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This is a list of the 239 celebrity guests who have appeared in Dictionary Corner, plus Mark Nyman, Damian Eadie and the Reverend Clifford Warren, sorted alphabetically. The information in brackets consists of the abbreviations used in the "Series" pages on the site, the series in which they first and last appeared, and the number of appearances they have made. This page includes appearances on Countdown Specials (although they are shown separately), but not those made on "Celebrity Countdown" or "Countdown at Christmas" (details of which can be found here).
To list the guests sorted by order of appearance, please click here.
Kaye Adams (KAd, Series 55 to 62, 15 appearances)
Vijay Amritraj (VA, Series 41, 6 appearances)
Jonathan Ansell (JA, Series 60, 4 apperances)
Kathryn Apanowicz (KAp, Series 44 to 53, 28 appearances) *t
Michael Aspel (MA, Series 51 to 57, 19 appearances)
Ron Atkinson (RAt, Series 55, 5 appearances)
Pam Ayres (PA, Series 48 to 62, 45 appearances)
Rosalind Ayres (RAy, Series 22 to 31, 26 appearances) *e
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Cheryl Baker (ChBaker, Series 65, 5 appearances)
Colin Baker (CoBaker, Series 39, 6 appearances)
Joan Bakewell (JBak, Series 42 to 49, 33 appearances)
Clare Balding (CBal, Series 49 to 54, 9 appearances)
Peter Baldwin (PBa, Series 48 to 53, 25 appearances)
Johnny Ball (JBal, Series 57, 5 appearances)
Thelma Barlow (TBa, Series 48 to 56, 10 appearances)
Carol Barnes (CBar, Series 40 to 45, 23 appearances) *d
Lynda Baron (LBa, Series 58 to 59, 10 appearances)
Keith Barron (KBa, Series 41 to 59, 99 appearances)
Jeremy Beadle (JBe, Series 51 to 54, 15 appearances) *d
Bob 'The Cat' Bevan (BB, Series 48 to 53, 10 appearances + 5 Specials)
Simon Biagi (SB, Series 43 to 44, 12 appearances)
Don Black (DB, Series 41 to 47, 16 appearances)
Tony Blackburn (TBl, Series 57, 5 appearances)
Lionel Blair (LBl, Series 41 to 53, 26 appearances)
Henry Blofeld (HB, Series 46 to 59, 34 appearances)
Jennie Bond (JBo, Series 49 to 58, 25 appearances)
Jo Brand (JBr, Series 38 to 61, 69 appearances) *q
Gyles Brandreth (GB, Series 2 to 60, 299 appearances) *p *q
Fern Britton (FB, Series 43, 6 appearances)
Tim Brooke-Taylor (TBT, Series 47 to 48, 10 appearances)
Ken Bruce (KBr, Series 8 to 65, 84 appearances)
Paul Burrell (PBu, Series 54, 5 appearances)
Jason Byrne (JBy, Series 50, 5 appearances)
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Brian Capron (BCa, Series 59 to 62, 14 appearances)
Alan Carr (ACar, Series 54, 5 appearances)
Jimmy Carr (JCar, Series 51, 5 appearances)
Johnnie Casson (JCas, Series 56, 5 appearances)
Andrew Castle (ACas, Series 63 to 64, 8 appearances)
Bob Champion (BCh, Series 44, 6 appearances)
Tony Christie (TC, Series 55, 5 appearances)
Patti Clare (PC, Series 64, 2 appearances)
Sue Cleaver (SC, Series 59, 5 appearances)
Graham Cole (GC, Series 59 to 62, 14 appearances)
Charles Collingwood (CC, Series 49 to 52, 10 appearances)
Alison Comyn (ACo, Series 44, 5 appearances)
Roger Cook (RCoo, Series 58, 5 appearances)
Jilly Cooper (JCo, Series 54, 4 appearances)
Robin Cousins (RCou, Series 65, 10 appearances)
John Craven (JCr, Series 51, 5 appearances)
Barry Cryer (BCr, Series 33 to 60, 85 appearances)
Jon Culshaw (JCu, Series 65, 10 appearances)
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Gino D'Acampo (GDA, Series 63, 10 appearances)
Sharron Davies (SDavie, Series 63, 5 appearances)
Steve Davis (SDavis, Series 60, 5 appearances)
William Davis (WD, Series 10, 10 appearances)
Nicholas Day (ND, Series 23, 1 appearance) *f
Les Dennis (LD, Series 65, 5 appearances)
Barbara Dickson (BD, Series 57, 5 appearances)
Clarissa Dickson-Wright (CDW, Series 54, 5 appearances)
