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On 12 May 2006, the first jackpot of £107,882 was won by Diane Bailey who guessed the correct code of 8648. The show had previously told people the code began with 86, and that the last digit was an even number and regularly went through a list of numbers that had already been guessed. | On 12 May 2006, the first jackpot of £107,882 was won by Diane Bailey who guessed the correct code of 8648. The show had previously told people the code began with 86, and that the last digit was an even number and regularly went through a list of numbers that had already been guessed. | ||
| - | <div class="video"><<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1xZxu_fcOU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1xZxu_fcOU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object | + | <div class="video"><<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1xZxu_fcOU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1xZxu_fcOU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object''The first jackpot win, presided by Dowling, Stevens, Shoob and erm, The Cheeky Girls''</div> |
The second jackpot of £130,721 (probably the biggest prize to be given away by a ''participation TV'' show) was won by a caller called Keith on 20th October 2006. The winning code was 7012 and was given via a general knowledge question, asked by former ITN newsreader Nicholas Owen. | The second jackpot of £130,721 (probably the biggest prize to be given away by a ''participation TV'' show) was won by a caller called Keith on 20th October 2006. The winning code was 7012 and was given via a general knowledge question, asked by former ITN newsreader Nicholas Owen. | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 16 March 2007
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Host
Main presenters:
Brian Dowling
Craig Stevens
Beverley French
Cat Porter
Kat Shoob
Mark Rumble
Caroline Feraday
Yiolanda Koppel
Milo McCabe
Broadcast
Ludus for ITV1 (later ITV Play also), 1st April 2006 to 14th February 2007
Synopsis
An attempt to be an upmarket Quizmania, presumably. One of the annoying things about this series was the pretence that it was coming from The Mint Mansion and not a television studio - even to the point that presenters used to get uptight when anyone made reference to a studio.
Trivia
On 12 May 2006, the first jackpot of £107,882 was won by Diane Bailey who guessed the correct code of 8648. The show had previously told people the code began with 86, and that the last digit was an even number and regularly went through a list of numbers that had already been guessed.
