2002 British TV series or programme
The National Lottery: In It to Win It Genre Game show Created by Andrew Brereton Presented by Dale Winton Narrated by Alan Dedicoat Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English No. of series18 No. of episodes172 Running time 45 minutes (2002–2006) (2006–2016) Production companies 12 Yard BBC Scotland Network BBC One Release 18 May 2002 (2002-05-18 ) – (2016-07-16 ) The National Lottery Draws
The National Lottery: In It to Win It BBC National Lottery game show which was broadcast on BBC One from 18 May 2002 to 16 July 2016. It was hosted by Dale Winton .
Five contestants compete for a chance to win up to £100,000. They are initially seated in the Waiting Area, on one side of the studio, and each is assigned one of five colours. One ball is drawn at random from a lottery machine, and the contestant matching its colour crosses the studio to sit in Winners' Row. They are asked a series of multiple-choice questions, each with three answer options. Every correct answer adds £5,000 to a prize fund, but a miss sends the contestant to the Red Area, between the Waiting Area and Winners' Row.
Once a contestant goes to the Red Area, another ball is drawn from the lottery machine and that contestant moves from the Waiting Area to Winners' Row. The host then asks an open-ended question to the contestant in the Red Area. A correct answer allows them to return to Winners' Row behind the newly chosen contestant, but a miss sends them back to the Waiting Area. No money is at stake on these questions.
As the game progresses, multiple contestants may be in Winners' Row and/or the Red Area at the same time. In the former case, the host asks a new multiple-choice question to each in turn; if all miss and go to the Red Area, a new contestant is chosen from the Waiting Area. In the latter case, the open-ended question is posed to all contestants in the Red Area, and they must collectively agree on an answer. All move to either Winners' Row or the Waiting Area on a correct response or miss, respectively.
After 20 multiple-choice questions have been asked, all contestants not in Winners' Row are eliminated from the game with no winnings. Those who remain are asked one more multiple-choice question apiece, and all who answer correctly win an equal share of the prize fund. If no one answers correctly, or if no contestants are in Winners' Row after the 20th question, no one wins any money. The maximum prize of £100,000 can only be won if a single contestant correctly answers all 20 multiple-choice questions and the extra one.
The programme included the Saturday night Thunderball and Lotto draws. Originally, the entire show was pre-recorded with Dale Winton presiding over the Lottery draws live, later, though, the show was fully recorded with a presenter at "Lottery HQ" conducting the live draw.
Transmissions
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes
1 18 May 2002
20 July 2002
9
2 26 April 2003
12 July 2003
12
3 1 May 2004
4 September 2004
15
4 9 July 2005
15 October 2005
15
5 22 July 2006
16 September 2006
9
6 25 November 2006
6 January 2007
7
7 22 September 2007
3 November 2007
7
8 12 January 2008
9 February 2008
4
9 27 December 2008
14 February 2009
8
10 2 January 2010
27 February 2010
8
11 8 May 2010
10 July 2010
8
12 25 September 2010
5 February 2011
8
13 25 June 2011
13 August 2011
8
14 10 March 2012
23 June 2012
12
15 5 January 2013
20 July 2013
16
16 12 April 2014
14 June 2014
10
17 6 September 2014
26 September 2015
8
18 12 September 2015
16 July 2016
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Ratings
Episode viewing figures from BARB .[ 2]
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
18 May 2002
7,680,000
10
2
25 May 2002
5,660,000
17
3
1 June 2002
5,580,000
13
4
8 June 2002
5,350,000
28
5
15 June 2002
6,490,000
14
6
22 June 2002
5,710,000
16
7
29 June 2002
5,540,000
17
8
6 July 2002
5,110,000
17
9
20 July 2002
5,970,000
9
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
26 April 2003
7,160,000
8
2
3 May 2003
5,480,000
18
3
10 May 2003
6,270,000
11
4
17 May 2003
6,920,000
11
5
24 May 2003
5,140,000
20
6
31 May 2003
4,790,000
25
7
7 June 2003
6,280,000
11
8
14 June 2003
5,290,000
18
9
21 June 2003
6,370,000
9
10
28 June 2003
7,460,000
5
11
5 July 2003
6,520,000
6
12
12 July 2003
4,690,000
21
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
1 May 2004
6,420,000
8
2
8 May 2004
7,580,000
9
3
15 May 2004
4,670,000
19
4
22 May 2004
6,360,000
9
5
29 May 2004
8,240,000
5
6
5 June 2004
7,000,000
7
7
19 June 2004
Under 4,580,000
Outside top 30
8
26 June 2004
5,980,000
16
9
3 July 2004
7,710,000
11
10
17 July 2004
5,970,000
10
11
24 July 2004
5,240,000
14
12
31 July 2004
5,660,000
13
13
7 August 2004
5,570,000
11
14
14 August 2004
6,120,000
12
15
4 September 2004
5,100,000
21
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
9 July 2005
4,810,000
15
2
16 July 2005
5,860,000
8
3
23 July 2005
6,130,000
7
4
30 July 2005
6,670,000
8
5
6 August 2005
6,070,000
9
6
13 August 2005
6,490,000
7
7
20 August 2005
5,240,000
10
8
27 August 2005
4,960,000
15
9
3 September 2005
5,520,000
13
10
10 September 2005
5,780,000
