Daniel Peake

Daniel Peake

Daniel Peake was a finalist in Series 54.

Peake won 6 games, including a debut score of 103 – the first contestant under Des Lynam to achieve a century – before losing to Ray Oakley by just 8 points. He returned for the series finals as No. 8 seed and faced No. 1 seed Conor Travers, the player that had beaten Oakley. The game went with the seedings as Travers beat Peake by 69 points to end Daniel's Countdown career.

Peake has also appeared at several real-life tournaments, including COLIN 2006, and he was the host of CoBris in 2006 and 2007.

Peake has since appeared on Brainteaser, The Weakest Link, Wogan's Perfect Recall, and Showreel. In 2013, Peake won the top prize of £10,000 on The Common Denominator. He has also served as a question writer for BBC One's Chase the Case.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3969	11/11/2005	P	Stuart Coxshall	60 – 103	Daniel Peake	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	122
3970	14/11/2005	P	Daniel Peake	62 – 48	Audrey Nicholson	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	131
3971	15/11/2005	P	Daniel Peake	97 – 70	Paul Raymond	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	127
3972	16/11/2005	P	Daniel Peake	81 – 77	Eric Hannington	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	151
3973	17/11/2005	P	Daniel Peake	78 – 38	Matthew Goulding	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	120
3974	18/11/2005	P	Daniel Peake	84 – 68	Cath Cheney	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	119
3975	21/11/2005	P	Daniel Peake	70 – 78	Ray Oakley	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	123
4106	18/05/2006	QF	Daniel Peake	38 – 107	Conor Travers	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	130