List of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? UK episodes

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Final title card for the UK version (2010–14)

The following is a list of episodes for the British television quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, that aired from 1998 to 2014 on ITV. Over this time, 30 series and 592 episodes were aired in total.

Episode viewing figures from BARB.

Series overview

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	4 September 1998	25 December 1998	11
2	1 January 1999	13 January 1999	13
3	5 March 1999	16 March 1999	12
4	3 September 1999	14 September 1999	13
5	5 November 1999	26 December 1999	18
6	16 January 2000	22 January 2000	7
7	26 March 2000	1 May 2000	13
8	7 September 2000	6 January 2001	55
9	8 January 2001	26 April 2001	45
10	4 September 2001	29 December 2001	43
11	5 January 2002	9 April 2002	55
12	31 August 2002	28 December 2002	19
13	4 January 2003	31 May 2003	22
14	30 August 2003	27 December 2003	21
15	3 January 2004	5 June 2004	23
16	18 September 2004	25 December 2004	16
17	1 January 2005	11 June 2005	24
18	17 September 2005	31 December 2005	11
19	7 January 2006	8 July 2006	27
20	9 September 2006	6 January 2007	13
21	10 March 2007	28 July 2007	17
22	18 August 2007	30 October 2007	11
23	1 January 2008	3 June 2008	19
24	16 August 2008	31 January 2009	18
25	13 June 2009	20 December 2009	20
26	13 April 2010	8 June 2010	8
27	3 August 2010	23 December 2010	11
28	2 April 2011	19 December 2011	6
29	3 January 2012	20 December 2012	11
30	1 January 2013	11 February 2014	11

Series 1 (1998)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	4 September 1998	9.47	Graham Elwell (the first ever contestant) becomes first ever £64,000 winner. First time the "50:50" and "Phone-a-Friend" lifelines are used.
2	5 September 1998	7.76	First time the "Ask the Audience" lifeline is used.
3	6 September 1998	12.37	N/A
4	7 September 1998	8.97	N/A
5	8 September 1998	9.92	N/A
6	9 September 1998	11.78	N/A
7	10 September 1998	10.70	N/A
8	11 September 1998	12.30	Matthew Asbury wins £64,000 as his wife went into labour at the time of the recording.
9	12 September 1998	10.55	N/A
10	13 September 1998	12.47	N/A
11	25 December 1998	8.96	Christmas Special Cheryl Turner is the only contestant to take £500.

Series 2 (1999)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	1 January 1999	11.87	N/A
2	2 January 1999	12.33	N/A
3	3 January 1999	17.57	N/A
4	4 January 1999	11.21	N/A
5	5 January 1999	10.20	N/A
6	6 January 1999	13.92	N/A
7	7 January 1999	13.71	N/A
8	8 January 1999	15.41	N/A
9	9 January 1999	13.96	Martin Skillings and Ian Horsewell become the first ever £125,000 winners consecutively on the same edition.
10	10 January 1999	18.09	John Davidson becomes first ever £0 winner and goes home with nothing.
11	11 January 1999	13.84	N/A
12	12 January 1999	12.78	N/A
13	13 January 1999	16.01	N/A

Series 3 (1999)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	5 March 1999	13.36	David Snaith wins £0.
2	6 March 1999	13.03	N/A
3	7 March 1999	19.21	Highest rated edition.
4	8 March 1999	13.01	N/A
5	9 March 1999	13.57	N/A
6	10 March 1999	14.57	N/A
7	11 March 1999	16.05	N/A
8	12 March 1999	14.52	N/A
9	13 March 1999	13.50	N/A
10	14 March 1999	17.57	N/A
11	15 March 1999	13.26	N/A
12	16 March 1999	16.24	Last episode to be broadcast in 4:3 format

Series 4 (1999)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	3 September 1999	11.15	First episode to be broadcast in 16:9 format The Money screen on the front of the computers was removed
2	4 September 1999	8.74	Jonathan Green becomes first ever £250,000 winner
3	5 September 1999	13.74	N/A
4	6 September 1999	11.97	N/A
5	7 September 1999	13.64	N/A
6	8 September 1999	12.59	N/A
7	9 September 1999	13.40	N/A
8	10 September 1999	8.41	N/A
9	11 September 1999	10.59	N/A
10		13.32	N/A
11	12 September 1999	14.77	N/A
12	13 September 1999	12.82	N/A
13	14 September 1999	12.27	Last show to use the old Fastest Finger First computers

Series 5 (1999)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	5 November 1999	12.40	50th show First show with new Aqua Fastest Finger First computers
2	6 November 1999	11.76	N/A
3	7 November 1999	15.77	N/A
4	8 November 1999	13.25	N/A
5	9 November 1999	10.56	N/A
6	10 November 1999	15.94	N/A
7	11 November 1999	14.48	Barbara McGee, Bernard Marco, and Peter Burnes win £64,000 on the same edition.
8	12 November 1999	13.45	N/A
9	13 November 1999	12.76	N/A
10	14 November 1999	14.86	Lance Jones, Malcolm Cawley and Sarah Vallotton win £64,000 consecutively on the same edition.
11	15 November 1999	12.33	N/A
12	16 November 1999	11.50	N/A
13	17 November 1999	14.07	N/A
14		13.35	N/A
15	24 December 1999	10.40	Christmas Special (Part 1)
16	25 December 1999	8.11	Christmas Special (Part 2)
17		12.43	Christmas Special (Part 3)
18		11.22	Christmas Special (Part 4)

Series 6 (2000)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	16 January 2000	11.45	N/A
2	17 January 2000	11.64	David Neale wins £250,000
3	18 January 2000	10.37	Peter Lee becomes first ever £500,000 winner
4	19 January 2000	15.88	Margaret Whittaker wins £250,000
5	20 January 2000	12.85	N/A
6	21 January 2000	14.25	N/A
7	22 January 2000	13.23	Last show to use Windows 98 Graphics.

