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Robert Richland

From Countdown
Robert Richland

Robert Richland was a finalist in Series 4. He was a computer programmer from Middlesex. His score of 75 in his fourth game was the highest of the series.

Richland had originally been selected to appear in Countdown's 30th Birthday Championship, but was unable to make it to the recordings and thus Darryl Francis took his place.

In 2000, he appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, followed by Pointless in 2013 and the short-lived ITV show Go For It in 2016. He also appeared in audience of Judge Rinder with fellow former Countdown contestant Sandie Simonis in 2018. He is also a Scrabble Expert.

His wife Kathy, also a Scrabble player, appeared as a contestant in Series 71, over 30 years after his original appearance. They both appeared on ITV’s Tenable, with Wayne Kelly, on 11 September 2018.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
149 30/04/1984 P Robert Richland 34 – 29 Sydney Price Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannell 71
150 1/05/1984 P Robert Richland 59 – 28 Fran Bate Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannell 70
151 2/05/1984 P Stuart Schofield 51 – 51 Robert Richland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannell 70
152 3/05/1984 P Stuart Schofield 70 – 75 Robert Richland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannell 84
153 7/05/1984 P Jean Dodds 31 – 50 Robert Richland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannell 85
154 8/05/1984 P Clinton Rae 44 – 38 Robert Richland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannell 73
178 19/06/1984 QF Tony Rand 52 – 62 Robert Richland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 72
182 26/06/1984 SF Brian Hudson 52 – 49 Robert Richland Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Yvonne Warburton 71
M8 22/05/1989-26/05/1989 M Robert Richland 117 – 72 Joel Salkin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Catherine Clarke 154
M77 17/09/1990-21/09/1990 M Robert Richland 111 – 56 Joan Orchard Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Mark Nyman 134