Difference between revisions of "Lester Mak"

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Lester Mak was a contestant in Series 40. He was 20, and a student at the University of Oxford when he appeared on the show, but was originally from Chiswick, Greater London.

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2454	09/02/1999	P	Pauline Latham	42 – 45	Lester Mak	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Arthur Smith	Mark Nyman	83
2455	10/02/1999	P	Lester Mak	15 – 43	Jayne Parslow	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Arthur Smith	Mark Nyman	72

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-'''Lester Mak''' was a contestant in [[Series 40]]. Lester holds the joint record for the shortest ever winning word in a letters round, scoring 3 with the word "RUN" after his opponent [[Jayne Parslow]] submitted an inadmissible word, a feat repeated by [[Jon O'Neill]] in [[Episode 3905|Series 53]].
+[[File:Lester Mak and Jayne Parslow.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|Lester Mak with [[Richard Whiteley]], [[Carol Vorderman]] and [[Jayne Parslow]].]]
+'''Lester Mak''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 40]]. He was 20, and a student at the {{w|University of Oxford}} when he appeared on the show, but was originally from {{w|Chiswick}}, {{w|Greater London}}.
 ==Episodes==
 {{episode table}}
-{{ep | 2454 | 9/02/1999 | P | [[Pauline Latham]] | 42 - 45 | Lester Mak | [[Arthur Smith]] | [[Mark Nyman]] }}
+{{ep | 2454 | 09/02/1999 | P |[[Pauline Latham]]| 42 – 45 |Lester Mak|[[Arthur Smith]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|83}}
-{{ep | 2455 | 10/02/1999 | P | Lester Mak | 15 - 43 | [[Jayne Parslow]] | Arthur Smith | Mark Nyman }}
+{{ep | 2455 | 10/02/1999 | P |Lester Mak| 15 – 43 |[[Jayne Parslow]]|Arthur Smith|Mark Nyman|72}}
 {{episode table end}}
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.lestmak.com/vp06.html Lester Mak's Countdown Experience]
+*Archive version of Lester Mak's ''[[Countdown]]'' experience: [https://web.archive.org/web/20031223102011/http://www.lestmak.com/vp06.html]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mak, Lester}}
 [[Category:Contestants in Series 40]]
 [[Category:Teapot owners]]