Series 7 (2000)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	26 March 2000	15.21	First show to use Windows 2000 Graphics
2	27 March 2000	12.09	N/A
3	28 March 2000	12.98	N/A
4	29 March 2000	13.20	N/A
5	30 March 2000	12.05	Paddy Spooner wins £250,000.
6	31 March 2000	12.41	All 10 FFF contestants didn't get the Jack & Jill sequence in the right order.
7	1 April 2000	12.33	N/A
8	2 April 2000	12.52	N/A
9	3 April 2000	13.59	N/A
10	4 April 2000	12.97	N/A
11	5 April 2000	13.24	Jim Titmuss becomes the first contestant to lose £93,000.
12	6 April 2000	12.33	N/A
13	1 May 2000	13.90	Celebrity Special

Series 8 (2000–2001)

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Notes
1	7 September 2000	11.01	N/A
2	8 September 2000	9.75	N/A
3	9 September 2000	10.22	Mark Townsend wins £250,000
4	10 September 2000	13.16	N/A
5	11 September 2000	10.02	N/A
6	14 September 2000	9.94	N/A
7	17 September 2000	13.09	N/A
8	18 September 2000	12.23	N/A
9	21 September 2000	10.70	N/A
10	24 September 2000	12.55	N/A
11	25 September 2000	12.06	N/A
12	28 September 2000	12.51	Graham Hickin wins £250,000
13	1 October 2000	12.55	100th show Peter Dauncey £125,000. The members of the audience are past contestants to celebrate 100 shows.
14	2 October 2000	11.29	Ann Stanley wins £32,000 thanks to using £500,000 winner, Peter Lee as a Phone-A-Friend.
15	5 October 2000	10.16	N/A
16	8 October 2000	15.41	N/A
17	9 October 2000	12.50	N/A
18	12 October 2000	12.41	N/A
19	15 October 2000	13.69	N/A
20	16 October 2000	10.61	N/A
21	19 October 2000	11.64	N/A
22	21 October 2000	10.06	Duncan Bickley becomes the first contestant to lose £218,000
23	23 October 2000	11.29	N/A
24	26 October 2000	12.55	N/A
25	28 October 2000	11.04	N/A
26	30 October 2000	13.13	N/A
27	2 November 2000	9.73	Kate Heusser wins £500,000
28	4 November 2000	10.54	N/A
29	6 November 2000	12.41	N/A
30	9 November 2000	11.46	N/A
31	11 November 2000	11.68	Andy Martin wins £250,000
32	13 November 2000	11.29	N/A
33	16 November 2000	11.17	N/A
34	18 November 2000	10.66	N/A
35	20 November 2000	14.87	Judith Keppel becomes the first person ever in the UK to win £1,000,000.
36	23 November 2000	11.78	All 10 FFF contestants didn't get the traffic lights sequence in the right order
37	25 November 2000	11.46	N/A
38	27 November 2000	11.44	John Randall wins £500,000 and is the first person to use the 'Phone-A-Friend' lifeline on £1,000,000 question
39	29 November 2000	12.62	N/A
40	30 November 2000	11.97	N/A
41	2 December 2000	12.53	N/A
42	4 December 2000	10.51	N/A
43	7 December 2000	11.25	N/A
44	9 December 2000	10.31	N/A
45	11 December 2000	10.65	N/A
46	14 December 2000	10.58	N/A
47	18 December 2000	10.67	N/A
48	21 December 2000	11.06	Roger Waldron wins £250,000
49	23 December 2000	9.06	John Brandon loses £93,000 and drops all the way back to £32,000.
50	25 December 2000	9.06	N/A
51		9.95	Couples Special (Part 1)
52	1 January 2001	12.65	Couples Special (Part 2)
53	2 January 2001	10.64	Couples Special (Part 3)
54	4 January 2001	12.13	Couples Special (Part 4)
55	6 January 2001	10.08	Couples Special (Part 5)

