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Diane Pratesi

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Diane Pratesi

Diane Pratesi was a contestant in Series 18. She was a bank clerk.

She is also a Scrabble expert. Her husband, Mauro, is Chair of the London Scrabble League, and appeared on Countdown himself, 22 years later in Series 65. Her two daughters, Jessica and Natasha went on to appear on Countdown in 2012 and 2017 respectively in Episode 5555 and Episode 6542.

She, along with the rest of the Pratesi family, made their Co-event debuts at COLIN 2012.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
914 12/09/1989 P Diane Pratesi 57 – 45 Margaret Budden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Della Thompson 95
915 13/09/1989 P Diane Pratesi 59 – 34 Christopher Quartermaine Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton 71
916 14/09/1989 P Diane Pratesi 48 – 60 Richard Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Clement Freud Freda Thornton 83
M51 19/03/1990-23/03/1990 M Diane Pratesi 85 – 68 Jean Shaw Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Catherine Clarke 134