All Time Winners List

Revision as of 23:01, 7 December 2011

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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
10. Nathan Hageman, Red or Black? - 3rd September 2011
11. Kevin Cartwright, Red or Black? - 4th September 2011
12. Darren Thompson, Red or Black? - 8th September 2011
13. Gary Brocklesby, Red or Black? - 9th September 2011

£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)

£500,000 Winners

1. Kate Heusser, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 2nd November 2000
2. John Randall, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th November 2000
3. Steve Devlin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th January 2001
4. Mike Pomfrey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th March 2001
5. Roger Walker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th February 2002
6. Laurence & Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen (for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice), Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Valentines Day - 11th February 2006

£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. Jack and Michael Whitehall - The Million Pound Drop Live - 24th September 2011 (£300,000)
4. Pamela Mullins, Magic Numbers - 7th August 2010 (£290,000 - home winner)
5. Nathan Birtle, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 31st March 2001 & The Vault - 29th June 2002 (£263,460)
6. 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)
7. Steve Kidd, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th November 2004 & Weakest Link - March 2005 (£252,080)
8. 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)

£250,000 Winners

1. Jonathan Green, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th September 1999
2. David Neale, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th January 2000
3. Margaret Whittaker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2000
4. Paddy Spooner, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th March 2000
5. Mark Townsend, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th September 2000
6. Graham Hickin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th September 2000
7. Andy Martin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th November 2000
8. Roger Waldon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st December 2000
9. Keith Wilcock, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2001
10. John Sexton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th February 2001
11. Tony Emans, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd February 2001
12. John & Doreen Lawrence, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 24th March 2001
13. Martin Jenkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th April 2001
14. Derek & Delia Banks, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Parent & Child - 6th October 2001
15. Kate Mathieson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th November 2001
16. Karl Shuker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th November 2001
17. Briony Poole, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th November 2001
18. Doug Kelly, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd December 2001
19. 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
20. Patrick Calthrop, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th February 2002
21. Kim Totman, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th March 2002
22. Den Hewitt, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th March 2002
23. Ray & David Proir, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Twins - 26th March 2002
24. Mike Vernon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th September 2002
25. Dougie Wilson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th November 2002
26. Hugh Swainston, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2003
27. Robert Scott, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th March 2003
28. Isabel & James Morgan, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Mothers Day - 29th March 2003
29. Bob Ginger, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th April 2003
30. Andrew Whitely, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 12th April 2003
31. Stephen Fitzsimons, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th April 2003
32. Fiona Bangert, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th September 2003
33. Paul Taylor, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th March 2004
34. Bill Honeywell, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - 8th May 2004
35. Chris Pattison, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th June 2004
36. Simon Curtis, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th & 22nd January 2005
37. David Rainford, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th April 2005
38. Gordon Barrass, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th April 2005
39. Gloria Hunniford & Frederick Forsyth, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th September 2005
40. Elizabeth Northey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th December 2005
41. James Plaskett, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2006
42. Charles Dickson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 18th March 2006
43. Laura Pearce, Deal or No Deal (1st top prize winner) - 7th January 2007
44. John Gallantry, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th May 2007
45. Alice Mundy, Deal or No Deal - 12th March 2009
46. Chris & Wes (Chris Donnelly and Wes Clack) Got to Dance - 27th February 2011
47. Suzanne Mulholland - Deal or No Deal - 13th May 2011
48. Nick and Katie - The Million Pound Drop Live - 16th September 2011
49. Tegen Roberts - Deal or No Deal - 22nd September 2011

