Lexicographers
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Apart from a few possible omissions from the first two series, this is a list of all the lexicographers that have appeared in Dictionary Corner. The information in brackets consists of the abbreviations used in the "Series" pages on the site, and where known, 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", "Countdown at Christmas" or "Countdown Masters". Unfortunately, I do not have complete lexicographer details for Series 1, or the preliminary games for Series 2 and 7. If you have any of the missing information, please email me.
Lesley Burnett (LB, Series 2, 7+ appearances)
Kay Celtel (KCe, Series 47, 10 appearances)
Catherine Clarke (CC, Series 9 to 44, 248 appearances)
Kendall Clarke (KCl, Series 31 to 32, 37 appearances)
Alexandra Clayton (AC, Series 21 to 22, 30 appearances)
Michael Cox (MC, Series 34, 1 appearance)
Susie Dent (SD, Series 24 to 65, 2,561 appearances + 19 Specials)
Damian Eadie (DE, Series 40 to 48, 228 appearances + 2 Specials) *p
Anna Eaton (Anna Hall from Series 39) (AE, Series 37 to 40, 40 appearances)
Gill(ian) Evans (GE, Series 43 to 44, 16 appearances)
Alison Heard (AH, Series 49 to 58, 110 appearances + 10 Specials)
Georgia Hole (GH, Series 17, 23 appearances)
David Howson (DH, Series 34, 1 appearance)
Joanna Kay (JK, Series 34, 14 appearances)
Ruth Killick (RK, Series 26 to 30, 74 appearances)
Sarah Kinsella (SK, Series 37, 12 appearances)
Simon Mason (SM, Series 18 to 20, 64 appearances)
Alyson McGaw (AM, Series 35 to 36, 8 appearances)
Hilary McGlynn (HM, Series 8, 17 appearances)
Mark Nyman (MN, Series 20 to 42, 289 appearances) *p
Judy Pearsall (JP, Series 21 to 24, 73 appearances)
Clare Pemberton (CP, Series 46 to 47, 10 appearances)
Hania Porucznik (HP, Series 35 to 36, 13 appearances)
Hannah Robertson (HR, Series 36 to 40, 47 appearances)
Richard Samson (RSa, Series 21 to 50, 323 appearances) *d *x
Rob Scriven (RSc, Series 34 to 35, 48 appearances)
Penny Silva (PSi, Series 43, 5 appearances)
Phiona Stanley (PSt, Series 46 to 48, 55 appearances)
Catherine Stokes (CS, Series 31 to 36, 70 appearances)
Tania Styles (TS, Series 42 to 47, 84 appearances)
Julia Swannell (JS, Series 3 to 15, 176+ appearances) *d
David Swarbrick (DS, Series 33, 6 appearances)
Peter Sweasey (PSw, Series 35 to 36, 26 appearances)
Della Thompson (DT, Series 7 to 20, 201+ appearances)
Freda Thornton (FT, Series 10 to 23, 202 appearances)
Sara Tulloch (ST, Series 24, 17 appearances)
Yvonne Warburton (YW, Series 3 to 7?, 133+ appearances)
Michael Wylie (MW, Series 56, 3 appearances) *d *p
*d sadly no longer with us.
*p Countdown Production Team, rather than Oxford Dictionary Department.
*x no longer working for Oxford University Press when reappeared in Series 43.