Jackie McLeod

Jackie McLeod in Series 21...

...and 22 years later in the 30th Birthday Championship!

Jackie McLeod was the runner-up of Series 21, and was a participant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

She was a Local Government Secretary from Highgate, North London. She won 3 games in the heats before losing to Malcolm Mackinnon. This was enough to see her return for the final rounds as #8 seed, and she beat Lew Schwarz and Nick Saloman on her way to the final against Barry Grossman. However, McLeod lost the final 99 – 67, Grossman's quicker conundrum finger being the major difference between the two.

McLeod returned for Championship of Champions VI, but was beaten in the first round by Chris Waddington.

McLeod also played in the Supreme Championship, beating series champions Lawrence Pearse and Clive Spate in the first and second rounds respectively, before losing to Joyce Cansfield in the group finals.

She returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. She lost her only match in a rematch of the final against Barry Grossman by a score of 79 – 65.

She is also a Scrabble expert and has appeared on several quiz shows, including the short-lived Channel 4 show Beat the Nation in 2004, BBC One's !mpossible and ITV's Alphabetical in 2017 and ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2019, but only managed to win £1,000 after answering her £16,000 question incorrectly. She has also won a series of Turnabout and an episode of The Weakest Link.

Preceded by Derek Coombs

Series runner-up Series 21

Followed by Robert Teuton

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1077	11/01/1991	P	Robert Houston	35 – 52	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke	70
1078	14/01/1991	P	Nimmy Aslam	28 – 46	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke	73
1079	15/01/1991	P	Susan Gould	18 – 58	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton	64
1080	16/01/1991	P	Malcolm Mackinnon	45 – 31	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Hayley Mills	Freda Thornton	82
1126	21/03/1991	QF	Jackie McLeod	55 – 33	Lew Schwarz	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James	Judy Pearsall	72
1130	27/03/1991	SF	Jackie McLeod	50 – 27	Nick Saloman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Brian Johnston	Richard Samson	67
1132	29/03/1991	GF	Jackie McLeod	67 – 99	Barry Grossman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sally James, Brian Johnston	Richard Samson	117
1328	4/01/1993	CQF	Chris Waddington	59 – 49	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	71
1876	7/11/1996	dQF	Lawrence Pearse	45 – 47	Jackie McLeod	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	81
1879	12/11/1996	dSF	Jackie McLeod	49 – 46	Clive Spate	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	74
1880	13/11/1996	dF	Jackie McLeod	42 – 50	Joyce Cansfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	70
5621	15/01/2013	30BP	Jackie McLeod	65 – 79	Barry Grossman	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	119