In It to Win It

Not to be confused with Minute to Win It.

In It to Win It
Format	Game show
Created by	Andrew Brereton Sarah Edwards Gail Sloan
Starring	Dale Winton
Narrated by	Alan Dedicoat
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	13
No. of episodes	118 (as of 13 August 2011)
Production
Producer(s)	12 Yard
Running time	45 minutes (Series 1 - 5) 50 minutes (Series 6 - 10, 12 - present) 55 minutes (Series 11)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Picture format	16:9
Original run	18 May 2002 (2002-05-18) – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Jet Set
Followed by	Wright Around the World

In It to Win It, is a BBC National Lottery game show broadcast on BBC One since 18 May 2002. The programme is hosted by Dale Winton.

Format

Five contestants wait on the right side of the studio, hoping to be randomly picked to play by joining 'winners row' by way of a lottery machine filled with balls of various colors. When in ‘winners row’ players are given multiple choice questions to answer. £5000 is added to the prize fund if a question is answered correctly. However in the event of the player getting the question wrong they are sent to the ‘red area’, situated in the middle of the studio.

At this point another player is randomly selected to join 'winners row'. However before they are asked a question, the player in the red area is given one more chance to be on 'winners row' by answering a non-multiple choice question correctly. If they fail to answer correctly they go back to the beginning row of contestants.

After 20 questions a klaxon sounds, signalling the end for anyone not on 'winners row'. At this point each player on 'winners row' has to answer one multiple choice question to gain an equal share of the prize fund. Players who get their question wrong push up the winnings of those who have answered correctly. In the event of no-one getting their final questions right, no-one goes home with the money.

The maximum prize fund is £100,000 (twenty £5,000 questions answered correctly), although every time a player gets their question wrong, they effectively decrease the maximum possible total by £5,000. The top prize was finally won single-handedly by Eleri Owen, on 29 July 2006, who answered all twenty questions and her final question correctly, to walk away with the top prize of £100,000. The £100,000 top prize was won for a second time by Toni Cox on 24 January 2009. The £100,000 top prize was in sight for Olly Lewin on 15 May 2010, who had got to the end single-handedly, however, his last question was to name the year that Richard Pryor, Bruce Lee and John Lennon were born. The options were 1935, 1940, 1945. After much deliberation, he wrongly answered 1945, losing everything.

John McGivern from Bangor, Northern Ireland remains the youngest winner in the programmes history, winning £50,000 - at 18 years old, broadcast on 4 September 2004.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	18 May 2002	20 July 2002	9
2	26 April 2003	12 July 2003	12
3	1 May 2004	4 September 2004	15
4	9 July 2005	15 October 2005	15
5	22 July 2006	16 September 2006	9
6	25 November 2006	6 January 2007	7
7	22 September 2007	3 November 2007	7
8	12 January 2008	9 February 2008	4
9	27 December 2008	14 February 2009	8
10	2 January 2010	27 February 2010	8
11	8 May 2010	10 July 2010	8
12	25 September 2010	5 February 2011	8
13	25 June 2011	13 August 2011	8

Ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB.^[1]

Series 1

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	18 May 2002	7,680,000	10
2	25 May 2002	5,660,000	17
3	1 June 2002	5,580,000	13
4	8 June 2002	5,350,000	28
5	15 June 2002	6,490,000	14
6	22 June 2002	5,710,000	16
7	29 June 2002	5,540,000	17
8	6 July 2002	5,110,000	17
9	20 July 2002	5,970,000	9

Series 2

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	26 April 2003	7,160,000	8
2	3 May 2003	5,480,000	18
3	10 May 2003	6,270,000	11
4	17 May 2003	6,920,000	11
5	24 May 2003	5,140,000	20
6	31 May 2003	4,790,000	25
7	7 June 2003	6,280,000	11
8	14 June 2003	5,290,000	18
9	21 June 2003	6,370,000	9
10	28 June 2003	7,460,000	5
11	5 July 2003	6,520,000	6
12	12 July 2003	4,690,000	21

Series 3

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	1 May 2004	6,420,000	8
2	8 May 2004	7,580,000	9
3	15 May 2004	4,670,000	19
4	22 May 2004	6,360,000	9
5	29 May 2004	8,240,000	5
6	5 June 2004	7,000,000	7
7	19 June 2004	Under 4,580,000	Outside top 30
8	26 June 2004	5,980,000	16
9	3 July 2004	7,710,000	11
10	17 July 2004	5,970,000	10
11	24 July 2004	5,240,000	14
12	31 July 2004	5,660,000	13
13	7 August 2004	5,570,000	11
14	14 August 2004	6,120,000	12
15	4 September 2004	5,100,000	21

