WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE RENEWED FOR FURTHER SERIES ON ITV, RETURNS TO THE STUDIO LATER THIS YEAR

ITV have commissioned further series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, with the hit gameshow returning to the studio later this year. Applications are now open. For details on how to apply, click here.

Meanwhile, ITV has announced that viewers are in for one of the most dramatic series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? yet, when the iconic quiz show returns to screens this April, with at least one contestant winning the £1 million top prize.

In an exclusive reveal, the new series will see not one but two contestants make it all the way to the £1 million question, placing them just one answer away from winning the show’s ultimate prize and a life-changing sum of money.

Winning £1 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? remains an exceptionally rare achievement, with only six contestants in the show’s UK history having taken home the top prize and only one winner since Jeremy Clarkson became host.

The tension doesn’t stop there, with one contestant dramatically losing £186,000 in a single moment- one of the biggest losses in the show’s history - making Series 36 one of the most suspenseful runs the show has delivered in years.

Hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, the nail-biting new series will see contestants once again attempt to climb the famous Million Pound Money Ladder, using their lifelines - Ask the Audience, 50:50, Ask the Host and Phone a Friend - in a bid to secure life-changing winnings.

Whilst details of the contestants and their gameplay are being kept tightly under wraps, viewers will be left wondering whether one or more contestants will join the elite group of contestants who have won the coveted £1 million prize in the show’s UK history.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire returns Sunday 26th April at 8pm on ITV1.