Series 29 (UK)

Series 29 (UK)
Host	Chris Tarrant
Start Date	3rd January 2012
End Date	20th December 2012
Number of Episodes	11
£150,000 Winners	1
£75,000 Winners	4
£50,000 Winners	8
£20,000 Winners	11
£10,000 Winners	2
£5,000 Winners	4
£2,000 Winners	1
£1,000 Winners	1

The twenty-ninth series of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ran for 11 consecutive nights on ITV, from 3 January to 20 December 2012. It was hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was the first and to date only series to have all its episodes broadcast live.

Episodes

• Episode 1 (3 January 2012) - LIVE New Year Special

Lee Mack & Stacey Solomon (£50,000 - lost on £150,000) 
Sara Cox & Richard Madeley (£50,000 - lost on £150,000) 
Dougie Poynter & Tom Fletcher (£2,000)

• Episode 2 (18 March 2012) - LIVE Mother's Day Special

Antony Cotton & Enid Dunn (£1,000 - lost on £50,000) 
Steve & Margaret Pemberton (£20,000) 
Samantha & Di Janus Womack (£5,000)

• Episode 3 (6 May 2012) - LIVE Britain's Got Talent Special

Paul Potts & Shaheen Jafargholi (£20,000) 
Ashley Glazebrook & Glen Murphy (£10,000) 
Demetrios Demetriou & Michalakis Andreas (£5,000)

• Episode 4 (20 May 2012) - LIVE Couples Special

Paddy & Christine McGuinness (£75,000) 
Eamonn Holmes & Ruth Langsford (£50,000 - lost on £75,000) 
James Cracknell & Beverley Turner (£5,000)

• Episode 5 (9 July 2012) - LIVE The People Play

Tahir Ali (£20,000) 
Caroline Polledri (£10,000) 
Dawn Harkins (£50,000, continued)

• Episode 6 (10 July 2012) - LIVE The People Play (2)

Dawn Harkins (£75,000) 
Russell Brown (£20,000) 
Donna Hearnden (£50,000 - lost on £75,000) 
Denise Allsop (£1,000, continued)

• Episode 7 (11 July 2012) - LIVE The People Play (3)

Denise Allsop (£50,000 - lost on £75,000) 
Tommy Gibbons (£20,000) 
Monica Utting (£20,000)

• Episode 8 (26 August 2012) - LIVE School's Out

Steve & Zak Redgrave (£20,000) 
Kelvin & Brayden Fletcher (£20,000) 
Dermot & Molly Murnaghan (£50,000)

• Episode 9 (9 November 2012) - LIVE Celebrity Special

Joe Pasquale & Phil Tufnell (£75,000) 
Vic Reeves & Nancy Sorrell (£75,000) 
David Gest & Jennie Bond (£5,000)

• Episode 10 (9 December 2012) - LIVE Celebrity Special (2)

David Hasselhoff & Denise Welch (£20,000) 
Tim Vine & Cheryl Fergison (£20,000) 
John Partridge & Alison Hammond (£50,000)

• Episode 11 (20 December 2012) - LIVE Christmas Special

Des O’Connor CBE & Lee Mack (£150,000) 
Rosemary Shrager & Hugo Taylor (£20,000) 
JB Gill & Oritsé Williams (£50,000)

Trivia

• In two episodes of this series, an audience error occurred when 0% of the votes have reached the computer. Instead they had to pick up colored cards with the letter of the correct answer.
• Lee Mack appeared twice in this series: In first episode with Stacey Solomon and last episode with Des O'Connor.
• Richard Madeley appeared for the second time in the show.

Preceded by Series 28

UK Series Series 29

Succeeded by Series 30