Richard Digance (RD, Series 33 to 60, 168 appearances)
Anton Du Beke (ADB, Series 59 to 61, 10 appearances)
John Dunn (JD, Series 40, 6 appearances) *d
Mark Durden-Smith (MDS, Series 64 to 65, 15 appearances)
Geoffrey Durham (GDu, Series 30 to 54, 160 appearances + 5 Specials)
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Damian Eadie (DE, Series 44, 3 appearances) *t
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Jenni Falconer (JF, Series 62, 5 appearances)
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (HFW, Series 48, 5 appearances)
Vanessa Feltz (VF, Series 46, 5 appearances)
Sheila Ferguson (SFe, Series 34, 6 appearances)
Shirley Anne Field (SAF, Series 27 to 28, 12 appearances)
Ranulph Fiennes (RF, Series 59, 5 appearances)
Michael Fish (MFi, Series 53, 5 appearances)
Emma Forbes (EF, Series 51, 5 appearances)
Mark Foster (MFo, Series 62 to 64, 10 appearances)
Philip Franks (PF, Series 23 to 55, 176 appearances)
Liz Fraser (LF, Series 6, 6 appearances)
Marc Freden (MFr, Series 40 to 41, 12 appearances)
Clement Freud (CF, Series 15 to 18, 19 appearances) *d
Stephen Fry (SFr, Series 40 to 45, 17 appearances)
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Lesley Garrett (LGa, Series 50 to 61, 19 appearances)
Jon Gaunt (JGa, Series 60 to 62, 14 appearances)
Diarmuid Gavin (DG, Series 54, 4 appearances)
Mel Giedroyc (MG, Series 55, 5 appearances)
Trudie Goodwin (TG, Series 57 to 58, 9 appearances)
Jilly Goolden (JGo, Series 48, 5 appearances)
Lesley Graham (LGr, Series 42 to 52, 33 appearances)
Anne Gregg (AG, Series 38 to 39, 9 appearances) *d
Richard Griffiths (RG, Series 50, 5 appearances)
Shobna Gulati (SG, Series 63 to 65, 7 appearances)
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Christine Hamilton (CH, Series 49, 5 appearances)
Phil Hammond (PH, Series 55 to 65, 71 appearances)
Jenny Hanley (JHan, Series 24 to 33, 43 appearances) *g
Jeremy Hardy (JHard, Series 56, 5 appearances)
Robert Hardy (RHard, Series 48, 5 appearances)
Russell Harty (RHart, Series 11 to 14, 23 appearances) *d
Jan Harvey (JHarv, Series 23 to 48, 134 appearances)
Melvyn Hayes (MH, Series 43 to 55, 27 appearances)
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint (RHF, Series 39, 6 appearances)
Frazer Hines (FH, Series 17 to 30, 23 appearances)
Simon Hoggart (SH, Series 47, 5 appearances)
Ken Hom (KHo, Series 45, 6 appearances)
Roy Hudd (RHud, Series 42, 6 appearances)
Kate Humble (KHu, Series 60 to 65, 20 appearances)
Gloria Hunniford (GH, Series 38 to 65, 38 appearances)
Russell Hunter (RHun, Series 39, 6 appearances)
Ian Hyland (IH, Series 61, 5 appearances)
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Bernard Ingham (BI, 5 Specials) *c
Neil Innes (NI, Series 14, 4 appearances)
John Inverdale (JI, Series 58 to 65, 30 appearances)
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Colin Jackson (CJ, Series 62 to 63, 10 appearances)
David Jacobs (DJa, Series 26 to 44, 62 appearances)
Sally James (SJa, Series 13 to 23, 22 appearances)
Martin Jarvis (MJ, Series 19 to 58, 152 appearances)
Brian Johnston (BJ, Series 14 to 23, 37 appearances) *d
Aled Jones (AJ, Series 63, 5 appearances)
Hilary Jones (HJ, Series 61 to 62, 10 appearances)
Steve Jones (SJo, Series 7 to 12, 33 appearances)
Darren Jordon (DJo, Series 53, 4 appearances)
John Junkin (JJ, Series 5 to 11, 43 appearances) *d
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Diane Keen (DK, Series 39, 6 appearances)
Sarah Kennedy (SK, Series 40, 6 appearances)
Eric Knowles (EK, Series 48 to 55, 24 appearances)
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Amanda Lamb (AL, Series 61 to 63, 10 appearances)
George Layton (GL, Series 55, 5 appearances)
