The Button series 1
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| The Button | |
|---|---|
| Series 1 | |
| Presented by | Alex Horne |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 20 April 2018 – present |
The first season of the TV game show competition series The Button premiered in April 2018 on BBC One.[1][2][3] The objective of the show is that the family with the most money at the end of the episode from winning the challenges is declared the winning team.
List of episodes and challenge results
[edit]Episode 1 (20 April)
[edit]| Place No. | Challenge 1 | Challenge 2 | Challenge 3 | Challenge 4 | Challenge 5 | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A Each team failed |
The Halls | The Ward / Mills | The Marchants | The Garstons | The Garstons - £5,000 |
| 2 | N/A Each team failed |
The Ward / Mills | The Halls | The Ward / Mills | The Halls | The Marchants - £4,000 |
| 3 | N/A Each team failed |
The Marchants | The Garstons | The Halls | The Ward / Mills | The Ward / Mills - £3,000 |
| 4 | N/A Each team failed |
The Garstons | The Marchants | The Garstons | The Marchants | The Halls - £2,000 |
| 5 | N/A Each team failed |
The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs - £0 |
The Garstons were the winners of the first episode, but decided not to leave the show and keep their cash prize to carry over to the next episode.
Episode 2 (27 April)
[edit]| Place No. | Challenge 1 | Challenge 2 | Challenge 3 | Challenge 4 | Challenge 5 | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Halls | The Garstons | The Ward / Mills | The Halls | The Halls | The Halls - £10,000 |
| 2 | The Garstons | The Halls | The Garstons | The Ward / Mills | The Garstons | The Ward / Mills - £0 |
| 3 | The Marchants | The Marchants | The Halls | The Garstons | The Ward / Mills | The Garstons - £0 |
| 4 | The Ward / Mills | The McCulloughs | The Marchants | The Marchants | The Marchants | The Halls - £0 |
| 5 | The McCulloughs | The Ward / Mills | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs - £0 |
The Halls were the winners of the second episode and decided to keep their cash prize, but because they did, they had to leave the show. A new family, the Utleys, were introduced one week after.
Episode 3 (4 May)
[edit]| Place No. | Challenge 1 | Challenge 2 | Challenge 3 | Challenge 4 | Challenge 5* | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Marchants | The Ward / Mills | The Marchants | The Ward / Mills | The Ward / Mills Head-to-head |
The Ward / Mills - £11,000 |
| 2 | The Garstons | The Marchants | The Ward / Mills | The Marchants | The Marchants Head-to-head |
The Marchants - £0 |
| 3 | The McCulloughs | The Garstons | The McCulloughs Disqualified |
The Garstons | N/A Could not compete |
The Garstons - £0 |
| 4 | The Utleys | The McCulloughs | The Garstons Disqualified |
The McCulloughs | N/A Could not compete |
The McCulloughs - £0 |
| 5 | The Ward / Mills | The Utleys | The Utleys Disqualified |
The Utleys | N/A Could not compete |
The Utleys - £0 |
- The other teams could not compete in Challenge 5 as The Ward / Mills and The Marchants were competing in to the head-to-head against each other.
The Ward/Mills were the winners of the third episode, but decided not to leave the show and keep their cash prize to carry over to the next episode.
Episode 4 (11 May)
[edit]| Place No. | Challenge 1 | Challenge 2 | Challenge 3 | Challenge 4 | Challenge 5 | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Utleys | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs | The McCulloughs - £10,000 |
| 2 | The Garstons | The Utleys | The Utleys | The Utleys | The Ward / Mills | The Utleys - £0 |
| 3 | The McCulloughs | The Garstons Disqualified |
The Garstons | The Garstons | The Utleys | The Garstons - £0 |
| 4 | The Marchants | The Marchants Disqualified |
The Marchants | The Marchants | The Garstons | The Marchants - £0 |
| 5 | The Ward / Mills | The Ward / Mills | The Ward / Mills | The Ward / Mills | The Marchants | The Ward / Mills - £0 |
The McCulloughs were the winners of the fourth episode and decided to keep their cash prize, but because they did, they had to leave the show.
References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Ben (21 April 2018). "Viewers divided over new BBC game show The Button". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "The Button arrives on BBC One - Friday 20th April 2018". Avalon. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Oldershaw, Lauren (29 April 2018). "'New BBC game show hits the right button'". Daily Gazette and Essex County Standard. Retrieved 9 January 2021.