Andy Bodle

Andy Bodle.

Andy Bodle first appeared on 30 July 1993, beating Val Frost 57 – 50 in the 20th heat of Series 26. Andy would go on to win two more games before being stopped in his fourth by Joe Brown, losing by just one point. However, the three wins were enough to see Andy return for the series finals as #7 seed. After defeating Howard Whiteley (no relation) and Chris Feetenby in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively, Andy found himself facing #1 seed and hot favourite, the 11-year old Andrew Perry in the final. Both players put in a high-standard performance, with words such as DIOXANE and PLEURISY being examples of the words being offered. However, Andy managed to amass a 22-point lead going into the first advert break, and with Andrew having a word disallowed in the first letters round after the break, Andy was able to stretch his lead and eventually run out the 73 – 45 winner, and 26th series champion.

Andy returned for Championship of Champions VII, losing to Damian Eadie in the first round, and also returned for the Supreme Championship, beating Phil Jordan in the first round before losing to John Clarke in the group semi-final.

Andy has worked as a stand-up comic, newspaper writer and sub-editor for The Guardian and as a TV script writer, and has also written questions for quiz show Only Connect. He was originally from Swindon, but moved to Leeds.

Preceded by Don Reid

Series winner Series 26

Followed by David Elias

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1412	30/07/1993	P	Val Frost	50 – 57	Andy Bodle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Susie Dent
1413	2/08/1993	P	Andy Bodle	69 – 38	Chris Churchill	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Susie Dent
1414	3/08/1993	P	Andy Bodle	60 – 33	Erica Philips	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Susie Dent
1415	4/08/1993	P	Andy Bodle	45 – 46	Joe Brown	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Simon Williams	Susie Dent
1452	24/09/1993	QF	Howard Whiteley	37 – 58	Andy Bodle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1456	30/09/1993	SF	Chris Feetenby	34 – 53	Andy Bodle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1457	1/10/1993	GF	Andy Bodle	73 – 45	Andrew Perry	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres	Susie Dent
1588	2/01/1995	CQF	Damian Eadie	47 – 45	Andy Bodle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Denis Norden	Richard Samson
1858	14/10/1996	aQF	Andy Bodle	55 – 51	Phil Jordan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Susie Dent
1860	16/10/1996	aSF	John Clarke	55 – 39	Andy Bodle	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent

External Link

• Andy Bodle on the Internet Movie Database.