The ninth series of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ran for 45 consecutive nights on ITV, from 8 January to 26 April 2001. It was hosted by Chris Tarrant.
Episodes[]
- Episode 1 (8th January 2001)
Richard Godefroy (£64,000) Greg Carter (£1,000, continued)
- Episode 2 (11th January 2001)
Greg Carter (£4,000) Paul Leigh (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Jonathan Hughes (£125,000) Tom Davies (£100, continued)
- Episode 3 (13th January 2001)
Tom Davies (£32,000 - lost on £125,000) Stephen Chandler (£8,000) Sharon Moss (£32,000, continued)
- Episode 4 (15th January 2001)
Sharon Moss (£64,000) Terry Yeomans (£16,000) Andy Clark (£1,000, continued)
- Episode 5 (18th January 2001)
Andy Clark (£8,000) Jill Howard (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) Steve Devlin (£500,000, continued)
- Episode 6 (20th January 2001)
Steve Devlin (£500,000) Debbie Allen (£64,000) Paul Nolan (£8,000) Chris Lea (£64,000, continued)
- Episode 7 (22nd January 2001)
Chris Lea (£32,000 - lost on £125,000) Andrew Packman (£1,000 - lost on £16,000) David Stainer (£64,000) Bryan Williams (£8,000, continued)
- Episode 8 (25th January 2001)
Bryan Williams (£16,000) Tony Stevens (£32,000 - lost on £125,000) Innes Scott (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
- Episode 9 (27th January 2001)
Ravinder Rai (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Keith Wilcock (£250,000) John Tuff (£300, continued)
- Episode 10 (29th January 2001)
John Tuff (£4,000) Arrol Toplin (£125,000) Brian Adams (£16,000, continued)
- Episode 11 (1st February 2001)
Brian Adams (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Jon Powell (£64,000) Peter Burke (£16,000) John Stockdale (£300, continued)
- Episode 12 (3rd February 2001)
John Stockdale (£1,000 - lost on £4,000) Anton Johnson (£8,000) Peter Williams (£1,000 - lost on £16,000) Ged Taylor (£4,000, continued)
- Episode 13 (5th February 2001)
Ged Taylor (£16,000) Sam Smith (£1,000 - lost on £2,000) Mike Ratcliffe (£1,000 - lost on £2,000) Pete Pearce (£16,000) Dave Pink (£1,000 - lost on £8,000)
- Episode 14 (8th February 2001)
David Crossley (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Sheila McHale (£32,000 - lost on £250,000) Malcolm Knight (£32,000, continued)
- Episode 15 (10th February 2001)
Malcolm Knight (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Charles Walton (£64,000) Sue Coles (£64,000) Stewart Crawford (£1,000, continued)
- Episode 16 (12th February 2001)
Stewart Crawford (£8,000) Howard Brooks (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Carolyn Lysons (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) John Bolus (£16,000, continued)
- Episode 17 (15th February 2001)
John Bolus (£16,000) Richard Scott (£16,000) Tim Whelan (£16,000) Simon Wardill (£16,000, continued)
- Episode 18 (17th February 2001)
Simon Wardill (£64,000) Michelle Simmonds (£0 - lost on £1,000) Joanna Karatas (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) Andy Barnes (£16,000)
- Episode 19 (19th February 2001)
Majella Maher (£8,000) John Sexton (£250,000)
- Episode 20 (22nd February 2001)
Jim Whitaker (£64,000) Tony Emans (£250,000)
- Episode 21 (24th February 2001)
Paul Everitt (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) Alistair McDowall (£8,000) Stewart Duncan (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
- Episode 22 (26th February 2001)
Alan Scrutton (£64,000) Ceri Andrews (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Chris Jones (£200, continued)
- Episode 23 (1st March 2001)
Chris Jones (£32,000 - lost on £125,000) Jo Blacker (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
- Episode 24 (3rd March 2001)
Matt Freeman (£64,000) Liz Richards (£64,000, continued)
- Episode 25 (5th March 2001)
