UK Millionaire: November 17
Iain Weaver
Mike Walters was cruising at £16,000, but came completely unstuck on
question ten. He will never forget the head of the Thunderbirds.
Jon Underwood was also cruising at £8,000, but got through to £16,000
with 50/50 next. After 6:20 playing, the 32 thousand pound question is
next.
Season 5, Episode 13a; November 17, 1999
A minute to seven, the earliest start ever, but we’re away. Bishop
Thummpetty-Thumpp on the bumpers. Chris is in a dark grey suit, lighter
grey shirt and lighter grey tie. Jon’s wearing a blue-grey open-necked
shirt.
£32,000: Who played Alf Garnett’s wife in the TV sitcom “Till Death Us
Do Part”?
He’s going for it.
D) Dandy Nichols
He’s right. £32,000 is now guaranteed.
£64,000: In the Northern Hemisphere, which season ends at the vernal
equinox?
A) Spring B) Summer
C) Autumn D) Winter
He thinks for twenty-one seconds. And plays.
A) Spring.
Dad’s in the audience. He knows it’s wrong, and is holding back tears.
Jon didn’t read the question properly. Which season *ends*..? Playing
time: 9 minutes.
£32,000 is all he gets.
Total prize money so far: £990,000 from twenty-six contestants.
The line-up for both episodes:
Charlie Pryde - East Lothian
Henrietta Rowe - Gloucestershire
James Williams - Staffordshire
John Stewart - Kent
Robert Hipkiss - Birmingham
Tom Cottrell - County Durham
John Webley - Worcestershire
Stephen Kerruish - Kent
David Penman - Cleveland
John Shay - Lancashire
FFF time: From the heaviest, order these weights.
A) One pound B) One kilo
C) Half a kilo D) Half a pound
B-C-A-D is the answer. One kilo is about 2.2 pounds.
Weight for it:
Charlie Pryde - 7.84
Henrietta Rowe - 13.67
James Williams - 7.08
James is a little over thirty, wearing a blue shirt over a white t-
shirt. He’s short, spiky hair and glasses. If you saw ITV’s F1 coverage
last year, he’s a younger version of analyst Simon Taylor. James is
from Lichfield, runs his own product testing business. Wife Vicky is in
the audience, two children at home. With his million, James would visit
Borneo and see some orang-utans he’s sponsored.
£100: What was the name of the Scot who invented waterproof rubberised
cloth?
B) Charles Macintosh.
£200: In the children’s books, what kind of animal is Barbar?
D) Elephant. Sheep is not an option.
£300: Which game made Bobby Fisher and Garry Kasparov famous?
D) Chess.
£500: Which of these people starred in the film “Dr Zhivago”?
Audience..?
A) Tony Christie 12% B) Agatha Christie 8%
C) Julie Christie 77% D) Linford Christie 3%
Confirming his thoughts, he goes
C) Julie Christie.
The Audience Average is .846 (22/26); 68.962% correct.
£1000: Which Scottish town shares its name with the capital of Western
Australia?
D) Perth.
The thousand is safe, though the audience is closed to him.
£2000: Which member of the cat family is the fastest land mammal over
short distances?
C) Cheetah.
We’ll pick James up after this break.
[cat food, mobile phones, computers]
£4000: In which city is the general assembly of the United Nations?
50/50 takes Geneva and Paris to leave
C) Washington D) New York
A call to Keith, at home in Birmingham.
Keith goes with NY, sounds positive.
D) New York is his final answer, and correct.
£8000: In which county is Newmarket racecourse?
He’s thinking Surrey or Sussex, but takes the money. Playing time 7:15.
I’m thinking of calling Officer Barbrady over with a shout of
Shenanigans! Suffolk is the correct answer, not Somerset, from the four
given. However, much of Newmarket racecourse, including the main stand,
is in neighbouring Cambridgeshire. Officer, I have my broom ready.
Total prize money so far: £994,000 from twenty-seven contestants.
FFF: From the earliest in the year, order these saints days
A) St Patrick B) St David
C) St George D) St Andrew
B) Mar 1 A) Mar 17
C) Apr 23 D) Nov 30
Saints alive!
Charlie Pryde - 6.60
Henrietta Rowe - 13.33
Stephen Kerruish - 8.06
Charlie Pryde is 40something, grey hair, bushy beard, and bright
turquoise shirt. A police officer from Mussleborough, Edinburgh: father
Jamie is in the audience. On the plane down, he was studying the map.
£100: Which of these board games involves buying properties for fake
money?
B) Monopoly.
£200: Which actress is married to Tom Cruise?
A) Nicole Kidman.
£300: In the Bible, who was the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus?
B) Joseph.
£500: What was the name of the governing body of ancient Rome?
He’s unsure. Audience?
