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Series

Series Broadcast Winner Recaps Top score Top max
Series 63 21 Jun 2010 23 Jul 2010 25 of 25 122 133
Series 62 11 Jan 2010 18 Jun 2010 Oliver Garner 111 of 111 123 151
Series 61 22 Jun 2009 29 Jan 2010 Chris Davies 111 of 111 139 155
Series 60 2 Feb 2009 19 Jun 2009 Kirk Bevins 96 of 96 134 164
Champion of Champions XIII 12 Jan 2009 30 Jan 2009 Steven Briers 15 of 15 121 132
Series 59 23 Jun 2008 11 Dec 2008 Junaid Mubeen 103 of 103 126 150
Series 58 2 Jan 2008 20 Jun 2008 David O'Donnell 119 of 119 126 153
Series 57 25 Jun 2007 21 Dec 2007 Craig Beevers 126 of 126 128 155
Series 56 2 Jan 2007 22 Jun 2007 Nick Wainwright 120 of 120 121 154
Series 55 19 Jun 2006 22 Dec 2006 Richard Brittain 135 of 135 136 154
Champion of Champions XII 29 May 2006 16 Jun 2006 Paul Gallen 15 of 15 125 141
Series 54 31 Oct 2005 26 May 2006 Conor Travers 153 of 153 128 173
Series 53 4 Jan 2005 1 Jul 2005 John Mayhew 119 of 119 133 160
Series 52 28 Jun 2004 17 Dec 2004 Mark Tournoff 112 of 112 138 150
Series 51 5 Jan 2004 25 Jun 2004 Stewart Holden 114 of 114 137 153
Series 50 30 Jun 2003 19 Dec 2003 Chris Cummins 103 of 103 123 164
Specials 26 May 2003 26 Jul 2010 24 of 24 126 151
Series 49 27 Jan 2003 27 Jun 2003 John Davies 108 of 108 127 149
Champion of Champions XI 6 Jan 2003 24 Jan 2003 Graham Nash 15 of 15 131 144
Series 48 1 Jul 2002 20 Dec 2002 Julian Fell 110 of 110 146 158
Series 47 26 Dec 2001 28 Jun 2002 Chris Wills 127 of 127 129 153
Series 46 24 Sep 2001 25 Dec 2001 Ben Wilson 71 of 75 121 161
Series 45 2 Jul 2001 21 Sep 2001 John Rawnsley 18 of 43 90 104
Series 44 26 Dec 2000 29 Jun 2001 Stuart Wood 4 of 131 74 71
Series 43 26 Jun 2000 25 Dec 2000 Graham Nash 11 of 114 89 83
Series 42 3 Jan 2000 23 Jun 2000 Michael Calder 2 of 119 101 73
Champion of Champions X 27 Dec 1999 31 Dec 1999 Scott Mearns 1 of 5 82 ?
Series 41 28 Jun 1999 25 Dec 1999 Scott Mearns 3 of 121 82 84
Series 40 28 Dec 1998 25 Jun 1999 Terence English 6 of 129 81 104
Series 39 29 Jun 1998 25 Dec 1998 Kate Ogilvie 2 of 130 83 70
Series 38 19 Jan 1998 26 Jun 1998 John Ashmore 2 of 115 91 73
Champion of Champions IX 25 Dec 1997 16 Jan 1998 Natascha Kearsey 3 of 15 72 85
Series 37 29 Sep 1997 19 Dec 1997 Ray McPhie 2 of 60 86 ?
Series 36 30 Jun 1997 26 Sep 1997 Tony Baylis 2 of 65 72 73
Series 35 31 Mar 1997 27 Jun 1997 Pete Cashmore 3 of 65 95 72
Series 34 30 Dec 1996 28 Mar 1997 Huw Morgan 4 of 65 79 71
Series 33 9 Oct 1996 20 Dec 1996 Harvey Freeman 14 of 53 83 75
Champion of Champions VIII 30 Sep 1996 8 Oct 1996 Chris Rogers 1 of 7 71 ?
