Talk:Fifteen to One

Wrong winner?
Am I reading the winners table wrong? It says Nick Terry scored 433 and Dag Griffiths scored 432. Yet above, it says: "The maximum score [433] has been achieved only once by Bill McKaig, a minister from Glasgow. The feat of answering all 40 third round questions correctly was also achieved by Daphne Fowler and Michael Penrice who both finished with a score of 432." While I'm here... what happened with the tie? Did they have to find another Etruscan urn or something? :) -Nommo

Ah... I can see I've made a boobboo here. My source for the scores was http://www.quizplayers.com/quizplayers/fifteen_to_one. The scores they have listed against each series is actually the score of the person who was top of the finals board, and not the score of the winning finalist. I'll have to correct it. As for the tie: Yes they did have to find another urn or something. One of the winners runs a postal quiz that I take part in sometimes, he put a note in the handout a few months ago, but I've forgotten the details. Mintguy 16:31 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I think Fifteen to One has been axed, but I can't find any info on it.


 * Tragically the last series was in autumn 2003. However now that Channel 4 has lost the test cricket perhaps they can put it back on. Dbiv 16:41, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Unlikely, I fear. Bonalaw 19:12, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Darn shame indeed, it would be abhorent if it was not brought back!!!!!!!! is quizzing gold without the personal rubbish that i for one dont care about in the slightest. Together let us have a toast for hte quiz show that changed the world forever. 'to 15 to 1'. Does anyone want to meet together and recreate the magic unoficially? perhaps we could could get together and quiz for prizes? i have a faux greek kebab that could be a mighty prize for that person lucky enough to get their hands on it!!!!! I look forward to any reaction. lets make the magic happen and not leave this as a pipe dream. thanks Malcolm Umbar

It was certainly a lot better than that pointless crap Deal or No Deal with that gobshite Noel Edmonds. Beat the nation was a great little quiz which filled the gap left by 15 to 1 for one series in 2004. I created a stub for it yesterday as, surprisingly, none existed before. Both that *and* 15 to 1 should be brought back IMV, perhaps they could alternate every six months or so? Martyn Smith 15:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Being allowed to enter the show again
I was first a contestant in '94 and got to the second (knockout) round. At that time it would not have been possible to play the game again. However in 2000 the rule was altered so that anybody who had been a contestant more than two years ago could apply for another go (going through the qualifying auditions the same way as totally fresh contestants). I subsequently appeared again on the show in 2001 (getting to the third round and finishing third), and once more in the very last series, i.e. autumn 2003 Martyn Smith 21:30, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Font
I was wondering, what font did 15 to 1 use on the very last series? Lenny 17:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Same as ever, wasn't it. I don't remember it being different....Martyn Smith 21:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * So what font was it then, I'm sure it is available, if I knew what it was. Lenny 08:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Grand final series 35 section
This section reads more like a (relatively poor) commentary than an encyclopedia article. Shouldn't it be deleted, or at least severely truncated?--PaulTaylor 13:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not in a position to check at the moment, but as this is so different in tone, contains an introduction and is unwikified it might be a copyright violation. Thryduulf 17:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Editing
How did they get the show to 30 minutes every time. Presumably it could run and run in the first round if the contestants kept giving correct answers--Screen42 16:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The questions were hard enough that they'd always be able to squeeze the game in to 30 minutes. The bigger problem was that some games were to short, in which case they padded it out with longer introductions of the contestants before the final round, a look at the leaderboard and the trophies, announcements on how to apply for the show and so forth.--PaulTaylor 19:29, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Broadcast time
It's possibly too granular, but what time was the show usually broadcast? I remember it generally being on in the early evening, too late to catch after a day at work, but I assume it moved around over the years. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 12:09, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Well when it started it was at 4.30 in the afternoon, as far as I remember. I could get home from school just in time when it started. It took the same slot as Countdown when that was off the air. In later years it was moved around, earlier I believe. srushe (talk) 12:12, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Mystery contestant
"In the grand final of series 29 shown in December 2000 (where Matti Watton won), one contestant, who was standing at position 4, could not be identified for legal reasons" - what's the explanation as to how/why this occurred? The only explanation I can think of is that the person was convicted of some sort of crime between the filming and the broadcast - was this the case, or was it something else entirely.......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't really work even then, it was the grand final. Surely it'd be easy to work out the missing contestant might just be whoever got through to the final in an earlier show but didn't appear on TV in the final? Duds 2k (talk) 17:00, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The article implies that the earlier "winning" episode was never shown. Mrstonky (talk) 02:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Screen ratio
I'm fairly certain that 15 to 1 was broadcast in letterboxed 16:9 ratio in the late 1990s, as part of an experimental run of analogue widescreen transmissions sponsored by the EU. Can anybody verify this? Mrstonky (talk) 02:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes it was, using a system called PALplus (it's mentioned on that page). After the credits, it showed a message, "With support of the European Union's 16:9 Action Plan".  J Rawle  (Talk) 14:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)


 * There's currently an episode on YouTube from 1995 (confirmed by the original Channel 4 ident at the start) which appears to be in 16:9. I wonder how long this went on for? Karsini (talk) 23:55, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Sarah Wynter
I'm sure the lady who sometimes did the voice over can't be the Sarah Wynter of the linked article. I remember "Sarah" as sounding quite middle-aged, yet Sarah Wynter is quite young and this doesn't seem to fit in with her career anyway.  J Rawle  (Talk) 14:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Request
is it possible for someone to put up the 2013 Fifteen to One logo somewhere on this page? Visokor (talk) 12:53, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Original series celebrity specials?
Why have the details of the original series celebrity specials (in 1990 and 1992 I believe) been removed? They were won by Nigel Rees and Patrick Stoddart (I provided a reference for the latter info). David Smith9 (talk) 14:33, 21 August 2023 (UTC)