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| − | '''Saladin Khoshnaw''' was a contestant during [[Series 1]]. Having beaten future Series 1 finalist [[Michael Wylie]] in the first of his preliminary games, [[Episode 22]], he failed to secure victory in his [[Episode 23|next match]], falling to [[Heather Frankland]], a member of the Association of Premier Scrabble Players. He later reappeared in [[series 12]] under the name Karl Kurdistan, losing to [[Cathy Morgan]] in the final heat game of the series. | + | '''Saladin Khoshnaw''' was a contestant during [[Series 1]]. Having beaten future Series 1 finalist [[Michael Wylie]] in the first of his preliminary games, [[Episode 22]], he failed to secure victory in his [[Episode 23|next match]], falling to [[Heather Frankland]], a member of the Association of Premier Scrabble Players. He later reappeared in [[series 12]] under the name '''Karl Kurdistan''', losing to [[Cathy Morgan]] in the final heat game of the series. |
Outside of Countdown, Khoshnaw is famous in the [[Scrabble]] scene for getting the highest single-turn score in tournament play. | Outside of Countdown, Khoshnaw is famous in the [[Scrabble]] scene for getting the highest single-turn score in tournament play. | ||
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==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
{{episode table}} | {{episode table}} | ||
| − | {{ep | 22 | 8/12/1982 | P | [[Michael Wylie]] | ? | Saladin Khoshnaw | [[Kenneth Williams]] | | + | {{ep | 22 | 8/12/1982 | P | [[Michael Wylie]] | ? | Saladin Khoshnaw | [[Kenneth Williams]] | }} |
{{ep | 23 | 9/12/1982 | P | Saladin Khoshnaw | ? | [[Heather Frankland]] | Kenneth Williams | }} | {{ep | 23 | 9/12/1982 | P | Saladin Khoshnaw | ? | [[Heather Frankland]] | Kenneth Williams | }} | ||
{{ep | 587 | 10/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 - 37 | Karl Kurdistan | Steve Jones | Julia Swannel }} | {{ep | 587 | 10/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 - 37 | Karl Kurdistan | Steve Jones | Julia Swannel }} | ||
Revision as of 21:49, 7 February 2008
Saladin Khoshnaw was a contestant during Series 1. Having beaten future Series 1 finalist Michael Wylie in the first of his preliminary games, Episode 22, he failed to secure victory in his next match, falling to Heather Frankland, a member of the Association of Premier Scrabble Players. He later reappeared in series 12 under the name Karl Kurdistan, losing to Cathy Morgan in the final heat game of the series.
Outside of Countdown, Khoshnaw is famous in the Scrabble scene for getting the highest single-turn score in tournament play.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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| 22 | 8/12/1982 | P | Michael Wylie | ? | Saladin Khoshnaw | Richard Whiteley | Dr Linda Barrett | Beverley Isherwood | Cathy Hytner | Kenneth Williams | ||
| 23 | 9/12/1982 | P | Saladin Khoshnaw | ? | Heather Frankland | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Beverley Isherwood | Cathy Hytner | Kenneth Williams | ||
| 587 | 10/06/1987 | P | Cathy Morgan | 53 – 37 | Karl Kurdistan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Steve Jones | Julia Swannel | ||