Matt Le Tissier (MLT, Series 61 to 63, 10 appearances)
Helen Lederer (HLe, Series 40, 6 appearances)
Rula Lenska (RL, Series 9 to 24, 11 appearances)
Martin Lewis (ML, Series 60 to 64, 15 appearances)
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (LLB, Series 49, 5 appearances)
David Lloyd (DLl, Series 60 to 65, 20 appearances)
Sian Lloyd (SL, Series 41 to 45, 17 appearances)
Julian Lloyd-Webber (JLW, Series 54, 5 appearances)
Janice Long (JL, Series 44, 6 appearances)
Des Lynam (DLy, Series 62, 1 appearance) *v
Humphrey Lyttelton (HLy, Series 12, 7 appearances) *d
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Sue MacGregor (SMac, Series 50 to 52, 10 appearances)
Donal MacIntyre (DM, Series 61 to 64, 10 appearances)
Aggie MacKenzie (AMa, Series 57, 5 appearances)
Magnus Magnusson (MMa, Series 38 to 49, 38 appearances) *d
Sally Magnusson (SMag, Series 45, 6 appearances)
Jonathan Maitland (JMa, Series 64, 5 appearances)
Victoria Mather (VM, Series 52, 5 appearances)
Roger McGough (RMcGo, Series 47, 5 appearances)
Alistair McGowan (AMcG, Series 63 to 64, 10 appearances)
Rory McGrath (RMcGr, Series 60 to 63, 15 appearances)
Julia McKenzie (JMc, Series 53, 5 appearances)
Andrea McLean (AMcL, Series 43, 6 appearances)
Hayley Mills (HM, Series 21, 5 appearances)
Jane Moore (JMo, Series 61, 5 appearances)
Sheridan Morley (SMo, Series 22 to 34, 40 appearances) *d
Ted Moult (TM, Series 1, 7 appearances) *d
Patrick Mower (PMo, Series 12 to 47, 20 appearances)
Mo Mowlam (MMo, Series 50, 5 appearances) *d
Colin Murray (CM, Series 60 to 61, 10 appearances)
Mitch Murray (MMu, Series 53, 4 appearances)
Pete Murray (PMu, Series 29, 4 appearances)
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Nanette Newman (NN, Series 38, 4 appearances)
Denis Norden (DNo, Series 27 to 46, 52 appearances)
Barry Norman (BN, Series 46 to 59, 57 appearances)
Derek Nimmo (DNi, Series 13 to 36, 18 appearances) *d
Mark Nyman (MN, Series 4 to 10, 4 appearances) *s
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Tom O'Connor (TO, Series 32 to 58, 121 appearances)
Daniel O'Donnell (DO, Series 52, 5 appearances)
Gary Osborne (GO, 4 Specials) *c
Nicholas Owen (NO, Series 52 to 62, 29 appearances)
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Norman Painting (NPai, Series 23 to 24, 12 appearances) *d
Michael Parkinson (MP, Series 28 to 30, 15 appearances)
John Parrott (JPa, Series 62 to 65, 20 appearances + 1 Special)
Nicholas Parsons (NPar, Series 36, 5 appearances)
Lee Peck (LPec, Series 10, 6 appearances)
Lance Percival (LPer, Series 12 to 19, 36 appearances)
Sue Perkins (SP, Series 46, 5 appearances)
Raj Persaud (RPe, Series 47 to 49, 15 appearances)
Jon Pertwee (JPe, Series 30, 1 appearance) *d *h
Andi Peters (AP, Series 47, 5 appearances)
Wendi Peters (WP, Series 55, 10 appearances)
Eve Pollard (EP, Series 4 to 51, 60 appearances)
Robert Powell (RPo, Series 44, 6 appearances)
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Suzi Quatro (SQ, Series 34, 6 appearances)
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Anna Raeburn (ARa, Series 47, 5 appearances)
Esther Rantzen (ER, Series 47 to 55, 25 appearances)
Jan Ravens (JR, Series 51 to 55, 18 appearances)
Nigel Rees (NR, Series 4 to 46, 184 appearances)
Anneka Rice (ARic, Series 65, 5 appearances)
Tim Rice (TRi, Series 17 to 52, 94 appearances)
Angela Rippon (ARip, Series 35 to 43, 42 appearances)
William Roache (WRo, Series 63 to 65, 10 appearances)
Anne Robinson (ARo, Series 12, 6 appearances)
Tony Robinson (TRo, Series 37, 6 appearances)
William Rushton (WRu, Series 3, 13 appearances) *d
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Andrew Sachs (ASa, Series 59 to 60, 9 appearances)
John Sergeant (JSe, Series 57 to 60, 20 appearances)
