Wayne Kelly

Wayne Kelly was a contestant in, and runner-up of, series 28. he made his first appearance on 10 August 1994, defeating Helen Wood 55-45, and won a further five games before exam pressures forced him to retire before he could complete a potential octochamp run. He returned for the final rounds as #5 seed, and beat Isabelle Heward and Suzanne Miles on his way to the final. In the final against Damian Eadie, it went straight to the wire with Wayne trailing by a solitary point going into the final, crucial conundrum. Ultimately, it was Damian who buzzed first, meaning Wayne had to settle for second-best and a clutch of book tokens (which, when dictionary corner guest Michael Parkinson asked what he would do with them, Wayne famously replied he would 'buy some books'). Wayne returned at the start of the next series to participate in Championship of Champions VII, but was knocked out in the first round by Richard Campbell. Wayne also participated in the supreme championship the following year, losing in the first round to Gareth Williams.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1550	10/08/1994	P	Helen Wood	45 – 55	Wayne Kelly	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Ruth Killick
1551	11/08/1994	P	Wayne Kelly	40 – 34	Linda Allen	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Richard Samson
1552	12/08/1994	P	Wayne Kelly	71 – 36	Mike Salt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Richard Samson
1553	15/08/1994	P	Wayne Kelly	51 – 47	John Arand	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Richard Samson
1554	16/08/1994	P	Wayne Kelly	67 – 10	Guy Wan Ali	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Richard Samson
1555	17/08/1994	P	Wayne Kelly	67 – 21	Michael How	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Richard Samson
1583	26/09/1994	QF	Wayne Kelly	59 – 46	Isabelle Heward	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Michael Parkinson	Richard Samson
1585	28/09/1994	SF	Wayne Kelly	56 – 40	Suzanne Miles	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Michael Parkinson	Richard Samson
1587	30/09/1994	GF	Wayne Kelly	83 – 94	Damian Eadie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Shirley Anne Field, Michael Parkinson	Richard Samson
1591	5/01/1995	CQF	Wayne Kelly	36 – 52	Richard Campbell	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Denis Norden	Richard Samson
1896	5/12/1996	gQF	Gareth Williams	59 – 55	Wayne Kelly	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	David Swarbrick