Damian Eadie (born 15 August 1969, Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is the Series Producer of the game show Countdown. He first appeared as a contestant on the show on 13 July 1994 where he won 6 games and qualified for the series finals as #3 seed. There he won his quarter-final, semi-final and final against Wayne Kelly to become Countdown's 28th champion. He later returned for the Championship of Champions tournament where he reached the final and lost against Don Reid. His final appearance as a contestant was in December 1996 where he lost to Hilary Hopper in the final of his group in the Countdown Supreme Championship.After appearing on the show, he accepted a researcher's job on Countdown and eventually worked his way up to being the producer of the show. He has made 230 televised appearances as a lexicographer on the show where he finds the best words from the letters selections and checks the contestants' words in the Oxford English Dictionary.Eadie is also an author and has authored several books about Countdown with co-producer Michael Wylie.
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