Pete Day

Pete Day, a logistics manager from Southampton won £1,000 on October 16, 2000 after incorrectly answering his £8,000 question. He did not use his 'Phone-A-Friend' or 'Ask the Audience' lifelines.

Fastest Finger First
From the contestants, 3 got it right, but Pete (with a time of 8.52 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-A-B-C, making it into the Hot Seat.