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 byAlex Horne
No. of episodes4
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) –
present

List of episodes and challenge results

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Episode 1 (20 April)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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  1. ^ Allen, Ben (21 April 2018). "Viewers divided over new BBC game show The Button". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "The Button arrives on BBC One - Friday 20th April 2018". Avalon. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ Oldershaw, Lauren (29 April 2018). "'New BBC game show hits the right button'". Daily Gazette and Essex County Standard. Retrieved 9 January 2021.