Series 9 (2001)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	8 January 2001	11,790,000	8	N/A
2	11 January 2001	11,380,000	10	N/A
3	13 January 2001	10,030,000	14	N/A
4	15 January 2001	12,330,000	7	N/A
5	18 January 2001	12,010,000	8	As the clacson sounded, Steve Devlin was on £500,000. (First of two)
6	20 January 2001	11,700,000	9	Steve Devlin wins £500,000
7	22 January 2001	12,120,000	6	N/A
8	25 January 2001	11,200,000	11	N/A
9	27 January 2001	10,670,000	13	150th show Keith Wilcock wins £250,000
10	29 January 2001	11,680,000	7	Arrol Toplin wins £125,000
11	1 February 2001	9,910,000	17	N/A
12	3 February 2001	11,110,000	12	N/A
13	5 February 2001	11,580,000	6	N/A
14	8 February 2001	10,280,000	13	Shiela McHale loses £93,000
15	10 February 2001	10,930,000	10	N/A
16	12 February 2001	9,340,000	14	N/A
17	15 February 2001	10,360,000	12	N/A
18	17 February 2001	10,470,000	10	Michelle Simmonds wins £0
19	19 February 2001	10,700,000	9	John Sexton wins £250,000
20	22 February 2001	10,730,000	7	Tony Emans wins £250,000
21	24 February 2001	9,710,000	13	N/A
22	26 February 2001	10,690,000	9	N/A
23	1 March 2001	8,970,000	15	N/A
24	3 March 2001	9,470,000	13	N/A
25	5 March 2001	10,750,000	7	N/A
26	8 March 2001	10,520,000	10	N/A
27	10 March 2001	8,870,000	14	N/A
28	12 March 2001	9,800,000	11	Mike Pomfrey wins £500,000
29	15 March 2001	9,960,000	9	Couples Special (Part 1) Peter and Valene Tungate win £0
30	17 March 2001	9,510,000	13	Couples Special (Part 2)
31	19 March 2001	9,680,000	15	Couples Special (Part 3)
32	22 March 2001	10,250,000	13	Couples Special (Part 4)
33	24 March 2001	9,070,000	18	Couples Special (Part 5) John and Doreen Lawrence wins £250,000
34	26 March 2001	9,750,000	11	Couples Special (Part 6)
35	29 March 2001	10,220,000	8	N/A
36	31 March 2001	8,640,000	15	Nathan Birtle wins £250,000
37	2 April 2001	9,680,000	11	N/A
38	5 April 2001	8,560,000	15	N/A
39	7 April 2001	8,970,000	13	N/A
40	9 April 2001	10,470,000	6	Diana Ingram appears
41	12 April 2001	9,110,000	11	Martin Jenkins wins £250,000
42	14 April 2001	8,980,000	13	N/A
43	19 April 2001	9,850,000	8	N/A
44	21 April 2001	11,200,000	4	David Edwards becomes the second person in the UK to win £1,000,000.
45	26 April 2001	9,530,000	10	Last episode to use the first opening titles sequence and first studio set

Series 10 (2001)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	4 September 2001	10,850,000	7	First show to use the second opening titles sequence, new studio and style of contestants' computers Coronation Street special
2	8 September 2001	8,850,000	13	N/A
3	11 September 2001	8,100,000	12	N/A
4	15 September 2001	7,410,000	14	N/A
5	18 September 2001	9,020,000	12	Charles Ingram's £1,000,000 win was removed from the show.
6	22 September 2001	8,470,000	13	Celebrity Special Jasper Carrott and Jenny Davis alongside Fiona Phillips and Martin Frizell win £64,000. Jonathan Ross and Jane Goldman are the first celebrity pair to lose £15,000. This is a 'Celebrity cliffhanger' when celebrities get the £32,000/£50,000 question wrong. First time Judith Keppel was used as a Phone-A-Friend.
7	25 September 2001	8,800,000	10	N/A
8	29 September 2001	7,790,000	12	Robert Brydges becomes the third person in the UK to win £1,000,000 and is the first person to use the '50:50' lifeline on the £1,000,000 question.
9	2 October 2001	9,210,000	10	Parent and Child Special (Part 1)
10	4 October 2001	9,170,000	11	Parent and Child Special (Part 2)
11	6 October 2001	7,870,000	14	Parent and Child Special (Part 3) Derek and Delia Banks win £250,000
12	9 October 2001	7,700,000	13	Parent and Child Special (Part 4)
13	11 October 2001	8,980,000	11	Parent and Child Special (Part 5) 200th show
14	13 October 2001	8,050,000	12	Parent and Child Special (Part 6)
15	16 October 2001	7,730,000	15	Peter Spyrides wins £500,000 without using the '50:50' lifeline.
16	20 October 2001	8,120,000	14	N/A
17	27 October 2001	7,900,000	16	N/A
18	30 October 2001	8,010,000	13	N/A
19	1 November 2001	8,320,000	12	N/A
20	3 November 2001	7,610,000	15	All 10 FFF contestants didn't get the geography sequence in the right order
21	6 November 2001	8,220,000	15	Women Only Special (Part 1)
22	7 November 2001	10,280,000	10	Women Only Special (Part 2)
23	10 November 2001	9,130,000	13	Women Only Special (Part 3)
24	13 November 2001	8,180,000	15	Women Only Special (Part 4) Diane Hallagan wins £250,000
25	14 November 2001	10,760,000	9	Women Only Special (Part 5)
26	17 November 2001	8,030,000	16	Women Only Special (Part 6) Kate Mathieson wins £250,000
27	20 November 2001	9,690,000	12	N/A
28	24 November 2001	9,330,000	14	Karl Shuker wins £250,000
29	27 November 2001	8,520,000	14	Briony Poole wins £250,000
30	1 December 2001	8,030,000	15	N/A
31	3 December 2001	8,240,000	13	First Show to use carry over FFF rollover contestants
32	4 December 2001	7,610,000	15	N/A
33	8 December 2001	8,580,000	12	N/A
34	10 December 2001	9,210,000	14	Couples Special (Part 1)
35	11 December 2001	8,020,000	17	Couples Special (Part 2)
36	12 December 2001	9,100,000	15	Couples Special (Part 3)
37	16 December 2001	10,920,000	7	Couples Special (Part 4)
38	17 December 2001	7,600,000	14	Couples Special (Part 5)
39	18 December 2001	7,760,000	12	Couples Special (Part 6)
40	22 December 2001	7,640,000	13	Doug Kelly wins £250,000
41	25 December 2001	10,230,000	9	Christmas Special (Part 1)
42	26 December 2001	10,340,000	8	Christmas Special (Part 2) David Baddiel and Frank Skinner win £250,000 for their chosen charities (£125,000 each)
43	29 December 2001	8,020,000	14	N/A

Series 11 (2002)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	5 January 2002	7,110,000	18	N/A
2	6 January 2002	9,000,000	11	N/A
3	7 January 2002	7,740,000	12	N/A
4	8 January 2002	6,980,000	16	N/A
5	12 January 2002	6,990,000	15	N/A
6	13 January 2002	8,920,000	10	N/A
7	14 January 2002	7,410,000	15	N/A
8	15 January 2002	6,620,000	19	N/A
9	19 January 2002	6,900,000	17	N/A
10	20 January 2002	9,920,000	8	N/A
11	21 January 2002	7,990,000	14	N/A
12	22 January 2002	6,740,000	22	N/A
13	26 January 2002	7,510,000	18	N/A
14	28 January 2002	8,120,000	17	N/A
15	29 January 2002	6,430,000	22	N/A
16	2 February 2002	6,990,000	20	N/A
17	3 February 2002	11,610,000	5	N/A
18	4 February 2002	8,500,000	15	N/A
19	5 February 2002	6,110,000	20	N/A
20	9 February 2002	7,790,000	19	N/A
21	10 February 2002	11,340,000	7	250th show
22	11 February 2002	8,960,000	12	N/A
23	12 February 2002	6,910,000	17	Paul Cleary loses £32,000 without touching a lifeline
24	16 February 2002	6,160,000	20	Patrick Calthorop wins £250,000
25	17 February 2002	9,240,000	11	N/A
26	18 February 2002	8,100,000	13	N/A
27	19 February 2002	8,050,000	14	N/A
28	23 February 2002	6,930,000	19	N/A
29	24 February 2002	10,750,000	5	N/A
30	25 February 2002	7,430,000	15	N/A
31	26 February 2002	8,170,000	12	Roger Walker wins £500,000
32	2 March 2002	7,510,000	14	Celebrity Special (Part 1)
33	3 March 2002	11,200,000	4	Celebrity Special (Part 2) James Redmond with his sister Kate are another celebrity pair who lost £15,000. Raised £1,000 for Oxfam.
34	4 March 2002	9,280,000	10	Celebrity Special (Part 3) Richard Keys and Andy Gray win £64,000. Second time Judith Keppel was used as a Phone-A-Friend.
35	5 March 2002	7,960,000	15	Celebrity Special (Part 4) Dermot O'Leary with his father Shaun raise £32,000 for CAFOD without using Ask the Audience.
36	9 March 2002	6,230,000	18	Celebrity Crossover Kaye Adams and Ross Kelly raise £125,000 for SNIP
37	10 March 2002	8,540,000	14	N/A
38	11 March 2002	7,280,000	16	N/A
39	12 March 2002	7,410,000	13	N/A
40	16 March 2002	6,380,000	19	N/A
41	17 March 2002	9,000,000	11	Kim Totman wins £250,000
42	18 March 2002	6,560,000	16	N/A
43	19 March 2002	7,580,000	11	Den Hewitt wins £250,000
44	23 March 2002	6,560,000	15	Twins Special (Part 1)
45	24 March 2002	9,200,000	8	Twins Special (Part 2)
46	25 March 2002	7,660,000	12	Twins Special (Part 3)
47	26 March 2002	6,850,000	14	Twins Special (Part 4) First tie-breaker in Fastest Finger First Ray & David Prior win £250,000
48	2 April 2002	8,080,000	12	Newlyweds Special (Part 1)
49	3 April 2002	7,220,000	14	Newlyweds Special (Part 2)
50	4 April 2002	5,030,000	23	Newlyweds Special (Part 3)
51	5 April 2002	4,930,000	24	Newlyweds Special (Part 4)
52	6 April 2002	6,250,000	18	Newlyweds Special (Part 5)
53	7 April 2002	4,850,000	25	Newlyweds Special (Part 6)
54	8 April 2002	7,880,000	12	Newlyweds Special (Part 7)
55	9 April 2002	8,360,000	11	Newlyweds Special (Part 8)

Series 12 (2002)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	31 August 2002	7,950,000	10	First show with new Fastest Finger First computers and graphics The audience get to vote on every question from this series onwards
2	7 September 2002	7,690,000	17	Pete Vernon wins £250,000
3	14 September 2002	6,970,000	15	N/A
4	21 September 2002	6,370,000	17	Celebrity Special
5	28 September 2002	6,810,000	15	N/A
6	5 October 2002	6,800,000	15	N/A
7	19 October 2002	6,850,000	18	N/A
8	26 October 2002	7,520,000	14	N/A
9	2 November 2002	6,860,000	18	N/A
10	9 November 2002	7,150,000	17	N/A
11	16 November 2002	8,170,000	13	Dougie Wilson, brother of actor David Rintoul, wins £250,000
12	23 November 2002	7,410,000	12	N/A
13	30 November 2002	7,450,000	13	300th Show (LIVE) Ask the Audience became Ask the Nation hence this is being a live show. Martin Baudrey wins £0
14	7 December 2002	6,900,000	17	N/A
15	14 December 2002	6,120,000	19	N/A
16	21 December 2002	6,530,000	18	N/A
17	24 December 2002	7,760,000	13	Christmas Special (Part 1)
18	25 December 2002	5,330,000	25	Christmas Special (Part 2)
19	28 December 2002	7,160,000	14	Emma North wins £0

Series 13 (2003)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	4 January 2003	7,850,000	12	N/A
2	11 January 2003	7,650,000	16	N/A
3	18 January 2003	7,940,000	16	Hugh Swainston wins £250,000
4	25 January 2003	7,320,000	18	N/A
5	1 February 2003	7,740,000	16	N/A
6	8 February 2003	7,530,000	18	N/A
7	15 February 2003	7,590,000	15	Valentine's Day Special
8	22 February 2003	7,270,000	17	N/A
9	1 March 2003	7,850,000	17	N/A
10	8 March 2003	6,780,000	19	N/A
11	15 March 2003	7,270,000	16	Robert Scott wins £250,000
12	22 March 2003	7,130,000	18	N/A
13	29 March 2003	6,940,000	19	Mother's Day Special Isabel and James Morgan win £250,000
14	5 April 2003	6,600,000	19	N/A
15	12 April 2003	7,020,000	19	Bob Ginger and Andrew Whitley win £250,000 on the same edition
16	19 April 2003	7,220,000	16	Easter Special Vic Reeves and Matt Lucas raise £125,000 for the NSPCC and the Karen Morris Memorial Trust
17	26 April 2003	6,660,000	17	Stephen Fitzsimons wins £250,000
18	3 May 2003	7,410,000	23	N/A
19	10 May 2003	6,890,000	21	N/A
20	17 May 2003	6,480,000	18	N/A
21	24 May 2003	6,460,000	16	N/A
22	31 May 2003	5,750,000	16	N/A

Series 14 (2003)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	30 August 2003	6,590,000	18	N/A
2	6 September 2003	5,330,000	25	5th Birthday Special (The Millionaires Return) (Part 1)
3	9 September 2003	5,590,000	22	5th Birthday Special (The Millionaires Return) (Part 2) Robert Brydges and Judith Charmers are the first of two celebrity pairs to lose £93,000 All three millionaires raised £32,000 for their charities (£16,000 each)
4	13 September 2003	5,770,000	21	N/A
5	20 September 2003	5,750,000	22	N/A
6	27 September 2003	6,310,000	18	Fiona Bangert wins £250,000
7	4 October 2003	5,530,000	18	N/A
8	11 October 2003	6,090,000	22	Professors and Freshers Special (Part 1)
9	14 October 2003	5,420,000	24	Professors and Freshers Special (Part 2)
10	18 October 2003	6,290,000	21	N/A
11	25 October 2003	6,330,000	20	N/A
12	1 November 2003	7,580,000	18	Rob Mitchell becomes the second contestant in the UK to lose £218,000 after Duncan Bickley in October 2000.
13	8 November 2003	6,980,000	18	Couples Special (Part 1)
14	11 November 2003	5,840,000	22	Couples Special (Part 2)
15	22 November 2003	7,420,000	20	N/A
16	29 November 2003	8,210,000	15	N/A
17	6 December 2003	6,990,000	19	N/A
18	13 December 2003	7,160,000	18	N/A
19	25 December 2003 (17:15)	5,470,000	26	Christmas Special (Part 1)
20	25 December 2003 (22:35)	6,360,000	18	Christmas Special (Part 2)
21	27 December 2003	8,540,000	8	Christmas Special (Part 3)

Series 15 (2004)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	3 January 2004	6,580,000	22	N/A
2	10 January 2004	6,550,000	20	N/A
3	17 January 2004	7,060,000	20	N/A
4	24 January 2004	6,680,000	20	N/A
5	31 January 2004	7,190,000	24	Mark Kerr wins £250,000
6	7 February 2004	6,550,000	23	N/A
7	14 February 2004	7,200,000	17	Valentine's Day Special
8	21 February 2004	5,870,000	20	N/A
9	28 February 2004	6,500,000	19	N/A
10	6 March 2004	6,450,000	20	N/A
11	13 March 2004	7,360,000	17	Paul Taylor wins £250,000
12	20 March 2004	7,140,000	17	Mother's Day Special
13	27 March 2004	6,180,000	19	N/A
14	3 April 2004	6,390,000	18	Bill Copland wins £0
15	10 April 2004	6,990,000	19	Easter Special (Part 1)
16	17 April 2004	7,500,000	16	Easter Special (Part 2) Alice Beer and Tim Rice raised £125,000 for Break and Cornwall Air Ambulance
17	24 April 2004	6,620,000	17	Pat Gibson wins £1,000,000 and is the first person to use two lifelines (50:50 and Phone-A-Friend) on the £1,000,000 question.
18	1 May 2004	5,410,000	21	N/A
19	8 May 2004	5,770,000	17	Bill Honeywell wins £250,000
20	15 May 2004	6,100,000	17	Olympic Special (Part 1)
21	22 May 2004	5,090,000	21	Olympic Special (Part 2)
22	29 May 2004	4,210,000	25	N/A
23	5 June 2004	4,490,000	24	Chris Pattinson wins £250,000 Last show to use the second opening titles sequence and second studio

Series 16 (2004)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	18 September 2004 (18:00)	4,950,000	21	Celebrity Special (Part 1) First show to use the third opening titles sequence and new studio.
2	18 September 2004 (20:10)	6,110,000	17	Celebrity Special (Part 2)
3	25 September 2004	5,800,000	19	Cops and Robbers Special (Part 1)
4	2 October 2004	6,620,000	19	Cops and Robbers Special (Part 2)
5	9 October 2004	5,830,000	25	N/A
6	16 October 2004	6,160,000	21	N/A
7	23 October 2004	7,090,000	18	N/A
8	30 October 2004	6,180,000	23	N/A
9	6 November 2004	5,770,000	23	N/A
10	13 November 2004	6,440,000	20	N/A
11	20 November 2004	6,810,000	20	Steve Kidd wins £250,000
12	27 November 2004	7,220,000	26	N/A
13	11 December 2004	5,810,000	21	N/A
14	18 December 2004	7,750,000	15	Christmas Special (Part 1)
15	24 December 2004	7,230,000	15	Christmas Special (Part 2)
16	25 December 2004	6,470,000	18	Christmas Special (Part 3) Carol Smillie and Michael Aspel are another celebrity pair to lose £15,000.

