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David Webb
David Webb was a finalist in Series 22 and a contestant in the 30th Birthday Championship.
He is also a Scrabble Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the National Scrabble Championship on 18 October 2009, beaten by Countdown's Series 57 champion Craig Beevers. He is known as "Dweebovision" on YouTube [1] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on Internet Scrabble Club and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler Bob Violett set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213. [2]
Webb is also a keen crossworder and has been on many game shows including Raise the Roof, and 100% thirty-one times.
He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against the Series 6 champion Darryl Francis by a score of 86 – 68.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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1149 | 23/07/1991 | P | David Webb | 53 – 23 | Anne Lyng | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Sheridan Morley | Richard Samson | 83 | ||
1150 | 24/07/1991 | P | David Webb | 50 – 21 | Hattie Ison | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Sheridan Morley | Richard Samson | 73 | ||
1151 | 25/07/1991 | P | David Webb | 61 – 39 | Jackie Watson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Sheridan Morley | Richard Samson | 74 | ||
1152 | 26/07/1991 | P | David Webb | 52 – 18 | Harry Victor | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Sheridan Morley | Richard Samson | 73 | ||
1153 | 29/07/1991 | P | David Webb | 43 – 40 | Andrew Mitchell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Sheridan Morley | Richard Samson | 80 | ||
1154 | 30/07/1991 | P | David Webb | 41 – 64 | Robert Teuton | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Frazer Hines | Alexandra Clayton | 72 | ||
1194 | 24/09/1991 | QF | Una Szewc | 47 – 65 | David Webb | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Richard Samson | 75 | ||
1195 | 25/09/1991 | SF | Chris Waddington | 60 – 56 | David Webb | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Richard Samson | 83 | ||
5620 | 14/01/2013 | 30BP | Darryl Francis | 86 – 68 | David Webb | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Martin Lewis | Susie Dent | 119 |