Chris Tarrant

Christopher John "Chris" Tarrant has been the host of the British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire since it aired in 1998. He was born in Reading on October 10th 1946. He married his first wife, Sheila, in 1971, but they divorced in 1982 after 11 years. In 1991, Tarrant married his second wife, Ingrid, in 1991, but they divorced in 2007, after 16 years. The first show he hosted was Tiswas, which aired in 1974, when he was in his late twenties. Tarrant hosted O.T.T., billed as an adult version of Tiswas, in 1982, when Tiswas itself ended.