Series 17 (2005)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	1 January 2005	5,120,000	26	N/A
2	8 January 2005	5,780,000	19	N/A
3	15 January 2005	6,090,000	19	N/A
4	22 January 2005	6,150,000	17	Simon Curtis wins £250,000
5	29 January 2005	6,430,000	17	Dave Scholefield wins £0
6	5 February 2005	5,750,000	21	Barry Simmons wins £64,000 and supporting him in the audience is £250,000 winner, Diane Hallagan
7	12 February 2005	8,070,000	12	Valentine's Day Special (Part 1)
8	19 February 2005	6,620,000	17	Valentine's Day Special (Part 2)
9	26 February 2005	6,380,000	20	Ken Owen loses £93,000
10	5 March 2005	6,560,000	20	Mothers Day Special
11	12 March 2005	6,500,000	16	N/A
12	19 March 2005	6,100,000	19	400th show
13	26 March 2005	6,910,000	16	Easter Special (Part 1)
14	2 April 2005	6,640,000	15	Easter Special (Part 2) Stephen Fry and Nigella Lawson win £125,000.
15	9 April 2005	6,600,000	19	David Rainford wins £250,000
16	16 April 2005	5,890,000	20	N/A
17	23 April 2005	5,080,000	20	N/A
18	30 April 2005	4,190,000	22	Gordon Barrass wins £250,000
19	7 May 2005	5,170,000	19	N/A
20	14 May 2005	4,460,000	20	N/A
21	21 May 2005	5,260,000	20	N/A
22	28 May 2005	4,130,000	24	N/A
23	4 June 2005	4,800,000	18	N/A
24	11 June 2005	4,360,000	22	N/A

Series 18 (2005)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	17 September 2005	6,060,000	17	Celebrity Special (Part 1)
2	24 September 2005	6,730,000	17	Celebrity Special (Part 2) Gloria Hunniford & Frederick Forsyth win £250,000 for their charities (£125,000 each)
3	5 November 2005	5,850,000	21	N/A
4	12 November 2005	6,660,000	20	N/A
5	19 November 2005	6,530,000	20	N/A
6	26 November 2005	6,810,000	27	N/A
7	10 December 2005	6,749,000	15	Elizabeth Northey wins £250,000
8	17 December 2005	7,020,000	16	N/A
9	24 December 2005	6,090,000	18	Christmas Special (Part 1)
10	25 December 2005	6,550,000	14	Christmas Special (Part 2) Louis Walsh and Martine McCutcheon are another pair who lost £15,000 by going with Phone-A-Friend, Stephen Fry
11	31 December 2005	5,910,000	17	Christmas Special (Part 3) Nell McAndrew and Sebastian Coe raised £125,000 for the NCH and the PSP Association.

Series 19 (2006)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	7 January 2006	6,110,000	22	N/A
2	14 January 2006	6,850,000	17	N/A
3	21 January 2006	6,960,000	16	James Plaskett wins £250,000
4	28 January 2006	6,310,000	18	N/A
5	4 February 2006	7,010,000	16	N/A
6	11 February 2006	7,740,000	15	Valentine's Day Special Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen with his wife Jackie raised £500,000 for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice
7	18 February 2006	6,240,000	17	N/A
8	25 February 2006	6,450,000	19	N/A
9	4 March 2006	7,300,000	16	Jerry Walder loses £93,000
10	11 March 2006	5,580,000	19	N/A
11	18 March 2006	5,730,000	17	Charles Dickson wins £250,000 Third tie-breaker on Fastest Finger First
12	25 March 2006	6,180,000	16	N/A
13	1 April 2006	4,650,000	23	N/A
14	8 April 2006	5,420,000	17	N/A
15	15 April 2006	4,800,000	20	Easter Special (Part 1)
16	22 April 2006	5,380,000	18	Easter Special (Part 2) Russell Grant with Sheila Ferguson are the second of two celebrity pairs to lose £93,000
17	29 April 2006	4,270,000	22	Future Chaser, Mark Labbett wins £32,000
18	6 May 2006	4,460,000	19	N/A
19	13 May 2006	4,080,000	19	N/A
20	20 May 2006	3,300,000	28	Prince's Trust Special A total of £157,000 was raised for the Prince's Trust.
21	27 May 2006	Under 3,230,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
22	3 June 2006	3,930,000	22	N/A
23	10 June 2006	4,090,000	20	N/A
24	17 June 2006	Under 3,500,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
25	24 June 2006	3,620,000	21	N/A
26	1 July 2006	Under 3,020,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
27	8 July 2006	3,900,000	13	Celebrity Special

