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About In It to Win It
Not to be confused with Minute to Win It.
The National Lottery: In It to Win It
Format
Game show
Created by
Andrew Brereton,
Sarah Edwards,
Gail Sloan
Presented by
Dale Winton
Narrated by
Alan Dedicoat
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
15
No. of episodes
140 (as of 16 March 2013)
Production
Location(s)
BBC Television Centre (2002-11), BBC Pacific Quay (2012-present)
Running time
45 minutes (2002-6),
50 minutes (2006-present)
Production company(s)
12 Yard
Distributor
ITV Studios
Broadcast
Original channel
BBC One
Picture format
16:9
Original run
18 May 2002 (2002-05-18) - present
Chronology
Preceded by
Jet Set
Followed by
Wright Around the World
The National Lottery: In It to Win It, is a BBC National Lottery game show broadcast on BBC One since 18 May 2002. The programme is hosted by Dale Winton. It is the longest running game show to accompany UK lottery draws - as of 2012, it has been running for ten years.
Format edit:
Five contestants wait on the right side of the studio, hoping to be randomly picked to play by joining 'winners row' by way of a lottery machine filled with balls of various colors. When in 'winners row' players are given multiple choice questions to answer. £5,000 is added to the prize fund if a question is answered correctly. However, in the event of the player getting the question wrong, they are sent to the 'red area', situated in the middle of the studio.
At this point another player is randomly selected to join 'winners row'. However, before they are asked a question, the player in the red area is given one more chance to be on 'winners row' by answering a non-multiple choice question correctly. If they fail to answer correctly they go back to the beginning row of contestants.
After 20 questions, a klaxon sounds, signalling the end for anyone not in 'winners row'. At this point, each player in 'winners row' has to answer one multiple choice question to gain an equal share of the prize fund. Players who get their question wrong push up the winnings of those who have answered correctly. In the event of no-one getting their final questions right, no-one goes home with the money.
The maximum prize fund is £100,000 (twenty £5,000 questions answered correctly), although every time a player gets their question wrong, they effectively decrease the maximum possible total by £5,000. The top prize was finally won single-handedly by Eleri Owen, on 29 July 2006, who answered all twenty questions and her final question correctly, to walk away with the top prize of £100,000. The £100,000 top prize was won for a second time by Toni Cox on 24 January 2009. The £100,000 top prize was in sight for Olly Lewin on 15 May 2010, who had got to the end single-handedly, however, his last question was to name the year that Richard Pryor, Bruce Lee and John Lennon were born. The options were 1935, 1940, 1945. After much deliberation, he wrongly answered 1945, losing everything.
The programme includes the Saturday night Thunderball and Lotto draws. Originally the entire show was pre - recorded with Dale Winton presiding over the Lottery draws live, however now the programme is fully recorded with a presenter at 'Lottery HQ' conducting the live draw.
John McGivern from Northern Ireland is the youngest winner in the shows history, winning £50,000 at 18 years old. The show was broadcast on 4 September 2004.
Transmissions edit:
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes
1
18 May 2002
20 July 2002
9
2
26 April 2003
12 July 2003
12
3
1 May 2004
4 September 2004
15
4
9 July 2005
15 October 2005
15
5
22 July 2006
16 September 2006
9
6
25 November 2006
6 January 2007
7
7
22 September 2007
3 November 2007
7
8
12 January 2008
9 February 2008
4
9
27 December 2008
14 February 2009
8
10
2 January 2010
27 February 2010
8
11
8 May 2010
10 July 2010
8
12
25 September 2010
5 February 2011
8
13
25 June 2011
13 August 2011
8
14
10 March 2012
23 June 2012
12
15
5 January 2013
16 March 2013
10
Ratings edit:
Episode viewing figures from BARB.
