Fifteen-to-One

Fifteen-to-One
General Info
Original Release	11 January 1988 - 19 December 2003 5 April 2014 - 28 June 2019
Network	Channel 4
Top Prize	Trophy (original) £40,000 (revival)
Show Info
No of Episodes	2,265
No of Series	35 (inc. Schools series) (Original) 10 (Revival)
Running Time	30–45 minutes (1988–2003) 60 minutes (2013–19)
Picture Format	4:3 (1988–95, 1997–2000) 16:9 (1995–96, 2000–03, 2013–19)
Wikipedia Article	Fifteen to One
Website	Fifteen to One - Channel 4

Fifteen to One (also known as Fifteen-to-One or 15 to 1) is a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 in the William G. Stewart era and from 5 April 2014 to 28 June 2019 in the Sandi Toksvig era and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run, it was presented and produced by William G. Stewart. Sandi Toksvig hosted the daytime revival version but the episodes are one hour long - Adam Hills hosted the revival's primetime celebrity specials.

Transmissions

Original

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Cumulative
1	11 January 1988	1 April 1988	60	60
2	5 September 1988	23 December 1988	80	140
3	20 March 1989	7 July 1989	80	220
4	16 October 1989	22 December 1989	50	270
5	2 April 1990	29 June 1990	65	335
6	1 October 1990	21 December 1990	60	395
7	1 April 1991	28 June 1991	65	460
8	30 September 1991	20 December 1991	60	520
9	30 March 1992	26 June 1992	65	585
10	28 September 1992	18 December 1992	60	645
11	5 April 1993	2 July 1993	65	710
12	4 October 1993	24 December 1993	60	770
13	4 April 1994	1 July 1994	65	835
14	3 October 1994	23 December 1994	60	895
15	3 April 1995	30 June 1995	65	960
16	2 October 1995	22 December 1995	60	1,020
17	1 April 1996	28 June 1996	65	1,085
18	16 September 1996	20 December 1996	65	1,150
19	13 January 1997	28 March 1997	55	1,205
20	31 March 1997	27 June 1997	65	1,270
21	22 September 1997	19 December 1997	65	1,335
22	12 January 1998	10 April 1998	65	1,400
23	14 April 1998	10 July 1998	64	1,464
24	21 September 1998	18 December 1998	65	1,529
25	25 January 1999	23 April 1999	65	1,594
26	20 September 1999	24 December 1999	70	1,664
27	3 January 2000	7 April 2000	70	1,734
28	10 April 2000	14 June 2000	50	1,784
29	18 September 2000	22 December 2000	70	1,854
30	8 January 2001	13 April 2001	70	1,924
31	24 September 2001	2 November 2001	65	1,989
32	7 January 2002	12 April 2002	68	2,057
33	16 September 2002	20 December 2002	70	2,127
34	6 January 2003	11 April 2003	68	2,195
35	15 September 2003	19 December 2003	70	2,265

Sometimes, Fifteen to One was not shown when Channel 4 broadcast either the Cheltenham Festival or an England Test match: that is why there were fewer episodes in some series. Repeats were sometimes shown if a Test match either stopped due to rain or finished early. However, when the 2001 Cheltenham Festival was cancelled, Channel 4 did not show any Fifteen to One repeats. Between 1988 and 1996, Fifteen To One and Countdown alternated in the schedule with Countdown typically airing between January and March as well as July and September with Fifteen To One airing between April and June as well as October and December. The practice was dropped by series 18 when both shows ran together in the schedule until its original demise and continued again upon its revival.

Revival

This list does not include the celebrity series hosted by Adam Hills.

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Cumulative
1	5 April 2014	1 May 2014	20	20
2	13 October 2014	5 December 2014	40	60
3	13 July 2015	17 September 2015	40	100
4	18 September 2015	30 October 2015	30	130
5	11 April 2016	31 May 2016	30	160
6	1 June 2016	11 August 2016	40	200
7	13 February 2017	21 April 2017	50	250
8	24 April 2017	30 June 2017	50	300
9	5 November 2018	21 December 2018	35	335
10	13 May 2019	28 June 2019	35	370

Series winners

Original

Series	Grand Final Winner(s)	Top of the Finals Board	Score	Aired
1	Jon Goodwin	Peter Knott	270	1982
2	Robert Wright	Fred Gavin	290
3	Kevin Ashman	Mal Collier	261	1983
4	Andrew Francis	Thomas Dyer	202
5	Keith Keding	Anthony Martin	251	1984
6	Mike Kirby	Mike Kirby	281
7	Thomas Dyer	Sarah Greene	263	1985
8	Anthony Martin	Katharine Heaney	242
9	Julian Allen	Barbara Thompson	252	1986
10	Barbara Thompson	Sheri Evans	231
11	Anthony Martin	Tony Green	242	1987
12	Glen Binnie	Andrew McGlennon	302
13	Stanley Miller	Peter Fillingham	251	1988
14	Leslie Booth	Lesley Webster	262
15	Leslie Booth	Christopher Cooke	292	1989
16	Ian Potts	Susan O'Donoghue	231
17	Arnold O'Hara	John Clarke	291	1990
18	Martin Riley	Martin Riley	333
19	Trevor Montague ||Christopher Bostock|| 292	1991
20	Bill Francis		Rosemary Broome	311
21	Nick Terry		John Emmines Christopher Bostock	272
Champion of Champions			Mal Collier	122
22	Nick Terry	Bill McKaig	272	1992
23	Bill McKaig	Roy Smith	293
24	Paul Hillman	Michael Irwin	311
25	Nick Terry	Bill McKaig	433	1993
Schools Series	Audenshaw School	Royal Belfast Academical Institution	290
26	Nick Terry	Michael Penrice	321
27	Les Arnott	John Jenkins	303	1994
28	Dag Griffiths	Daphne Fowler	432
29	Matti Watton	Daphne Fowler	383
30	Daphne Fowler	Daphne Fowler	333	1995
31	Daphne Fowler	Martin Saunders	292
32	Matti Watton	Michael Penrice	423	1996
33	David Good	Jim MacIntosh	271
34	Jack Welsby David Stedman	Azeez Feshitan	291	1997
35	John Harrison	John Harrison	291

Revival

Series	Schools Winner	Top of the Finals Board	Score	Aired
1	Dave McBryan	Iwan Thomas	242	Season 1 (19 March 2007- 4 February 2008)
2	Gerard Mackay	Mark Kerr	251
3	Peter Finan	Gareth Watkins	241	Season 2 (1 September 2008 - 27 August 2011)
4	Ailsa Watson	Dave Cowan	272
5	Gareth Kingston	Bob Haigh	292	Season 3 (2011-2012)
6	Huw Pritchard	Barbara Levy	191
	Ross Goodwin	Ross Goodwin	212	2013-2017
	Max Espensen	Max Espensen	223
	Ryland Morgan	Ryland Morgan	353	2018
	Andy Tucker	Andy Tucker	213	2019

Gallery

Fifteen To One - The Final (1988)

Fifteen To One - The Final (1988)-0