The National Lottery: In It to Win It
GenreGame show
Created byAndrew Brereton
Sarah Edwards
Gail Sloan
Presented byDale Winton
Narrated byAlan Dedicoat
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series18
No. of episodes172
Production
Running time45 minutes (2002–06)
50 minutes (2006–16)
Production companies12 Yard
BBC Scotland (2010–16)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release18 May 2002 (2002-05-18) –
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)
Related
The National Lottery Draws

The National Lottery: In It to Win It was a 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.

Format

Five contestants competed for a chance to win up to £100,000. They were initially seated in the Waiting Area, on one side of the studio, and each was assigned one of five colours. One ball was drawn at random from a lottery machine, and the contestant matching its colour crossed the studio to sit in Winners' Row. They were asked a series of multiple-choice questions, each with three answer options. Every correct answer added £5,000 to a prize fund, but a miss sent the contestant to the Red Area, between the Waiting Area and Winners' Row.

Another contestant was chosen to move from the Waiting Area to Winners' Row, after which the host then asked an open-ended question to the contestant in the Red Area. A correct answer allowed them to return to Winners' Row, but a wrong answer sent them back to the Waiting Area. No money was at stake on these questions.

If multiple contestants were in Winners' Row at the same time, the host asked a new multiple-choice question to each one in turn, and continued doing so as long as they all answered correctly. Once someone missed a question and went to the Red Area, the host completed the current pass and one contestant was chosen to move from the Waiting Area to Winners' Row. If multiple contestants were in the Red Area at the same time, the host asked an open-ended question to all of them after this choice was made, and they had to collectively agree on an answer. A correct answer allowed them all to move to Winners' Row, while a miss sent them all back to the Waiting Area.

A klaxon sounded after 20 multiple-choice questions had been asked or a certain length of time had elapsed, whichever came first, and all contestants not in Winners' Row at that point were eliminated from the game with no winnings. Those who remained were asked one more multiple-choice question apiece, and all who answered correctly won an equal share of the prize fund. If no one answered correctly, or if no contestants were in Winners' Row after the klaxon sounded, no one won any money. The maximum prize of £100,000 could only be won if a single contestant correctly answered all 20 multiple-choice questions and the extra one.

The programme also included the Saturday night Thunderball and Lotto draws. Originally, from Series 1 to 5, Winton himself presided over the Lottery draws live. From series 6 onwards, a different presenter at "Lottery HQ" conducted the live draws.

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
118 May 200220 July 20029
226 April 200312 July 200312
31 May 20044 September 200415
49 July 200515 October 200515
522 July 200616 September 20069
625 November 20066 January 20077
722 September 20073 November 20077
812 January 20089 February 20084
927 December 200814 February 20098
102 January 201027 February 20108
118 May 201010 July 20108
1225 September 20105 February 20118
1325 June 201113 August 20118
1410 March 201223 June 201212
155 January 201320 July 201316
1612 April 201414 June 201410
176 September 201426 September 20158
1812 September 201516 July 20168[1]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC announces entertainment commissions". BBC Online. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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