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[[File:Michael Purdie.png|thumb|200px|right|Mick Purdie in [[Series 36]]...]]
 
[[File:Michael Purdie.png|thumb|200px|right|Mick Purdie in [[Series 36]]...]]
 
[[File:Mick Purdie.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 21 years later in [[Series 78]]!]]
 
[[File:Mick Purdie.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 21 years later in [[Series 78]]!]]
'''Michael "Mick" Purdie''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 8]], [[Series 36]] and [[Series 78]]. He was from Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
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'''Michael "Mick" Purdie''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 8]], [[Series 36|36]] and [[Series 78|78]]. He was from Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
  
In his original appearance in [[Series 8]] in 1986, he was 35 years of age and working as a radio officer. When he re-appeared on the show in [[Series 36]] in 1997, he was 47 years old, and billed as working as a civil servant.
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In his first appearance in Series 8 in 1986, he was a 35-year-old radio officer. In his second appearances in Series 36 in 1997, he was a 47-year-old civil servant. In his third appearances in Series 78 in 2018, he was a part-time golf caddy master.
  
He returned again in 2018 for a third stint as a contestant, a feat only matched by [[Jodine Lawrence]] and [[Andy Hewitt]].
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Purdie is the first contestant to have made [[Returning contestants#Contestants with three distinct appearances|three distinct appearances]] on the show.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
 
{{episode table}}
 
{{episode table}}
{{ep | 362 | 6/02/1986 | P |Michael Purdie| 28 - 70 |[[Clive Spate]]|[[Steve Jones (guest)|Steve Jones]]|[[Julia Swannell]]|76}}
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{{ep | 362 | 06/02/1986 | P |Michael Purdie| 28 - 70 |[[Clive Spate]]|[[Steve Jones (guest)|Steve Jones]]|[[Julia Swannell]]|76}}
 
{{ep | 2061 | 31/07/1997 | P |[[Philip Logie]]| 38 - 55 |Michael Purdie|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|70}}
 
{{ep | 2061 | 31/07/1997 | P |[[Philip Logie]]| 38 - 55 |Michael Purdie|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|70}}
{{ep | 2062 | 1/08/1997 | P |Michael Purdie| 38 - 45 |[[Jo Lack]]|[[Philip Franks]]|[[Hania Porucznik]]|68}}
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{{ep | 2062 | 01/08/1997 | P |Michael Purdie| 38 - 45 |[[Jo Lack]]|[[Philip Franks]]|[[Hania Porucznik]]|68}}
{{ep | 6840 | 5/06/2018 | P |[[Jan Pask]]| 78 - 80 |Mick Purdie|[[Pam Ayres]]|Susie Dent|121}}
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{{ep | 6840 | 05/06/2018 | P |[[Jan Pask]]| 78 - 80 |Mick Purdie|[[Pam Ayres]]|Susie Dent|121}}
{{ep | 6841 | 6/06/2018 | P |Mick Purdie| 91 - 80 |[[Katrina Corbett]]|Pam Ayres|Susie Dent|142}}
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{{ep | 6841 | 06/06/2018 | P |Mick Purdie| 91 - 80 |[[Katrina Corbett]]|Pam Ayres|Susie Dent|142}}
{{ep | 6842 | 7/06/2018 | P |Mick Purdie| 81 - 75 |[[Chris Porter (Series 78)|Chris Porter]]|[[Nina Hossain]]|Susie Dent|121}}
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{{ep | 6842 | 07/06/2018 | P |Mick Purdie| 81 - 75 |[[Chris Porter (Series 78)|Chris Porter]]|[[Nina Hossain]]|Susie Dent|121}}
{{ep | 6843 | 8/06/2018 | P |Mick Purdie| 40 - 86 |[[Darren Findlay]]|Nina Hossain|Susie Dent|146}}
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{{ep | 6843 | 08/06/2018 | P |Mick Purdie| 40 - 86 |[[Darren Findlay]]|Nina Hossain|Susie Dent|146}}
 
{{episode table end}}
 
{{episode table end}}
  
 
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[[Category:Returning contestants]]
 
[[Category:Contestants in Series 8]]
 
[[Category:Contestants in Series 8]]
 
[[Category:Contestants in Series 36]]
 
[[Category:Contestants in Series 36]]
 
[[Category:Contestants in Series 78]]
 
[[Category:Contestants in Series 78]]
 
[[Category:Teapot owners]]
 
[[Category:Teapot owners]]

Latest revision as of 23:52, 17 January 2024

Mick Purdie in Series 36...
...and 21 years later in Series 78!

Michael "Mick" Purdie was a contestant in Series 8, 36 and 78. He was from Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

In his first appearance in Series 8 in 1986, he was a 35-year-old radio officer. In his second appearances in Series 36 in 1997, he was a 47-year-old civil servant. In his third appearances in Series 78 in 2018, he was a part-time golf caddy master.

Purdie is the first contestant to have made three distinct appearances on the show.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
362 06/02/1986 P Michael Purdie 28 – 70 Clive Spate Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Steve Jones Julia Swannell 76
2061 31/07/1997 P Philip Logie 38 – 55 Michael Purdie Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent 70
2062 01/08/1997 P Michael Purdie 38 – 45 Jo Lack Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Hania Porucznik 68
6840 05/06/2018 P Jan Pask 78 – 80 Mick Purdie Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 121
6841 06/06/2018 P Mick Purdie 91 – 80 Katrina Corbett Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 142
6842 07/06/2018 P Mick Purdie 81 – 75 Chris Porter Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nina Hossain Susie Dent 121
6843 08/06/2018 P Mick Purdie 40 – 86 Darren Findlay Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nina Hossain Susie Dent 146