Series 20 (2006–2007)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	9 September 2006	4,240,000	21	N/A
2	16 September 2006	Under 3,640,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
3	23 September 2006	6,360,000	15	Ingram Wilcox wins £1,000,000
4	28 October 2006	6,140,000	17	N/A
5	4 November 2006	6,540,000	17	N/A
6	11 November 2006	4,000,000	30	N/A
7	18 November 2006	4,260,000	28	N/A
8	25 November 2006	4,300,000	28	N/A
9	2 December 2006	Under 4,040,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
10	23 December 2006	4,840,000	18	Christmas Special (Part 1) Fiona Bruce and Nick Ross are the last celebrity pair to lose £15,000. Raising £1,000 for ChildLine.
11	26 December 2006	4,640,000	21	Christmas Special (Part 2)
12	30 December 2006	4,630,000	22	Christmas Special (Part 3)
13	6 January 2007	5,270,000	19	N/A

Series 21 (2007)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	10 March 2007	5,640,000	20	N/A
2	24 March 2007	5,470,000	19	N/A
3	31 March 2007	3,970,000	23	N/A
4	7 April 2007	4,240,000	18	N/A
5	14 April 2007	4,610,000	19	N/A
6	21 April 2007	4,300,000	21	N/A
7	28 April 2007	3,730,000	23	N/A
8	5 May 2007	3,550,000	23	N/A
9	12 May 2007	Under 3,340,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
10	19 May 2007	3,960,000	25	N/A
11	26 May 2007	3,670,000	22	John Gallantry wins £250,000
12	2 June 2007	4,200,000	19	N/A
13	23 June 2007	3,740,000	17	N/A
14	30 June 2007	4,020,000	21	N/A
15	14 July 2007	3,980,000	19	N/A
16	21 July 2007	4,060,000	20	N/A
17	28 July 2007	4,030,000	20	Celebrity Special Michael Buerk and Jennie Bond alongside Michael Ball and Elaine Paige are the last celebrity pairs to win £64,000.

Series 22 (2007)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	18 August 2007	6,230,000	14	Celebrity Special (Part 1) First Show to use the new 12 question format, the fourth opening titles sequence, music cues and graphics
2	25 August 2007	5,790,000	12	Celebrity Special (Part 2)
3	1 September 2007	5,860,000	15	Celebrity Special (Part 3) Eamonn Holmes and Kay Burley win £150,000
4	4 September 2007	3,740,000	20	Celebrity Special (Part 4)
5	11 September 2007	4,080,000	19	Celebrity Special (Part 5)
6	15 September 2007	5,270,000	14	Celebrity Special (Part 6)
7	22 September 2007	5,570,000	16	Celebrity Special (Part 7)
8	25 September 2007	3,730,000	25	Nurses Special
9	9 October 2007	4,420,000	20	Newlyweds Special
10	16 October 2007	4,580,000	22	N/A
11	30 October 2007	3,960,000	24	N/A

Series 23 (2008)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	1 January 2008	5,400,000	17	Reality TV Special
2	5 January 2008	5,600,000	15	Dancing On Ice Special
3	8 January 2008	4,610,000	26	Family Special
4	12 January 2008	5,650,000	20	Celebrity Special
5	15 January 2008	4,420,000	28	N/A
6	22 January 2008	3,950,000	29	N/A
7	29 January 2008	4,180,000	28	N/A
8	5 February 2008	4,270,000	21	N/A
9	12 February 2008	4,210,000	24	N/A
10	26 February 2008	4,430,000	23	N/A
11	11 March 2008	4,020,000	26	N/A
12	18 March 2008	4,060,000	22	500th show
13	25 March 2008	4,640,000	22	N/A
14	15 April 2008	4,090,000	21	N/A
15	6 May 2008	3,810,000	24	N/A
16	13 May 2008	3,620,000	23	N/A
17	20 May 2008	3,680,000	22	N/A
18	27 May 2008	4,360,000	22	N/A
19	3 June 2008	3,760,000	21	N/A

Series 24 (2008–2009)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	16 August 2008	6,480,000	9	Coronation Street Special
2	23 August 2008	5,600,000	15	Celebrity Special (Part 1)
3	30 August 2008	4,900,000	14	Celebrity Special (Part 2)
4	2 September 2008	4,260,000	19	Armed Forces Special
5	23 September 2008	3,990,000	21	Firefighters Special
6	7 October 2008	4,470,000	21	Nurses Special
7	14 October 2008	4,430,000	22	N/A
8	28 October 2008	3,730,000	27	N/A
9	11 November 2008	4,180,000	24	N/A
10	18 November 2008	4,910,000	20	N/A
11	2 December 2008	4,330,000	22	N/A
12	4 December 2008	4,760,000	19	N/A
13	16 December 2008	4,490,000	18	N/A
14	23 December 2008	5,420,000	15	Christmas Special
15	29 December 2008	5,040,000	17	Olympic Special
16	3 January 2009	4,360,000	30	Celebrity Special (Part 1)
17	24 January 2009	4,520,000	20	Celebrity Special (Part 2)
18	31 January 2009	4,330,000	23	Celebrity Special (Part 3)

