Glynn Leaney

Glynn Leaney octochamp statistics
Final position	Runner-up
Seeding	2
Points total	405
Conundrums solved	4

Leaney in his seventh edition.

Glynn Leaney was a contestant in Series 39 and the runner-up of Series 40.

Leaney won six games before the start of the Series 39 finals; he was offered the opportunity to carry over to the next series rather than enter the finals unbeaten as #7 seed (as there was some uncertainty about the final seedings board at the time of the end of filming of the heats, owing to #6 seed Vicky Smith not being able to make the studio dates for the quarter-finals), and he elected to do so.

Leaney's son Chris would go on to appear on Countdown in Series 75 in 2016. At the end of Chris's first game, Glynn made a brief cameo appearance.

Preceded by Richard Saldanha

Series runner-up Series 40

Followed by Simon Cooper

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2410	09/12/1998	P	Noel Godson	33 – 41	Glynn Leaney	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Hannah Robertson	72
2411	10/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	57 – 35	Norman Humphries	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Hannah Robertson	71
2412	11/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	45 – 38	Mark Daulby	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Mark Nyman	72
2413	14/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	53 – 41	Gerard McCarthy	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Mark Nyman	85
2414	15/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	45 – 43	Clare Ockwell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Mark Nyman	74
2415	16/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	47 – 44	Andrew Slocombe	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Magnus Magnusson	Mark Nyman	85
2423	28/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	62 – 61	Luke Living	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Stephen Fry	Mark Nyman	84
2424	29/12/1998	P	Glynn Leaney	55 – 34	Liz Alsford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Stephen Fry	Mark Nyman	70
2547	18/06/1999	QF	Glynn Leaney	60 – 29	Nancy Roberts	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	104
2551	24/06/1999	SF	Glynn Leaney	49 – 40	Pamela Roud	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	73
2552	25/06/1999	GF	Glynn Leaney	77 – 81	Terence English	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Susie Dent	118
S2	25/07/2003	S	Terence English	92 – 57	Glynn Leaney	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	118