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Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)

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Mike Brown
For the Series 45 contestant called Mike Brown, see Mike Brown (Series 45). For the other Series 48 contestant called Mike Brown, see Mike Brown (Series 48).

Mike Brown was a finalist in Series 48.

An IT Projects Leader from King's Lynn, Norfolk, he beat Joyce Dunkley in his first appearance with 112 points, following that up with 112 points again against David Cottee. He dipped below 100 in his next two games, but got 107 against Trish Staples in his 5th game. He lost his sixth game narrowly to Neil Evans by just 13 points. Despite this he averaged 97.33 points per game. He returned to the series finals as #8 seed and faced the runaway #1 seed Julian Fell. He lost the game 125 – 67. Fell scored in every round.

Brown also recorded a special game in 2002 (broadcast in 2004), pitting him against The Edinburgh Countdown Club co-founder Nita Marr, which he won 113 – 70.

Away from the show itself, Brown runs The Countdown Page which is the largest and oldest of all the major Countdown sites on the net. He's also a moderator on the C4countdown group.

In November 2012, he along with Nita Marr and Richard Priest co-organised COEDI, the first Countdown in Edinburgh tournament, and he also participated in it. Since 2015, Brown has organised and been host of Countdown in Kings Lynn, in 2018 this was replaced by Countdown in Cambridge

He is also a regular at unofficial Countdown tournaments, including



Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3328 26/09/2002 P Joyce Dunkley 41 – 112 Mike Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Thelma Barlow Richard Samson 118
3329 27/09/2002 P Mike Brown 112 – 76 David Cottee Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Thelma Barlow Richard Samson 143
3330 30/09/2002 P Mike Brown 86 – 58 Richard Merriman Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Magnus Magnusson Richard Samson 118
3331 1/10/2002 P Mike Brown 91 – 83 Simon Bell Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Magnus Magnusson Richard Samson 122
3332 2/10/2002 P Mike Brown 107 – 63 Trish Staples Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Magnus Magnusson Richard Samson 131
3333 3/10/2002 P Mike Brown 76 – 89 Neil Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Magnus Magnusson Richard Samson 131
3383 12/12/2002 QF Julian Fell 125 – 67 Mike Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Richard Samson 141
S17 2/08/2004 S Mike Brown 113 – 70 Nita Marr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 133