Michael Goldman

Goldman in the first ever edition of Countdown.

Michael Goldman was a contestant in Series 1. He was a solicitor from London.

An ABSP Scrabble player (as he won the National Scrabble Championship in 1977), he was one of the first two contestants to appear on the show. He ran out the winner by 50 – 27, continued to play in five more shows, was thusly the first Countdown champion and the first player to win multiple shows. His third show against Bill Benson, ended in the first ever draw.

In 1988, he appeared on the first series of Fifteen to One.

He sadly died on 4 July 1997 at the age of 63, from cancer.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1	2/11/1982	P	Jeff Andrews	27 – 50	Michael Goldman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult	Mary	67
2	3/11/1982	P	Maureen Barr	28 – 41	Michael Goldman	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult	Mary	76
3	4/11/1982	P	Bill Benson	?	Michael Goldman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		??
4	8/11/1982	P	Bill Benson	?	Michael Goldman	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		??
5	9/11/1982	P	Sheila Arnold	?	Michael Goldman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		??
6	10/11/1982	P	John Simpson	?	Michael Goldman	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Ted Moult		??