All Time Winners List

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The Winners' List is believed to include all winners of £100,000 or more on game shows made and broadcast in the UK. It does not include programmes that are not game shows, nor episodes that were made but never broadcast. If you have an addition or correction, please contact us.

£1,000,000+ Winners

1. Ian Woodley, TFI Friday (Someone's Going To Be A Millionaire) - 24th December 1999 & Poker Den - 2005 (£1,050,000)
2. Sarah Lang, PokerFace - 16th July 2006, In It to Win It - 16th July 2005 & Wipeout - 2001 (£1,033,100)
3. Clare Barwick, Someone's Going To Be A Millionaire (Chris Evans radio show) - 17th December 1999 & Weakest Link - 8th November 2000 (£1,001,500)

£1,000,000 Winners

1. Judith Keppel, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th November 2000
2. David Edwards, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st April 2001
3. Charlotte Hobrough, Survivor - 25th July 2001
4. Robert Brydges, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th September 2001
5. Johnny Gibb, Survivor: Panama - 29th May 2002
6. Pat Gibson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th April 2004
7. Karen Shand, The Vault - 3rd August 2004 (home winner)
8. Ingram Wilcox, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd September 2006
9. Dominic Jackson, PokerFace - 3rd March 2007

£500,000+ Winners

1. Mary Swain, The Vault - 16th August 2003 (£704,900)
2. Peter Lee, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 18th January 2000, Sounds Like London - 1981, Password - 1983, Winner Takes All - 1984, & 100% Gold - 1999. (£504,855)
3. Peter Spyrides, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2001 & The People Versus - 1st October 2001 (£503,150)
4. Kate Heusser, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 2nd November 2000 (£500,000)
5. John Randall, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th November 2000 (£500,000)
6. Steve Devlin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th January 2001 (£500,000)
7. Mike Pomfrey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th March 2001 (£500,000)
8. Roger Walker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th February 2002 (£500,000)
9. Laurence & Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen (for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice), Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Valentines Day - 11th February 2006 (£500,000)

£250,000+ Winners

1. Robert Swarbrick, Duel - 8th March 2008 (£482,500)
2. Leah Nichols, The Vault - 25th May 2002 (£300,000 - home winner)
3. Pamela Mullins, Magic Numbers - 7th August 2010 (£290,000 - home winner)
4. Nathan Birtle, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 31st March 2001 & The Vault - 29th June 2002 (£263,460)
5. Diane Hallagan, 100% Gold - 1998, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th November 2001, Come And Have a Go If You're Think You're Smart Enough (shared winnings of £40,052) - 2004, and Battle of the Brains (shared winnings of £2000) - July 2008 (£261,699)
6. Steve Kidd, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th November 2004 & Weakest Link - March 2005 (£252,080)
7. Mark Kerr, 100% Gold - 1998, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 31st January 2004, Come And Have A Go If You're Think You're Smart Enough (shared winnings of £40,052), and Battle of the Brains (shared winnings of £2000) - July 2008 - 2004 (£251,786)
8. Jonathan Green, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th September 1999
9. David Neale, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th January 2000
10. Margaret Whittaker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2000
11. Paddy Spooner, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th March 2000
12. Mark Townsend, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th September 2000
13. Graham Hickin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th September 2000
14. Andy Martin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th November 2000
15. Roger Waldon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st December 2000
16. Keith Wilcock, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2001
17. John Sexton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th February 2001
18. Tony Emans, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd February 2001
19. John & Doreen Lawrence, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 24th March 2001
20. Martin Jenkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th April 2001
21. Derek & Delia Banks, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Parent & Child - 6th October 2001
22. Kate Mathieson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th November 2001
23. Karl Shuker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th November 2001
24. Briony Poole, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th November 2001
25. Doug Kelly, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd December 2001
26. David Baddiel & Frank Skinner (for the Catholic Children's Society and Imperial Cancer Research Fund), Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Christmas - 26th December 2001
27. Patrick Calthrop, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th February 2002
28. Kim Totman, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th March 2002
29. Den Hewitt, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th March 2002
30. Ray & David Proir, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Twins - 26th March 2002
31. Mike Vernon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th September 2002
32. Dougie Wilson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th November 2002
33. Hugh Swainston, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2003
34. Robert Scott, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th March 2003
35. Isabel & James Morgan, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Mothers Day - 29th March 2003
36. Bob Ginger, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th April 2003
37. Andrew Whitely, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th April 2003
38. Stephen Fitzsimons, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th April 2003
39. Fiona Bangert, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th September 2003
40. Paul Taylor, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th March 2004
41. Bill Honeywell, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - 8th May 2004
42. Chris Pattison, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th June 2004
43. Simon Curtis, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th & 22nd January 2005
44. David Rainford, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th April 2005
45. Gordon Barrass, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th April 2005
46. Gloria Hunniford & Fredick Forsyth, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th September 2005
47. Elizabeth Northey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th December 2005
48. James Plaskett, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2006
49. Charles Dickson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 18th March 2006
50. Laura Pearce, Deal or No Deal (1st top prize winner) - 7th January 2007
51. John Gallantry, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th May 2007
52. Alice Mundy, Deal or No Deal - 12th March 2009

£100,000+ Winners

1. Rob, Duel - 29th March 2008 (£215,000)
2. Stephanie Bruce, The People's Quiz - 23 June 2007 (£200,700)
3. Anne Parkinson, The Vault - 8th June 2002 (£200,000 - home winner)
4. James, Duel - 5th April 2008 (£186,000)
5. Clive Spate, The Weakest Link - 2001, Grand Slam - 2003 & Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th March 2004, also Brainteaser, Judgemental and Winner Takes All. (£184,050)
6. Trish McGowan & Seamus Hassain, Who Dares Wins - 29th December 2007 (£170,000)
7. Rachel Adkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th October 2007 - & Brainteaser - 14th February 2006 (£153,000)
8. Alison "Pooee" Pitman, Greed - 9th June 2001 (£160,000)
9. Eamonn Holmes & Kay Burley, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st September 2007 (£150,000)
10. Sian Williams & Bill Turnbull, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th September 2007 (£150,000)
11. Vanessa Feltz & Ben Ofoedu, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd September 2007 (£150,000)
12. Dave Mills, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th February 2008 (£150,000)
13. Ian Hawthorn, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th March 2008 (£150,000)
14. Marie-Noelle Chesterfield, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th May 2008 (£150,000)
15. Tim Griffin & Darren Jones, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Firefighters - 23rd September 2008 (£150,000)
16. Daniel Chantrey & James Pearson, Who Dares Wins - 18th October 2008 (£150,000)
17. Dr. Hilary Jones & Andrea McLean, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd January 2009 (£150,000)
18. Chris Mapp, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th July 2009 (£150,000)
19. John Suchet & Zoe Lucker, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st September 2009 (£150,000)
20. Angela Rippon & Martin Lewis, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th September 2009 (£150,000)
21. Annabel Croft & Pat Cash, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th May 2010 (£150,000)
22. Keith (surname unknown), The Mint - 20th October 2006 (£130,721)
23. Kwan Loo, The Vault - 19 June 2002, also Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Beat the Nation. (£127,200)
24. Taz Poole, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st December 2001, also The People Versus - June 2001 (£125,178)
25. Martin Skillings, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th January 1999 (£125,000)
26. Ian Horswell, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th January 1999
27. Tony Kennedy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th March 1999
28. Martin Smith, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th March 1999
29. Davy Young, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 14th March 1999
30. Tony Stanton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th September 1999
31. Ben Bartle, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th November 1999
32. Gerry Lennon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th November 1999
33. Sylvia Nixon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th December 1999
34. Jim Barwick, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th December 1999
35. Leslie Palmer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th March 2000
36. Brian Jones, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th March 2000
37. Keith Morgan, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st April 2000
38. Alistair McNaughton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd April 2000
39. Carol Vorderman, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Day of Promise - 1st May 2000
40. Patrick Lidierth, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th September 2000
41. Elaine Briggs, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th September 2000
42. Steve Cornfield, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th September 2000
43. Peter Dauncey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st October 2000
44. Nadeem Tufail, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th October 2000
45. John Bullivent, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th October 2000
46. Joanna Webb, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2000
47. Roger Tozer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd October 2000
48. Dan Hotchin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th October 2000
49. David Turner, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th November 2000
50. Chris Elliot, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd November 2000
51. Ben Whitehead, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th November 2000
52. Hywel Harris, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th November 2000
53. Gen Broadbent, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th December 2000
54. Laraine & Russell Thomas, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 4th January 2001
55. John & Karan Hannaford, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 4th January 2001
56. Rob & Corinne Sawyer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 6th January 2001
57. Jonathan Hughes, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th January 2001
58. Arrol Toplin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th January 2001
59. John Ramsden, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th March 2001
60. Peter & Anne Jenkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 26th March 2001
61. Steve Lacey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th April 2001
62. Ian Saunders, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th September 2001
63. John Norton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 18th September 2001
64. Miles Robson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th September 2001
65. Muir Smillie, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th October 2001
66. Colin Hallett, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd November 2001
67. Stuart Reid, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th November 2001
68. Colin Mitchell, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th November 2001
69. Suzanne Disley, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th December 2001
70. John & Sally Salter, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 18th December 2001
71. Nigel Wackett, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th December 2001
72. Steve Silverman, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th January 2002
73. Alan Crompton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2002
74. Kieron Smyth, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2002
75. Rob Dodds, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th January 2002
76. David Martin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th February 2002
77. Phil Leiwy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th February 2002
78. Kaye Adams & Ross Kelly, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 9th March 2002
79. Sean McCaughey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th September 2002
80. Adrian Shaw, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 14th September 2002
81. Hugh Williams, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th January 2003
82. John Forster, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th April 2003
83. Vic Reeves & Matt Lucas, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Easter 19th April 2003
84. Syd Rawcliffe, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd May 2003
85. Mark Jessop, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th September 2003
86. Glen Jardine, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st February 2004
87. Chris Payne, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd April 2004
88. Sir Tim Rice & Alice Beer, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Easter - 17th April 2004
89. Richard Edwards, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th May 2004
90. Roger Black & Matthew Pinsent, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Olympians - 15th May 2004
91. Graham Barker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2004
92. John Rimmer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2004
93. David Meyer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th October 2004
94. Gary Alexander, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th November 2004
95. Keith Pottage, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th January 2005
96. Stephen Fry & Nigella Lawson, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Easter - 2nd April 2005
97. Greg Condry, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th April 2005
98. Alan Gibbs, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th June 2005
99. Lord Sebastian Coe & Nell McAndrew, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Christmas, 31st December 2005
100. Tim Westcott, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th March 2006
101. Richard Parnell, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th May 2006
102. Jerry Hall & James Sommerville, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Prince's Trust - 20th May 2006