Series 1 (2002) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
18 May 2002
7,680,000
10
2
25 May 2002
5,660,000
17
3
1 June 2002
5,580,000
13
4
8 June 2002
5,350,000
28
5
15 June 2002
6,490,000
14
6
22 June 2002
5,710,000
16
7
29 June 2002
5,540,000
17
8
6 July 2002
5,110,000
17
9
20 July 2002
5,970,000
9
Series 2 (2003) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
26 April 2003
7,160,000
8
2
3 May 2003
5,480,000
18
3
10 May 2003
6,270,000
11
4
17 May 2003
6,920,000
11
5
24 May 2003
5,140,000
20
6
31 May 2003
4,790,000
25
7
7 June 2003
6,280,000
11
8
14 June 2003
5,290,000
18
9
21 June 2003
6,370,000
9
10
28 June 2003
7,460,000
5
11
5 July 2003
6,520,000
6
12
12 July 2003
4,690,000
21
Series 3 (2004) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
1 May 2004
6,420,000
8
2
8 May 2004
7,580,000
9
3
15 May 2004
4,670,000
19
4
22 May 2004
6,360,000
9
5
29 May 2004
8,240,000
5
6
5 June 2004
7,000,000
7
7
19 June 2004
Under 4,580,000
Outside top 30
8
26 June 2004
5,980,000
16
9
3 July 2004
7,710,000
11
10
17 July 2004
5,970,000
10
11
24 July 2004
5,240,000
14
12
31 July 2004
5,660,000
13
13
7 August 2004
5,570,000
11
14
14 August 2004
6,120,000
12
15
4 September 2004
5,100,000
21
Series 4 (2005) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
9 July 2005
4,810,000
15
2
16 July 2005
5,860,000
8
3
23 July 2005
6,130,000
7
4
30 July 2005
6,670,000
8
5
6 August 2005
6,070,000
9
6
13 August 2005
6,490,000
7
7
20 August 2005
5,240,000
10
8
27 August 2005
4,960,000
15
9
3 September 2005
5,520,000
13
10
10 September 2005
5,780,000
11
11
17 September 2005
5,310,000
17
12
24 September 2005
5,380,000
13
13
1 October 2005
5,170,000
16
14
8 October 2005
5,060,000
18
15
15 October 2005
6,590,000
14
Series 5 (2006) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
22 July 2006
5,600,000
9
2
29 July 2006
6,630,000
8
3
5 August 2006
6,270,000
8
4
12 August 2006
6,890,000
7
5
19 August 2006
7,270,000
6
6
26 August 2006
7,090,000
5
7
2 September 2006
6,820,000
5
8
9 September 2006
6,580,000
7
9
16 September 2006
5,970,000
9
Series 6 (2006-2007) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
25 November 2006
6,740,000
9
2
2 December 2006
6,550,000
9
3
9 December 2006
6,050,000
11
4
16 December 2006
5,470,000
12
5
23 December 2006
7,120,000
13
6
30 December 2006
7,100,000
15
7
6 January 2007
6,970,000
10
Series 7 (2007) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
22 September 2007
4,830,000
18
2
29 September 2007
5,160,000
17
3
6 October 2007
6,350,000
7
4
13 October 2007
5,210,000
19
5
20 October 2007
4,510,000
23
6
27 October 2007
5,980,000
8
7
3 November 2007
6,220,000
8
Series 8 (2008) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
12 January 2008
7,070,000
6
2
19 January 2008
7,750,000
5
3
2 February 2008
7,800,000
5
4
9 February 2008
7,390,000
7
Series 9 (2008-2009) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
27 December 2008
6,030,000
23
2
3 January 2009
5,860,000
18
3
10 January 2009
6,890,000
6
4
17 January 2009
7,000,000
7
5
24 January 2009
6,960,000
5
6
31 January 2009
7,530,000
4
7
7 February 2009
7,810,000
4
8
14 February 2009
6,130,000
11
Series 10 (2010) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
2 January 2010
5,930,000
21
2
9 January 2010
6,500,000
20
3
16 January 2010
5,900,000
17
4
23 January 2010
6,400,000
11
5
30 January 2010
6,020,000
10
6
6 February 2010
6,480,000
9
7
20 February 2010
6,880,000
6
8
27 February 2010
6,270,000
11
Series 11 (2010) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One Weekly ranking
1
8 May 2010
Under 4,240,000
Outside top 30
2
15 May 2010
4,280,000
29
3
22 May 2010
5,290,000
13
4
5 June 2010
Under 3,470,000
Outside top 30
5
12 June 2010
Under 4,020,000
Outside top 30
6
19 June 2010
4,480,000
19
7
26 June 2010
Under 3,870,000
Outside top 30
8
10 July 2010
4,790,000
15
Series 12 (2010-2011) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
25 September 2010
Under 4,030,000
Outside top 30
2
2 October 2010
Under 4,300,000
Outside top 30
3
9 October 2010
Under 4,140,000
Outside top 30
4
8 January 2011
6,170,000
14
5
15 January 2011
6,240,000
14
6
22 January 2011
6,180,000
13
7
29 January 2011
6,690,000
12
8
5 February 2011
6,540,000
11
Series 13 (2011) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
25 June 2011
4,860,000
12
2
2 July 2011
4,780,000
15
3
9 July 2011
5,350,000
11
4
16 July 2011
5,460,000
11
5
23 July 2011
5,600,000
8
6
30 July 2011
4,550,000
15
7
6 August 2011
4,910,000
14
8
13 August 2011
5,690,000
13
Series 14 (2012) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
10 March 2012
5,590,000
8
2
17 March 2012
5,760,000
11
3
24 March 2012
4,270,000
26
4
31 March 2012
4,180,000
23
5
7 April 2012
4,450,000
22
6
14 April 2012
4,340,000
24
7
21 April 2012
4,550,000
20
8
28 April 2012
4,580,000
21
9
5 May 2012
4,430,000
20
10
12 May 2012
Under 3,820,000
Outside Top 30
11
19 May 2012
4,410,000
22
12
23 June 2012
Under 3,680,000
Outside Top 30
Series 15 (2013) edit:
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
5 January 2013
5,900,000
16
2
12 January 2013
5,540,000
16
3
19 January 2013
5,480,000
25
4
26 January 2013
5,200,000
22
5
2 February 2013
4,970,000
25
6
9 February 2013
4,880,000
28
7
16 February 2013
5,440,000
17
8
2 March 2013
4,500,000
28
9
9 March 2013
4,500,000
29
10
16 March 2013
Under 4,700,000
Outside Top 30
Source: Wikipedia
Text from this biography licensed under creative commons license
Source: Wikipedia
Text from this biography licensed under creative commons license
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