Series 6 (UK)

Series 6
Host	Chris Tarrant
Start Date	16th January 2000
End Date	22nd January 2000
Number of Episodes	7
Prize Winnings
£500,000 Winners	1
£250,000 Winners	2
£64,000 Winners	4
£32,000 Winners	1
£16,000 Winners	1
£8,000 Winners	3
£4,000 Winners	1
£1,000 Winners	3
Total Winnings	£1,335,000
Average Winnings Per Contestant	£83,437.50

The sixth series of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ran for seven consecutive nights on ITV, between 16 and 22 January 2000. It was hosted by Chris Tarrant.

The episode of 18 January 2000 saw Peter Lee become the first contestant to win £500,000, as well as the first contestant on the UK version to face the £1,000,000 question.

Episodes

• Episode 1 (16th January 2000)

 Tony Birkby (£64,000)
 Mike Sackett (£300, continued)

• Episode 2 (17th January 2000)

 Mike Sackett (£64,000)
 David Neale (£250,000)
 Peter Lee (£8,000, continued)

• Episode 3 (18th January 2000)

 Peter Lee (£500,000)
 Margaret Whittaker (£300, continued)

• Episode 4 (19th January 2000)

 Margaret Whittaker (£250,000)
 Jan Garner (£8,000)
 Denise Fowler (£16,000, continued)

• Episode 5 (20th January 2000)

 Denise Fowler (£32,000 - lost on £64,000)
 David Guest (£1,000 - lost on £32,000)
 Sarah Black (£16,000)
 Vik Manek (£1,000 - lost on £8,000)

• Episode 6 (21st January 2000)

 Mick Deery (£8,000)
 Jane Wicks (£64,000)
 Steve Baldwin (£1,000 - lost on £4,000)
 Alli Hamilton (£1,000, continued)

• Episode 7 (22nd January 2000)

 Alli Hamilton (£64,000)
 Fiona Whatley (£4,000)
 Chris Hatton (£8,000)

Lifelines

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

Trivia

• This was the first series to air in 2000.
• In episode 2, David Neale who became the second person to win £250,000, was a contestant before Peter Lee, who was the first person to win £500,000 in episode 3, who was before Margaret Whittaker, who was the third person and first woman in the UK to win £250,000 in episode 4, making £250,000 questions answered correctly thrice in a row. And, they were the only three times that happened in this series.
• This was the only series to have a £250,000 winner without a £125,000 winner.
• Adrian Pollock (Charles Ingram's brother-in-law) had appeared previously on the show in Series 6 on 21st January 2000 as a Fastest Finger First contestant, but failed to make into the hotseat.

Preceded by Series 5

UK Series Series 6

Succeeded by Series 7