Lose A Million was an early 1990s British game show which was produced by Action Time for Carlton Television

Carlton Television

Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,...

 and was hosted by Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant

Christopher John "Chris" Tarrant, OBE is an English radio and television broadcaster, now best known for hosting the first version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom and later Ireland, as the two national versions of the show merged in 2002.Chris...

 with voiceovers by Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman is an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger .-Early life:...

.

In a twist to the traditional gameshow format, the contestants each started with a million 'pounds' and the object of the game was to get questions wrong, therefore losing money. The contestant with the least money at the end was proclaimed the winner, winning £5000.

The set of the show was supposed to be an art-deco cruise ship.

The show is briefly featured in the film Shallow Grave

Shallow Grave

-Track listing:# Leftfield – "Shallow Grave" – 4:38# Simon Boswell – "Shallow Grave Theme" – 3:30# Nina Simone – "My Baby Just Cares for Me" – 3:38# Simon Boswell – "Laugh Riot" – 3:02# Leftfield – "Release the Dubs" – 5:45...

, with Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

 taking part in the jollity.

Interestingly, years after this show ended, Tarrant would go on to be the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a British television quiz show which offers a maximum cash prize of one million pounds for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty...

, a show with an objective completely opposite of the former.

International versions

In Singapore, a similar version called Here's A Million

Here's A Million

Here's A Million was a gameshow that was aired from May 21 to August 20 2001 over the defunct SPH MediaWorks's English channel TV Works, the predecessor of Channel i. It was similar to the British gameshow Lose A Million...

, was screened on MediaWorks TV Works in 2001.

External links

• Lose A Million page on UKGameShows