UK Millionaire: April 2
Iain Weaver
shout at the telly.
Keith Morgan took a flyer on comedian Vic Reeves, and won £125,000.
Paul Chaplin shifts uneasily into the hot seat and never really
settles. He works up to four grand, but blows it on Julie Walters.
£1000 is his reward.
John Hudson steams through the first eight questions, but burns all
three lifelines remembering it was Philadelphia, not New York, that
hosted Live Aid in 1985. He has £16,000 and no lifelines.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Series 7, Edition 8
We have but 30 minutes tonight, and we’re running 11 late following
this afternoon’s football match over-running.
John is in a similar shirt, Chris is in his usual assortment of grey
jacket, grey shirt, and grey tie. John’s spent the day sight-seeing in
London, and there’s a big party at the Hudson household. They’ve spent
the £16,000 already, he reckons.
“If you want to go 15 rounds with our computer for a heavyweight
cheque, call now.”
£32,000 – Which statesman did Boris Yeltsin oust when he became
President of Russia in 1991?
Don’t like that question one bit.
A) Khruschev B) Brezhnev
C) Andropov D) Gorbachev
Yeltsin didn’t down any of those, they were USSR leaders. All Yelstin
ever downed was vodka. (:
John has an inkling, Gorbachev. Kruschev, Brezhnev were dead, but he’s
not 100%.
John’s happy, he’s leaving. If he’s quick, he’ll be able to spend the
last £5 of his winnings.
The answer they were looking for was Mikhael Gorbachev.
Minority Watch shows one female.
FFF: From the earliest, order these films by when they won the Best
Picture Oscar.
A) Rebecca B) Braveheart
C) Gigi D) Oliver!
A) 1940 C) 1958
D) 1968 B) 1995
Six correct, 6.31 seconds, Alistair McNaughton, it’s you. 30, red t-
shirt, really tall, dark hair. A teacher from Edinburgh, wife Rebecca
is at home with three children. The children in class didn’t know
Alistair was coming on, until now. Take a look at him, it may be the
last. Teachers haven’t done well in the past, according to Chris.
£100 – In Asia, which animals are traditionally charmed by having music
played to them?
B) Snakes.
Llamas and giraffes were not options.
£200 – Which of these is the title of a hit Beatles song?
B) Yellow Submarine.
Colour-noun combinations for the others.
£300 – Which of these words means a small rented farm in Scotland?
B) Croft.
£500 – Which part of Pinocchio extended whenever he told a lie?
“Be careful!”
C) His nose.
£1000 – Who was known as “Big-Hearted Arthur”?
Humm! Alistair also hesitates, and has to confirm final answer.
A) Arthur Askey.
Not Fowler, Scargill or King A.
We return after the break. It’s just 11 minutes since the opening
credits rolled.
[women in underwear, pen, antarctic sportswear, white goods, cream
cheese]
Alistair is very afraid. It’s the pens that did it, I’m sure.
£2000 – What is the name of Mick and Bianca Jagger’s daughter?
C) Jade
He read about her in a magazine. Closet “Hello!” reader?
£4000 – Which type of food is a baguette?
B) Bread.
£8000 – Which of these car manufacturing companies was founded in Spain?
C) Hispano-Suiza
“100% certain even though I’ve never heard of it in my life?”
“Hispano – Hispanic.”
He’s right.
£16,000 – Which of these fruits are usually hulled before being eaten.
Audience?
A) Strawberries 62% B) Apples 5%
C) Oranges 19% D) Figs 14%
It’s quite high…
A) Strawberries.
“You couldn’t really afford to lose this money.”
“You haven’t lost this money.”
The audience goes 0.8125 (13/16), 66.8125% right.
£32,000 – The American state of Virginia is named after which English
Queen?
B) Elizabeth I
“If you had said to me…”
Oh, shut up, Chris, we all know he’s right.
“You have just won £32,000. Whoopee!”
“That’s very very very nice. How are you feeling now?”
“I’m feeling worse.”
£64,000 – Which sportsman would perform a triple salchow?
A) Figure skater B) Gymnast
C) Diver D) Showjumper
Another zoom-in from on high. About 45 seconds elapses, then
A) Figure skater.
“How confident.”
“Not very. It’s a risk.”
“You’ve just won £64,000.”
Serious risk, but he still has two lifelines.
£125,000 – Pertussis is the technical name for which illness?
A) Mumps B) Measles
C) Chickenpox D) Whooping cough
He’s absolutely no idea, so will call Gemmill, a fellow teacher with
heavy Scots accent. Alistair’s is a lot softer.
“Whooping cough. I’m fairly certain.”
Will Alistair put his faith in his friend? He doesn’t have to. So he
takes 50/50.
A) Mumps D) Whooping cough
That’s enough encouragement.
£64,000 is about three year’s salary for a teacher.
D) Whooping cough
“You’ve just won…”
“A very brave teacher. There will be some…..”
Time already! The whole show will be complete in just 24 minutes,
including the central break. There may have been some slight edits to
chop time and stop the network over-running so badly.
We come back for the denouement with Alistair tomorrow.
The Series Scoreboard
1) Paddy Spooner 250000
2) Leslie Palmer 125000
Brian Jones 125000
Keith Morgan 125000
5) Judy White 32000
Richard Kendall 32000
David Phillips 32000
Richard Westlake 32000
9) Tina Nicol 16000
Sue Davies 16000
Tommy O’Donnell 16000
Lise Greenwood 16000
* John Hudson 16000
14) Jeff Arundel 1000
Dennis Evans 1000
Paul Chaplin 1000
Total winnings: £836,000 from sixteen contestants.
Monday: 2000 for 60 minutes, ITV2 possibly at 2230.
If you can dress in more colour than Chris, lines are open on 0902 44
44 44 until mid-day Tuesday April 4. Calls cost 50p per minute, maximum
length 2 minutes, must be over 16 to play. ITV teletext page 375 for a
summary of the rules, full set on ITV’s website www.itv.co.uk, or by
sending a stamped addressed envelope to Millionaire Rules, PO Box 4444,
London WC2E 9TA.
“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”
Host: Chris Tarrant
Devised by: David Briggs, Steve Knight, Mike Whitehill
Programme Associate And Very Poor “Jokes”: Richard Easter
Music: Keith and Matthew Strachan
Tapes edited: Graham Hutchings
Assistant Producer: Melinda Rogers
Executive Producer: Coleman Hutcheson
Director: Ian Hamilton
Producer: David Briggs
Copyright Celador Productions 2000.
“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Summary”
Written by: Iain Weaver
From a format by: Jeremy Soria and Chris M Dickinson
Spoof commercial: Gordon Findlay
Copyright Iain Weaver 2000.
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