Julian Fell

Julian Fell is a winning contestant from the British game show Countdown. He was the 48th champion of the show. He scored 924 points, beating the previous record held by Chris Wills by 49 points. He was the first player to score 100 points or more in all eight heat games. Julian finished as the champion of the 48th series. ["COUNTDOWN KING; Julian crowned greatest player" The Mirror | Dec 23, 2002]

During his eighth game, he broke numerous all-time Countdown records. He scored 138 points with three nine-letter words, both of which had never been done before. He then broke both of these records just two shows later with four nine-letter words and 146 points. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/news/2003/01/23/index.shtml York College student gets top score on Countdown] bbc.co.uk | January 23, 2003 (retrieved 2007-05-10)] He gained a lot of attention for this in the UK press, including setting a word quiz for The Daily Mail. ["Can YOU beat the COUNTDOWN KID; The TV show's best-ever contestant sets a special quiz for the Mail..." The Daily Mail | January 9, 2003]

He returned for the 11th "champion of champion" tournament as the hot favourite, before being defeated by Graham Nash in the quarter-finals of that contest.

Julian lived in York before becoming a Law student at Cambridge University. Since his run on Countdown, he has appeared on BrainTeaser and visited the Edinburgh Countdown club on numerous occasions.

ee also

*Countdown

References

External links

* [http://www.countdownwiki.com/Julian_Fell Julian Fell's page at CountdownWiki]
* [http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-julian-fell-1.htm Interview with Julian]