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''Fifteen-to-One'' somewhat unexpectedly hit the headlines in 1998 when one of its former contestants, one Trevor Montague (pictured below), was sued by Regent, the makers of the programme. Montague broke the rule which states that losers on the programme cannot take part again. However, after being knocked out in 1989, Mr Montague entered again in 1992 under the name Steve Romana, wearing a T-shirt and earrings to disguise his appearance. When a viewer saw a repeat of the series on Challenge TV, they noticed the uncanny resemblance between Mr Montague and "Steve Romana", and contacted Channel 4. Montague had done a similar thing on [[The Krypton Factor]] - he had appeared as himself in the 1988 series and as 'Steve Romana' in the 1995 one, although whether it was picked up on in this case is not known. In 2001, Montague came out with a quiz compendium, ''The A-Z of Almost Everything'', with a foreword by [[Magnus Magnusson]].
William G. Stewart
Voice-over: Anthony Hyde (early series), Laura Calland, Sarah Wynter, Philip Lowrie (alternating)
Regent for Channel 4, 4 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 (2265 episodes in 35 series)
Paul McGuire was credited as "Musical Director".
In 1999, the first schools series was commissioned. 25 of the leading players came together for the Millennium Quiz, on Christmas Day 1999 for a 110-minute behemoth of a show featuring 350 questions over five rounds. This was won by quiz regular Kevin Ashman. Other specials included a few celebrity specials, a comical quiz for Comic Relief and (as part of C4's Without Walls arts strand) an hour-long feature on the Elgin Marbles. He also took the subject in a 2007 Celebrity Mastermind.
Fifteen-to-One somewhat unexpectedly hit the headlines in 1998 when one of its former contestants, one Trevor Montague (pictured below), was sued by Regent, the makers of the programme. Montague broke the rule which states that losers on the programme cannot take part again. However, after being knocked out in 1989, Mr Montague entered again in 1992 under the name Steve Romana, wearing a T-shirt and earrings to disguise his appearance. When a viewer saw a repeat of the series on Challenge TV, they noticed the uncanny resemblance between Mr Montague and "Steve Romana", and contacted Channel 4. Montague had done a similar thing on The Krypton Factor - he had appeared as himself in the 1988 series and as 'Steve Romana' in the 1995 one, although whether it was picked up on in this case is not known. In 2001, Montague came out with a quiz compendium, The A-Z of Almost Everything, with a foreword by Magnus Magnusson.
William G. Stewart with Trevor Montague
1988 Jon Goodwin 1997 Trevor Montague
Mal Collier Bill Francis
1989 Kevin Ashman Nick Terry
Andrew Francis 1998 Nick Terry
1990 Anthony Martin Bill McKaig
Mike Kirby Paul Hillman
1991 Thomas Dyer 1999 Nick Terry
Anthony Martin Nick Terry again
1992 Julian Allen 2000 Les Arnott
Barbara Thompson Dag Griffiths
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