David Webb

David Webb in the 30th Birthday Championship.

David Webb was a finalist in Series 22 and a contestant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

He is also a Scrabble Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the National Scrabble Championship on 18 October 2009, beaten by Countdown's Series 57 champion Craig Beevers. He is known as "Dweebovision" on YouTube [1] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on Internet Scrabble Club and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler Bob Violett set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213. [2]

Webb is also a keen crossworder and has been on many game shows including Raise the Roof, and 100% thirty-one times.

He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against the Series 6 champion Darryl Francis by a score of 86 – 68.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1149	23/07/1991	P	David Webb	53 – 23	Anne Lyng	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	83
1150	24/07/1991	P	David Webb	50 – 21	Hattie Ison	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	73
1151	25/07/1991	P	David Webb	61 – 39	Jackie Watson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	74
1152	26/07/1991	P	David Webb	52 – 18	Harry Victor	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	73
1153	29/07/1991	P	David Webb	43 – 40	Andrew Mitchell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sheridan Morley	Richard Samson	80
1154	30/07/1991	P	David Webb	41 – 64	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Frazer Hines	Alexandra Clayton	72
1194	24/09/1991	QF	Una Szewc	47 – 65	David Webb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	75
1195	25/09/1991	SF	Chris Waddington	60 – 56	David Webb	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis	Richard Samson	83
5620	14/01/2013	30BP	Darryl Francis	86 – 68	David Webb	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	119