A contestant will have the chance to win the top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? for the first time in 12 years.

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The lucky player will make it all the way to the show’s final question and have the chance to take away – would you believe it – one million pounds if they provide the correct answer to host Jeremy Clarkson.

“Well, I can hardly believe it,” Clarkson is seen to be saying in a sneak preview of the show. "I didn’t actually believe I’d say it but I’m going to...This is your question for a million pounds.”

If the contestant gets the question correct, they’ll join the five previous winners of the show, the last being Ingram Wilcox in 2006, back when Chris Tarrant fronted the format.

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Can Clarkson add another to the list? As long as they keep away from the Ask the Host lifeline, they’ve got a fighting chance.
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? is on 9pm Mondays, ITV

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Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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