Series 34 (UK)

Series 34
Host	Jeremy Clarkson
Start Date	25th December 2019
End Date	15th May 2020
Number of Episodes	10
Prize Winnings
£500,000 Winners	1
£125,000 Winners	2
£64,000 Winners	2
£32,000 Winners	8
£16,000 Winners	4
£8,000 Winners	2
£1,000 Winners	7
Total Winnings	£1,225,000
Average Winnings Per Contestant	£40,833.33
Contestants with stripped winnings	0

The thirty-fourth series of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? aired on ITV from 25 December 2019 to 15 May 2020 for 10 episodes. It was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

Gameplay

Lifelines

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

Money Tree

The first guaranteed sum will still be at question 5, worth £1,000. For the second guaranteed sum, the player can choose from £2,000 all the way up to £500,000 in an adjustable high-risk format.

Question No.	Correct Answer Value	Walk Away Value	Miss Answer Value	Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer
1	£100	£0	£0	£0
2	£200	£100	£0	£100
3	£300	£200	£0	£200
4	£500	£300	£0	£300
5	£1,000	£500	£0	£500
6	£2,000	£1,000	£1,000	£0
7	£4,000	£2,000	depends on the second safety net
8	£8,000	£4,000
9	£16,000	£8,000
10	£32,000	£16,000
11	£64,000	£32,000
12	£125,000	£64,000
13	£250,000	£125,000
14	£500,000	£250,000
15	£1 Million	£500,000

The highest possible risk is £499,000 (risking at the million pound question without putting in a safety net).

Amounts lost depending on the second safety net

No.	Question Value	Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer (if safety net is set at...)
		Not Set	£2,000	£4,000	£8,000	£16,000	£32,000	£64,000	£125,000	£250,000	£500,000
6	£2,000	£0	£0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	£4,000	£1,000	£0	£1,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	£8,000	£3,000	£2,000	£0	£3,000	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	£16,000	£7,000	£6,000	£4,000	£0	£7,000	-	-	-	-	-
10	£32,000	£15,000	£14,000	£12,000	£8,000	£0	£15,000	-	-	-	-
11	£64,000	£31,000	£30,000	£28,000	£24,000	£16,000	£0	£31,000	-	-	-
12	£125,000	£63,000	£62,000	£60,000	£56,000	£48,000	£32,000	£0	£63,000	-	-
13	£250,000	£124,000	£123,000	£121,000	£117,000	£109,000	£93,000	£61,000	£0	£124,000	-
14	£500,000	£249,000	£248,000	£246,000	£242,000	£234,000	£218,000	£186,000	£125,000	£0	£249,000
15	£1 Million	£499,000	£498,000	£496,000	£492,000	£484,000	£468,000	£436,000	£375,000	£250,000	£0

Episodes

• Episode 1 (25 December 2019) - Celebrity Christmas Special

Clare Balding (£1,000 - lost on £32,000)
Catherine Tyldesley (£8,000 - lost on £64,000 - safety net at £8,000)
Stephen Mangan (£64,000 - safety net at £32,000)

• Episode 2 (4 January 2020) - Celebrity Special

Frank Skinner (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Naga Munchetty (£32,000 - safety net at £16,000)
Martine McCutcheon (£16,000 - lost on £32,000 - safety net at £16,000)

• Episode 3 (5 January 2020) - Celebrity Special

David Haye (£8,000 - lost on £16,000 - safety net at £8,000) 
Ruth Jones (£16,000 - lost on £32,000 - safety net at £16,000) 
Johnny Vegas (£32,000 - lost on £64,000 - safety net at £32,000)

• Episode 4 (12 April 2020) - Celebrity Special

Charlotte Church (£32,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Richard Osman (£32,000 - lost on £125,000 - safety net at £32,000)
John Barnes (£1,000 - lost on £16,000)

• Episode 5 (10 May 2020)

Gary Foster (£1,000 - lost on £16,000)
Jen Sheriff (£32,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Lynne Ashcroft (£1,000 - lost on £32,000 - safety net at £32,000)

• Episode 6 (11 May 2020)

