Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Also known asMillionaire
GenreGame show
Created byDavid Briggs
Steven Knight
Mike Whitehill
Directed byPeter Ots
Presented byEddie McGuire
ComposersKeith Strachan (1999–2006, 2021)
Matthew Strachan (1999–2006, 2021)
Ramon Covalo (2007, 2010, 2021)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons14 (original)
1 ($5 Million)
1 (Whizz Kids)
1 (Special Events)
No. of episodes292 (original)
6 ($5 Million)
2 (Whizz Kids)
4 (Special Events)
Production
Production locationsGTV-9, Richmond, Victoria (1999–2007)
Docklands Studios Melbourne (2010, 2021)[1]
Running time30 minutes (1999–2000)
60 minutes (2000–2006, 2010)
90 minutes (2007)
75 to 100 minutes (2021)
Production companiesGrundy Television (1999–2001)
Celador (1999–2006)
2waytraffic (2007, 2010)
Sony Pictures Television (2021)
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) –
3 April 2006 (2006-04-03)
Release22 October (2007-10-22) –
26 November 2007 (2007-11-26)
Release27 February (2010-02-27) –
6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)
Release25 January (2021-01-25) –
13 May 2021 (2021-05-13)
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is an Australian television game show which would offer a maximum cash prize of $1,000,000 for answering 15 successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The show was based on and follows the same general format of the original version of the show from the United Kingdom, and is part of the international Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise.

  1. ^ Perry, Kevin (27 December 2020). "Eddie McGuire Returns to Primetime with New Episodes of Who Wants To Be A Milliknaire". TV Blackbox. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.