Liz Richards (£64,000) Sue McCord (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Alison Grinney (£8,000)
- Episode 26 (8th March 2001)
John Ramsden (£125,000) Simon Steer (£16,000) Dave McGregor (£1,000, continued)
- Episode 27 (10th March 2001)
Dave McGregor (£8,000) Norman MacKenzie (£8,000) Mike Pomfrey (£32,000, continued)
- Episode 28 (12th March 2001)
Mike Pomfrey (£500,000) Mike Willcock (£1,000 - lost on £16,000) Alan Ritchie (£8,000)
- Episode 29 (15th March 2001) - Couples Special 1
Lin and Ste Morris (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Peter and Valiene Tungate (£0 - lost on £1,000) David and Meriel Reed (£16,000, continued)
- Episode 30 (17th March 2001) - Couples Special 2
David and Meriel Reed (£16,000) Jason and Julia Stathan (£16,000) Steve and Loraine Brownless (£64,000, continued)
- Episode 31 (19th March 2001) - Couples Special 3
Steve and Loraine Brownless (£64,000) Ken and Wendy Clark (£64,000) James and Vi Cochrane (£1,000 - lost on £4,000)
- Episode 32 (22nd March 2001) - Couples Special 4
David Anderson and Victoria Best (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Gail Egan & Colin McGiffert (£64,000, continued)
- Episode 33 (24th March 2001) - Couples Special 5
Gail Egan and Colin McGiffert (£64,000) John and Doreen Lawrence (£250,000)
- Episode 34 (26th March 2001) - Couples Special 6
Tom and Sally Naylor (£64,000) Peter and Anne Jenkins (£125,000)
- Episode 35 (29th March 2001)
Dave Bowles (£64,000) Phil Keane (£16,000) Nathan Birtle (£64,000, continued)
- Episode 36 (31st March 2001)
Nathan Birtle (£250,000) Trevor Luscombe (£8,000) Angie Reddy (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) Peter Inwood (£16,000, continued)
- Episode 37 (2nd April 2001)
Peter Inwood (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Mike Bradshaw (£1,000 - lost on £16,000) Mark Starkey (£64,000) Steve Butler (£300, continued)
- Episode 38 (5th April 2001)
Steve Butler (£64,000) Adam Swart (£8,000) Steve Lacey (£125,000, continued)
- Episode 39 (7th April 2001)
Steve Lacey (£125,000) Ady Lee (£8,000) Julia Freer (£8,000) Ann Baldwin (£4,000, continued)
- Episode 40 (9th April 2001)
Ann Baldwin (£16,000) Jonathan Gladwin (£64,000) Diana Ingram (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
- Episode 41 (12th April 2001)
Richard Deeley (£32,000 - lost on £64,000) Martin Jenkins (£250,000) Bob Hitchin (£300, continued)
- Episode 42 (14th April 2001)
Bob Hitchin (£32,000 - lost on £125,000) Julia Kitson (£64,000) Julie Gibson (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
- Episode 43 (19th April 2001)
Steve Keen (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) Chris Hamer (£32,000 - lost on £125,000) Dee Richards (£1,000 - lost on £8,000) Michael McGinty (£2,000, continued)
- Episode 44 (21st April 2001)
Michael McGinty (£8,000) David Edwards (£1,000,000)
- Episode 45 (26th April 2001)
Ian Farmer (£16,000) Nick Carrelli (£4,000) Maureen Warrilow (£64,000)
Lifelines[]
Trivia[]
- Diana Ingram is Charles Ingram's wife and his brother-in-law Adrian Pollock is the audience member.
- Charles Ingram appeared on Fastest Finger First on 27th January 2001, but didn't make to the hot seat.
- Sheila McHale became the third contestant and first woman to answer the £250,000 question incorrectly and lose £93,000.
- Tecwen Whittock appeared on Fastest Finger First on 19th April 2001, but didn't make to the hot seat.
- David Edwards became the second and the first male contestant to win £1,000,000 in the UK history.
- The total amount of money ever given away on the UK version eclipsed £20 million during the series.
Preceded by Series 8 |
UK Series Series 9 |
Succeeded by Series 10 |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK version) |
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