The Million Pound Drop [SERIES 2 @ 10PM on C4] - Discussion Thread

[Kerry]

Skeggy

[Shaun]

surely Skegness isn't a city

[Patrick]

Get George Lamb out! :D

Questions are quite easy tonight - I've still got my initial million after 7 questions...

Same.

[Tom]

Salford isn't part of Manchester, thats one of my biggest gripes

Salford is its own city and was there before Manchester, Manchester came later and is right next door to Salford. doesn't help that Salford is in the Greater Manchester county

[Patrick]

Omg he said 'you say?'

umfg.

[Tom]

oh and another thing about the Salford thing, its called City of Salford whilst the rugby team is called Salford City Reds!

[Kerry]

Hah they mucked that up

[Kerry]

I'm scaring myself how many I got right....

[Tom]

Oh yes I've survived 8 questions with £1m. if it was real I'd be a millionaire

[Patrick]

Saw that comin'

[Kerry]

:sleep:

[Patrick]

GEORGE YOU BITCH I WASN'T DONE THINKING AND YOU JUST STOPPED THE CLOCK!

Wanker.

[Matt]

****ing hell - I just lost my entire million because they stopped the clock

Some serious improvements needed on the online game

[GypsyGoth]

I really like his dad.

[GypsyGoth]

Yes!

[Patrick]

****ing hell - I just lost my entire million because they stopped the clock

Some serious improvements needed on the online game

Same, so not fair.

[Patrick]

'How ya doin' at home'

Grand, Until George ******ed it up.

[Patrick]

This would of been a perfect question to say John James and Josie.

[Tom]

Put the lot on Katie & Peter

I thought it finished at 11.05pm, didn't realise it was on until 11.20pm. Gonna have to call it a night at the next ad break :( up at 6am

[Shaun]

all on Katie & Peter

[GiRTh]

1.75 mill. WTF

[Shaun]

£1.75m for that, and there's children starving in the world...

[Tom]

I'm one of the 498 :eek:

[Patrick]

I'd laugh so hard if George took the money and ran.

[Tom]

£1.75m for that, and there's children starving in the world...

Harvey is one of them judging by the size of him

[Kerry]

Tech fail :joker:

[Shaun]

pmsl Tom

[Shaun]

Popes. Only been around 5 or 6, since JP II was around for 40 odd years.

but Labour... argh.

[Patrick]

Harvey is one of them judging by the size of him

:joker::joker:

[Tom]

Labour Prime Ministers I think

been about 5 of them

[Shaun]

gone for Popes.

[Patrick]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[Patrick]

George you got it wrong you bastard but I'll stand by you if you go down so do i.

*Puts my million on men on the moon*

[Kerry]

No idea

[Patrick]

Piss break.

[Tom]

Popes. Only been around 5 or 6, since JP II was around for 40 odd years.

but Labour... argh.

But there was someone in about 1920 who became pope and died 3 weeks later and his successor didn't last long either

[Shaun]

Labour PMs: Wilson, Blair, Brown, Callaghan, Attlee, MacDonald...err...

[Patrick]

The way that guy on the Chicago town advert says 'X Factoooor' is what X Factor [Or if you're american... Factooooor] USA will sound like. :rolleyes:

[Patrick]

OMG The Sing Star Mic these days looks like a dildo.

[Tom]

Labour PMs: Wilson, Blair, Brown, Callaghan, Attlee, MacDonald...err...

Ignore last point, but Pope John Paul I was Pope for 3 weeks in 1978 according to wikipedia

There have been 8 of them

[Shaun]

damnit I'm wrong :(

[Tom]

Animal Madhouse LOL

I just set a reminder for that :blush2:

[Kerry]

Ouchy ouch ouch

[Tom]

lmao I love how they did that so the big money dropped whilst everyone was still cheering :joker:

[Patrick]

LMFAO I lost my million but idc.

I loved the 'WOOOOOOaaaah!' pmsl

His face just dropped.

[GypsyGoth]

I wish George would stop reading the autocue thing, he is annoying. Davina is the host.

[Patrick]

lmao I love how they did that so the big money dropped whilst everyone was still cheering :joker:

The boys in the gallery are epic.

[In the Drunk Tank]

I'd say the Oxford/Cambridge boat race

[Tom]

Epsom Derby

[Tom]

Epsom Derby was in 1760, Tourr De France around 1890 I think

[In the Drunk Tank]

Daniel Craig.

