Who wants to be a Millionaire - First UK Episode

[RWL2011]

the quality is terrible, and there's really no excuse for that. but interesting to watch!

[heine71]

1 year before the US Regis Philbin hosted version.

[FergusonGames]

Original Millionaire - The greatest ever.

[bngibbs]

Pardon me for my "American Stupidity" as you call it, but did Tarrant host anything else b4 this?

[Jb33124]

@bngibbs yes he hosted Tizwaz

[sk8erboi1989]

@bngibbs Tarrant hosted quite a lot of things before Millionaire. Check him on Wikipedia.

[Matty6660]

when was this first aired?

[RomeijnLand]

@Matty6660

On September 4th, 1998.

[ILoveLGG]

is this the first episode for the uk or ever?

[antbubb]

@ILoveLGG

this is the first UK episode as well as the first ever episode - WWTBAM was originally a UK gameshow, with the format copied around the world

[fkfj16]

@ILoveLGG EVER.

[dragons4ever2007]

The first contestant won 64,000 pounds, which is a satisfactory effort.

[puck220]

hey, you might want to add "yt:stretch=16:9" (no quotes) to your tags since the video looks a little squished...

[everyone06]

Actually from 1998 to 2002 it was filmed at Fountain Studios at Wembley before moving to Elstree.

[Jakub1POLSKAnew]

This is not the first episode. The first episode was a pilot episode, which has had completely other music.

[RomeijnLand]

I know, but this one was the first one that was aired and I think the pilot didn't even have real contestants. Also, I don't know for sure if an entire pilot episode was recorded. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Jakub1POLSKAnew]

There were real players, the whole was recorded. You can see some photos of the pilot episode on imandergameshows group.

[jamielec8270]

@RomeijnLand 

[OILERS217]

Remember Charles Imgram!

[1875HIBSFC]

I remember this ident

[bradleyira]

he got roasted off sharon osbourne lol at x factor or something ricky gervais says in a live show

[everyone06]

Millionaire is 11 years old today (4/9/2009).

[johnnysama]

Man, this is quite historic! The birth of a worldwide quiz phenomenon, here on this first ep of WWtbaM :D

[everyone06]

It's not as good as when it started such as this video clip. Ah Memories!!!

[cgsmitherine3]

chris tarrant is cool, even though there was trouble with an affair, he is a cool guy

[LilMissMadHatterBell]

tht number only had 10 numbers...shud have 11!

[nooberr23]

chris tarrant is a good host

[olekcj111]

the best

[everyone06]

I was exicted when this was first shown. I was only 9 when it was shown. All series in 1998 were filmed at Fountain Studios at Wembley before moving to elstree.

[paolowindows14]

Do you have the First show for other countries of WWTBAM?

[KMizback]

It was back then. For Britain and Australia anyway

[footballforever20]

is this show still going on?

is some other host gonna take over chris tarrent?

[KMizback]

Yes, Millionaire is still going, and Chris Tarrant is still hosting

[alwaysallblacks]

aii its still going and no

[ranksters03]

in the russian version in the new intro a new host has taken over a old host

[devongasman]

thanks, RomeijnLand!

[RomeijnLand]

Nope, sorry, I don't have the first Australian episode.

[Sashinator0]

how long did they use a real handset for the phone a friend?

[RomeijnLand]

Only in the opening season. However, in the Spanish version, a real telephone was also used for a few years.

[KMGondarth]

The phone? It was actually just the first episode only

[RomeijnLand]

Ok, sorry, I wasn't really sure for how long it was used anyway, so thanks for your reply.

[KMGondarth]

I think it was the money case below the computer that was only used for the first season

[BCJ1985]

The money case actually lasted the first three series. The first without it was series 4 in September 1999.

[gameshowguy2000]

When did they first use the standard Fastest Finger format, anyone know?

[RomeijnLand]

They used it from the second season on.

[paolowindows14]

I think, is March '99.

[animegalc4]

So was this 1997 yeah?

[xspazfacex]

september 1998

[gameshowguy2000]

And the US version came one year later..August 1999.

[heine71]

How do you convert One Million pounds into American dollars?

[maksimple]

1 Million Pounds = 1.38 Million US Dollars (as in January 2009)

[heine71]

Where's the 1997 WWTBAM unaired pilot?

[supersaver87]

I'd imagine it's in a vault somewhere.

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

If it's "unaired" I don't think no one has it.

[maksimple]

Thank you so much for uploading the very first episode in the history of this show.

[maksimple]

The style on the fastest finger is also used in the Australian version as well.

[zenxfactor]

thanks for this can u upload the 1st millionaire win episode from itv in 2000 would be good to see that

[olekcj101]

WHY SCREEN is small?

[RomeijnLand]

For some reason, the software on my PC made the screen smaller. Sorry for that.

[boogyman10o1]

thanx

[MarioLink106]

how much is pounds in the USA?

[boogyman10o1]

it changes every day