Series 17 (UK)

Series 17
Host	Chris Tarrant
Start Date	1st January 2005
End Date	11th June 2005
Number of Episodes	24
Prize Winnings
£250,000 Winners	3
£125,000 Winners	4
£64,000 Winners	5
£32,000 Winners	6
£16,000 Winners	17
£8,000 Winners	10
£4,000 Winners	1
£2,000 Winners	1
£1,000 Winners	11
£0 Winners	1
Total Winnings	£1,600,000

The seventeenth series of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ran for 24 consecutive Saturday nights on ITV1, from 1 January to 11 June 2005. It was hosted by Chris Tarrant.

The series consisted of nineteen regular civilian episodes, a civilian couples episode for Mothers' Day, and four celebrity episodes, two each for Valentine's Day and Easter.

Producers: Celador

Sponsorship: Vauxhall Network Q

Episodes

• Episode 1 (1st January 2005)

Ruth Chew (£16,000)
Larry Murray (£1,000 - lost on £16,000)
Kieron McPartland (£16,000)

• Episode 2 (8th January 2005)

Laurence Barnacle (£1,000 - lost on £2,000)
Steve Haughton (£8,000)
Bryan Hartley (£64,000)

• Episode 3 (15th January 2005)

Keith Pottage (£125,000)
Simon Curtis (£125,000, continued)

• Episode 4 (22nd January 2005)

Simon Curtis (£250,000)
Brene Hully (£16,000)
Martin Parkinson (£1,000 - lost on £32,000)
David Clifford (£200, continued)

• Episode 5 (29th January 2005)

David Clifford (£1,000 - lost on £16,000)
Dave Scholefield (£0 - lost on £1,000)
Duncan Jones (£16,000)
Margaret Marshall (£4,000)

• Episode 6 (5th February 2005)

Barry Simmons (£64,000)
Michael Reid (£64,000)

• Episode 7 (12th February 2005) - Valentine's Day Special (Part 1)

Trisha Goddard & Peter Gianfrancesco (£16,000)

• Episode 8 (19th February 2005) - Valentine's Day Special (Part 2)

Greg Rusedski & Lucy Rusedski (£8,000)
Alastair Campbell & Fiona Millar (£1,000 - lost on £8,000)

• Episode 9 (26th February 2005)

Ken Owen (£32,000 - lost on £250,000)
Tony Ramsden (£32,000 - lost on £125,000)

• Episode 10 (5th March 2005) - Mother's Day Special

Carol & Mary Goodall (£16,000)
Barbara & Rachel Howe (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)

• Episode 11 (12th March 2005)

Will Jones (£64,000)
Peter Askins (£1,000 - lost on £16,000)

• Episode 12 (19th March 2005) - 400th show

Sophie Green (£8,000)
Mavis Watson (£8,000)
Marc Lodge (£1,000 - lost on £8,000)

• Episode 13 (26th March 2005) - Celebrity Easter Special (Part 1)

Joan Collins & Percy Gibson (£16,000)
Stephen Fry & Nigella Lawson (£32,000, continued)

• Episode 14 (2nd April 2005) - Celebrity Easter Special (Part 2)

Stephen Fry & Nigella Lawson (£125,000)
Harry Hill & Al Murray (£16,000)
Saffron Burrows & Griff Rhys Jones (£16,000)

• Episode 15 (9th April 2005)

David Rainford (£250,000)
Stefan Harrington (£16,000)

• Episode 16 (16th April 2005)

Craig McFarlane (£8,000)
Greg Condry (£125,000)
Ian Simms (£500, continued)

• Episode 17 (23rd April 2005)

Ian Simms (£64,000)
Sue Fraser (£1,000 - lost on £4,000)
Gordon Barrass (£32,000, continued)

• Episode 18 (30th April 2005)

Gordon Barrass (£250,000)
Clive Brown (£16,000)
Simon Cleveland (£1,000 - lost on £32,000)

• Episode 19 (7th May 2005)

Richard Ambrose (£16,000)
Duncan Stevenson (£16,000)
Richard Moxon (£2,000, continued)

• Episode 20 (14th May 2005)

Richard Moxon (£16,000)
Roger Andoniou (£8,000)
James Webb (£16,000)
Brian Richman (£500, continued)

• Episode 21 (21st May 2005)

Brian Richman (£8,000)
John Davidson (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
Dave Lansdown (£16,000, continued)

• Episode 22 (28th May 2005)

Dave Lansdown (£16,000)
Lee Warburton (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
Tom Taylor (£16,000)
Jane Kimberley (£2,000, continued)

• Episode 23 (4th June 2005)

Jane Kimberley (£8,000)
Alan Gibbs (£125,000)
Andy Garner (£2,000)

• Episode 24 (11th June 2005)

Trevor Montague (£1,000 - lost on £32,000)
Jon Jacob (£1,000 - lost on £4,000)
Heeru Kirpalani (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)

Lifelines

• 50:50
• Phone-a-Friend
• Ask the Audience

Trivia

• Ken Owen became the fifth contestant to answer the £250,000 question wrong and lose £93,000.
• On the 5th episode, 67% of the audience failed at David Clifford's £16,000 question.
• On the 24th and last episode, 72% of the audience failed at Trevor Montague's £32,000 question.

Sources

• Series 17

Preceded by Series 16

UK Series Series 17

Succeeded by Series 18