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Nic Brown

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Nic Brown on Countdown.

Nic Brown is widely considered to be among the greatest Countdowners of all time. He made his debut on 22 October 1987, beating 6-time winner Alan Steel in the 14th heat of series 14. He quickly rattled off another 7 wins to become an octochamp and #1 seed for the series. In the quarter-finals, he defeated Derek Rutter 46-35, before facing and defeating Alan Steel for a second time. In the grand-final, he crushed his opponent, Joel Salkin, 108-36- only the fourth time a century had been achieved in a 14 round game, and the biggest winning margin achieved under such a format.

Brown returned in 1989 for Championship of Champions IV, beating Stephen Deakin and Nita Marr on his way to the final against series 16 champion Tony Vick. Brown was able to hold off Vick's challenge for the duration of the game and ran out the 78-68 winner, becoming only the second person after Harvey Freeman to achieve the 'grand slam' of becoming an octochamp, winning a series and a Championship of Champions. Brown did not return for the supreme championship, and therefore maintains his unbeaten record to this day.

Preceded by
Hilary Hopper
Series winner
Series 14
Followed by
Dick Green
Preceded by
Harvey Freeman
Champion of Champions
Championship of Champions IV
Followed by
Tim Morrissey

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
658 22/10/1987 P Alan Steel 48 – 58 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Ned Sherrin Catherine Clarke
659 23/10/1987 P Nic Brown 48 – 20 Kevin Glover Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
660 26/10/1987 P Nic Brown 60 – 40 John Bellamy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
661 27/10/1987 P Nic Brown 59 – 48 Gus Angus Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
662 28/10/1987 P Nic Brown 65 – 29 Roy Dean Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
663 29/10/1987 P Nic Brown 61 – 46 Judy Tilley Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
664 30/10/1987 P Nic Brown 62 – 32 Felicity Amery Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
665 2/11/1987 P Nic Brown 43 – 39 Martin Baker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Nigel Rees Freda Thornton
701 18/12/1987 QF Derek Rutter 35 – 46 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Carol Thatcher Julia Swannel
705 23/12/1987 SF Nic Brown 64 – 48 Alan Steel Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Gyles Brandreth Julia Swannel
707 25/12/1987 GF Nic Brown 108 – 36 Joel Salkin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Gyles Brandreth, Carol Thatcher Julia Swannel
814 3/01/1989 CQF Stephen Deakin 32 – 46 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke
818 9/01/1989 CSF Nita Marr 51 – 58 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke
819 10/01/1989 CGF Tony Vick 68 – 78 Nic Brown Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke


Championship of Champions Winners

I : Mark Nyman | II : Clive Freedman | III : Harvey Freeman | IV : Nic Brown | V : Tim Morrissey | VI : Wayne Summers | VII : Don Reid | VIII : Chris Rogers | IX : Natascha Kearsey | X : Scott Mearns | XI : Graham Nash | XII : Paul Gallen | XIII : Steve Briers | XIV : Dylan Taylor | XV : Zarte Siempre | XVI : Ahmed Mohamed