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Andrew Perry
Andrew Perry first appeared on Countdown at the age of 11, in Series 26, where he became the eventual runner-up of that series.
He won his first seven league games in impressive fashion before losing his eighth to Gary Thomson. Perry's father, Steve, appeared later in the same series. Perry was #1 seed for the final rounds, where he beat Peggy Mills in the quarter-finals and Alan Harwood in the semis, but in the final against Andy Bodle, he came unstuck, losing 73 – 45.
Perry played in Championship of Champions VII, but lost his first game to the eventual winner Don Reid.
Perry returned for the Supreme Championship and was on impressive form, eliminating David Elias, Chris Waddington and Clive Freedman before being knocked out in the quarter-finals of the series by eventual winner Harvey Freeman. However he did solve the first conundrum in the final, ADOBESTEP --> SPEEDBOAT.
Perry is a well known Scrabble player, and holds the record for the second highest finish in the World Scrabble Championship by a British player when he finished 3rd in 2003. Mark Nyman is the only player to finish higher, as he was World Champion in 1993.
Preceded by James Sinclair |
Series runner-up Series 26 |
Followed by Richard Campbell |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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1433 | 30/08/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 50 – 42 | Joan McLean | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jan Harvey | Ruth Killick | 73 | ||
1434 | 31/08/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 59 – 22 | John Sefton | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jan Harvey | Ruth Killick | 71 | ||
1435 | 1/09/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 57 – 53 | Lynne Blackburn | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jan Harvey | Ruth Killick | 72 | ||
1436 | 2/09/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 50 – 45 | Martin Howell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jan Harvey | Ruth Killick | 74 | ||
1437 | 3/09/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 65 – 28 | Richard Hamer | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jan Harvey | Ruth Killick | 73 | ||
1438 | 6/09/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 40 – 28 | Marty Davis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Ruth Killick | 72 | ||
1439 | 7/09/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 56 – 26 | John Hunt | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Ruth Killick | 71 | ||
1440 | 8/09/1993 | P | Andrew Perry | 35 – 41 | Gary Thomson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Ruth Killick | 85 | ||
1451 | 23/09/1993 | QF | Andrew Perry | 45 – 21 | Peggy Mills | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Susie Dent | 84 | ||
1455 | 29/09/1993 | SF | Andrew Perry | 59 – 53 | Alan Harwood | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Susie Dent | 73 | ||
1457 | 1/10/1993 | GF | Andy Bodle | 73 – 45 | Andrew Perry | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
1589 | 3/01/1995 | CQF | Don Reid | 63 – 46 | Andrew Perry | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Denis Norden | Richard Samson | 72 | ||
1865 | 23/10/1996 | bQF | David Elias | 43 – 60 | Andrew Perry | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Susie Dent | 83 | ||
1867 | 25/10/1996 | bSF | Chris Waddington | 37 – 43 | Andrew Perry | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | June Whitfield | Susie Dent | 71 | ||
1868 | 28/10/1996 | bF | Clive Freedman | 43 – 71 | Andrew Perry | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | June Whitfield | Susie Dent | 74 | ||
1902 | 13/12/1996 | SQF | Andrew Perry | 44 – 54 | Harvey Freeman | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jenny Hanley | Susie Dent | 72 |