A retired Scottish doctor has won £500k on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Former GP Andrew Townsley took home the second-top prize on the ITV show on Tuesday.
Dr Townsley, who worked at Newhills Medical Practice in Easterhouse, was in the running to become the sixth winner of the show - the first to win since Ingram Wilcox won the jackpot 14 years ago.
The Glasgow University graduate successfully answered all 14 questions before host Jeremy Clarkson asked him a final question worth £1 million.
🙌🙌🙌 What. A. Night! That’s all we have time for tonight – join us again tomorrow night to see if anyone can make it all the way to a million! #WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire pic.twitter.com/0vKsyggJnn
— Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (@MillionaireUK) May 12, 2020
The final question was: "In the history of motorsport, which of these iconic races was held first?"
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Dr Townsley phoned a friend, Ailsa, who unfortunately could not give any guidance and said she had 'absolutely no idea'.
But instead of guessing, the doc decided to take home the £500,000 prize.
However, it was revealed after he made his decision that his guess would have won him the jackpot £1million.
Ahead of the broadcast of his game, Andrew, who has progressive MS and requires the use of a wheelchair, said: "It felt great to be there, if a bit surreal to be honest.
"As I was progressing in the hot seat, all I could think about was this is all going very quickly!
"When you apply to be on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? you always dream that you'd have the opportunity to answer that million pound question...
"I knew winning a large sum of money would make my life a lot more comfortable."
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