[Tom]

Sean Connery was about 30, Daniel Craig was about 40

I still have my initial million btw :D very proud... not been very taxing tonight though

[Shaun]

they've won it.

[In the Drunk Tank]

For some reason I thought I'd heard that Daniel Craig was the youngest ever Bond, dont know why.

[GypsyGoth]

Yes!!!

[Kerry]

Perfect timing and a win - oh how convenient

[Matt]

And surprise surprise - the first celebrity couple playing for charity win some money

Questions were a bit harder than I thought they'd be though

[Maia]

First contestants to win something...and they were celebrities :p

That was great though, can't wait for next week :D

[Tom]

And surprise surprise - the first celebrity couple playing for charity win some money

Questions were a bit harder than I thought they'd be though

and the last couple of this mini series

[In the Drunk Tank]

First time I've seen this, it was quite good actually :)

[Matt]

Perfect timing

That's a good point too :laugh:

Far too long a wait for the next episode though - they so should have had two weeks of five episodes

The remaining four episodes are all 100minutes long (officially, though some will probably over-run) airing between 10pm and 11.20pm on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th, Friday 12th and Saturday 13th Nov

[biggiesmallz97]

Right conspiracy theory time, how perfect was the timing on that show tonight? It may have ran over slightly but it was even billed for 11.20 as apposed to the normal finishing time of 11.10. I doubt the show was live tonight because I don't think George and Larry's schedule would allow them to come back next week which is another bone of contention even the fact it's not on til next Friday. Anyone bhind my mad theory?

[InOne]

Right conspiracy theory time, how perfect was the timing on that show tonight? It may have ran over slightly but it was even billed for 11.20 as apposed to the normal finishing time of 11.10. I doubt the show was live tonight because I don't think George and Larry's schedule would allow them to come back next week which is another bone of contention even the fact it's not on til next Friday. Anyone bhind my mad theory?

It does seem odd the celebs would win

[Jack_]

Right conspiracy theory time, how perfect was the timing on that show tonight? It may have ran over slightly but it was even billed for 11.20 as apposed to the normal finishing time of 11.10. I doubt the show was live tonight because I don't think George and Larry's schedule would allow them to come back next week which is another bone of contention even the fact it's not on til next Friday. Anyone bhind my mad theory?

It was billed as 11:20 so that if they needed the extra time it was there. The same happened at the end of last series. Infact I seem to remember the last episode of the last series finishing at around 11:40. You can't make contestants wait a week either - which is why the extra time was given.

[Matt]

If you're interested, here's a round up of the Week 1 ratings:

Monday: 2.02m - C4 1.91m (10.7%), C4+1 111,000 (1.1%)
Tuesday: 2.27m - C4 2.07m (11.6%), C4+1 198,000 (2%)
Wednesday: 2.29m - C4 2.07m (11.2%), C4+1 221,000 (2.3%)
Thursday: 2.18m - C4 1.95m (11%), C4+1 232,000 (2.4%)
Friday: 2.71m (15.4%), C4 and C4+1

So last night's show is the highest rating out of both series so far - quite amazing considering it was a late extended show

[Jack_]

Wow - 2.71m! That's very good :D

[Smithy]

omfg did I miss this :@ :@ :@

[Kerry]

omfg did I miss this :@ :@ :@

Yeah but it's on next weekend

[Tom]

I'm getting withdrawal symptoms, its worse than heroin :(

[Smithy]

Yeah but it's on next weekend

oh thats not to bad then :/


Did anyone win a lot of money this week?

[Jack_]

oh thats not to bad then :/


Did anyone win a lot of money this week?

George and Larry Lamb [last night] were the only winners - they won £50K for charity.

[Kerry]

oh thats not to bad then :/


Did anyone win a lot of money this week?

Nope. Only the charity celebs. It's on on Friday and Saturday I think next

[King Gizzard]

Ima try stay up

Seriously, whoever came up with it is a genius, and the channel 4 bosses should love them

Loads of ratings without having to spend much money at all

[Tom]

I'm delaying my night out so I can watch :blush2:

[Kerry]

Oooh 5 mins

[GypsyGoth]

I'm going to have a go at this online for the first time.

[Matt]

I'm going to have a go at this online for the first time.

Good luck :D

This is easily Channel 4's new best show

[Tom]

I'm going to have a go at this online for the first time.

