WITH his surname, Jonathan Wynn was never going to settle for second best when he appeared on TV word game Countdown.

The 29-year-old maths teacher won eight rounds of the iconic Channel 4 show to clinch the famed prize teapot and qualify for the series’ Champion of Champions battle.

Mr Wynn also achieved scores of 100 or more on each of his appearances, which were broadcast between August 24 and yesterday.

The St Clement’s resident also got the series’ high score, with 131 on Monday.

Mr Wynn, who teaches at the Kings International School, which has bases in the city centre and Cowley, said: “I’ve been watching the show since I was 13, and always thought I would be quite good on it. I was able to prove that by winning. I also wanted to show that it’s also not true that maths teachers are bad at spelling.”

Although he performed well on the numbers round, Mr Wynn put in three nine-word answers over the course of the eight episodes with ‘outranges’, ‘misroutes’, and ‘absurdity’.

On the final day he also solved the conundrum, which was ‘downright’. He said he would not use his Countdown teapot, but instead keep it as an ornament. His Champion of Champions shootout will take place later this year.

As well as watching the 33-year-old gameshow every day, the amateur lexicographer has also taken part in tournaments set up by fans, such as ‘Street Countdown’ which was once parodied by the IT Crowd, written by Father Ted creator Graham Linehan. Mr Wynn added: “It’s surprising how close to real life that actually was.”