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Des Lynam
Host | |
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First appearance | 31 October 2005 |
Last appearance | 22 December 2006 |
Appearances | 303 |
Episodes with Des Lynam | |
Guest appearances of Des Lynam | |
First appearance | 26 March 2010 |
Last appearance | 26 March 2010 |
Appearances | 1 |
Episodes with Des Lynam |
Des Lynam (born 17 September 1942) was the host of Countdown between Series 54 and Series 55, including the legendary Championship of Champions XII.
He had appeared as a contestant in Series 1 of Celebrity Countdown in 1998, posting a respectable 32 against Siân Lloyd's 17.
After the death of Richard Whiteley, the show took a four-month hiatus, returning on 31 October 2005 with Mr Lynam as the new presenter. He was a popular choice with fans, but the commute from Countdown's Leeds home to his own in West Sussex proved too much, and he left at the end of Series 55, to be replaced by Des O'Connor.
Before joining Countdown, Mr Lynam started as a radio presenter, then became the presenter of Match of the Day and Grandstand on the BBC, and later defected to ITV when they bought the rights to show the Premiership. He spent just one year as the host of Countdown, and most recently appeared on adverts advertising Setanta Sports, a now defunct sport channel that used to show Premiership matches.
Mr Lynam has written an autobiography, titled I Should Have Been At Work. It was published shortly after he took over as host of Countdown.
He returned to Countdown as a Dictionary Corner guest on 26 March 2010, as part of the commemorations held for Countdown's 5,000th episode: he was honoured further with the conundrum DESLHINAM.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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C1 | 23/04/1998 | CC | Des Lynam | 32 – 17 | Siân Lloyd | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Magnus Magnusson | Anna Eaton | 59 |
External Links
- Des Lynam's Wikipedia page
- Des Lynam on the Internet Movie Database.