He sure did, if he had just asked for the final answer confirmation instead of going on about the danger I'm sure he would've gone for it. Probably in the same way Regis Philbin talked Norm McDonald out of a million for his charity when he knew the answer was The Greenbrier!
yeah he def did. I've seen that happen quite a bit, on the US version too - do you think it's cos they don't want them to win the money, so they can save it...or just so the contestant doesn't go mad losing all that money on a gamble?
@@estebancomulet considering how much viewing they’d get in the UK if a million was won. I’d suspect they just didn’t want them to lose £468,000 tbh. As a host that’s probably the worst thing to say that you’ve lost a huge amount of money. Chris didn’t know the answer so that’s why he was so nervous probably because He probably didn’t want him to lose the money
@@jackbutler3594 in fairness just watching this again now tbf this game was always the ultimate interrogation, that's one of it's major selling points in being that the host often does play the role of questioning how certain they are of the answer, but tbf watching it again there was a lot more prompting from Chris to walk then normal on this Id reckon the reason being was when he did decide himself I'm gonna take the cheque just to be safe that it may have played into Chris' head that the guy was risking £468,000 as a man unemployed and someone that had been a calculated gambler. I feel like he was more engaged and it just got him panicked.
I realise if I ever went on this show it's definitely good to get a crash course on Coronation St (never seen it), learn all the world flags, and names of all the main celeb autobiogs from he past 3 years etc. For starters anyway...
A lot of the really good contestants will find themselves stuck on a silly question about soaps or celebrities but as the questions got harder they would find it easier
@@hakc97again Well, I don't know what kind of "strategy" goes into producing these shows but ... I would guess that if you want to have a "hit" TV show, one must appeal to the general TV masses, which means those questions have to be "accessible" to average folks. Make them too brainy or scholarly and a) they probably won't watch for long as they are likely to lose interest and find them too high brow and b) it will be difficult finding average folks to be able to compete in the shows, which I am sure is one of the goals. Average folks watching these ENTERTAINMENT offerings need to feel that they too could become millionaires or again, they are not likely to watch or want to apply to compete in droves! Just like the US perpetuates the myth of the American dream being accessible to anyone who "works hard enough." So, with that in mind, what subjects are needed to be included in the questioning to meet that goal? Well, I would guess that the kind of things TV audiences and the general population in general spend their time and energy on, like soap operas, current pop music, pop culture, sports, celebrity lives, and so forth would be liberally interspersed with the more scholarly questions. Those brainer questions will ensure only the small percentage of truly intelligent and well educated among us make it through to the top levels. What is interesting to me is that there seems to be nearly complete agreement across countries/cultures what those subjects are. Is there any country where some sport doesn't significantly occupy the lives of a good number of people? I also find it fascinating that someone who makes it through their rigorous (supposedly) selection process to be included in the FFF phase would get such easy questions wrong.
Cool! Another original broadcast edition of the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I bet you don't have any more of these that you haven't uploaded, or have you?
Steve Devlin did the right thing in the circumstances, since he didn't actually know the answer and he stood to lose £468,000 if he were wrong. The question was, in any case, misleading, as the name given was only a nickname for what was actually the Progressive Party.
I didn't realise till now that when I saw it previously, it was edited so that when Devlin said '[I'll] play!' I didn't hear that. It is clear when you see the unedited version that he was talked out of playing by the presenter.
Oh why didn't Steve go for that million pound question? I thought it was quite easy for the million pound question, it was the obvious answer of the 4, and he knew it also, but bottled it. Shame really
I still say Chris talked him out of going for it
He sure did, if he had just asked for the final answer confirmation instead of going on about the danger I'm sure he would've gone for it. Probably in the same way Regis Philbin talked Norm McDonald out of a million for his charity when he knew the answer was The Greenbrier!
yeah he def did. I've seen that happen quite a bit, on the US version too - do you think it's cos they don't want them to win the money, so they can save it...or just so the contestant doesn't go mad losing all that money on a gamble?
