Robert Teuton

Robert Teuton

Robert Teuton was the runner-up of Series 22, a semi-finalist in Championship of Champions VI and a participant in the Supreme Championship. He was a sales administrator from Bristol.

Teuton defeated Scrabble master David Webb 64 – 41 in his first appearance in 1991, and won a further four games before losing to Jonathan Gresty and his impressive score of 71. Teuton returned for the final rounds as No. 3 seed, and beat Niall Laverty and Jim Saunders on his way to the final. In the final against Chris Waddington, Teuton was leading by a mere two points going into the conundrum, but Waddington beat him to the buzzer with 1 second remaining, meaning Teuton had to settle for second place.

Teuton played in Championship of Champions VI, beating Barry Grossman in the first round before losing again to Chris Waddington in the semi-final, on another crucial conundrum solved very close to the end of the time.

Teuton returned in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, but was defeated by Tony Vick in the first round.

Prior to appearing on Countdown, he was also a 5-times undefeated winner of BBC2's Catchword in 1989.

Preceded by Jackie McLeod

Series runner-up Series 22

Followed by Phil Jordan

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1154	30/07/1991	P	David Webb	41 – 64	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	72
1155	31/07/1991	P	Barbara Hudson	13 – 69	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	76
1156	1/08/1991	P	Brian Pettit	42 – 52*	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	74
1157	2/08/1991	P	Gerry Lynch	37 – 65	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	71
1158	5/08/1991	P	Sibyl Ruth	31 – 51	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	73
1159	6/08/1991	P	Jonathan Gresty	71 – 30	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	74
1193	23/09/1991	QF	Robert Teuton	59 – 48	Niall Laverty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	72
1196	26/09/1991	SF	Robert Teuton	54 – 43	Jim Saunders	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	74
1197	27/09/1991	GF	Robert Teuton	90 – 98	Chris Waddington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres	Richard Samson	140
1331	7/01/1993	CQF	Barry Grossman	50 – 55	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	73
1332	8/01/1993	CSF	Chris Waddington	54 – 44	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	73
1897	6/12/1996	gQF	Tony Vick	63 – 30	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Susie Dent	70

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum