Series 1 (UK)

This was the very first worldwide series of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'. It was hosted by Chris Tarrant on ITV in the UK.

Episodes
Graham Elwell (£64,000) Rachel da Costa (continued) Rachel da Costa (£8,000) Arlene Harper (£1,000) Ross Jackson (continued) Ross Jackson (£64,000) Tina Bird (£1,000) Samantha Thomas (continued) Samantha Thomas (£16,000) John Stewart (continued) John Stewart (£16,000) John McKeown (continued) John McKeown (£64,000) Craig Logue (£2,000) Judith Beacroft (continued) Judith Beacroft (£1,000) David McNab (£1,000) Matthew Asbury (continued) Matthew Asbury (£64,000) David Thompson (£8,000) Eva Whittam (continued) Eva Whittam (£64,000) Derek McMorrow (continued) Derek McMorrow (£1,000) Donna Minors (£2,000) Dave Reagan (£64,000) Andy Woodcock (£1,000) Donna Clark (£1,000) Cheryl Turner (£500)
 * Show 1 (4th September 1998)
 * Show 2 (5th September 1998)
 * Show 3 (6th September 1998)
 * Show 4 (7th September 1998)
 * Show 5 (8th September 1998)
 * Show 6 (9th September 1998)
 * Show 7 (10th September 1998)
 * Show 8 (11th September 1998)
 * Show 9 (12th September 1998)
 * Show 10 (13th September 1998)
 * Christmas Special (25th December 1998)

Lifelines

 * 50:50
 * Phone-A-Friend
 * Ask The Audience

Trivia

 * This is the only series, worldwide, to air in 1998.
 * This is the only series where contestants answer a question to play Fastest Finger First. In the next series, contestants used the version where they put four answers in order.
 * Interestingly, both the original Australian version and Australian Hot Seat version continued to use the original Fastest Finger First system.
 * The show's very first contestant, Graham Elwell, walked away with £64,000 without using his Ask the Audience lifeline. This made him the first worldwide contestant to walk away with a lifeline still intact.
 * In the very first episode, for unknown reasons, the £100-£1,000 question soundtrack did not play during the first 5 questions for both contestants; however, it did play during the £1,000 question. As this was the launch show episode, it may have simply been a mistake, given that a handset telephone was also used for "Phone-a-Friend" during Graham's run.
 * Cheryl Turner was the only contestant in the UK to take £500. Afterwards, no-one else had ever walked away with a cash prize of £500 or smaller in the last 29 series, except for Sheridan Booth who later became stripped of his winning after having a criminal record which made him unable to play.