Dinah Sheridan (DSh, Series 15 to 25, 27 appearances)
Ned Sherrin (NS, Series 3 to 42, 87 appearances) *d
John Simpson (JSi, Series 52, 5 appearances)
Richard Sisson (RSi, Series 39, 6 appearances)
Anya Sitaram (ASi, Series 43, 6 appearances)
Carol Smillie (CS, Series 64, 5 appearances)
Arthur Smith (ASm, Series 40 to 59, 11 appearances)
Delia Smith (DSm, Series 64, 5 appearances)
Linda Smith (LS, Series 49, 5 appearances) *d
Penny Smith (PS, Series 40 to 63, 22 appearances + 1 Special)
Diane Solomon (DSo, Series 11 to 13, 11 appearances)
Dave Spikey (DSp, Series 62 to 65, 25 appearances)
Jerry Springer (JSp, Series 60, 4 appearances)
John Stapleton (JSt, Series 60 to 65, 15 appearances)
David Steel (DStee, Series 40 to 43, 12 appearances)
Debra Stephenson (DStep, Series 64, 5 appearances)
Alastair Stewart (ASt, Series 39 to 64, 64 appearances)
Richard Stilgoe (RSt, Series 6 to 54, 234 appearances + 5 Specials)
John Suchet (JSu, Series 62 to 63, 10 appearances)
Sylvia Syms (SS, Series 15 to 23, 38 appearances)
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Ingrid Tarrant (IT, Series 48, 5 appearances)
Dennis Taylor (DT, Series 56 to 58, 14 appearances)
Gwen Taylor (GT, Series 39 to 40, 12 appearances)
Barbara Taylor Bradford (BTB, Series 16 to 41, 11 appearances)
Carol Thatcher (CTh, Series 14 to 54, 20 appearances)
Merrill Thomas (MT, Series 36 to 38, 15 appearances)
Bill Tidy (BT, Series 7 to 25, 117 appearances) *p
Christopher Timothy (CTi, Series 40, 6 appearances)
Ricky Tomlinson (RT, Series 55 to 58, 24 appearances)
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Victor Ubogu (VU, Series 44, 6 appearances)
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Michael Vaughan (MV, Series 65, 5 appearances)
Tim Vine (TV, Series 60 to 65, 35 appearances)
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Rick Wakeman (RWak, Series 37 to 59, 87 appearances)
Gregg Wallace (GWa, Series 62 to 64, 14 appearances)
Clifford Warren (CW, Series 4, 1 appearance) *d *w
Russell Watson (RWat, Series 53, 5 appearances)
James Whale (JWha, Series 24, 5 appearances)
James Whitaker (JWhita, Series 58, 5 appearances)
June Whitfield (JWhitf, Series 32 to 33, 12 appearances)
Ann Widdecombe (AW, Series 54 to 59, 28 appearances + 5 Specials)
Toyah Willcox (TWi, Series 38 to 41, 18 appearances)
Kenneth Williams (KWi, Series 1 to 2, 48 appearances) *d
Simon Williams (SW, Series 17 to 26, 62 appearances)
Gary Wilmot (GWi, Series 63, 5 appearances)
Richard Wilson (RWi, Series 50, 5 appearances)
Ernie Wise (EW, Series 19 to 20, 12 appearances) *d
Terry Wogan (TWo, Series 35 to 41, 14 appearances)
Kim Woodburn (KWo, Series 55 to 62, 10 appearances)
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Gabby Yorath (GY, Series 42, 6 appearances)
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Paul Zenon (PZ, Series 51 to 65, 83 appearances)
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*c appeared only on one or more Countdown Specials.
*d sadly no longer with us.
*e appeared with husband Martin Jarvis in a Grand Final in Series 22, solo debut in Series 26.
*f appeared only with Jan Harvey in a Grand Final.
*g appeared with Simon Williams in a Grand Final in Series 24, solo debut in Series 25.
*h appeared only with David Jacobs in a Grand Final.
*p includes appearance as a contestant in '500th' Programme.
*q includes appearance as a contestant in '18th Birthday' Special.
*s appeared as a stand-in for Ned Sherrin and John Junkin.
*t appeared as part of the '3000th Programme' celebrations (standing in for Carol Barnes).
*v appeared as part of the '5000th programme' celebrations.
*w frequent contributor to the programme, invited to appear alongside Gyles Brandreth.