Pete Cashmore

Pete Cashmore during the Championship of Champions IX

Pete at the World Scrabble Championship 2005

Pete Cashmore first appeared on Countdown on 7 April 1997 at the age of 24, beating Alan Cannon 60 – 43 in the 6th heat game of Series 35. he won four more games before falling at the hands of octochamp Natascha Kearsey. His 5 wins were enough to see him into the final rounds as #3 seed, where defeated Stuart Barker 56 – 46 in the quarter-finals before beating Natascha Kearsey in a rematch of their earlier heat game, thus setting up a grand-final encounter with Dag Griffiths. the final was a closely-contested affair throughout, with Dag leading by just 3 points going into the crucial conundrum. GIANTUSDJ was displayed on the conundrum board, and Pete's buzzer was the first to light up in just one second, Pete correctly answering ADJUSTING to become the 35th champion of Countdown. Pete returned for Championship of Champions IX, where he beat Paul Peters following a sudden death conundrum in the first round, Harshan Lamabadusuriya in the quarter-finals and Simon Pryde in the semi-finals to set up a third game against Natascha Kearsey in the final. Again, Pete found himself behind going into the crucial conundrum, but this time, neither contestant was able to unravel COMEDYCAR in the time, meaning Natascha won the championship of champions whilst Pete had to settle for runner-up.

Pete would return to the Countdown studios one more time to record a special episode, facing Dag Griffiths once again in a rematch of their grand-final. This time Dag would be victorious, but Pete's entertaining antics left an impression on many a Countdown viewer.

Although he is a writer, he is not to be confused with the journalist of 13 years his junior who founded the influentual social networking blog Mashable.

Preceded by Huw Morgan

Series winner Series 35

Followed by Tony Baylis

Preceded by Kenneth Michie

Champion of Champions runner-up Championship of Champions IX

Followed by Kate Ogilvie

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1978	7/04/1997	P	Alan Cannon	43 – 60	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven
1979	8/04/1997	P	Charles Spence	31 – 65	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven
1980	9/04/1997	P	Margery Boudge	44 – 54	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven
1981	10/04/1997	P	Malcolm Rothery	47 – 71	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven
1982	11/04/1997	P	Tom Bradshaw	54 – 64	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven
1983	14/04/1997	P	Natascha Kearsey	46 – 34	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Rob Scriven
2033	23/06/1997	QF	Pete Cashmore	56 – 46	Stuart Barker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ken Bruce	Catherine Stokes
2036	26/06/1997	SF	Natascha Kearsey	27 – 62	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Terry Wogan	Catherine Stokes
2037	27/06/1997	GF	Dag Griffiths	88 – 95	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ken Bruce, Terry Wogan	Catherine Stokes
2163	29/12/1997	CP	Pete Cashmore	55 – 45	Paul Peters	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Denis Norden	Mark Nyman
2172	9/01/1998	CQF	Pete Cashmore	65 – 52	Harshan Lamabadusuriya	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Mark Nyman
2175	14/01/1998	CSF	Simon Pryde	41 – 47	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Mark Nyman
2177	16/01/1998	CGF	Natascha Kearsey	72 – 70	Pete Cashmore	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Mark Nyman
S15	14/06/2004	S	Pete Cashmore	66 – 107	Dag Griffiths	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent