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Series

Series Broadcast Winner Recaps Top score Top max
Championship of Champions XVI 20 Jan 2023 20 Jan 2023 Ahmed Mohamed 1 99 124
Series 86 20 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 Tom Stevenson 134 154 156
Series 85 3 Jan 2022 17 Jun 2022 Dan Byrom 120 140 162
Series 84 28 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 Ahmed Mohamed 128 148 158
Series 83 4 Jan 2021 25 Jun 2021 Adam Latchford 125 147 166
Series 82 2 Jan 2020 18 Dec 2020 Luke Johnson-Davies 181 143 175
Series 81 1 Jul 2019 20 Dec 2019 James Haughton 124 147 167
Series 80 23 Jan 2019 28 Jun 2019 Dinos Sfyris 113 152 156
Champion of Champions XV 2 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2019 Zarte Siempre 15 150 168
Series 79 25 Jun 2018 21 Dec 2018 Mike Daysley 126 117 155
Series 78 2 Jan 2018 22 Jun 2018 Zarte Siempre 117 130 175
Series 77 3 Jul 2017 22 Dec 2017 Tom Chafer-Cook 122 134 164
Series 76 3 Jan 2017 30 Jun 2017 Stephen Read 121 132 166
Series 75 27 Jun 2016 23 Dec 2016 Martin Hurst 109 130 165
Series 74 25 Jan 2016 24 Jun 2016 Paul Erdunast 92 130 166
Championship of Champions XIV 4 Jan 2016 22 Jan 2016 Dylan Taylor 15 133 154
Series 73 15 Jun 2015 23 Dec 2015 Jonathan Wynn 120 134 157
Series 72 5 Jan 2015 12 Jun 2015 Tom Cappleman 100 135 158
Series 71 30 Jun 2014 19 Dec 2014 Dan McColm 101 137 157
Series 70 6 Jan 2014 27 Jun 2014 Mark Murray 107 122 161
Series 69 1 Jul 2013 20 Dec 2013 Callum Todd 117 137 154
Series 68 4 Mar 2013 28 Jun 2013 Giles Hutchings 67 141 149
30th Birthday Championship 7 Jan 2013 1 Mar 2013 Conor Travers 40 146 152
Series 67 2 Jul 2012 21 Dec 2012 Paul James 97 114 151
Series 66 9 Jan 2012 29 Jun 2012 Jack Worsley 119 120 150
Series 65 6 Jun 2011 16 Dec 2011 Graeme Cole 120 126 144
Series 64 10 Jan 2011 3 Jun 2011 Edward McCullagh 100 126 151
Series 63 21 Jun 2010 17 Dec 2010 Jack Hurst 115 133 154
Series 62 11 Jan 2010 18 Jun 2010 Oliver Garner 110 123 151
Series 61 22 Jun 2009 18 Dec 2009 Chris Davies 110 139 155
Series 60 2 Feb 2009 19 Jun 2009 Kirk Bevins 96 134 164
Champion of Champions XIII 12 Jan 2009 30 Jan 2009 Steven Briers 15 121 132
Series 59 23 Jun 2008 12 Dec 2008 Junaid Mubeen 105 126 150
Series 58 2 Jan 2008 20 Jun 2008 David O'Donnell 119 126 153
Series 57 25 Jun 2007 21 Dec 2007 Craig Beevers 126 128 155
Series 56 2 Jan 2007 22 Jun 2007 Nick Wainwright 120 121 154
Series 55 19 Jun 2006 22 Dec 2006 Richard Brittain 135 136 154
Champion of Champions XII 29 May 2006 16 Jun 2006 Paul Gallen 15 125 141
Series 54 31 Oct 2005 26 May 2006 Conor Travers 153 128 173
Series 53 4 Jan 2005 1 Jul 2005 John Mayhew 119 133 160
Series 52 28 Jun 2004 17 Dec 2004 Mark Tournoff 112 138 150
Series 51 5 Jan 2004 25 Jun 2004 Stewart Holden 114 137 153
Series 50 30 Jun 2003 19 Dec 2003 Chris Cummins 103 123 164
Specials 26 May 2003 23 Dec 2020 43 132 153
Series 49 27 Jan 2003 27 Jun 2003 John Davies 107 127 149
Champion of Champions XI 6 Jan 2003 24 Jan 2003 Graham Nash 15 131 144
Series 48 1 Jul 2002 20 Dec 2002 Julian Fell 110 146 158
Series 47 26 Dec 2001 28 Jun 2002 Chris Wills 127 129 153
Series 46 24 Sep 2001 25 Dec 2001 Ben Wilson 67 121 161
Series 45 2 Jul 2001 21 Sep 2001 John Rawnsley 43 90 128
Series 44 26 Dec 2000 29 Jun 2001 Stuart Wood 131 74 127
