The Million Pound Drop: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Million Pound Drop (formerly The Million Pound Drop Live) is a BAFTA-winning game show which broadcasts on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The show began on 24 May 2010 with Davina McCall having presented the show's eleven series to date.

Contestants, alone or in pairs for the first series, or only in pairs for all subsequent series, are given one million pounds in £50 notes at the start of the show, banded in 40 bundles of £25,000. They must then answer eight questions in an effort to keep as much of their money as possible. Many questions are heavily focused on current or recent events (even events that occur during the airing of the show) with the words of "this week", "today" even "right now", to push the fact that the show is broadcast live.

Series details

• Title: The Million Pound Drop
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2010-05-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-03-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9637
• TVDB ID: 165621

Cast and credited roles

• Davina McCall — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-05-24; final listed air date 2010-05-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-10-25; final listed air date 2010-11-13.
• Season 3: premiered 2011-01-28; final listed air date 2011-02-19.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-04-22; final listed air date 2011-05-28.
• Season 5: premiered 2011-09-02; final listed air date 2011-10-08.
• Season 6: premiered 2012-01-13; final listed air date 2012-02-11.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-03-23; final listed air date 2012-04-21.
• Season 8: premiered 2012-06-15; final listed air date 2012-07-14.
• Season 9: premiered 2012-09-14; final listed air date 2012-10-20.
• Season 10: premiered 2013-06-14; final listed air date 2013-07-20.
• Season 11: premiered 2014-07-11; final listed air date 2014-09-26.
• Season 12: premiered 2015-02-20; final listed air date 2015-03-20.

Source and licence

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