Harry Venet

Harry Venet was a contestant in the Calendar Countdown Main Series, and a finalist in Series 3. He was an accountant from Leeds.

The year prior to his run, Venet had appeared in the first transmitted episode of Calendar Countdown, Countdown's forerunner. Notably, one of his opponents on Calendar Countdown was Jackie Nathan, who would go on to defeat him in his heats on the national programme.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
CC1	19/04/1982	QF	Angela Booth	18 – 29	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Denise McFarland-Cruickshanks	Cathy Hytner		Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		none	57
CC6	24/05/1982	SF	Jackie Nathan	20 – 35	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Denise McFarland-Cruickshanks	Cathy Hytner		Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		none	67
CC7	31/05/1982–07/06/1982	GF	Michael Firth	? – ?	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Denise McFarland-Cruickshanks	Cathy Hytner		Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		none
81	19/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	36 – 26	David Drake-Brockman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	68
82	20/09/1983	P	Harry Venet	56 – 40	Len Daniels	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	81
83	21/09/1983	P	Madge Newall	12 – 57	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	72
84	22/09/1983	P	Isabel Bagley	45 – 47	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	71
85	26/09/1983	P	Ron Hendra	40 – 42	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	68
86	27/09/1983	P	Trish Scott	23 – 65	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	72
87	28/09/1983	P	Jackie Nathan	46 – 45	Harry Venet	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Yvonne Warburton	71
129	12/12/1983	QF	Harry Venet	38 – 50	Esther Byers	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannell	71
M43	22/01/1990–26/01/1990	M	Harry Venet	41 – 121	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M81	15/10/1990–19/10/1990	M	Harry Venet	75 – 88	Elisabeth Jardine	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Mark Nyman	135