Series 39 (UK)

Series 39
Host	Jeremy Clarkson
Start Date	28 January 2024
End Date	29 December 2024
Number of Episodes	15
Number of Contestants	TBC
Prize Winnings
£250,000 Winners	5
£125,000 Winners	6
£64,000 Winners	4
£32,000 Winners	6
£16,000 Winners	7
£8,000 Winners	3
£1,000 Winners	4
Total Winnings	£2,588,000
Average Winnings Per Contestant	£73,943

The thirty-ninth series of the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? aired at 8pm on Sunday nights on ITV1, started on 28 January.

This series was filmed in February 2023.

This series saw the all-time winnings on the British version exceed £70 million.

Gameplay

Lifelines

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

Money tree

The first guaranteed sum is still at question 5, worth £1,000. The contestant has an adjustable second safety net after the UK adopted the high-risk format in 2018.

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 loss is £499,000, if the player loses the million without setting their second safety net. However as there is no reason why a contestant wouldn't set their safety net at 500k before hearing the MDQ, the highest possible loss that could reasonably happen is £498,000 if the safety net was set at £2000.

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 (28th January 2024)

Dawn Sharpe (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Neil Monteiro (£8,000 - lost on £64,000 - safety net at £8,000)
Mo Ghallab (£4,000, continued)

• Episode 2 (4th February 2024)

Mo Ghallab (£32,000 - lost on £125,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Adrian Field (£125,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Rebecca Howe (£32,000, continued)

• Episode 3 (18th February 2024)

Rebecca Howe (£250,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Gemma Kennedy (£32,000 - safety net at £16,000)
Jaz Bassi (£1,000 - lost on £32,000 - no safety net)

• Episode 4 (25th February 2024)

Segun Olujide (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Alison Kiddle (£250,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Ivo Yordanov (£1,000, continued)

• Episode 5 (3rd March 2024)

Ivo Yordanov (£1,000 - lost on £16,000 - safety net at £16,000)
Catherine Firth (£125,000 - safety net at £64,000)
David Verghese (£32,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Gerard Crowley (won FFF, continued)

• Episode 6 (10th March 2024)

Gerard Crowley (£250,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Amir Arezoo (£64,000 - safety net at £32,000)

• Episode 7 (17th March 2024)

Gary Grant (£1,000 - lost on £32,000 - no safety net)
Nicola de Little (£32,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Zara Choudhery (£8,000 - safety net at £16,000)

• Episode 8 (29th September 2024)

Michael Smith (£250,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Pete Hallifax (£125,000 - safety net at £32,000)

• Episode 9 (6th October 2024)

Jackie Lynch (£125,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Gemma Belcher (£64,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Shahed Quayum (£8,000, continued)

• Episode 10 (13th October 2024)

Shahed Quayum (£64,000 - lost on £125,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Kevin Leetion (£250,000 - safety net at £125,000)
Leia Clancy (£8,000, continued)

• Episode 11 (20th October 2024)

Leia Clancy (£125,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Lynn Plowright (£64,000 - lost on £250,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Sunil Guddu (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)

• Episode 12 (3rd November 2024)

Doug Cheetham (£32,000 - safety net at £16,000)
Victoria Johnson (£1,000 - lost on £8,000 - no safety net)
Lynne Bogie (£32,000 - safety net at £64,000)
Emily Mills (£2,000, continued)

• Episode 13 (24th November 2024)

Emily Mills (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Sophie Nibbs (£125,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Myles Scott (£16,000 - safety net at £8,000)
Gerry Beaton (£1,000, continued)

• Episode 14 (1st December 2024)

Gerry Beaton (£16,000 - no safety net)
Ellie King (£16,000 - safety net at £32,000)
Antonios Castro (£8,000 - safety net at £16,000)

• Episode 15 (29th December 2024) - Celebrity Special

Trivia

• In Episode 8, Pete Hallifax walked away when he had Phone-a-Friend left.
• In the tenth episode, Kevin Leetion became the first contestant in Jeremy Clarkson's era to win £125,000 without using a lifeline and the eighth overall. He is also the first contestant in over 18 years to win that amount without using a lifeline.
• Kevin Leetion also became the eighth contestant to set their second safety net at £125,000, and the second to pass this safety net, after Eleanor Ayres in 2019.
• Lynn Plowright became the eleventh contestant to answer the £250,000 question wrong but only lost £61,000 instead of £93,000 since she set the safety net at £64,000.
• In episodes from 03.11.2024, 24.11.2024 and 01.12.2024, Perspex glasses between contestants could be seen; also “©2022” in the credits.
• In an episode from 24.11.2024 the question about ‘SCD’ and ‘BGT’ was asked: “Which of these is the only person to have been a regular judge on both ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’?” with possible answers: “Amanda Holden”, “Bruno Tonioli”, “Darcey Bussell” and “Alesha Dixon”. The correct answer that gave the contestant £4,000 was “Alesha Dixon”, as this was the only correct answer at time of recording (2022). However, the episode aired in November 2024, when there were two correct answers: Dixon and Tonioli (as Tonioli joined ‘BGT’ in 2023).

Preceded by Series 38

UK Series Series 39

Succeeded by Series 40