Chris Tarrant

Former television presenter Chris Tarrant has been banned from driving for a year and fined £6,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of drink driving.

The 71 year old, who presented ITV’s ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?’ for 16 years, was observed in his local pub just before Christmas drinking as many as four brandy and ports at lunchtime before departing in his Mercedes.

He drove the two miles to his house in Bucklebury, Berkshire, before police (tipped off by concerned pub-goers with him at the time) arrived shortly afterwards, 13 minutes after the call had been placed.

Continue reading: Chris Tarrant Pleads Guilty To Drink Driving Charge

Once a show to have the family nestled around the TV shouting A, B, C or D, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' has had the lights dimmed for a final time. The show that has ran for over a decade will have the plug pulled tonight. 

Chris Tarrant "Won't be hugely sad" about the show's ending

The show has slowly become less of an anticipated watch over the years, yet ran a lot longer than expected. The Telegraph interviewed the original host Chris Tarrant OBE on why he believes the show has come to the final stop. Tarrant believed it was due to the economic climate of Britain: 'As a nation we've stopped gambling. People were saying, 'I've got 10 grand, I'm not going to risk that'. I only gave away £80,000 in three nights.'

Continue reading: Life-Lines Have Gone For 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'