A) Parliament 7% B) Kremlin 4%
C) Senate 86% D) Pentagon 3%
C) Senate is his answer.
The Audience Average is .852 (23/27); 68.593% correct.
£1000: Which branch of science is concerned with the stars, planets and
the universe?
D) Astronomy.
Not 100% sure, but he’s going with it. With good reason.
£2000: A rose is not only a flower, it is part of which gardening
implement?
C) Watering can.
£4000: Which warm Pacific Ocean current is an abnormal phenomenon that
adversely affects the world’s weather?
He’s thinking C) El Nino, but goes 50/50.
B) California Current C) El Nino
He goes with
C) El Nino.
And is correct.
And that’s time. Charlie’s had 5:05 so far. Des Lynham is up after the
break, Chris is back after the football in about 2 hours 35 minutes.
We’ll keep the remaining eight contestants then.
No full end credits, just the Millionaire logo and the Celador endcap.
While they’re off kicking around some hot air, a few stats.
I expect we’ll have 29 contestants in the hot seat, six female
(probably).
The average prize will be around £37,000, with an average playing time
of 10:45.
Ben Bartle is the only contestant not to Ask the Audience, Pete Walsh
didn’t phone a friend, Jon Underwood the only one not to go 50/50.
Liz Whitlock, Pete Walsh and Jon Underwood are the three to offer
incorrect answers, but all did so at £32,000, so lost nothing. Note
that two of the three still had a lifeline left.
Fastest Finger First has been won in an average time of 6.51 seconds.
The audience has not been wrong when more than the average voted for an
answer, with the exception of Mark Rogers; he suggested a wrong answer
before the audience voted. As a rule of thumb, for future editions,
take the Audience Average as 70%.
OK, the details of “Who Wants To Be In Euro 2000.”
Des Lynam is 53, a television commentator from Brighton. He’s wearing a
dodgy brown tweed jacket, mid blue shirt and spotty tie. Quite frankly,
he’s the least well-dressed contestant we’ve had on this series. He’s
playing for a trip to the Netherlands and Belgium next summer.
Des, Which sides won the play-off places?
A) Denmark B) England
C) Turkey D) Slovenia
Des raises his eyebrows slightly. “Is it all of the above?”
That’s right, Des. Denmark defeated Israel 3-0 tonight, 8-0 over the
two legs. The Ukraine drew 1-1 with Slovenia, but lost 3-2 on
aggregate. Turkey and Ireland played to a 0-0 draw, 1-1 on aggregate,
the Turks go through on the more away goals rule. England lost 1-0 at
home to Scotland, but progress 2-1 over the two legs.
Season 5, Episode 13b; November 17, 1999
Well, the windbags were ten minutes late starting, played lots of time
for injuries, and we finally take to the air at 22:28. It’s our latest
ever start; the show will run to 22:55. The programme that would be on
now, “Blatantly Disposable Filler”, is disposed of. Even though Chris
has had three hours to change, he hasn’t.
“Because he’s a Scottish person, and I’m an English person, we’ve
agreed not to talk any more about That Match.” Nothing to do with the
programme being recorded yesterday at all.
£8000: Which Shakespeare play features the Montague and Capulet
families?
A) Macbeth B) Romeo and Juliet
C) Twelfth Night D) King Lear
Time to call Chris, also in Scotland.
“It’s Romeo and Juliet.”
B) Romeo and Juliet it is. Of course. Leo and Claire together. Mmmmmmm.
£16,000: In which sport are the winners of the World Cup presented with
the William Webb Ellis trophy?
C) Rugby Union.
As given to Australia not ten days ago.
£32,000: Which of these Hollywood actors was formerly mayor of Carmel
in California?
He thinks it’s Ronald Reagan, but isn’t sure, and takes the money. He’s
had 3:35 in this second part, for a total of 8:40.
Good job. It was D) Clint Eastwood.
Total prize money so far: £1,010,000 from twenty-eight contestants. We
got over the million at last!
FFF: Starting with the most, order these nations by number of countries
they border.
A) Portugal B) France
C) USA D) China
D) 14 B) 7
C) 2 A) 1
Borderline, feel like I’m gonna lose my mind:
Robert Hipkiss - 8.09
John Webley - 12.29
Robert’s a hospital porter from Birmingham, with daughter Emma in the
audience. He’s about 40, wearing a royal blue shirt and glasses, with
receding short brown hair. With his million, he’d like to take country
singer Shania Twain to the Villa. That’s Aston Villa, the leading
Birmingham football club.
£100: Which of these is a type of parrot?
C) Cockatoo.
£200: What’s the name for the warmer that is put on a teapot or a
boiled egg?
C) Cosy.
£300: The drachma is the unit of currency in which country?
A) Greece.
£500: Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday were best known for what kind
of music?
A) Jazz.
£1000: In which sport does Europe compete against the United States for
the Ryder Cup?
