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Michael Wylie

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Lexicographer
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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. 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.

Wylie 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'.

Michael Wylie 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 Christine Jones ? Michael Wylie 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 ?
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 Michael Wylie 41 – 59 Joyce Cansfield Richard Whiteley Dr Linda Barrett, Carol Vorderman Beverley Isherwood Cathy Hytner Kenneth Williams ?
M13 26/6/1989 – 30/6/1989 Masters 1 Michael Wylie 100 – 58 Laurie Puddefoot Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman N/A Catherine Clarke
M70 30/7/1990 – 3/8/1990 Masters 2 Michael Wylie 118 – 44 Stephen Balment Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman N/A Simon Mason