Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Night was a two-and-a-half hour long special that aired on ITV2 in 2000. The special was hosted by Chris Tarrant and it looked back on the first two years of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, showing some of its best moments. It also looked at the U.S. and Australian versions.
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The special started with Chris Tarrant introducing the special. After that, they showed various clips of £125,000 and £250,000 questions that were played on the show.
- Martin Skillings' £125,000 question.
- Two other £125,000 question from the UK version.
- Gerry Lennon's £125,000 question.
- One other £125,000 question from the UK version.
- Jonathan Green's £250,000 question.
- David Neale's £250,000 question.
- Margaret Whittaker's £250,000 question.
After that, it went back to Chris. He said that the show has so far given away over £5,500,000, but no one has won £1,000,000 yet. They did, however, have a £500,000 winner:
- Peter Lee's run from his £64,000 to £500,000 question.
Next, Chris Tarrant says the show now airs in over fifty countries, but the first international version was the Australian version. He mentions a contestant the show had who was poor and could not pay for his airfare home.
- Paddy Spooner's run up until his $250,000 question.
After a commercial break, Chris talks about women and how they are different from men, including how they act when playing Millionaire:
- Rachel da Costa's £8,000 and £16,000 questions.
- Sonia Davis' £8,000 and £16,000 questions.
- Fiona Wheeler's £8,000, £16,000 and £32,000 questions.
- Alli Hamilton's £16,000, £32,000 and £64,000 questions.
These clips were followed by another commercial break. When it was over, Chris along with other members of the production staff talk about the behind-the-scenes.
Later, Chris Tarrant introduces one more Millionaire contestant, the first one to go all the way. He considers him the "coolest, calmest contestant of all time" and said that Regis Philbin had "the whitest teeth ever seen on television".
- John Carpenter's run from his $300 question onward.
After that, Chris says that the contestant is always the star of the show, regardless of who they are and how they are like. This is followed by a few short clips from the show before Chris closes the special.
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