Its worse than a drug addiction, I'd stay clear of it if I were you :joker:

[King Gizzard]

I see no point of the online game

so easy to cheat, the figures they put up on the screen are unreliable

[Matt]

I see no point of the online game

so easy to cheat, the figures they put up on the screen are unreliable

Who cares? It's fun to play along :laugh:

I think Mo might be one of my favouritest contestants ever

[Kerry]

Bonnie and Clyde or Al Capone

[Patrick]

Forgot all about this.

Oh well, cba.

[GypsyGoth]

Bonnie and Clyde or Al Capone

I guessed B & C.

[Patrick]

Matt? MO?

Like from Big Brother 9?

[Kerry]

*bites nails*

[Tom]

Matt? MO?

Like from Big Brother 9?

I'd say more like Eastenders

I think these 2 have a really good gameplan, I think other people are going to copy it. Its a foolproof way of playing

[Matt]

Matt? MO?

Like from Big Brother 9?

You wish :laugh:

I just put my entire million on Ronnie Biggs thinking the question was what happened LAST *headdesk*

[Maia]

My guess is Bonnie & Clyde...I'm most likely wrong :p

[King Gizzard]

Why on earth do they still advertise for contestants lol

[Kerry]

Ouchy

[GypsyGoth]

****, I lost it all :(

[GiRTh]

LOL@Nobel prizes. Like they were ever going to pick that.

[Kerry]

No chance will I know a carry on question

[Kerry]

Loving

[Kerry]

Or Flashing

[Kerry]

Actually yes, think it's Flashing now

[GiRTh]

they've lost I think

[Kerry]

Ooooh I was right

[Matt]

Why on earth do they still advertise for contestants lol

The idea behind it is that you can be sit playing at home one day and then playing for real they next - at least three pairs of contestants so far have applied within days before appearing

[GiRTh]

Already hate these two

[Kerry]

Brian Adams

[Kerry]

Everything I do, I do it for you......

[GiRTh]

Tom Jones is 51 :laugh2:

[King Gizzard]

Bryan Adams, he was on This Morning today

Dumb idiots, Tom Jones looks well older than 51

[In the Drunk Tank]

Put it all on Brian Adams.

[Maia]

All on Bryan Adams.

[Kerry]

Tom Jones is 51 :laugh2:

Think he's 70-ish :shocked:

[Kerry]

Dopey mares

[GiRTh]

Think he's 70-ish :shocked:yep. Much closer.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Think he's 70-ish :shocked:

Yep, 70 this year :laugh:

[Kerry]

Yep, 70 this year :laugh:

Thought so. Can remember some TV birthday bash he did. Must have been his 65th

[Kerry]

Saying that I'd have never guessed Brian Adams' age. It's the 16 weeks at number one I remembered with Everything I do

[In the Drunk Tank]

Saying that I'd have never guessed Brian Adams' age. It's the 16 weeks at number one I remembered with Everything I do

I didnt know he was that old, just did it by process of elimination

[Kerry]

I didnt know he was that old, just did it by process of elimination

He certainly doesn't look it

[GiRTh]

LOL These two probably only read Heat magazine. They're ******ed.

[Kerry]

One doesn't even know what mythology is :joker:

[GiRTh]

2007

[Kerry]

2007

[Maia]

2007. Remember the day very clearly.

[Matt]

LOL These two probably only read Heat magazine. They're ******ed.

They'll probably be out by question four :laugh:

[GypsyGoth]

That girl giving money away on the wrong answers! I would drop her down one of the holes.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Was thinking 2005 or 2007, put a tiny bit on 2005, saw Kerry and Harbinger's answers and tried to change it but I didnt have time :laugh:

[Kerry]

That girl giving money away on the wrong answers! I would drop her down one of the holes.

:joker:

[GiRTh]

They'll probably be out by question four :laugh:For sure. Its more of a challenge to guess which question they'll go out on.

[GypsyGoth]

:joker:

:D

[GiRTh]

Newsnight

[Matt]

Oh come on, the answer is so obvious

[In the Drunk Tank]

All on Newsnight

[Kerry]

Newsnight. Saw something on the ITV news about news strikes so I'm guessing that

[Maia]

Guessed Newsnight straight away.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Andrew Marr's sunday mornings lol

[Kerry]

The One Shows on at 7pm

[Kerry]

Cheryl Cole

[In the Drunk Tank]

Cheryl.

[GiRTh]

This ones harder its Cheryl

[Matt]

For sure. Its more of a challenge to guess which question they'll go out on.

