Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, sometimes shortened to simply Limitless Win, is an ITV game show first broadcast in January 2022. The big-money show, created by its presenters Ant and Dec in association with their production company Hello Dolly, features a game similar to Cliffhanger from The Price is Right, and a money tree which never, ever ends, potentially giving away millions of pounds.
Gameplay[]
Teams of two take part in the show. To qualify, the contestants have 1 minute to answer quickfire questions with a numerical answer. Each correct answer gives them 5 "lives" to start off with, and the questions are passed to the other player. If the team fails to answer a single question correctly, they are eliminated from the game.
In the main game, contestants are asked questions with a numerical answer, and for each question answered correctly, if their answer was exact, the team is moved up a number of steps equal to the exact answer on the ladder, banks an amount of money equal to the highest value reached, and given 5 bonus lives. If they are under the correct total they only move up that many steps and stay in the game, but lives are removed to the number of how many under they were. If they are over the exact answer, or under by more than the number of lives they had left, the game is over, and the team leaves empty-handed.
Every 10 steps, a money level is reached, and on normal steps not containing money various lifelines may be picked up, but only one can be held at once. These include:
- More Than: Allows the contestants to know if the right answer is above a given number.
- Odd or Even: Allows the contestants to see if the answer is an odd or even number. Useful when you know it's one of two.
- One or the Other: Allows the contestants to make two guesses. The closest guess to the answer is automatically locked in.
- Take Two: Similar to One or the Other, except one answer is from the contestants and the other is from Ant and Dec.
- Range: Allows the contestants to know a 11-number range the right answer is in (e.g. 18–28 years).
If the team reach a situation where they have no lives left, the game enters sudden death mode. In order to continue normal play, they must provide an exact answer to the next question, or they lose the game.
The contestants can walk away at any time, cashing out the amount they banked.
Money Tree[]
Total number of steps | Monetary value |
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1 | £500 |
10 | £1,000 |
20 | £2,500 |
30 | £5,000 |
40 | £10,000 |
50 | £20,000 |
60 | £30,000 |
70 | £50,000 |
80 | £75,000 |
90 | £100,000 |
100 | £150,000 |
110 | £250,000 |
then for every 10 steps | increase by £250,000 |
Episode list with results[]
# | Episode number | Airdate | Type of episode | Contestants | Money won | Bank lost | Last position achieved safely | Contestants who have cashed out | Contestants who have gone over | Contestants who have lost all lives | |||||||||
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Highest possible position if played on | Highest safe position | Locked-in position | Locked-in position | Highest possible position | |||||||||||||||
Number of steps |
Corresponding amount |
Number of steps |
Corresponding amount |
Number of steps |
Corresponding amount |
Number of steps |
Corresponding amount |
Number of steps |
Corresponding amount |
Number of steps |
Corresponding amount | ||||||||
1 | Series 1 | Episode 1 | 8 January 2022 | regular | Will and Kathryn | £500,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Tony and Zee | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Series 1 | Episode 2 | 15 January 2022 | regular | Tony and Zee | £250,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Phil and Abbie | £0 | £1,000 | 16 | £1,000 | 42 | £10,000 | 43 | £10,000 | — | ||||||||||
Sarah and Amy | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Series 1 | Episode 3 | 22 January 2022 | regular | Sarah and Amy | £0 | £30,000 | 97 | £100,000 | — | — | 100 | £150,000 | 108 | £150,000 | ||||
sisters | £30,000 | — | probably £500,000 | — | |||||||||||||||
4 | Series 1 | Episode 4 | 29 January 2022 | regular | Sarah and Fiona | £30,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Lee and Kye | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Series 1 | Episode 5 | 5 February 2022 | regular | Lee and Kye | £0 | £10,000 | 114 | £250,000 | — | 140 | £1,000,000 | 144 | £1,000,000 | — | ||||
