Sitting on a Fortune: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Six contestants answer questions to remain in with a chance of taking away up to £100,000. Players position themselves in a row of seats one behind another, with one wrong answer seeing them relegated to the back of the line and in real danger of leaving with nothing.

With the jackpot mounting, there can be only one winner. Who can stay in the hot seat long enough to take away up to £100,000? In this show there really can only be one player left Sitting on a Fortune.

Series details

• Title: Sitting on a Fortune
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-11-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 58640
• IMDb ID: tt15227974
• TVDB ID: 412030

Cast and credited roles

• Gary Lineker — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-11-07; final listed air date 2021-12-19; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 2023-05-28; final listed air date 2023-07-09.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sitting on a Fortune on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.