Judging by their discussion here they probably don't even read Heat

[Maia]

Cheryl Cole. Was a bit torn between Barbara though :laugh:

[Kerry]

Bar Windsor probably did a how to fling your bra vid

[Matt]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Barbara-Windsor-Workout-DVD/dp/B0002W119K

LOL @ the cover pics :joker:

[GiRTh]

Judging by their discussion here they probably don't even read HeatLOL when one of them said 'Oooohhh Shoes'. Summed them up.

[GypsyGoth]

Bar Windsor probably did a how to fling your bra vid

:laugh:

[Kerry]

Doubt they can read. Nevermind Heat

[In the Drunk Tank]

Didnt they say one of them was a law student? :joker:

[Kerry]

Watch them go and win something now :laugh2:

[Kerry]

Asbo.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Get an Asbo.

[Matt]

Goodness, they're getting quite obvious questions

[Kerry]

Goodness, they're getting quite obvious questions

Was just thinking they're getting easier

[Matt]

The amount of time they've spent harping on about shoes you think they'd jump on High Street :laugh:

[Kerry]

MFI I think

[Maia]

Ugh my internet's being pathetic -_-

[Kerry]

Woolies was about 3 or 4 years ago. Never even heard of Borders

[In the Drunk Tank]

Put most on MFI, little bit on Borders.

[Matt]

I've put my entire million on Borders

[Maia]

I think it was Woolworths.

[GypsyGoth]

I've put everything on Borders

Me too.

[GiRTh]

These two are winding me up. Enough with the shoes

[Kerry]

I've never even heard of Borders

[Maia]

What is Borders anyway? :p

[Matt]

Me too.

*High-five* Go us! :cheer:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Borders is a stationary shop, only had £150,000 on it.

[Kerry]

LOL Jasmine just said it closed in December 2010. We ain't even got there yet Love :joker:

[Matt]

What is Borders anyway? :p

It was a books and music shop, they didn't have many stores, less than 60 I think

[In the Drunk Tank]

Surely MFI wasnt actually a High Street store though, they were all in retail parks.

[GypsyGoth]

*High-five* Go us! :cheer:

http://oi27.tinypic.com/mrd8wp.jpg

[Maia]

It was a books and music shop, they didn't have many stores, less than 60 I think

Ah - there can't have been any near where I live then :laugh:

[Kerry]

Teddy Boys

[In the Drunk Tank]

Teddy Boys I think.

[GypsyGoth]

These two seem smart.

[Matt]

Surely MFI wasnt actually a High Street store though, they were all in retail parks.

I thought that too, 'Shops' would have been a better category


http://oi27.tinypic.com/mrd8wp.jpg

Perhaps I can overlook you voting Ke$ha for Best International Breakthrough in the music awards ;)

[Kerry]

How long are the adverts....

[Matt]

THIS QUESTION IS RIGHT UP MY STREET <3

My entire £1million's on WorkBook ;)

[Kerry]

Workbook

[In the Drunk Tank]

Powerbook I reckon

Edit *changes money to Workbook*

[GiRTh]

All on workbook

[Maia]

WorkBook.

[Matt]

*Pats everyone who went for WorkBook on the virtual back*

[Kerry]

I'm so crap at sci fi

[Kerry]

No idea

[GiRTh]

That ones hard

[GypsyGoth]

Phone a friend!!!

[In the Drunk Tank]

Never seen an episode of Doctor Who

[Kerry]

Don't even know who Sylvester is

[Maia]

Either David Tennant or Sylvester McCoy - gone for David.

[Smithy]

Its David Tennant D:

[Smithy]

I think

[Kerry]

:shocked:

[In the Drunk Tank]

That was the one I didnt think it was :p

[Maia]

LOL They didn't put a single penny on David Tennant? Good god.

[Matt]

And I was wrong. Drat

[Smithy]

*knew it*


:p

[GypsyGoth]

I've lost 3million so far :sad:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Lost my remaining £200,000 on that one.

[Kerry]

How jittery

[Smithy]

MJ

[Matt]

I was doing so well, 8 questions with my entire million... tonight I can't even blame the game for being **** :(

[Smithy]

D:

Dangerous?

[GiRTh]

Bad

[Kerry]

Bad

[Kerry]

Bad was about 86

[Maia]

Went for Bad.

