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 [[Image:Clive_Spate.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Clive Spate]]
 [[Image:Clive Spate2.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Spate several years later.]]
-'''Clive Spate''' was the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 8]], and a participant in [[Championship of Champions II]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. He was married to [[Series 1]] contestant [[Sheila Arnold]].
+'''Clive Spate''' was the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 8]], and a participant in [[Championship of Champions II]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. He was married to [[Series 1]] contestant [[Sheila Arnold]] and is a former Maths teacher from Nottingham.
 ==Appearances on the programme==

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 ==Outside of ''Countdown''==
-Away from ''Countdown'', Spate has proven to be one of the most successful British game show contestants of all-time. In 1987, he became the first unbeaten player of {{w|BBC Two}}'s word game-based series, ''{{w|Catchword (game show)|Catchword}}''. He reached the Grand Finals of the first two series of ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' in 1988, before winning an episode of ''{{w|The Weakest Link (British game show)|The Weakest Link}}'' in 2001 and £125,000 on ''{{w|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?}}'' in 2004. In 2003, Spate won a top prize of £50,000 by winning the only-ever series of the [[Carol Vorderman]]-fronted quiz show ''{{w|Grand Slam (British game show)|Grand Slam}}'', which determined the greatest-ever quiz show contestant and featured players such as {{w|Olav Bjortomt}}, [[David Stainer]], [[Graham Nash]] and [[Mark Labbett]] among others.
+Away from ''Countdown'', Spate has proven to be one of the most successful British game show contestants of all-time. In 1987, he became the first unbeaten player of {{w|BBC Two}}'s word game-based series, ''{{w|Catchword (game show)|Catchword}}''. He reached the Grand Finals of the first two series of ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' in 1988, before winning an episode of ''{{w|The Weakest Link (British game show)|The Weakest Link}}'' in 2001 and £125,000 on ''{{w|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?}}'' in 2004. In 2003, Spate won a top prize of £50,000 by winning the only-ever series of the [[Carol Vorderman]]-fronted quiz show ''{{w|Grand Slam (British game show)|Grand Slam}}'', which determined the greatest-ever quiz show contestant and featured players such as {{w|Olav Bjortomt}}, [[David Stainer]], [[Graham Nash]], [[Mark Labbett]] and [[Melanie Beaumont]] among others.
 Spate was also a big name on the [[Scrabble]] scene, having been a recognised UK Grand Master as well as the organiser of the former, then-popular twice-yearly Nottingham Nomads tournament.
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 {{ep | 391 | 19/03/1986 | QF |Clive Spate| 66 - 19 |[[Tony Clarke]]|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|Julia Swannell|74}}
 {{ep | 395 | 25/03/1986 | SF |Clive Spate| 56 - 26 |[[YT|Y.T. (Paul White)]]|Gyles Brandreth|Julia Swannell|85}}
-{{ep | 397 | 27/03/1986 | GF |Clive Spate| 107 - 53 |[[Anthony Butcher]]|[[Bill Tidy]], Gyles Brandreth|Julia Swannell|149}}
+{{ep | 397 | 27/03/1986 | GF |Clive Spate| 107 - 53 |[[Anthony Butcher]]|[[Bill Tidy]],<br>Gyles Brandreth|Julia Swannell|149}}
 {{ep | 398 | 31/03/1986 | CQF |Clive Spate| 45 - 47 |[[Peter Evans]]|Gyles Brandreth|[[Catherine Clarke]]|81}}
 {{ep | M47 | 19/02/1990-23/02/1990 | M |[[Sheila Mann]]| 36 – 106 |Clive Spate|none|Catherine Clarke|134}}
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 {{ep | 1879 | 12/11/1996 | dSF |[[Jackie McLeod]]| 49 - 46 |Clive Spate|[[Barry Cryer]]|Susie Dent|74}}
 {{episode table end}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Spate, Clive}}

