In It to Win It

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Host

Dale Winton

Co-hosts

Alan Dedicoat (voiceover)

Broadcast

12 Yard for BBC1, 2002-5

Synopsis

In In It To Win It, five people hope to be in the right place at the right time in order to win a large cash prize. Players start on chairs on the right of the studio and hoped to get picked to join Winner's Row on the right of the studio. A player is selected by random draw.

Whilst in Winner's Row, players attempt to answer multiple choice questions correctly. Each correct answer adds £5,000 to the prize fund. If they give a wrong answer then they must go to the Red Area, a bar in the middle of the stage. This is bad news for them but good news for the other contestants because it means another person is getting let in to Winner's Row. Before the new person answers a question, anyone in the Red Area is given a non-multiple choice question. A correct answer means they're back on Winner's Row, a wrong answer means they're back where they started.

After twenty or so questions the time's up klaxon sounds. Anyone on Winner's Row at this point has a chance to claim some of the money. Anyone not on Winner's Row has to leave. Anyone left has to answer one more multiple choice question. If they're right, they get an equal share of the prize fund with anyone else who gets the final question right. If they're wrong, then the big prize is cruelly denied them and they must leave, bumping up the share for anyone else.

Inventor

Unknown

Trivia

The maximum anyone can win is £100,000 by being the first person into winners row, answering all twenty questions correctly and correctly answering their final question.

On one occasion, none of the five contestants won a guaranteed share thus no-one won anything on the night, losing the prize fund of £65,000. This has also happened in later series.

In It To Win It currently holds the BBC record of giving away the most cash on any programme £95,000 on one occasion and £90,000 on two occasions). Also it holds the record for the biggest solo win on BBC television £75,000).

See also

National Lottery shows

Web links

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