£100,000+ Winners

1. Rob, Duel - 29th March 2008 (£215,000)
2. Stephanie Bruce, The People's Quiz - 23rd June 2007 (£200,700)
3. Anne Parkinson, The Vault - 8th June 2002 (£200,000 - home winner)
4. Rick & Sophie Dickens, The Million Pound Drop Live - 4th February 2011 (£200,000)
5. Janelle and Dave - The Million Pound Drop Live - 24th September 2011 (£200,000)
6. Dave and Julie - The Million Pound Drop Live - 1st October 2011 (£200,000)
7. James, Duel - 5th April 2008 (£186,000)
8. 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)
9. Trish McGowan & Seamus Hassain, Who Dares Wins - 29th December 2007 (£170,000)
10. Rachel Adkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th October 2007 - & Brainteaser - 14th February 2006 (£153,000)
11. Alison "Pooee" Pitman, Greed - 9th June 2001 (£160,000)
12. Nat Moitt & Euan Fleming, Who Dares Wins - 11th June 2011 (£155,000)
13. Eamonn Holmes & Kay Burley, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st September 2007 (£150,000)
14. Sian Williams & Bill Turnbull, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th September 2007 (£150,000)
15. Vanessa Feltz & Ben Ofoedu, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 22nd September 2007 (£150,000)
16. Dave Mills, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th February 2008 (£150,000)
17. Ian Hawthorn, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th March 2008 (£150,000)
18. Marie-Noelle Chesterfield, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th May 2008 (£150,000)
19. Tim Griffin & Darren Jones, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Firefighters - 23rd September 2008 (£150,000)
20. Daniel Chantrey & James Pearson, Who Dares Wins - 18th October 2008 (£150,000)
21. Dr. Hilary Jones & Andrea McLean, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd January 2009 (£150,000)
22. Chris Mapp, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th July 2009 (£150,000)
23. John Suchet & Zoe Lucker, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st September 2009 (£150,000)
24. Angela Rippon & Martin Lewis, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th September 2009 (£150,000)
25. Annabel Croft & Pat Cash, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th May 2010 (£150,000)
26. Keith (surname unknown), The Mint - 20th October 2006 (£130,721)
27. Adam Ellis & Dawn Hopkins, Who Dares Wins - 7th May 2011 (£130,000)
28. Kwan Loo, The Vault - 19 June 2002, also Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Beat the Nation. (£127,200)
29. Taz Poole, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st December 2001, also The People Versus - June 2001 (£125,178)
30. Martin Skillings, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th January 1999 (£125,000)
31. Ian Horswell, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th January 1999
32. Tony Kennedy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th March 1999
33. Martin Smith, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th March 1999
34. Davy Young, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 14th March 1999
35. Tony Stanton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th September 1999
36. Ben Bartle, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th November 1999
37. Gerry Lennon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th November 1999
38. Sylvia Nixon, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th December 1999
39. Jim Barwick, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th December 1999
40. Leslie Palmer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th March 2000
41. Brian Jones, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th March 2000
42. Keith Morgan, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st April 2000
43. Alistair McNaughton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd April 2000
44. Carol Vorderman, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Day of Promise - 1st May 2000
45. Patrick Lidierth, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th September 2000
46. Elaine Briggs, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th September 2000
47. Steve Cornfield, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 28th September 2000
48. Peter Dauncey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 1st October 2000
49. Nadeem Tufail, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th October 2000
50. John Bullivent, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th October 2000
51. Joanna Webb, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2000
52. Roger Tozer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd October 2000
53. Dan Hotchin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th October 2000
54. David Turner, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th November 2000
55. Chris Elliot, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd November 2000
56. Ben Whitehead, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th November 2000
57. Hywel Harris, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th November 2000
58. Gen Broadbent, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th December 2000
59. Laraine & Russell Thomas, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 4th January 2001
60. John & Karan Hannaford, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 4th January 2001
61. Rob & Corinne Sawyer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 6th January 2001
62. Jonathan Hughes, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th January 2001
63. Arrol Toplin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th January 2001
64. John Ramsden, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th March 2001
65. Peter & Anne Jenkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 26th March 2001
66. Steve Lacey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th April 2001
67. Ian Saunders, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th September 2001
68. John Norton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 18th September 2001
69. Miles Robson, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th September 2001
70. Muir Smillie, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 27th October 2001
71. Colin Hallett, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd November 2001
72. Stuart Reid, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th November 2001
73. Colin Mitchell, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th November 2001
74. Suzanne Disley, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th December 2001
75. John & Sally Salter, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Couples - 18th December 2001
76. Nigel Wackett, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th December 2001
77. Steve Silverman, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th January 2002
78. Alan Crompton, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 19th January 2002
79. Kieron Smyth, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st January 2002
80. Rob Dodds, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th January 2002
81. David Martin, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 11th February 2002
82. Phil Leiwy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 24th February 2002
83. Kaye Adams & Ross Kelly, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 9th March 2002
84. Sean McCaughey, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 7th September 2002
85. Adrian Shaw, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 14th September 2002
86. Hugh Williams, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 26th January 2003
87. John Forster, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 5th April 2003
88. Vic Reeves & Matt Lucas, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Easter 19th April 2003
89. Syd Rawcliffe, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 23rd May 2003
90. Mark Jessop, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th September 2003
91. Glen Jardine, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 21st February 2004
92. Chris Payne, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 3rd April 2004
93. Sir Tim Rice & Alice Beer, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Easter - 17th April 2004
94. Richard Edwards, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 8th May 2004
95. Roger Black & Matthew Pinsent, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Olympians - 15th May 2004
96. Graham Barker, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2004
97. John Rimmer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th October 2004
98. David Meyer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 30th October 2004
99. Gary Alexander, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 6th November 2004
100. Keith Pottage, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 15th January 2005
101. Stephen Fry & Nigella Lawson, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Easter - 2nd April 2005
102. Greg Condry, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 16th April 2005
103. Alan Gibbs, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th June 2005
104. Lord Sebastian Coe & Nell McAndrew, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Christmas, 31st December 2005
105. Tim Westcott, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 25th March 2006
106. Richard Parnell, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 13th May 2006
107. Jerry Hall & James Sommerville, Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Prince's Trust - 20th May 2006
108. Brian Wilkins, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 17th June 2006
109. Mike Abbott, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 9th September 2006
110. Chris Wray, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 4th November 2006
111. Helen Norgrove, Don't Forget the Lyrics - 24th January 2009 (£125,000)
112. Joe Connors, Don't Forget the Lyrics - 26th April 2009 (£125,000)
113. Jennifer Miller, Deal or No Deal - 18th November 2005 (£120,000)
114. 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)
115. Paul Nevins, Deal or No Deal - 14th September 2006 & Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 29th January 2008 (£116,000)
116. Jonathan Bunney, Deal or No Deal - 31st January 2007 (£110,000)
117. Theo Daniels, Heads or Tails - 20th December 2009 (£108,300)
118. Paul Potts, Britain's Got Talent - 23 June 2007 & My Kind of Music - 1999 (£108,000)
119. Diane Bailey, The Mint - 12 May 2006 (£107,882)
120. Claudine Whyte, Deal or No Deal - 17th December 2006 (£107,031)
121. Sian Howells, Unanimous - 15th December 2006 (£106,562)
122. Graeme Garioch, Deal or No Deal - 4 May 2007, also Postcode Challenge and Brainteaser (£102,100)
123. Simon Trigg, Heads or Tails - 27th December 2009 (£101,600)
124. Sarah Noughton, Golden Balls - 14 March 2008 (£100,150)

