Talk:Fifteen to One

message: Am I reading the winners table wrong? It says Nick Terry scored 433 and Dag Griffiths scored 432. Yet above, it says:
"The maximum score [433] has been achieved only once by Bill McKaig, a minister from Glasgow. The feat of answering all 40 third round questions correctly was also achieved by Daphne Fowler and Michael Penrice who both finished with a score of 432."
While I'm here... what happened with the tie? Did they have to find another Etruscan urn or something? :) -Nommo
Ah... I can see I've made a boobboo here. My source for the scores was http://www.quizplayers.com/quizplayers/fifteen_to_one. The scores they have listed against each series is actually the score of the person who was top of the finals board, and not the score of the winning finalist. I'll have to correct it. As for the tie: Yes they did have to find another urn or something. One of the winners runs a postal quiz that I take part in sometimes, he put a note in the handout a few months ago, but I've forgotten the details. Mintguy 16:31 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I think Fifteen to One has been axed, but I can't find any info on it.
:Tragically the last series was in autumn 2003. However now that Channel 4 has lost the test cricket perhaps they can put it back on. Dbiv 16:41, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Unlikely, I fear. Bonalaw 19:12, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong winner?

message: I was first a contestant in '94 and got to the second (knockout) round. At that time it would not have been possible to play the game again. However in 2000 the rule was altered so that anybody who had been a contestant more than two years ago could apply for another go (going through the qualifying auditions the same way as totally fresh contestants). I subsequently appeared again on the show in 2001 (getting to the third round and finishing third), and once more in the very last series, i.e. autumn 2003 Martyn Smith 21:30, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Being allowed to enter the show again

message: I was wondering, what font did 15 to 1 use on the very last series? Lenny 17:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Same as ever, wasn't it. I don't remember it being different....Martyn Smith 21:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So what font was it then, I'm sure it is available, if I knew what it was. Lenny 08:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Font

message: This section reads more like a (relatively poor) commentary than an encyclopedia article. Shouldn't it be deleted, or at least severely truncated?--PaulTaylor 13:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not in a position to check at the moment, but as this is so different in tone, contains an introduction and is unwikified it might be a copyright violation. Thryduulf 17:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Grand final series 35 section

message: How did they get the show to 30 minutes every time.  Presumably it could run and run in the first round if the contestants kept giving correct answers--Screen42 16:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Editing

message: It's possibly too granular, but what time was the show usually broadcast? I remember it generally being on in the early evening, too late to catch after a day at work, but I assume it moved around over the years. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 12:09, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well when it started it was at 4.30 in the afternoon, as far as I remember. I could get home from school just in time when it started. It took the same slot as Countdown when that was off the air. In later years it was moved around, earlier I believe. srushe (talk) 12:12, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Broadcast time

message: "In the grand final of series 29 shown in December 2000 (where Matti Watton won), one contestant, who was standing at position 4, could not be identified for legal reasons" - what's the explanation as to how/why this occurred?  The only explanation I can think of is that the person was convicted of some sort of crime between the filming and the broadcast - was this the case, or was it something else entirely.......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article implies that the earlier "winning" episode was never shown. Mrstonky (talk) 02:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mystery contestant

message: I'm fairly certain that 15 to 1 was broadcast in letterboxed 16:9 ratio in the late 1990s, as part of an experimental run of analogue widescreen transmissions sponsored by the EU.  Can anybody verify this? Mrstonky (talk) 02:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it was, using a system called PALplus (it's mentioned on that page). After the credits, it showed a message, "With support of the European Union's 16:9 Action Plan". JRawle (Talk) 14:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

text: There's currently an episode on YouTube from 1995 (confirmed by the original Channel 4 ident at the start) which appears to be in 16:9. I wonder how long this went on for? Karsini (talk) 23:55, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Screen ratio

message: I'm sure the lady who sometimes did the voice over can't be the Sarah Wynter of the linked article. I remember "Sarah" as sounding quite middle-aged, yet Sarah Wynter is quite young and this doesn't seem to fit in with her career anyway. JRawle (Talk) 14:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Sarah Wynter

message: is it possible for someone to put up the 2013 Fifteen to One logo somewhere on this page? Visokor (talk) 12:53, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request 

message: Why have the details of the original series celebrity specials (in 1990 and 1992 I believe) been removed? They were won by Nigel Rees and Patrick Stoddart (I provided a reference for the latter info). David Smith9 (talk) 14:33, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original series celebrity specials?