David Webb

David Webb in his debut game...

...and 21 years later in the 30th Birthday Championship.

David Webb was a finalist in Series 22 and a contestant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

Webb notched up a run of 5 wins in the heats before losing his 6th game to eventual runner-up Robert Teuton. Webb qualified for the finals as No. 4 seed, dispatching No. 5-ranked Una Szewc before losing to octochamp and eventual series champion Chris Waddington.

Webb returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against Series 6 champion Darryl Francis by a score of 86 – 68.

Webb is also a Scrabble Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the National Scrabble Championship on 18 October 2009, beaten by Countdown's Series 57 champion Craig Beevers. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler Bob Violett set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213 points. [1]

Webb is known as "Dweebovision" on YouTube [2] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on Internet Scrabble Club and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. More recently, his channel has also included a weekly solve of The Times Crossword, and occasionally The Mephisto Crossword in The Sunday Times.

Webb has contested The Times Crossword Championship multiple times. He achieved a personal best of 3rd place in 2023 edition of the Championships (the first since COVID-19). He has also appeared on numerous game shows: he won a house on ITV's short-lived show Raise the Roof, and impressively won 30 times straight on Channel 5's 100%. On 3 September 2024, he appeared on Lingo with Sumbul Siddiqui, who he had met at a Scrabble tournament.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1149	23/07/1991	P	David Webb	53 – 23	Anne Lyng	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	83
1150	24/07/1991	P	David Webb	50 – 21	Hattie Ison	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	73
1151	25/07/1991	P	David Webb	61 – 39	Jackie Watson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	74
1152	26/07/1991	P	David Webb	52 – 18	Harry Victor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	73
1153	29/07/1991	P	David Webb	43 – 40	Andrew Mitchell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	80
1154	30/07/1991	P	David Webb	41 – 64	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	72
1194	24/09/1991	QF	Una Szewc	47 – 65	David Webb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	75
1195	25/09/1991	SF	Chris Waddington	60 – 56	David Webb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	83
5620	14/01/2013	30BP	Darryl Francis	86 – 68	David Webb	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	119