The National Lottery: In It to Win It

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The National Lottery: In It to Win It
Genre	Game show
Created by	Andrew Brereton Sarah Edwards Gail Sloan
Presented by	Dale Winton
Narrated by	Alan Dedicoat
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	18
No. of episodes	172
Production
Running time	45 minutes (2002–06) 50 minutes (2006–16)
Production companies	12 Yard BBC Scotland (2010–16)
Distributor	ITV Studios[1]
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	18 May 2002 (2002-05-18) – 16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)
Chronology
Related shows	The National Lottery Draws

The National Lottery: In It to Win It is a BBC National Lottery game show which was broadcast on BBC One from 18 May 2002 to 16 July 2016. It was hosted by Dale Winton.

Format[]

Five contestants competed for a chance to win up to £100,000. They were initially seated in the Waiting Area, on one side of the studio, and each was assigned one of five colours. One ball was drawn at random from a lottery machine, and the contestant matching its colour crossed the studio to sit in Winners' Row. They were asked a series of multiple-choice questions, each with three answer options. Every correct answer added £5,000 to a prize fund, but a miss sent the contestant to the Red Area, between the Waiting Area and Winners' Row.

Once a contestant went to the Red Area, another ball was drawn from the lottery machine and that contestant moved from the Waiting Area to Winners' Row. The host then asked an open-ended question to the contestant(s) in the Red Area. A correct answer allowed them to return to Winners' Row behind the newly chosen contestant, but a miss sent them back to the Waiting Area. No money was at stake on these questions.

As the game progressed, multiple contestants could be in Winners' Row and/or the Red Area at the same time. In the former case, the host asked a new multiple-choice question to each in turn. A miss sent a contestant to the Red Area, but the others would continue playing; if all of them missed, one new contestant was chosen from the Waiting Area. In the latter case, the open-ended question was posed to all contestants in the Red Area, and they had to collectively agree on an answer. All moved to either Winners' Row or the Waiting Area on a correct response or miss, respectively.

After 20 multiple-choice questions had been asked, all contestants not in Winners' Row were eliminated from the game with no winnings. Those who remained were asked one more multiple-choice question apiece, and all who answered correctly won an equal share of the prize fund. If no one answered correctly, or if no contestants were in Winners' Row after the 20th question, no one won any money. The maximum prize of £100,000 could only be won if a single contestant correctly answered all 20 multiple-choice questions and the extra one.

The programme also included the Saturday night Thunderball and Lotto draws. Originally, from Series 1 to 5, Winton himself presided over the Lottery draws live. From series 6 onwards though, a different presenter at "Lottery HQ" conducted the live draws.

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External links[]

• The National Lottery: In It to Win It at BBC Online
• The National Lottery: In It to Win It at IMDb
• The National Lottery: In It to Win It at UKGameshows.com