Series 4

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	9 July 2005	4,810,000	15
2	16 July 2005	5,860,000	8
3	23 July 2005	6,130,000	7
4	30 July 2005	6,670,000	8
5	6 August 2005	6,070,000	9
6	13 August 2005	6,490,000	7
7	20 August 2005	5,240,000	10
8	27 August 2005	4,960,000	15
9	3 September 2005	5,520,000	13
10	10 September 2005	5,780,000	11
11	17 September 2005	5,310,000	17
12	24 September 2005	5,380,000	13
13	1 October 2005	5,170,000	16
14	8 October 2005	5,060,000	18
15	15 October 2005	6,590,000	14

Series 5

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	22 July 2006	5,600,000	9
2	29 July 2006	6,630,000	8
3	5 August 2006	6,270,000	8
4	12 August 2006	6,890,000	7
5	19 August 2006	7,270,000	6
6	26 August 2006	7,090,000	5
7	2 September 2006	6,820,000	5
8	9 September 2006	6,580,000	7
9	16 September 2006	5,970,000	9

Series 6

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	25 November 2006	6,740,000	9
2	2 December 2006	6,550,000	9
3	9 December 2006	6,050,000	11
4	16 December 2006	5,470,000	12
5	23 December 2006	7,120,000	13
6	30 December 2006	7,100,000	15
7	6 January 2007	6,970,000	10

Series 7

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	22 September 2007	4,830,000	18
2	29 September 2007	5,160,000	17
3	6 October 2007	6,350,000	7
4	13 October 2007	5,210,000	19
5	20 October 2007	4,510,000	23
6	27 October 2007	5,980,000	8
7	3 November 2007	6,220,000	8

Series 8

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	12 January 2008	7,070,000	6
2	19 January 2008	7,750,000	5
3	2 February 2008	7,800,000	5
4	9 February 2008	7,390,000	7

Series 9

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	27 December 2008	6,030,000	23
2	3 January 2009	5,860,000	18
3	10 January 2009	6,890,000	6
4	17 January 2009	7,000,000	7
5	24 January 2009	6,960,000	5
6	31 January 2009	7,530,000	4
7	7 February 2009	7,810,000	4
8	14 February 2009	6,130,000	11

Series 10

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	2 January 2010	5,930,000	21
2	9 January 2010	6,500,000	20
3	16 January 2010	5,900,000	17
4	23 January 2010	6,400,000	11
5	30 January 2010	6,020,000	10
6	6 February 2010	6,480,000	9
7	20 February 2010	6,880,000	6
8	27 February 2010	6,270,000	11

Series 11

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One Weekly ranking
1	8 May 2010	Under 4,240,000	Outside top 30
2	15 May 2010	4,280,000	29
3	22 May 2010	5,290,000	13
4	5 June 2010	Under 3,470,000	Outside top 30
5	12 June 2010	Under 4,020,000	Outside top 30
6	19 June 2010	4,480,000	19
7	26 June 2010	Under 3,870,000	Outside top 30
8	10 July 2010	4,790,000	15

Series 12

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	25 September 2010	Under 4,030,000	Outside top 30
2	2 October 2010	Under 4,300,000	Outside top 30
3	9 October 2010	Under 4,140,000	Outside top 30
4	8 January 2011	6,170,000	14
5	15 January 2011	6,240,000	14
6	22 January 2011	6,180,000	13
7	29 January 2011	6,690,000	12
8	5 February 2011	6,540,000	11

Series 13

Episode no.	Airdate	Total viewers	BBC One weekly ranking
1	25 June 2011	4,860,000	12
2	2 July 2011	4,780,000	15
3	9 July 2011	5,350,000	11
4	16 July 2011	5,460,000	11
5	23 July 2011	5,600,000	8
6	30 July 2011	4,550,000	15
7	6 August 2011	4,910,000	14
8	13 August 2011	5,690,000	13

References

1. ^ http://www.barb.co.uk/

External links

• In It to Win It at BBC Programmes
• In It to Win It at UKGameshows.com
• In It to Win It at the Internet Movie Database
• In It to Win It at the 12 Yard website
• A contestant's experience of being on the show