Michael Wareham

Michael Wareham in Countdown Masters Series 2.

Michael Wareham was the champion of Series 19, a quarter-finalist in Championship of Champions V and a participant in Supreme Championship. He was a headmaster of New Park, Prep school in St. Andrews, Fife in Scotland.

Wareham first appeared on 2 March 1990, beating Robert Endeacott by 58 – 45. He then won three more games, before falling at the hands of Sylvia Roche by 55 – 34. Wareham's four wins were adequate to earn him the No. 3 seed spot for the finals where he beat Mark Cooper and Elaine Newcombe, on his way to the grand final against Gino Corr.

The final was neck-and-neck after the first conundrum but three disallowed words from Corr allowed Wareham to edge ahead, and win by 92 – 68 to emerge as the nineteenth series champion.

Wareham returned in 1991 for Championship of Champions V, but he lost to Lawrence Pearse in the third quarter-final.

He returned for Supreme Championship in November 1996, but lost in the first round to Allan Saldanha. He holds the dubious honour of having achieved the lowest score in Supreme Championship, having made only twenty points here.

Preceded by Rajaretnam Yogasagarar

Series winner Series 19

Followed by Liz Barber

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
982	2/03/1990	P	Robert Endeacott	45 – 58	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Freda Thornton	84
983	5/03/1990	P	Doreen Rowcroft	5 – 53	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Freda Thornton	84
984	6/03/1990	P	Keith Gorst	20 – 52	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Freda Thornton	73
985	7/03/1990	P	Jenny Commode	27 – 59	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Freda Thornton	71
986	8/03/1990	P	Sylvia Roche	55 – 34	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Freda Thornton	71
998	26/03/1990	QF	Mark Cooper	34 – 42	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Simon Mason	73
1001	29/03/1990	SF	Elaine Newcombe	32 – 48	Michael Wareham	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Simon Mason	73
1002	30/03/1990	GF	Michael Wareham	92 – 68	Gino Corr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees, Bill Tidy	Simon Mason	116
1070	2/01/1991	CQF	Michael Wareham	38 – 54	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	71
M95	Unreleased	M	Michael Wareham	88 – 95	John Clarke	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none		???
1884	19/11/1996	eQF	Michael Wareham	20 – 69	Allan Saldanha	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent	75