Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2024 is now back, with Jeremy Clarkson hosting once more.
The legendary quiz show, which also enjoyed another series earlier this year, sees the contestants try to win £1 million with lifelines including Phone a Friend, Ask the Host and 50-50.
"I genuinely adore quiz shows. Blockbusters, The Weakest Link, Pointless. So to be hosting it still is literally a dream come true," Clarkson told The Times.
More good news for fans: ITV has also ordered new episodes for 2025.
Here's everything you need to know about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2024 release date
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2024 continues on ITV1 on Sunday, October 20 at 8 pm. There's no episode listed on Sunday, October 27. You can catch up with previous episodes on ITVX.
A previous series was shown earlier in the year.
Who hosts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2024?
Jeremy Clarkson is the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2024. We also know that he will be back in 2025 for a run of new episodes including some celebrity specials.
At one stage, it looked like his run on the show would end. Last year, it was reported that Clarkson had been axed as the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host, with ITV boss Carolyn McCall stating at the time that they had "no future commitments" with Clarkson planned after recording this latest series.
"We have a contract. We're contracted to this [season], so we will do that", McCall said at the time. "And then we have no future commitments. And we haven't made any statements about that." (in an interview with Variety).
A subsequent ITV statement read: "As we have said for several weeks, ITV is contractually committed to a further series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (which has now been recorded).
"There are no further commissioning commitments beyond that currently as is typical with such shows where we make commissioning decisions on a series-by-series basis. There, for the avoidance of doubt neither Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? nor Jeremy Clarkson have been cancelled."
Around the same time the reports went out, Clarkson tweeted that he had "not been sacked as host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
And now it looks like Jeremy might be fronting the series for some time.
So many kind messages about today’s reports. But relax. Lisa and I have not split up and I have not been sacked as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.March 1, 2023
Has anyone bagged the top prize on Clarkson's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire yet?
Yes! So far, one person has managed to claim the top prize during Clarkson's tenure as the host. Donald Fear, a teacher from Telford managed to win the full £1 million jackpot in 2020.
Fear's win makes him the sixth person to bag the top prize overall (for the UK format). His Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? victory also saw him outperforming his brother, Davyth, who'd walked away with £500,000 in 2019.
The biggest win in 2024 so far came in the third episode (of the series shown in early 2024), when Rebecca Howe concluded her run with a £250,000 win. Gerard Crowley matched Rebecca's £250,000 in the sixth episode of the series (of the series shown in early 2024).
In the first episode of the Autumn 2024 series, Michael Smith also won £250,000.
How does Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? work?
If you've not come across the show before, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a long-running game show that gives ordinary people the chance to win a life-changing sum of money.
Contestants sit down across from our host and are tasked with answering 15 multiple-choice general knowledge questions, with each getting them one step closer to that colossal £1 million grand prize. If they run into some bits of tricky trivia, they can always opt to use one of their lifelines (50:50, Phone a Friend, Ask the Host and Ask the Audience) to hopefully make their decision a little easier.
Is there a trailer?
No, not yet.
