Michael Wylie

Lexicographer
First appearance	9 May 2007
Last appearance	11 May 2007
Appearances	3
Episodes with Michael Wylie

Michael Wylie (born 1951) was a finalist in Series 1, winning four games in a row to qualify for the the first ever grand final against Joyce Cansfield. Therein, he was defeated by eighteen points. He declined to participate in Championship of Champions I, and did not appear in the Supreme Championship as he had gone on to work as an Assistant Producer on the programme. He did appear though, assisting Gyles Brandreth, on the special episode to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987. His involvement with Countdown lasted for many years, expanding as he became the co-author of Countdown: Spreading The Word and the Countdown puzzle books along with Damian Eadie.

In spite of his direct involvement with the production of the programme, Wylie did make three further blocks of on-screen appearances. In June 1989 he took part in the first Countdown Masters series, broadcast during the Channel 4 Daily breakfast programme. He defeated Laurie Puddefoot by an impressive 100 points to 58, and did even better in the second series when he triumphed over Stephen Balment by a margin of 74 points.

Michael did not appear again until Series 56 where he made three appearances in the role of lexicographer, filling in for Susie Dent during a spell of illness. As his name already appeared in the credits sequence at the end of each programme, Wylie was billed under the pseudonym 'Susie Gent'. He died on 26 November 2008.

Series runner-up Series 1

Followed by Russell Byers

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
18	1/12/1982	P	Michael Wylie	?	Christine Jones	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams		??
19	2/12/1982	P	Michael Wylie	?	Ian Gucklhorn	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams		??
20	6/12/1982	P	Michael Wylie	?	Don Wright	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams		??
21	7/12/1982	P	Michael Wylie	54 – 39	Arnold Weinberg	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams		72
22	8/12/1982	P	Michael Wylie	?	Saladin Khoshnaw	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams		??
27	16/12/1982	GF	Joyce Cansfield	59 – 41	Michael Wylie	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett, Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Kenneth Williams		??
M13	26/6/89-30/6/89	Masters 1	Michael Wylie	100 – 58	Laurie Puddefoot	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Catherine Clarke	134
M70	30/7/90-3/8/90	Masters 2	Michael Wylie	118 – 44	Stephen Balment	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Simon Mason	134