User:Daniel Benfield/Winning Lines Video Archive

Winning Lines is one of the shows that were made following the huge success of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and one of several that got trampled in the process. Shame, too.

Unlike most of my other Video Archives, in this case I didn't really watch the show until Gameshowguy2000 asked me if I could make a Video Archive for it. Took me a few hours to sort out the links, but here you go, John. :)

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1999-2004 Stone-Stanley Entertainment/Celador and associated entities.

American Version (2000)
CBS Primetime: January 8 - February 18, 2000 (10 episodes + 1 unaired)

I believe this was Dick Clark's last regular series.


 * January 8, 2000 (Premiere: First answer is 14)
 * January 21, 2000 (#3: First answer is 6)
 * January 22, 2000 (#4: First answer is 2,000)
 * January 22, 2000 (#5: First answer is 40)


 * February 4, 2000 (#6: First answer is 40)
 * February 5, 2000 (#7: First answer is 700)
 * February 12, 2000 (#8: First answer is 1)
 * February 18, 2000 (#9: First answer is 1)
 * February 18, 2000 (Finale: First answer is 11)

British Version (1999-2004)
BBC1, Weekly: June 13, 1999 - October 16, 2004 (81 episodes in 6 series)

Rare that I do a section for a version that predates the focus of this Wiki (and by extension, these Video Archives), but here you go. The only real difference is that the Wonderwall is played for trips of increasing value, with the top prize being a trip around the world.

Simon Mayo helmed the first two series, with Phillip Schofield taking over beginning with the 2001 series. Schofield's episodes were picked up by Challenge beginning in March 2010, with the National Lottery references edited out.

For Series 3, each episode's winner returned on the following Wednesday's National Lottery drawing to play the Wonderwall again, this time for cash: each correct answer awarded £200, for a maximum of £4,000, but the player had no Pit Stops.

Phillip Schofield (2001-04)

2002
 * September 7, 2002
 * September 21, 2002
 * September 28, 2002
 * October 19, 2002
 * October 26, 2002

2004
 * October 16, 2004 (Finale)