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'''Michael Goldman''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 1]]. He was a 50-year-old solicitor from London.
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'''Michael Goldman''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 1]]. He was a solicitor from London.
  
An [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] [[Scrabble]] player, he was one of the first two contestants to appear on the show. He ran out the winner {{score|50|27}} and continued to play in 5 more shows, and was thusly the first Countdown champion, and the first player to win multiple shows. His third show, against [[Bill Benson]], ended in the first ever [[draw]].
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An [[Association of British Scrabble Players|ABSP]] [[Scrabble]] player (he won the National Scrabble Championship in 1977) he was one of the first two contestants to appear on the show. He ran out the winner {{score|50|27}} and continued to play in 5 more shows, and was thusly the first Countdown champion, and the first player to win multiple shows. His third show, against [[Bill Benson]], ended in the first ever [[draw]].
  
 
In 1988, he appeared on the first series of ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}''.
 
In 1988, he appeared on the first series of ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}''.
  
Goldman died in 1995.
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Michael Goldman died on 4 July 1997, at the age of 63, from cancer.
 
 
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
 
{{episode table}}
 
{{episode table}}
{{ep | 1 | 2/11/1982 | P |[[Jeff Andrews]]| 27 - 50 |Michael Goldman|[[Ted Moult]]|[[Mary]]|67}}
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{{ep | 1 | 2/11/1982 | P |[[Jeff Andrews]]| 27 50 |Michael Goldman|[[Ted Moult]]|[[Mary]]|67}}
{{ep | 2 | 3/11/1982 | P |[[Maureen Barr]]| ? |Michael Goldman|Ted Moult||??}}
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{{ep | 2 | 3/11/1982 | P |[[Maureen Barr]]| 28 – 41 |Michael Goldman|Ted Moult|Mary|76}}
 
{{ep | 3 | 4/11/1982 | P |[[Bill Benson]]| ? |Michael Goldman|Ted Moult||??}}
 
{{ep | 3 | 4/11/1982 | P |[[Bill Benson]]| ? |Michael Goldman|Ted Moult||??}}
 
{{ep | 4 | 8/11/1982 | P |Bill Benson| ? |Michael Goldman|Ted Moult||??}}
 
{{ep | 4 | 8/11/1982 | P |Bill Benson| ? |Michael Goldman|Ted Moult||??}}

Latest revision as of 04:23, 26 March 2018

Goldman in the first ever edition of Countdown.

Michael Goldman was a contestant in Series 1. He was a solicitor from London.

An ABSP Scrabble player (he won the National Scrabble Championship in 1977) he was one of the first two contestants to appear on the show. He ran out the winner 50 – 27 and continued to play in 5 more shows, and was thusly the first Countdown champion, and the first player to win multiple shows. His third show, against Bill Benson, ended in the first ever draw.

In 1988, he appeared on the first series of Fifteen to One.

Michael Goldman died on 4 July 1997, at the age of 63, from cancer.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1 2/11/1982 P Jeff Andrews 27 – 50 Michael Goldman Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Ted Moult Mary 67
2 3/11/1982 P Maureen Barr 28 – 41 Michael Goldman Richard Whiteley Dr Linda Barrett Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Ted Moult Mary 76
3 4/11/1982 P Bill Benson ? Michael Goldman Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Ted Moult ??
4 8/11/1982 P Bill Benson ? Michael Goldman Richard Whiteley Dr Linda Barrett Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Ted Moult ??
5 9/11/1982 P Sheila Arnold ? Michael Goldman Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Ted Moult ??
6 10/11/1982 P John Simpson ? Michael Goldman Richard Whiteley Dr Linda Barrett Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Ted Moult ??