11
11
17 September 2005
5,310,000
17
12
24 September 2005
5,380,000
13
13
1 October 2005
5,170,000
16
14
8 October 2005
5,060,000
18
15
15 October 2005
6,590,000
14
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
22 July 2006
5,600,000
9
2
29 July 2006
6,630,000
8
3
5 August 2006
6,270,000
8
4
12 August 2006
6,890,000
7
5
19 August 2006
7,270,000
6
6
26 August 2006
7,090,000
5
7
2 September 2006
6,820,000
5
8
9 September 2006
6,580,000
7
9
16 September 2006
5,970,000
9
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
25 November 2006
6,740,000
9
2
2 December 2006
6,550,000
9
3
9 December 2006
6,050,000
11
4
16 December 2006
5,470,000
12
5
23 December 2006
7,120,000
13
6
30 December 2006
7,100,000
15
7
6 January 2007
6,970,000
10
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
22 September 2007
4,830,000
18
2
29 September 2007
5,160,000
17
3
6 October 2007
6,350,000
7
4
13 October 2007
5,210,000
19
5
20 October 2007
4,510,000
23
6
27 October 2007
5,980,000
8
7
3 November 2007
6,220,000
8
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
12 January 2008
7,070,000
6
2
19 January 2008
7,750,000
5
3
2 February 2008
7,800,000
5
4
9 February 2008
7,390,000
7
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
27 December 2008
6,030,000
23
2
3 January 2009
5,860,000
18
3
10 January 2009
6,890,000
6
4
17 January 2009
7,000,000
7
5
24 January 2009
6,960,000
5
6
31 January 2009
7,530,000
4
7
7 February 2009
7,810,000
4
8
14 February 2009
6,130,000
11
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
2 January 2010
5,930,000
21
2
9 January 2010
6,500,000
20
3
16 January 2010
5,900,000
17
4
23 January 2010
6,400,000
11
5
30 January 2010
6,020,000
10
6
6 February 2010
6,480,000
9
7
20 February 2010
6,880,000
6
8
27 February 2010
6,270,000
11
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One Weekly ranking
1
8 May 2010
Under 4,240,000
Outside top 30
2
15 May 2010
4,280,000
29
3
22 May 2010
5,290,000
13
4
5 June 2010
Under 3,470,000
Outside top 30
5
12 June 2010
Under 4,020,000
Outside top 30
6
19 June 2010
4,480,000
19
7
26 June 2010
Under 3,870,000
Outside top 30
8
10 July 2010
4,790,000
15
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
25 September 2010
Under 4,030,000
Outside top 30
2
2 October 2010
Under 4,300,000
Outside top 30
3
9 October 2010
Under 4,140,000
Outside top 30
4
8 January 2011
6,170,000
14
5
15 January 2011
6,240,000
14
6
22 January 2011
6,180,000
13
7
29 January 2011
6,690,000
12
8
5 February 2011
6,540,000
11
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
25 June 2011
4,860,000
12
2
2 July 2011
4,780,000
15
3
9 July 2011
5,350,000
11
4
16 July 2011
5,460,000
11
5
23 July 2011
5,600,000
8
6
30 July 2011
4,550,000
15
7
6 August 2011
4,910,000
14
8
13 August 2011
5,690,000
13
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
10 March 2012
5,590,000
8
2
17 March 2012
5,760,000
11
3
24 March 2012
4,270,000
26
4
31 March 2012
4,180,000
23
5
7 April 2012
4,450,000
22
6
14 April 2012
4,340,000
24
7
21 April 2012
4,550,000
20
8
28 April 2012
4,580,000
21
9
5 May 2012
4,430,000
20
10
12 May 2012
Under 3,820,000
Outside Top 30
11
19 May 2012
4,410,000
22
12
23 June 2012
Under 3,680,000
Outside Top 30
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
5 January 2013
5,900,000
16
2
12 January 2013
5,540,000
16
3
19 January 2013
5,480,000
25
4
26 January 2013
5,200,000
22
5
2 February 2013
4,970,000
25
6
9 February 2013
4,880,000
28
7
16 February 2013
5,440,000
17
8
2 March 2013
4,500,000
28
9
9 March 2013
4,500,000
29
10
16 March 2013
Under 4,700,000
Outside Top 30
11
1 June 2013
Under 3,600,000
Outside Top 30
12
8 June 2013
Under 3,110,000
Outside Top 30
13
29 June 2013
4,090,000
20
14
6 July 2013
4,020,000
27
15
13 July 2013
4,070,000
17
16
20 July 2013
3,090,000
30
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
12 April 2014
Under 3,700,000
Outside Top 30
2
19 April 2014
Under 3,910,000
Outside Top 30
3
26 April 2014
Under 4,000,000
Outside Top 30
4
3 May 2014
Under 3,880,000
Outside Top 30
5
10 May 2014
Under 4,010,000
Outside Top 30
6
17 May 2014
Under 3,730,000
Outside Top 30
7
24 May 2014
3,750,000
30
8
31 May 2014
Under 3,590,000
Outside Top 30
9
7 June 2014
Under 3,220,000
Outside Top 30
10
14 June 2014
Under 4,200,000
Outside Top 30
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
6 September 2014
Under 3,450,000
Outside Top 30
2
13 September 2014
Under 3,210,000
Outside Top 30
3
20 September 2014
Under 3,490,000
Outside Top 30
4
11 April 2015
Under 3,860,000
Outside Top 30
5
16 May 2015
Under 3,640,000
Outside Top 30
6
25 April 2015
Under 3,570,000
Outside Top 30
7
2 May 2015
Under 3,710,000
Outside Top 30
8
26 September 2015
Under 3,950,000
Outside Top 30
Episode no.
Airdate
Total viewers
BBC One weekly ranking
1
12 September 2015
Under 3,590,000
Outside Top 30
2
19 September 2015
Under 3,570,000
Outside Top 30
3
14 May 2016
3,460,000
30
4
28 May 2016
Under 3,350,000
Outside Top 30
5
4 June 2016
3,560,000
25
6
11 June 2016
Under 3,520,000
Outside Top 30
7
9 July 2016
Under 3,690,000
Outside Top 30
8
16 July 2016
Under 3,280,000
Outside Top 30
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