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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.
| The Button | |
|---|---|
| Series 1 | |
| Presented by | Alex Horne |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 20 April 2018 – present |
List of episodes and challenge results
editEpisode 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.