John Wallace

John Wallace was a quarter-finalist of Series 5. An airways passenger services duty controller from Crawley, Surrey, he made his debut beating Richard Maddox, and rattled off a further seven wins to become an octochamp and the clear #1 seed for the final stages. However, John was beaten in the quarter-final by Bob Violett 67-49. John returned for Championship of Champions II, beating Ian Bebbington in the first round before losing to Pete Evans in the semi-final. He made a further return for Countdown Masters.

John was only the third person, after William Bradford and Mark Nyman, to achieve octochamp status.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
217	28/11/1984	P	Richard Maddox	25 – 46	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warberton
218	29/11/1984	P	John Wallace	58 – 55	Ian Channing	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warberton
219	30/11/1984	P	John Wallace	32 – 23	Margaret Johnson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warberton
220	3/12/1984	P	John Wallace	51 – 35	Lewis Murray	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warberton
221	4/12/1984	P	Johnathan Burrows	44 – 58	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
222	5/12/1984	P	John Wallace	54 – 51	Barry Passfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
223	6/12/1984	P	John Wallace	52 – 41	Denis Barber	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
224	7/12/1984	P	Kath Cheetham	51 – 53	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warberton
228	13/12/1984	QF	John Wallace	49 – 67	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warberton
401	3/04/1986	CQF	John Wallace	59 – 38	Ian Bebbington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
402	4/04/1986	CSF	Peter Evans	55 – 48	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke
M1	3/4/89-7/4/89		Nita Marr	114 – 69	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman						Catherine Clarke