Series 43 26 Jun 2000 25 Dec 2000 Graham Nash 114 89 128
Series 42 3 Jan 2000 23 Jun 2000 Michael Calder 119 101 126
Champion of Champions X 27 Dec 1999 31 Dec 1999 Scott Mearns 5 82 128
Series 41 28 Jun 1999 25 Dec 1999 Scott Mearns 121 82 116
Series 40 28 Dec 1998 25 Jun 1999 Terence English 130 81 118
Series 39 29 Jun 1998 25 Dec 1998 Kate Ogilvie 131 83 118
Series 38 19 Jan 1998 26 Jun 1998 John Ashmore 115 91 113
Champion of Champions IX 25 Dec 1997 16 Jan 1998 Natascha Kearsey 16 72 118
Series 37 29 Sep 1997 19 Dec 1997 Ray McPhie 60 86 128
Series 36 30 Jun 1997 26 Sep 1997 Tony Baylis 65 72 115
Series 35 31 Mar 1997 27 Jun 1997 Pete Cashmore 65 95 120
Series 34 30 Dec 1996 28 Mar 1997 Huw Morgan 65 79 116
Series 33 9 Oct 1996 20 Dec 1996 Harvey Freeman 53 83 126
Champion of Champions VIII 30 Sep 1996 8 Oct 1996 Chris Rogers 7 71 111
Series 32 1 Jul 1996 27 Sep 1996 Alan Sinclair 65 78 117
Series 31 1 Jan 1996 29 Mar 1996 David Acton 65 83 127
Series 30 3 Jul 1995 29 Sep 1995 Verity Joubert 65 86 127
Series 29 11 Jan 1995 31 Mar 1995 Darren Shacklady 58 105 117
Champion of Champions VII 2 Jan 1995 10 Jan 1995 Don Reid 7 100 113
Series 28 4 Jul 1994 14 Jul 1996 Damian Eadie 66 99 129
Series 27 3 Jan 1994 1 Apr 1994 David Elias 65 75 110
Series 26 5 Jul 1993 1 Oct 1993 Andy Bodle 65 73 117
Series 25 13 Jan 1993 2 Apr 1993 Don Reid 58 97 124
Champion of Champions VI 4 Jan 1993 12 Jan 1993 Wayne Summers 7 79 117
Series 24 29 Jun 1992 25 Sep 1992 Wayne Summers 65 79 107
Series 23 30 Dec 1991 27 Mar 1992 Gareth Williams 65 80 126
Series 22 1 Jul 1991 27 Sep 1991 Chris Waddington 65 98 138
Series 21 9 Jan 1991 29 Mar 1991 Barry Grossman 58 99 117
Champion of Champions V 31 Dec 1990 8 Jan 1991 Tim Morrissey 7 78 119
Series 20 2 Jul 1990 28 Sep 1990 Liz Barber 65 94 124
Series 19 1 Jan 1990 30 Mar 1990 Michael Wareham 65 92 116
Series 18 10 Jul 1989 13 Oct 1989 Yoga 70 92 128
Series 17 11 Jan 1989 17 Mar 1989 Lawrence Pearse 48 80 140
Champion of Champions IV 2 Jan 1989 10 Jan 1989 Nic Brown 7 80 113
Series 16 20 Jun 1988 2 Sep 1988 Tony Vick 55 100 116
Series 15 11 Apr 1988 17 Jun 1988 Dick Green 50 81 115
Series 14 5 Oct 1987 25 Dec 1987 Nic Brown 63 108 131
Series 13 1 Jul 1987 28 Aug 1987 Hilary Hopper 43 94 118
Champion of Champions III 22 Jun 1987 30 Jun 1987 Harvey Freeman 7 115 127
Series 12 13 Apr 1987 19 Jun 1987 Stephen Balment 50 83 128
Series 11 2 Feb 1987 10 Apr 1987 John Clarke 49 97 131
Series 10 13 Oct 1986 19 Dec 1986 Harvey Freeman 50 96 117
Series 9 9 Apr 1986 3 Jun 1986 David Trace 40 80 129
Champion of Champions II 31 Mar 1986 8 Apr 1986 Clive Freedman 7 91 118
Series 8 6 Jan 1986 27 Mar 1986 Clive Spate 58 107 149
Series 7 14 Oct 1985 20 Dec 1985 Ian Bebbington 10 82 127
Series 6 7 Jan 1985 21 Mar 1985 Darryl Francis 54 72 113
Series 5 24 Oct 1984 21 Dec 1984 Peter Evans 43 87 114
Champion of Champions I 15 Oct 1984 23 Oct 1984 Mark Nyman 7 65 75
Series 4 2 Apr 1984 28 Jun 1984 Brian Hudson 52 87 116
Series 3 19 Sep 1983 15 Dec 1983 Andrew Guy 52 92 114
Series 2 5 Apr 1983 2 Jul 1983 Ash Haji 52 71 114
Series 1 2 Nov 1982 16 Dec 1982 Joyce Cansfield 6 59 73
Masters 3 Apr 1989 7 Jan 1991 87 124 158
Unbroadcast 1 Jan 2003 1 Jan 2003 1 90 125

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