John Wallace

John Wallace was an octochamp in Series 5 and a participant in Championship of Champions II.

An airways passenger services duty controller from Crawley in Surrey, he beat Richard Maddox on his début, and rattled off a further seven wins to become an octochamp – the third ever after William Bradford and Mark Nyman – and the clear #1 seed for the final stages. However, Wallace was beaten in the quarter-final by Robert Violett 67 – 49.

Wallace returned for Championship of Champions II, beating Ian Bebbington in the first round before losing to Pete Evans in the semi-final. He made a further return for Countdown Masters, losing to Nita Marr.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
217	28/11/1984	P	Richard Maddox	25 – 46	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warburton	71
218	29/11/1984	P	John Wallace	58 – 55	Ian Channing	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warburton	74
219	30/11/1984	P	John Wallace	32 – 23	Margaret Johnson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warburton	70
220	3/12/1984	P	John Wallace	51 – 35	Lewis Murray	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Eve Pollard	Yvonne Warburton	81
221	4/12/1984	P	Johnathan Burrows	44 – 58	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warburton	72
222	5/12/1984	P	Barry Passfield	51 – 54	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warburton	72
223	6/12/1984	P	John Wallace	52 – 41	Denis Barber	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warburton	70
224	7/12/1984	P	Kath Cheetham	51 – 53	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	John Junkin	Yvonne Warburton	72
228	13/12/1984	QF	John Wallace	49 – 67	Robert Violett	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Yvonne Warburton	69
401	3/04/1986	CQF	John Wallace	59 – 38	Ian Bebbington	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	82
402	4/04/1986	CSF	Peter Evans	55 – 48	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	87
M1	3/4/89-7/4/89	Masters 1	Nita Marr	114 – 69	John Wallace	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Catherine Clarke	134