Lou Harvey (£1,000 - lost on £32,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Michael McPartland (£64,000 - safety net at £125,000)                                  
Neema Rai (£1,000 - lost on £2,000)  

• Episode 7 (12 May 2020)

Alyx Weston (£32,000 - lost on £64,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Sanjay Basu (£1,000 - lost on £4,000)
Andrew Townsley (£500,000 - safety net at £64,000)

• Episode 8 (13 May 2020)

Peter Hudson (£32,000 - lost on £125,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Christina Bennett (£125,000 - safety net at £64,000)

• Episode 9 (14 May 2020)

Barry Love (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Antonia Parris (£1,000 - lost on £32,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Lucy Reynolds (£1,000 - lost on £8,000)
Sue Rozario (£1,000 - lost on £16,000)

• Episode 10 (15 May 2020)

Nina Fetherston (£32,000 - lost on £250,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Dan Afshar (£1,000 - lost on £32,000)
Jenny Reed (£125,000 - safety net at £32,000) 

Trivia

• Johnny Vegas's Phone-a-Friend was chaser Paul Sinha from The Chase. In addition to this, Charlotte Church's Phone-a-Friend was another chaser from The Chase: Mark Labbett.
• The total amount of lost winnings in this series is £281,000.
• Nina Fetherston became the tenth contestant to get the £250,000 question wrong and lose £93,000 since she set the safety net at £32,000.
• Players who used two lifelines on one question:
  • Catherine Tyldesley (episode 1) - £32,000
  • Martine McCutcheon (episode 2) - £8,000
  • David Haye (episode 3) - £4,000
  • Charlotte Church (episode 4) - £32,000
  • John Barnes (episode 4) - £16,000
  • Gary Foster (episode 5) - £16,000
  • Jen Sheriff (episode 5) - £32,000
  • Neema Rai (episode 6) - £2,000
  • Peter Hudson (episode 8) - £32,000
  • Christina Bennett (episode 8) - £64,000
  • Barry Love (episode 9) - £32,000
  • Lucy Reynolds (episode 9) - £4,000
  • Dan Afshar (episode 10) - £32,000
  • Jenny Reed (episode 10) - £32,000

• Players who used three lifelines on one question:
  • Naga Munchetty (episode 2) - £8,000
  • Antonia Parris (episode 9) - £16,000

• Players who used all four lifelines on one question:
  • Michael McPartland (episode 6) - £125,000
  • Nina Fetherston (episode 10) - £16,000

• Audience statistics:
  • Correct votings: 12 of 15
    • Incorrect voting took place in episodes 1 & 4.
  • Highest percentages of an answer - 96% - David Haye and Johnny Vegas
  • Highest percentages of an answer being wrong - 71% - Catherine Tyldesley
  • Lowest percentages of an answer being right - 21% - Catherine Tyldesley
  • Highest percentages of an answer not used by player(s) - 67% - Michael McPartland
  • Lowest percentages of an answer used by player(s) - 16% - Gary Foster
  • Lowest range of results (2 answers) - 2%:
    • (51% - 49%) - Nina Fetherston
  • Lowest level - £200 (2nd question) - Johnny Vegas
  • Highest level - £500,000 (14th question) - Andrew Townsley
• Phone a Friend guesses (9 in total):
  • Correct - 7
  • Wrong - 2 (1 not used by 50:50)
  • Without clue - 2 (1 ran out of time)
• Jeremy Clarkson's guesses for Ask the Host (9 in total):
  • Correct - 7
  • Wrong - 1
  • Without clue - 4
• Progression of going the farthest without using any lifelines:
  • Clare Balding (episode 1) - £8,000
  • Richard Osman (episode 4) - £8,000
  • John Barnes (episode 4) - £8,000
  • Gary Foster (episode 5) - £8,000
  • Michael McPartland (episode 6) - £64,000
  • Andrew Townsley (episode 7) - £64,000

Sources

• Series 34 contestants and episodes (right data from ITV Archive)

Preceded by Series 33

UK Series Series 34

Succeeded by Series 35