@@estebancomulet considering how much viewing they’d get in the UK if a million was won. I’d suspect they just didn’t want them to lose £468,000 tbh. As a host that’s probably the worst thing to say that you’ve lost a huge amount of money. Chris didn’t know the answer so that’s why he was so nervous probably because He probably didn’t want him to lose the money
@@jackbutler3594 in fairness just watching this again now tbf this game was always the ultimate interrogation, that's one of it's major selling points in being that the host often does play the role of questioning how certain they are of the answer, but tbf watching it again there was a lot more prompting from Chris to walk then normal on this
Id reckon the reason being was when he did decide himself I'm gonna take the cheque just to be safe that it may have played into Chris' head that the guy was risking £468,000 as a man unemployed and someone that had been a calculated gambler. I feel like he was more engaged and it just got him panicked.
I think he did because of what happened with Steve the first time around and didn't want him to go through it again. He was being kind
Doctor: 1998 Intro Won't Kill You
1998 Intro:
This is not your drink, Steve Devlin:
Fun fact: Steve Devlin drunk Chris Tarrant's glass of water on the million pound question by mistake.
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As a panic attack sufferer, he was trying to subdue anything coming by swallowing. The water is extremely helpful in this case.
I realise if I ever went on this show it's definitely good to get a crash course on Coronation St (never seen it), learn all the world flags, and names of all the main celeb autobiogs from he past 3 years etc. For starters anyway...
A lot of the really good contestants will find themselves stuck on a silly question about soaps or celebrities but as the questions got harder they would find it easier
@@hakc97again Well, I don't know what kind of "strategy" goes into producing these shows but ... I would guess that if you want to have a "hit" TV show, one must appeal to the general TV masses, which means those questions have to be "accessible" to average folks. Make them too brainy or scholarly and a) they probably won't watch for long as they are likely to lose interest and find them too high brow and b) it will be difficult finding average folks to be able to compete in the shows, which I am sure is one of the goals.
Average folks watching these ENTERTAINMENT offerings need to feel that they too could become millionaires or again, they are not likely to watch or want to apply to compete in droves! Just like the US perpetuates the myth of the American dream being accessible to anyone who "works hard enough." So, with that in mind, what subjects are needed to be included in the questioning to meet that goal? Well, I would guess that the kind of things TV audiences and the general population in general spend their time and energy on, like soap operas, current pop music, pop culture, sports, celebrity lives, and so forth would be liberally interspersed with the more scholarly questions. Those brainer questions will ensure only the small percentage of truly intelligent and well educated among us make it through to the top levels.
What is interesting to me is that there seems to be nearly complete agreement across countries/cultures what those subjects are. Is there any country where some sport doesn't significantly occupy the lives of a good number of people?
I also find it fascinating that someone who makes it through their rigorous (supposedly) selection process to be included in the FFF phase would get such easy questions wrong.
@@RS-hs5lq its called general knowledge
It's an amazing episode.
That'd be me stealing his water
Studio 4 September 1998-19 March 2000
Great upload do you have the New Years special from that year
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Does anyone have the original episode before this?
8:35. The audience always did this at this point, like they had no choice. It’s like it was a ‘zone’ where there must be claps
There's usually a warm up man or a member of the production crew in between takes basically telling the audience their cues so you're not far off
Cool! Another original broadcast edition of the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I bet you don't have any more of these that you haven't uploaded, or have you?
I have a small bit from a Newylwed edition from 2002 (but it's buried deep somewhere so i'll get to it when I can find it)
@@hakc97again It could be one of the two to have £64K.
@@brandongill2577 it was 8th April 2002. Only the first 5 minutes though
0:30 £500,000
He don't get enough to risk £468,000 but no pressure.
Steve Devlin did the right thing in the circumstances, since he didn't actually know the answer and he stood to lose £468,000 if he were wrong.
The question was, in any case, misleading, as the name given was only a nickname for what was actually the Progressive Party.
I think if the klaxon hadn't called time he would've answered it because he was on a role the night before
I didn't realise till now that when I saw it previously, it was edited so that when Devlin said '[I'll] play!' I didn't hear that.
It is clear when you see the unedited version that he was talked out of playing by the presenter.
@@hakc97againI think Chris talked him out of it
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This aired on my 4th birthday (btw, I'm American)
Would you have known the answer?
Oh why didn't Steve go for that million pound question? I thought it was quite easy for the million pound question, it was the obvious answer of the 4, and he knew it also, but bottled it. Shame really
I can't believe the host knows all the answers to those questions 😮
I just wish he would try not to talk eontestants out of their answers. It is most annoying,
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