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John Wallace

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John Wallace
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionQuarter-finalist
Seeding1
Points total404
Conundrums solved5

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 3/04/1989-7/04/1989 M Nita Marr 114 – 69 John Wallace Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Catherine Clarke 134