£100,000 Winners

1. Colin O'Connell, The National Lottery Big Ticket - 30 May 1998
2. Mike Skerritt, The National Lottery Big Ticket - 13 June 1998
3. Zi Khan, The Mole, 2nd March 2001
4. Gaz Hall, Deal or No Deal - 2nd May 2006
5. Eleri Owen, In It to Win It - 29th July 2006
6. Pete Bennett, Big Brother - 18th August 2006
7. Liam McGough, Big Brother - 20th June 2007
8. Brian Belo, Big Brother - 31st August 2007
9. Maria Valentia, Deal or No Deal - 25th September 2007
10. Christine McKendrick, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 21st September 2007
11. Paul Kalo, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 27th April 2008 (6.30pm)
12. Chris Rainford, Beat the Star - 27th April 2008 (7.55pm)
13. Elizabeth "Betty" Hardwick, Deal or No Deal - 7th May 2008
14. Pete Russell, Beat the Star - 11th May 2008
15. George Sampson, Britain's Got Talent - 31st May 2008
16. Rachael Hornigold, Beat the Star - 1st June 2008
17. Rachel Rice, Big Brother - 5th September 2008
18. David Gest (for The Rhys Jones Memorial Fund), Celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 2nd October 2008
19. Richard Arnold (for The Charity Service), Celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 16th October 2008
20. Carolyne Bateman, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 13th November 2008
21. Lauren Titley, Deal or No Deal - 21st December 2008
22. Toni Cox, In It to Win It - 24th January 2009
23. 'Oblivion' aka Nick Aldis (for The Alzheimer's Society), Celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 13th May 2009
24. 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
25. David Needham, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? - 15th July 2009
26. Johnny Lowry, The Cube - 19th September 2009
27. Claire Hyde, Heads or Tails - 23rd December 2009
28. Charlie Bruce, So You Think You Can Dance - 13th February 2010
29. Akai Osei, Got to Dance - 14th February 2010
30. David Are You Smarter Than Your 10 Year Old? - 17th April 2010
31. Nick Orchard, The Whole 19 Yards - 15th May 2010
32. 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
33. Josie Gibson, Big Brother - 24th August 2010
34. Emma's Imagination (Emma Gillespie) Must Be the Music - 19th September 2010
35. Paul McDonald, The Cube - 10th October 2010
36. Christopher King, Deal or No Deal - 26th October 2010
37. Dale Speight, Deal or No Deal - 26th January 2011
38. June Jeffrey and Alana Vass, Secret Fortune - 26th March 2011
39. Karl Dooley and Shabz Roughani, The Million Pound Drop Live - 30th April 2011
40. Ash and James, The Million Pound Drop Live - 13th May 2011
41. Jai McDowall, Britain's Got Talent - 4th June 2011
42. Sam Hunt, Deal or No Deal - 6th June 2011
43. Tom Fletcher of McFly (for The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust and Comic Relief), The Cube - 11th June 2011
44. Yashi and Tahirah, Secret Fortune - 20th August 2011
45. Pat Monahan, Show Me the Funny - 25th August 2011
46. Luke Playforth and Luke Whydle, The Million Pound Drop Live - 2nd September 2011
47. Tabitha Prince, Deal or No Deal - 27th September 2011
48. John Thomson, Sue Cleaver, Paul Ross, Carol Vorderman (playing, respectively, for Royal Manchester Childrens' Hospital, When You Wish Upon a Star, Children with Cancer UK, Cleft Lip and Palate Association), The Chase - 19th November 2011
49. Seve and Craig, The Million Pound Drop Live - 7th December 2011

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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