Mark Townsend

Mark Townsend, a sales representative from Pelsall, West Midlands, was a contestant on series 8 of the UK version of the show on 9 September 2000. He walked away with £250,000.

Fastest Finger First
From the 10 starting contestants, 7 got it right, but Mark (with a time of 6.34 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-B-C-A, making it into the Hot Seat.