Series 25 (2009)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	13 June 2009	3,900,000	16	N/A
2	20 June 2009	4,110,000	18	N/A
3	27 June 2009	3,630,000	20	N/A
4	4 July 2009	3,760,000	17	Chris Mapp wins £150,000
5	11 July 2009	4,200,000	18	N/A
6	18 July 2009	3,610,000	20	Last show to use Windows Vista Graphics
7	25 July 2009	3,550,000	19	First show to use Windows 7 Graphics
8	1 August 2009	4,150,000	17	N/A
9	8 August 2009	4,110,000	14	N/A
10	1 September 2009	3,710,000	22	Celebrity Special (Part 1)
11	8 September 2009	3,450,000	21	Celebrity Special (Part 2)
12	15 September 2009	3,380,000	25	Celebrity Special (Part 3)
13	22 September 2009	3,530,000	24	N/A
14	29 September 2009	3,470,000	24	N/A
15	6 October 2009	3,420,000	29	N/A
16	13 October 2009	Under 3,390,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
17	20 October 2009	Under 3,430,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
18	27 October 2009	Under 3,570,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
19	3 November 2009	3,440,000	29	N/A
20	20 December 2009	4,650,000	15	Christmas Special

Series 26 (2010)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	13 April 2010	3,100,000	22	Emmerdale Special
2	20 April 2010	3,240,000	20	Celebrity Special (Part 1)
3	27 April 2010	3,160,000	23	Celebrity Special (Part 2)
4	4 May 2010	3,020,000	27	Celebrity Special (Part 3)
5	11 May 2010	Under 2,730,000	Outside Top 30	N/A
6	18 May 2010	3,330,000	18	None of the Fastest Finger First contestants get the question about soap couples in the order they first appeared correct.
7	25 May 2010	3,270,000	17	N/A
8	8 June 2010	3,370,000	27	Last Show to use Fastest Finger First contestants and the fourth opening titles sequence

Series 27 (2010)

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	3 August 2010	3,890,000	15	First Show to use the Clock Format, the fifth opening titles sequence and new stage lights
2	10 August 2010	3,570,000	16	N/A
3	17 August 2010	3,390,000	19	N/A
4	24 August 2010	3,280,000	23	N/A
5	31 August 2010	3,280,000	23	N/A
6	7 September 2010	3,120,000	28	N/A
7	14 September 2010	3,420,000	22	N/A
8	21 September 2010	3,640,000	23	N/A
9	28 September 2010	3,400,000	22	N/A
10	5 October 2010	3,550,000	24	N/A
11	23 December 2010	6,670,000	14	Christmas Special (LIVE)

Series 28 (2011)

Series 28 was broadcast with celebrity contestants playing for charity. The 'Clock Format' was still used.

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	2 April 2011	4,890,000	17	Mother's Day Special First show with new computers and prizes David Walliams with his mother are another celebrity pair to lose £19,000.
2	15 July 2011	4,650,000	14	School's Out Special
3	20 August 2011	4,160,000	15	Soap Stars Special (Part 1)
4	21 August 2011	4,240,000	14	Soap Stars Special (Part 2)
5	9 November 2011	4,470,000	23	Remembrance Special
6	19 December 2011	4,620,000	17	Christmas Special

Series 29 (2012)

Series 29 was broadcast throughout 2012. Most episodes had celebrity contestants playing for charity but the 'People Play' specials had members of the public playing. The 'Clock Format' was still used.

Episode	Date	Total Viewers	ITV Weekly Ranking	Notes
1	3 January 2012	Under 3,720,000	Outside Top 30	New Year's Special
2	18 March 2012	5,310,000	16	Mother's Day Special
3	6 May 2012	3,490,000	21	Britain's Got Talent Special
4	20 May 2012	3,140,000	19	Celebrity Couples Special
5	9 July 2012	3,830,000	17	The People Play Special (Part 1)
6	10 July 2012	3,170,000	20	The People Play Special (Part 2) First time the audience had to hold up their answer cards because of the technical difficulties showing 0% voted for any answer
7	11 July 2012	3,130,000	22	The People Play Special (Part 3)
8	26 August 2012	3,170,000	18	School's Out Special
9	9 November 2012	3,220,000	26	I'm a Celebrity Special Second time the audience had to hold up their answer cards because of the technical difficulties showing 0% voted for any answer
10	9 December 2012	Under 2,850,000	Outside Top 30	Pantomime Special
11	20 December 2012	3,730,000	15	Christmas Special

Series 30 (2013–14)

Series 30 was broadcast throughout 2013. Most episodes had celebrity contestants playing for charity but the 'People Play' specials had members of the public playing. The 'Clock Format' was still used.

Episode	Date	Total viewers	ITV weekly ranking	Notes
1	1 January 2013	Under 3,090,000	Outside Top 30	New Year's Special (Part 1)
2	8 January 2013	Under 3,420,000	Outside Top 30	New Year's Special (Part 2)
3	17 March 2013	Under 2,940,000	Outside Top 30	'Best of Friends' Special
4	7 May 2013	Under 2,930,000	Outside Top 30	The People Play Special (Part 1)
5	14 May 2013	Under 2,600,000	Outside Top 30	The People Play Special (Part 2)
6	21 May 2013	Under 2,650,000	Outside Top 30	The People Play Special (Part 3) Last Ever Episode to broadcast the members of the public playing for money.
7	22 June 2013	Under 2,440,000	Outside Top 30	'Family' Special
8	19 December 2013	2,750,000	27	Celebrity Christmas Special Eamonn Holmes and Sir Alex Ferguson appear for the second time together.
9	28 January 2014	3,090,000	30	Celebrity Special
10	4 February 2014	2,940,000	27	Celebrity Special Last episode to broadcast the game. Rachel Riley and Dave Myers are the last celebrity pair to lose £19,000.
11	11 February 2014	Under 2,500,000	Outside Top 30	Chris' Final Answer Last Ever Episode

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