D) Golf.
As good a time as any to take a break. It’s worth mentioning that we
don’t see Chris asking the contestants if any answer below £1000 is
their final answer unless they seem in the slightest unsure. It allows
the early part of the show to flow, and saves at least a minute per
contestant. That’s 30 minutes over the series.
[mobile phones, soup, department store]
Unless he flunks the next question, Robert will be our last contestant
this series. There isn’t time for another.
£2000: In which country is Chernobyl, site of the 1986 nuclear accident?
D) Ukraine. Russia was not an option.
£4000: Which film comedy duo had the first names Bud and Lou?
D) Abbott and Costello. He’s a big fan.
£8000: What is England’s most northerly county?
B) Northumberland. The second most northerly, Cumbria, was not an
option.
£16,000: American author Zane Gray was famous for writing what type of
novels?
Audience?
A) Westerns 61% B) Romances 10%
C) Science Fiction 25% D) Comedies 4%
Not a commanding majority, but Robert’s going with it.
A) Westerns is his answer.
Well done, audience.
The Final Audience Average is .857 (24/28); 69.286% correct.
Oh, do stop shouting, Chris, some of us are half asleep here.
£32,000: Meerkats are native to which continent.
He thinks it’s Africa, but will go 50/50.
A) Africa B) Asia
He’s going with his gut. Is it gold plated? He’s right.
Chris waves the fake cheque again. Phone a friend remains.
£64,000: What is the name of the Sunday after Whit Sunday?
A) Easter Sunday B) Advent Sunday
C) Trinity Sunday D) Mothering Sunday
Robert thinks. He’s not 100%.
41 seconds in, he phones Lee in Birmingham.
Lee sounds as tired as I feel.
“It’s Chris Tarrant, on ITV’s WWTBAM?”
“Oh dear.”
He’s guessing, but thinks it’s Trinity Sunday.
Robert doesn’t think it’s Mothering, and is guessing from the other
three.
It’s the free shot. He thinks - we see 25 seconds, but there’s probably
an edit there.
He goes with Lee.
C) Trinity Sunday.
Good call.
£125,000: Which future James Bond began his career in the chorus of a
1950s production of South Pacific?
A) Pierce Brosnan B) George Lazenby
C) Roger Moore D) Sean Connery
Robert thinks it’s Sean Connery, but it’s a lot of money.
He doesn’t know whether to gamble.
He thinks for 2:16. No, he’s taking the money.
And Sean was the right answer. Robert’s played for 15:20.
The Final Series Scoreboard:
1) Ben Bartle 125000
Gerry Lennon 125000
3) Dave Ferguson 64000
Barbara McGee 64000
Bernard Marco 64000
Peter Burnes 64000
David Shill 64000
Lance Jones 64000
Malcolm Cawley 64000
Sarah Valotton 64000
* Robert Hipkiss 64000
12) Liz Whitlock 32000
Pete Walsh 32000
* Jon Underwood 32000
15) Calum Davison 16000
Lee Cartwright 16000
Kate Brookes 16000
Ted Cadman 16000
Mike Walters 16000
* Charlie Pryde 16000
21) Garry Wilkins 8000
Rick Lawless 8000
Keith Rumney 8000
Craig Jefford 8000
Gene Hunt 8000
26) David Crombleholme 4000
Zulma Dudgeon 4000
Mark Rogers 4000
* James Williams 4000
Total prize money: £1,074,000 from twenty-nine contestants. Since the
show began, that’s a total in excess of £4 million.
To enter, wait for the next series. Summary of the rules on ITV
teletext p 375, full rules on ITV’s website www.itv.co.uk, or by
sending a stamped addressed envelope to Millionaire Rules, PO Box 4444,
London WC2E 9TA.
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“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Summary”
Written by: Iain Weaver
From a format by: Jeremy Soria
Written at Weaver Towers, somewhere in the Central region.
Copyright Iain Weaver 1999.
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Before you buy.
Dave Leach
version of the show. It was neat to see questions that we in America would
have little to no clue about that are considered common knowledge over there
(northernmost English county, coach of team X). And, I'll also admit:
> “It’s Chris Tarrant on ITV’s WWTBAM.”
> “Blimey!”
...it was neat to see that people over there really do say "blimey" and
that you all don't just include it in TV programs to make us think you do :D
Thanks again!
Chris M. Dickson
<dml...@yahoo.com> writes
> Thanks so much for taking the time to do the recaps of the British
>version of the show.
Absolutely. I did similar updates for series one of Millionaire - the
very first time Millionaire was aired anywhere in the world - and it
took me what might be referred to as "ucking fages", so I have nothing
but respect for anyone, in any country, who takes the time, trouble and
effort to produce updates - especially ones as witty, literate and
readable as those. Nice one, Ian!
Best wishes,
Chris
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