103. Brian Wilkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th June 2006
104. Mike Abbott, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th September 2006
105. Chris Wray, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th November 2006
106. Helen Norgrove, Don't Forget the Lyrics - 24th January 2009 (£125,000)
107. Joe Connors, Don't Forget the Lyrics - 26th April 2009 (£125,000)
108. Jennifer Miller, Deal or No Deal - 18th November 2005 (£120,000)
109. Mike Denby, Take It or Leave It - 1st November 2006, Win My Wage - 16th July 2007 & In It to Win It - 9th February 2008 (£117,500)
110. Paul Nevins, Deal or No Deal - 14th September 2006 & Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th January 2008 (£116,000)
111. Jonathan Bunney, Deal or No Deal - 31st January 2007 (£110,000)
112. Theo Daniels, Heads or Tails - 20th December 2009 (£108,300)
113. Paul Potts, Britain's Got Talent - 23 June 2007 & My Kind of Music - 1999 (£108,000)
114. Diane Bailey, The Mint - 12 May 2006 (£107,882)
115. Claudine Whyte, Deal or No Deal - 17th December 2006 (£107,031)
116. Sian Howells, Unanimous - 15th December 2006 (£106,562)
117. Simon Trigg, Heads or Tails - 27th December 2009 (£101,600)
118. Graeme Garioch, Deal or No Deal - 4 May 2007 (£101,000)
119. Sarah Noughton, Golden Balls - 14 March 2008 (£100,150)
120. Colin O'Connell, The National Lottery Big Ticket - 30 May 1998 (£100,000)
121. Mike Skerritt, The National Lottery Big Ticket - 13 June 1998 (£100,000)
122. Zi Khan, The Mole, 2nd March 2001 (£100,000)
123. Gaz Hall, Deal or No Deal - 2nd May 2006 (£100,000)
124. Eleri Owen, In It to Win It - 29th July 2006 (£100,000)
125. Pete Bennett, Big Brother - 18th August 2006 (£100,000)
126. Liam McGough, Big Brother - 20th June 2007 (£100,000)
127. Brian Belo, Big Brother - 31st August 2007 (£100,000)
128. Maria Valentia, Deal or No Deal - 25th September 2007 (£100,000)
129. Christine McKendrick, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 21st September 2007 (£100,000)
130. Paul Kalo, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 27th April 2008 (6.30pm) (£100,000)
131. Chris Rainford, Beat the Star - 27th April 2008 (7.55pm) (£100,000)
132. Elizabeth "Betty" Hardwick, Deal or No Deal - 7th May 2008 (£100,000)
133. Pete Russell, Beat the Star - 11th May 2008 (£100,000)
134. George Sampson, Britain's Got Talent - 31st May 2008 (£100,000)
135. Rachael Hornigold, Beat the Star - 1st June 2008 (£100,000)
136. Rachel Rice, Big Brother - 5th September 2008 (£100,000)
137. David Gest (for The Rhys Jones Memorial Fund), Celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 2nd October 2008 (£100,000)
138. Richard Arnold (for The Charity Service), Celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 16th October 2008 (£100,000)
139. Carolyne Bateman, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 13th November 2008 (£100,000)
140. Lauren Titley, Deal or No Deal - 21st December 2008 (£100,000)
141. Toni Cox, In It to Win It - 24th January 2009 (£100,000)
142. 'Oblivion' aka Nick Aldis (for The Alzheimer's Society), Celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 13th May 2009 (£100,000)
143. Diversity (Ashley & Jordan Banjo, Ian, Jamie & Matthew McNaughton, Mitchell Craske, Sam Craske, Warren Russell, Terry Smith and Perri Luc Kiely), Britain's Got Talent - 30th May 2009 (£100,000)
144. David Needham, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 15th July 2009 (£100,000)
145. Johnny Lowry, The Cube - 19th September 2009 (£100,000)
146. Claire Hyde, Heads or Tails - 23rd December 2009 (£100,000)
147. Charlie Bruce, So You Think You Can Dance - 13th February 2010 (£100,000)
148. Akai Osei, Got to Dance - 14th February 2010 (£100,000)
149. David Are You Smarter Than Your 10 Year Old? - 17th April 2010 (£100,000)
150. Nick Orchard, The Whole 19 Yards - 15th May 2010 (£100,000)
151. Spelbound (Nicholas Illingworth, Alex Uttley, Adam Buckingham, Adam McAssey, Douglas Fordyce, Leighanne Cowler, Edward Upcott, Katie Axten, Lauren Kemp, Abigail Ralph, Jonathan Stranks, Hollianne Wood, and Amy Mackenzie) Britain's Got Talent - 5th June 2010 (£100,000)
152. Josie Gibson, Big Brother - 24th August 2010 (£100,000)

Miscellaneous Winners

• £2 million was invested evenly between Colin Robinson (schoolsforschools.com) and Joe Rajko (youreable.com) on The E-millionaire Show.

• A BMG record contract was handed to Will Young (series 1) and Michelle McManus (series 2) on Pop Idol.

• A house valued at £500,000+ was won by Darren Kilner and Stacey Reynolds on Building the Dream.

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