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 [[Image:Clive_Spate.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Clive Spate]]
 [[Image:Clive Spate2.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Spate several years later.]]
-'''Clive Spate''' was the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 8]], and a participant in [[Championship of Champions II]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
+'''Clive Spate''' was the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 8]], and a participant in [[Championship of Champions II]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. He was married to [[Series 1]] contestant [[Sheila Arnold]].
-From Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he first appeared on 30 January 1986, defeating [[Malcolm Edwards]] {{score|66|28}} and went on to win five more games, all with scores over 50 points, including 70 (the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]]) against [[Mick Purdie|Michael Purdie]]. He was defeated in his seventh game, though, by [[David Learner]] {{score|54|46}}. Spate's six wins and impressive points haul were enough to earn him an invitation back for the final rounds as No. 1 seed, where he made short work of [[Tony Clarke]] and [[YT]] in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. In the final against [[Anthony Butcher]], it seemed to be slipping away from Spate as he had {{word|earholes {{x}}}} disallowed and slipping behind by eighteen points. By the first commercial break, however, he had recovered to a 2 point lead, and after successfully risking the now-invalid word {{word|DOMINATER}} for eighteen points, Spate eventually ran out the winner of the match and the series by 107 points to 53 &mdash; the first century score ever achieved on Countdown. Spate was the first player to win a series of Countdown after being seeded No. 1.
+==Appearances on the programme==
-Spate returned for [[Championship of Champions II]], narrowly losing to [[Peter Evans]] in his first game.
+Spate returned for Championship of Champions II, narrowly losing to [[Peter Evans]] in his first game.
-Spate also played in the [[series 33|Supreme Championship]], soundly beating [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]] in his first game before losing by three points to [[Jackie Mcleod]] in his second and final game.
+Spate also played in the Supreme Championship, soundly beating [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]] in his first game before losing by three points to [[Jackie McLeod]] in his second and final game.
-Spate was married to [[Series 1]] contestant [[Sheila Arnold]].
+==Outside of ''Countdown''==
+Away from ''Countdown'', Spate has proven to be one of the most successful British game show contestants of all-time. In 1987, he became the first unbeaten player of {{w|BBC Two}}'s word game-based series, ''{{w|Catchword (game show)|Catchword}}''. He reached the Grand Finals of the first two series of ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' in 1988, before winning an episode of ''{{w|The Weakest Link (British game show)|The Weakest Link}}'' in 2001 and £125,000 on ''{{w|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?}}'' in 2004. In 2003, Spate won a top prize of £50,000 by winning the only-ever series of the [[Carol Vorderman]]-fronted quiz show ''{{w|Grand Slam (British game show)|Grand Slam}}'', which determined the greatest-ever quiz show contestant and featured players such as {{w|Olav Bjortomt}}, [[David Stainer]], [[Graham Nash]] and [[Mark Labbett]] among others.
 Spate was also a big name on the [[Scrabble]] scene, having been a recognised UK Grand Master as well as the organiser of the former, then-popular twice-yearly Nottingham Nomads tournament.

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 '''Clive Spate''' was the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 8]], and a participant in [[Championship of Champions II]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
-From Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he first appeared on 30 January 1986, defeating [[Malcolm Edwards]] {{score|66|28}} and went on to win five more games, all with scores over 50 points, including 70 (the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]]) against [[Mick Purdie|Michael Purdie]]. He was defeated in his seventh game, though, by [[David Learner]] {{score|54|46}}. Spate's six wins and impressive points haul were enough to earn him an invitation back for the final rounds as #1 seed, where he made short work of [[Tony Clarke]] and [[YT]] in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. In the final against [[Anthony Butcher]], it seemed to be slipping away from Spate as he had {{word|EARHOLES}} disallowed and slipping behind by eighteen points. By the first commercial break, however, he had recovered to a 2 point lead, and after successfully risking the now-invalid word {{word|DOMINATER}} for eighteen points, Spate eventually ran out the winner of the match and the series by 107 points to 53 &mdash; the first century score ever achieved on Countdown. Spate was the first player to win a series of Countdown after being seeded No. 1.
+From Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he first appeared on 30 January 1986, defeating [[Malcolm Edwards]] {{score|66|28}} and went on to win five more games, all with scores over 50 points, including 70 (the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]]) against [[Mick Purdie|Michael Purdie]]. He was defeated in his seventh game, though, by [[David Learner]] {{score|54|46}}. Spate's six wins and impressive points haul were enough to earn him an invitation back for the final rounds as No. 1 seed, where he made short work of [[Tony Clarke]] and [[YT]] in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. In the final against [[Anthony Butcher]], it seemed to be slipping away from Spate as he had {{word|earholes {{x}}}} disallowed and slipping behind by eighteen points. By the first commercial break, however, he had recovered to a 2 point lead, and after successfully risking the now-invalid word {{word|DOMINATER}} for eighteen points, Spate eventually ran out the winner of the match and the series by 107 points to 53 &mdash; the first century score ever achieved on Countdown. Spate was the first player to win a series of Countdown after being seeded No. 1.
 Spate returned for [[Championship of Champions II]], narrowly losing to [[Peter Evans]] in his first game.

