Allan Simmons

Allan Simmons (born July 27, 1957) was a finalist in Series 3. A computer programmer from London, he was the first player ever to win seven shows in a row, just being pipped to the post by eventual octochamp William Bradford. His sister, Valerie appeared in Series 4, and he is married to Gilli Appleby, the twin sister of Series 2 finalist Philip Appleby.

Away from Countdown, Allan is very heavily involved in the world of Scrabble, having been both chairman of the ABSP and its international equivalent WESPA (The World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association). He has edited Onwords Magazine since 1979, and is a three-time BMSC champion, one-time ABSP masters winner and the 2008 British national champion. He has represented Scotland at the World Scrabble Championship on numerous occasions.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
89	3/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	41 – 35	Ted Wiles	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
90	4/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	47 – 37	George France	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
91	5/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	36 – 36	Alan Walker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
92	6/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	61 – 42	Alan Walker	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
93	10/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	61 – 18	Pat Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
94	11/10/1983	P	Peter Dean	21 – 47	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
95	12/10/1983	P	John Rusted	40 – 47	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
96	13/10/1983	P	Eric Shaw	19 – 45	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
97	17/10/1983	P	Allan Simmons	31 – 38	William Bradford	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	William Rushton
128	8/12/1983	QF	Andrew Guy	62 – 35	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Ned Sherrin	Julia Swannel
M43	22/1/90-26/1/90	Masters 1	Harry Venet	41 – 121	Allan Simmons	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Freda Thornton
M80	8/10/90-12/10/90	Masters 2	Allan Simmons	85 – 44	Steve Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Mark Nyman

Links

Allan Simmons on wikipedia