[Kerry]

Oooh I was only a year out. Know cos I had it and have History too :D

[Matt]

Brilliant show again tonight, even if I fail at Dr Who :(

Oh well at least I did better than the shoes twins

I wonder how it'll do in the ratings without the celebrity boost behind it?

[ChristmasNeeve]

those shoe twins were a waste of a valuable place :/

[Matt]

The next ep's just about to start on Channel 4!

[King Gizzard]

Aparently this The Pillars of the Earth had a budget of like 25 mill :|

[Tom]

could believe it but MPD is meant to be on so it better end now

[Matt]

I love love love Davina but what the **** is she wearing

[GiRTh]

What the hell is Davina wearing?

[Tom]

I love love love Davina but what the **** is she wearing

a giant baby grow by the looks of things

its still not as bad as some of the stuff she wore on Big Brother though

[Braden]

Forgot this was on. Thanks for the reminder :)

I was hoping for Davina to wurq the look she had last series with the hairpiece, one day this week <3

[Braden]

Just knew the first question would have something to do with X Factor.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Will they have had a chance to watch it?

[King Gizzard]

Them one piece women suit things are becoming all the fashion recently but they are awful

[Matt]

a giant baby grow by the looks of things

its still not as bad as some of the stuff she wore on Big Brother though

I shouldn't complain, I saw her this summer and she was wearing dungarees with one leg rolled up and she still looked amazing

[In the Drunk Tank]

Oh yeah, Wagner's the only one which is Louis' act :blush:

[Braden]

to do with the MS advert

[GiRTh]

Peter Kay

[Braden]

Are they stupid. She's a model!!!!!

[In the Drunk Tank]

I put half on Twiggy (due to them mainly) and half on Peter Kay

[Matt]

Oh dear, they're going for Twiggy :shocked:

I'm sure last night Davina told a pair of contestants that all of the answers did have the question in common?

[GiRTh]

The audition process strikes again. :rolleyes:

[Tom]

I shouldn't complain, I saw her this summer and she was wearing dungarees with one leg rolled up and she still looked amazing

well it could be a lot worse

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/82519317.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA548B4D8A0CA2A21EF51 B083ACD1B4F62AE945B026029AC18B82E30A760B0D811297

[GypsyGoth]

Cool, I forgot this was on.

[Tom]

hello Rachel

[In the Drunk Tank]

Pieterson I think :/

[GiRTh]

hello RachelReally? Jaws a bit manly.

[Tom]

Really? Jaws a bit manly.

yeah the more I see her the more she looks like Sam the man from BB7

[In the Drunk Tank]

It wont be Murray surely

[Matt]

Before I forget, last nights show got 2.08million viewers - 1.87m (10.7%) on C4, 211k (1.9%) on C4+1

Not bad considering the running time and slot but clearly George and Larry boosted it a bit

[Tom]

Before I forget, last nights show got 2.08million viewers - 1.87m (10.7%) on C4, 211k (1.9%) on C4+1

Not bad considering the running time and slot but clearly George and Larry boosted it a bit

It was bonfire night and never had the momentum either

What did it get last Friday?

[GiRTh]

yeah the more I see her the more she looks like Sam the man from BB7Mind you I wouldnt say no.

[GypsyGoth]

I had all my money on Paula and then changed to Kevin.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Churchill's Bulldog

[GiRTh]

I think its the 118 runners. They were on ages ago.

[Matt]

It was bonfire night and never had the momentum either

What did it get last Friday?

2.71million combined, making it the highest rated episode to date - so we can probably expect a sharp increase in celebrity contestants soon :laugh:

[GiRTh]

Thats me out.

[GypsyGoth]

I lost a million on that, I had to restart.

[The Human Santapede]

I still have £875,000 :hugesmile:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Still have 500,000, think this one's Led Zepplin

[GiRTh]

Sex Pistols

[Matt]

I couldn't resist employing Google on this question :laugh:

Still not sure but I put my million on Sex Pistols

[Braden]

I love how I know when there's going to be a break.

[Braden]

I have £225,000 :p

[In the Drunk Tank]

Looks like I'm going to be left with £50,000 :laugh:

[In the Drunk Tank]

New Zealand I've gone for

[Braden]

New Zeland, because I was watching ANTM and they went over-seas. And they saw loads of animals who could have produced Wool.

Gay, I know. But I don't have a clue what the answer is :p

[GiRTh]

There are more sheep in New zealand than people so I went for them.

[Braden]

...****

[In the Drunk Tank]

Obviously it wasnt the UK..