R03: 50, 25, 6, 2, 1, 4. Target: 317.
R04: H B F R E E I E A
R05: I T L T E N G A P
R06: 25, 5, 4, 1, 10, 9. Target: 374.
R07: M U M L E D F O X (conundrum)
R08: W S M U S I E Q A
R09: D B S Y I O A W I
R10: 25, 8, 7, 9, 4, 6. Target: 690.
R11: N B G N F L O A I
R12: C N T Y T E I A R
R13: 25, 50, 6, 7, 10, 5. Target: 923.
R14: T E E U P L A T E (conundrum)


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Round 1: P T S T L I E N U

C1: SPITTLE (7)
C2: SPITTLE (7)
OT: LUTENIST (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)

Round 2: Y T B E A T O A G

C1: BATTY (5)
C2: BEGOT (5)
DC: BEGAT (5) ATTABOY (7)
Score: 12–12 (max 15)

Round 3: 50, 25, 6, 2, 1, 4. Target: 317.

C1: 317. (6 x 50) + 25 - (4 x 2) (10)
C2: 317. (6 x 50) + 25 - (4 x 2) (10)
Score: 22–22 (max 25)

Round 4: H B F R E E I E A

C1: BEEFIER (7)
C2: HEIFER (6)
DC: FREEBIE (7)
Score: 29–22 (max 32)

Round 5: I T L T E N G A P

C1: PLEATING (8)
C2: PLEATING (8)
OT: PLATTING (8) TINPLATE (8)
Score: 37–30 (max 40)

Round 6: 25, 5, 4, 1, 10, 9. Target: 374.

C1: 374. ((10 + 5) x 25) - 1 (10)
C2: 374. ((10 + 5) x 25) - 1 (10)
Score: 47–40 (max 50)

Round 7: M U M L E D F O X

C1 buzzes on 2 seconds to say FLUMMOXED which is correct.
Score: 57–40 (max 60)

Round 8: W S M U S I E Q A

C1: MISUSE (6)
C2: SWIMS (5)
DC: SQUAWS (6) MASQUES (7)
Score: 63–40 (max 67)

Round 9: D B S Y I O A W I

C1: DAISY (5)
C2: BAWDY (5)
OT: ADIOS (5) DOSAI (5) BAWDS (5) BIDIS (5) DIYAS (5) OIDIA (5) SIBIA (5) WADIS (5)
Score: 68–45 (max 72)

Round 10: 25, 8, 7, 9, 4, 6. Target: 690.

C1: 691. (7 x 4 x 25) - 9 (7)
C2: 691. (7 x 4 x 25) - 9 (7)
CV: 690. ((4 x 25) + 8 + 7) x 6 (10)
Score: 75–52 (max 82)

Round 11: N B G N F L O A I

C1: LOAFING (7)
C2: BALING (6)
DC: FOALING (7)
OT: FABLING (7) LOANING (7)
Score: 82–52 (max 89)

Round 12: C N T Y T E I A R

C1: CATTERY (7)
C2: CERTAINTY (18)
Score: 82–70 (max 107)

Round 13: 25, 50, 6, 7, 10, 5. Target: 923.

C1: 925.
C2: 924. ((25 - 5) x 50) - ((10 x 7) + 6) (7)
CV: 923. ((50 - 7 - 6) x 25) - (10 / 5) (10)
Score: 82–77 (max 117)

Round 14: T E E U P L A T E

No one buzzes. The answer was EPAULETTE.
Score: 82–77 (max 127)

Statistics Corner

Ian:
Total score - 82
Raw score - 96
Total % of max - 65
Raw % of max - 76
Total average score per round - 5.9
Raw average score per round - 6.9
Number of maxes - 7

Julian:
Total score - 77
Raw score - 94
Total % of max - 61
Raw % of max - 74
Total average score per round - 5.5
Raw average score per round - 6.7
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=7

[Charlie Reams]

Bit of a forgotten classic this. Julian was 1 conundrum away from a 30 point comeback in three rounds.

[Gavin Chipper]

Bit of a forgotten classic this. Julian was 1 conundrum away from a 30 point comeback in three rounds.

Pity about the epauling conundrum.

[David Roe]

Typo - you've got Julian's total score as 70 in the last summary.

I'd have sworn Julian Hough won the series, obviously wrongly. Who was number 1 seed that year?

[James Robinson]

Typo - you've got Julian's total score as 70 in the last summary.

Thank you for that, David.

I'd have sworn Julian Hough won the series, obviously wrongly. Who was number 1 seed that year?

Clive Freedman was No.1 seed. Interestingly, he won the last show of Series 6, then won a further 8 preliminaries in Series 7, before he lost to Ian in the semis.

Julian won the last 6 prelims, then the finals started, so he automatically became the No.2 seed.