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 '''Clive Spate''' was the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 8]], and a participant in [[Championship of Champions II]] and the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]].
-From Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he first appeared on 30 January 1986, defeating [[Malcolm Edwards]] {{score|66|28}} and went on to win five more games, all with scores over 50 points, including 70 (the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]]) against [[Mick Purdie|Michael Purdie]]. He was defeated in his seventh game, though, by [[David Learner]] {{score|54|46}}. Spate's six wins and impressive points haul were enough to earn him an invitation back for the final rounds as #1 seed, where he made short work of [[Tony Clarke]] and [[YT]] in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. In the final against [[Anthony Butcher]], it seemed to be slipping away from Spate as he had {{word|EARHOLES}} disallowed and slipping behind by eighteen points. By the first commercial break, however, he had recovered to a 2 point lead, and after successfully risking the now-invalid word {{word|DOMINATER}} for eighteen points, Spate eventually ran out the winner of the match and the series by 107 points to 53 &mdash; the first century score ever achieved on Countdown. Spate was the first player to win a series of Countdown after being seeded #1.
+From Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, he first appeared on 30 January 1986, defeating [[Malcolm Edwards]] {{score|66|28}} and went on to win five more games, all with scores over 50 points, including 70 (the [[List of series high scores|highest of the series]]) against [[Mick Purdie|Michael Purdie]]. He was defeated in his seventh game, though, by [[David Learner]] {{score|54|46}}. Spate's six wins and impressive points haul were enough to earn him an invitation back for the final rounds as #1 seed, where he made short work of [[Tony Clarke]] and [[YT]] in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. In the final against [[Anthony Butcher]], it seemed to be slipping away from Spate as he had {{word|EARHOLES}} disallowed and slipping behind by eighteen points. By the first commercial break, however, he had recovered to a 2 point lead, and after successfully risking the now-invalid word {{word|DOMINATER}} for eighteen points, Spate eventually ran out the winner of the match and the series by 107 points to 53 &mdash; the first century score ever achieved on Countdown. Spate was the first player to win a series of Countdown after being seeded No. 1.
 Spate returned for [[Championship of Champions II]], narrowly losing to [[Peter Evans]] in his first game.

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 {{ep | 397 | 27/03/1986 | GF |Clive Spate| 107 - 53 |[[Anthony Butcher]]|[[Bill Tidy]], Gyles Brandreth|Julia Swannell|149}}
 {{ep | 398 | 31/03/1986 | CQF |Clive Spate| 45 - 47 |[[Peter Evans]]|Gyles Brandreth|[[Catherine Clarke]]|81}}
-{{ep | M47 | 19/2/90-23/2/90 | Masters 1 |[[Sheila Mann]]| 36 – 106 |Clive Spate|N/A|Catherine Clarke|134}}
+{{ep | M47 | 19/02/1990-23/02/1990 | M |[[Sheila Mann]]| 36 – 106 |Clive Spate|none|Catherine Clarke|134}}
-{{ep | M89 | 10/12/90-14/12/90 | Masters 2 |Clive Spate| 110 – 80 |[[Julian Hough]]|N/A|[[Freda Thornton]]|135}}
+{{ep | M89 | 10/12/1990-14/12/1990 | M |Clive Spate| 110 – 80 |[[Julian Hough]]|none|[[Freda Thornton]]|135}}
 {{ep | 1877 | 8/11/1996 | dQF |Clive Spate| 63 - 23 |[[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]]|[[Geoffrey Durham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|73}}
 {{ep | 1879 | 12/11/1996 | dSF |[[Jackie McLeod]]| 49 - 46 |Clive Spate|[[Barry Cryer]]|Susie Dent|74}}

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 {{ep | 357 | 30/01/1986 | P |[[Malcolm Edwards]]| 28 - 66 |Clive Spate|[[Richard Stilgoe]]|[[Della Thompson]]|70}}
 {{ep | 358 | 31/01/1986 | P |[[Sue Phillips]]| 23 - 61 |Clive Spate|[[Steve Jones (guest)|Steve Jones]]|[[Julia Swannell]]|74}}
-{{ep | 359 | 3/02/1986 | P |[[David Wood]]| 20 - 52 |Clive Spate|Steve Jones|Julia Swannell|72}}
+{{ep | 359 | 3/02/1986 | P |[[David Wood]]| 20 - 52 |Clive Spate|Steve Jones|Julia Swannell|73}}
 {{ep | 360 | 4/02/1986 | P |[[Jeff Yates]]| 26 - 60 |Clive Spate|Steve Jones|Julia Swannell|67}}
 {{ep | 361 | 5/02/1986 | P |[[Richard Sinnott]]| 39 - 57 |Clive Spate|Steve Jones|Julia Swannell|72}}

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 Spate also played in the [[series 33|Supreme Championship]], soundly beating [[David Reid (Series 11)|David Reid]] in his first game before losing by three points to [[Jackie Mcleod]] in his second and final game.
-Spate was married to [[Series 1]] contestant [[Sheila Arnold]], who died in 2011.
+Spate was married to [[Series 1]] contestant [[Sheila Arnold]].
 Away from Countdown, Spate has proven to be one of the most successful British game show contestants of all-time. In 1987, he became the first unbeaten player of BBC Two's word game-based series, ''{{w|Catchword}}''. He reached the Grand Finals of the first two series of ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' in 1988, before winning an episode of ''The Weakest Link'' in 2001 and £125,000 on ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'' in 2004. In 2003, Spate won a top prize of £50,000 by winning the only-ever series of the [[Carol Vorderman]]-fronted quiz show ''Grand Slam'', which determined the greatest-ever quiz show contestant and featured players such as Olav Bjortmont, [[David Stainer]], [[Graham Nash]] and [[Mark Labbett]] among others.