Dave Ryan

Dave Ryan on The Weakest Link on 19 February 2001.

Dave Ryan, 16 years later in Series 76.

Dave Ryan was a contestant in Series 44 and 76. He is also an Apterite and has attended Co-events. When he first appeared, he was a 34-year-old coach driver from Buxton, Derbyshire, but had moved to Waverton, Cheshire by the time of his second run.

Less than two months after Ryan's Series 44 shows, he finished as the runner-up in an episode of The Weakest Link on 19 February 2001.

Prior to appearing on Countdown, he twice appeared on Fifteen-to-One in 1999, finishing first and third.

Ryan's partner, Suzy Turner, won three games on Countdown two weeks before his Series 76 appearance. They appeared together on Only Connect on BBC Two on 5 November 2018, and on Lingo on ITV on 15 December 2021.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2912	26/12/2000	P	Robert Roden	35 – 42	Dave Ryan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Joan Bakewell	Damian Eadie	72
2913	27/12/2000	P	Dave Ryan	45 – 47	Colin Mackay	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Joan Bakewell	Damian Eadie	74
6504	24/01/2017	P	Sam Wickham	42 – 89	Dave Ryan	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Barry McGuigan	Susie Dent	126
6505	25/01/2017	P	Dave Ryan	97 – 63	Elizabeth McCann	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Barry McGuigan	Susie Dent	120
6506	26/01/2017	P	Dave Ryan	90 – 103	Elliott Mack	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Barry McGuigan	Susie Dent	126