male and female | £75,000 | — | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Series 2 | Episode 1 | 25 December 2022 | Christmas special, celebrity special |
Rylan Clark and David Walliams [for charity] | £0 (each received £1,000 consolation prize) | £75,000 | 110 | £250,000 | — | — | 115 | £250,000 | 126 | £500,000 | ||||
Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan [for charity] | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Series 2 | Episode 2 | 7 January 2023 | regular | Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan [for charity] | £0 (each received £1,000 consolation prize) | £75,000 | 81 | £75,000 | — | — | 88 | £100,000 | 106 | £150,000 | ||||
Helen and Kelly | £100,000 | — | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Series 2 | Episode 3 | 14 January 2023 | regular | Matt and Hannah | ||||||||||||||
Colin and Michael | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Series 2 | Episode 4 | 21 January 2023 | regular | Colin and Michael | £150,000 | — | ||||||||||||
Jenny and Clive | £0 | £10,000 | 104 | £150,000 | — | — | 110 | £250,000 | 112 | £250,000 | |||||||||
10 | Series 2 | Episode 5 | 28 January 2023 | regular | Crish and Karthy | ||||||||||||||
Nathan and Taylor | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Series 2 | Episode 6 | 4 February 2023 | regular | Nathan and Taylor | ||||||||||||||
Troy & Tracey-Jane | £0 | £500 | 143 | £1,000,000 | — | — | 149 | £1,000,000 | 160 | £1,500,000 | |||||||||
12 | Series 3 | Episode 1 | 6 January 2024 | regular | Tina and Tracy | £100,000 | — | 102 | £150,000 | 132 | £750,000 | — | |||||||
Bianca and Ky | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Series 3 | Episode 2 | 13 January 2024 | regular | Bianca and Ky | £0 | £30,000 | 84 | £75,000 | — | 87 | £75,000 | 99 | £100,000 | — | ||||
Helen and Charlie | £1,000,000 | — | 144 | £1,000,000 | 173 | £1,750,000 | — | ||||||||||||
14 | Series 3 | Episode 3 | 20 January 2024 | regular | Adele and Adele | £50,000 | — | 112 | £250,000 | — | |||||||||
Zanesh and Melike | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Series 3 | Episode 4 | 27 January 2024 | regular | Zanesh and Melike | £10,000 | — | 54 | £20,000 | 64 | £30,000 | — | |||||||
Mark and David | £250,000 | — | 128 | £500,000 | 150 | £1,250,000 | — | ||||||||||||
16 | Series 3 | Episode 5 | 3 February 2024 | regular | Terri and Jess | £20,000 | — | 88 | £75,000 | 108 | £150,000 | — | |||||||
Paul and Ellie | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
17 | Series 3 | Episode 6 | 10 February 2024 | regular | Paul and Ellie | £75,000 | — | 151 | £1,250,000 | 159 | £1,250,000 | — | |||||||
Denis and Becca | £0 | £50,000 | 93 | £100,000 | — | — | 103 | £150,000 | 125 | £500,000 | |||||||||
18 | Series 4 | Episode 1 | 4 January 2025 | regular | Joe and Jo | £100,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Jordan and Steve | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Series 4 | Episode 2 | 5 January 2025 | regular | Jordan and Steve | £75,000 | — | 133 | £750,000 | 159[note 1] | £1,250,000 | — | |||||||
Richard and Lorna | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
20 | Series 4 | Episode 3 | 11 January 2025 | regular | Richard and Lorna | £30,000 | — | 120 | £500,000 | 145 | £1,000,000 | — | |||||||
Aaron and David | £75,000 | — | 93 | £100,000 | 109 | £150,000 | — | ||||||||||||
21 | Series 4 | Episode 4 | 12 January 2025 | regular | Dan and Sarah | £250,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Nik and Khajal | £0 | probably £2,500 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
22 | Series 4 | Episode 5 | 18 January 2025 | regular | Karis and Tim | £50,000 | — | — | |||||||||||
Arj and Charlotte | — | game paused until next episode | |||||||||||||||||
23 | Series 4 | Episode 6 | 19 January 2025 | regular | Arj and Charlotte | £10,000 | — | 58 | £20,000 | 65 | £30,000 | — | |||||||
Phil and Arainn | £75,000 | — | 96 | £100,000 | 114 | £250,000 | — |
Trivia[]
- The working title of the show was Fortune Favours the Brave.
- When Ant and Dec played the game in trials, they lost £1.25 million.
Notes[]
- ↑ If they decided to lock their answer in, they would have been at 161st step, which is at £1,500,000, but they would have lost the game, as this is 2 steps over the correct answer.