Series 32 1 Jul 1996 27 Sep 1996 Alan Sinclair 3 of 65 78 83
Series 31 1 Jan 1996 29 Mar 1996 David Acton 3 of 65 83 73
Series 30 3 Jul 1995 29 Sep 1995 Verity Joubert 4 of 65 86 94
Series 29 11 Jan 1995 31 Mar 1995 Darren Shacklady 2 of 58 105 82
Champion of Champions VII 2 Jan 1995 10 Jan 1995 Don Reid 7 of 7 100 113
Series 28 4 Jul 1994 30 Sep 1994 Damian Eadie 11 of 65 99 129
Series 27 3 Jan 1994 1 Apr 1994 David Elias 15 of 65 75 109
Series 26 5 Jul 1993 1 Oct 1993 Andy Bodle 1 of 65 73 ?
Series 25 13 Jan 1993 2 Apr 1993 Don Reid 1 of 58 97 ?
Champion of Champions VI 4 Jan 1993 12 Jan 1993 Wayne Summers 2 of 7 79 73
Series 24 29 Jun 1992 25 Sep 1992 Wayne Summers 3 of 65 79 85
Series 23 30 Dec 1991 27 Mar 1992 Gareth Williams 2 of 64 80 ?
Series 22 1 Jul 1991 27 Sep 1991 Chris Waddington 2 of 65 98 ?
Series 21 9 Jan 1991 29 Mar 1991 Barry Grossman 5 of 58 99 73
Champion of Champions V 31 Dec 1990 8 Jan 1991 Tim Morrissey 1 of 7 78 ?
Series 20 2 Jul 1990 28 Sep 1990 Liz Barber 2 of 65 94 ?
Series 19 1 Jan 1990 30 Mar 1990 Michael Wareham 1 of 65 92 ?
Series 18 10 Jul 1989 13 Oct 1989 Yoga 9 of 70 92 126
Series 17 11 Jan 1989 17 Mar 1989 Lawrence Pearse 3 of 48 80 ?
Champion of Champions IV 2 Jan 1989 10 Jan 1989 Nic Brown 2 of 7 80 ?
Series 16 20 Jun 1988 2 Sep 1988 Tony Vick 1 of 55 100 ?
Series 15 11 Apr 1988 17 Jun 1988 Dick Green 2 of 50 81 ?
Series 14 5 Oct 1987 25 Dec 1987 Nic Brown 1 of 63 108 ?
Series 13 1 Jul 1987 28 Aug 1987 Hilary Hopper 3 of 43 94 ?
Champion of Champions III 22 Jun 1987 30 Jun 1987 Harvey Freeman 1 of 7 115 127
Series 12 13 Apr 1987 19 Jun 1987 Stephen Balment 3 of 50 83 86
Series 11 2 Feb 1987 10 Apr 1987 John Clarke 2 of 50 97 ?
Series 10 13 Oct 1986 19 Dec 1986 Harvey Freeman 2 of 50 96 ?
Series 9 9 Apr 1986 3 Jun 1986 David Trace 2 of 40 80 119
Champion of Champions II 31 Mar 1986 8 Apr 1986 Clive Freedman 1 of 7 91 ?
Series 8 6 Jan 1986 27 Mar 1986 Clive Spate 4 of 59 107 82
Series 7 14 Oct 1985 20 Dec 1985 Ian Bebbington 1 of 50 82 127
Series 6 7 Jan 1985 21 Mar 1985 Darryl Francis 3 of 54 72 ?
Series 5 24 Oct 1984 21 Dec 1984 Peter Evans 1 of 43 87 ?
Champion of Champions I 15 Oct 1984 23 Oct 1984 Mark Nyman 1 of 7 65 ?
Series 4 2 Apr 1984 28 Jun 1984 Brian Hudson 3 of 52 87 ?
Series 3 19 Sep 1983 15 Dec 1983 Andrew Guy 3 of 52 92 ?
Series 2 5 Apr 1983 2 Jul 1983 Ash Haji 1 of 53 71 ?
Series 1 2 Nov 1982 16 Dec 1982 Joyce Cansfield 3 of 28 59 72

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