In It To Win It

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In It To Win It
Format	Game Show
Starring	Dale Winton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC2
Picture format	16:9
Original run	2002 – present
External links
IMDb profile

In It To Win It is a television programme in the UK. It is presented by Dale Winton, and it first started in 2002. It is one of the many quiz shows to support the National Lottery televised draws, broadcast on Saturdays on BBC1.

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Five contestants wait on the right side of the studio, hoping to be randomly picked to play by joining ‘winners row’. 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, signaling 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 £5000 questions answered correctly), although every time a player gets their question wrong, they effectively decrease the maximum possible total by £5000. The top prize was finally won single-handedly by Eleri Owen, on the 29th July 2006, who answered all twenty questions and her final question correctly, to walk away with the top prize of £100,000.