Robert Violett

Robert Violett looks a bit like Garth Marenghi.

Robert Violett, also known as Bob, was the runner-up of Series 5 and a participant in the Supreme Championship.

He only won two games in the heats with a cumulative score of 101 points before losing to Nicholas Thompson, but that was enough for him to qualify for the finals as #8 seed. He beat John Wallace, the only octochamp of the series, in the quarter-final with a score of 67 points (the joint highest score of the series) and June Madell in the semi-final, before losing to Peter Evans in a close final.

Violett did not play in Championship of Champions II, but did return for the Supreme Championship, losing his first game to Barry Grossman by just 6 points.

Bob the Scrabbler several years later.

Violett is also a Scrabble expert and a member of the Association of British Scrabble Players. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler David Webb set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213.[1]

Preceded by Christine Hunt

Series runner-up Series 5

Followed by Olivia Lloyd

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
209	16/11/1984	P	Pam Fairless	51 – 52	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	86
210	19/11/1984	P	Ken Yates	23 – 49	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	70
211	20/11/1984	P	Nicholas Thompson	38 – 35	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	68
228	13/12/1984	QF	John Wallace	49 – 67	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	69
232	19/12/1984	SF	June Madell	25 – 47	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	69
234	21/12/1984	GF	Peter Evans	87 – 71	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	114
M38	18/12/1989-22/12/1989	M	Janet McRae	84 – 61	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	???
M93	7/01/1991-11/01/1991	M	Robert Violett	71 – 70	Liz Barber	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	134
1870	30/10/1996	cQF	Barry Grossman	48 – 42	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	June Whitfield	Susie Dent	84