Trivia

The series saw winners able to come back the following week and defend their championship, leading to two contestants accumulating the biggest prizes on British television at that time.

It was first achieved by John Smith in 1981, whose prize total of £6,620 (around £32,000 by 2025 standards) set a record by British TV standards. Although this was topped in the same show by Michael Dixon winning £7,455 in 1986, the inflation rate would have meant Dixon's total prize was worth slightly less in relative terms.

Although both amounts seem small by the standards of modern quiz shows, particularly in the wake of series such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1998), both were groundbreaking amounts for the UK at the time they aired, where the maximum TV shows were allowed to award contestants was £1000 per show.

The series was briefly revived on Challenge TV in 1997 with Bobby Davro as the new host: Winner Takes All (1997).

The first run in 1975 wasn't fully networked over the entire ITV region, with Granada and HTV not broadcasting it. Although LWT showed the first series, it was in August 1975 after it had already finished airing elsewhere.

The original theme tune was a library music piece called "Joy Ride" by Jim Lawless. This played over a vaguely surreal title sequence where multiple heads of host Jimmy Tarbuck would surround betting odds.

The series became a hit in the ratings once fully networked in 1976, sometimes even topping the charts.

The ratings for each individual episode are listed under their respective entries.