Very interesting announcement at the start of the broadcast that the identity of one of the grand finalists could not be revealed due to reasons outside of Channel 4's control.

https://youtu.be/kovi9Ug1Z48?t=1m25s

Been digging but cannot find exactly who or why they are not to be featured due to circumstances beyond Channel 4's control.

http://web.archive.org/web/200412201...ies_29_gf.html

Daphne Fowler was a finalist, has she ever revealed why?

A Freedom of Information Act request was even made by rejected by Channel 4.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/fifteen_to_one

"outside of their control" makes me think the contestant in question committed criminal acts or had criminal acts committed against them or someone close to them.

Is the answer Jesus?

Couldn't you find out be watching the penultimate episode of the series, seeing the leaderboard and then working out who is missing?

now I know that 15 to 1 is presented by Sandi Toksvig, because they said so on detectorists
so this is an old series
what's the point?

Bloody Hell! William G Stewart was married to Sally Geeson!!!

If they were available somewhere.

There's something about this that doesn't quite add up. The you tube segment refers to a show aired on 22nd December 2000. The FOI request refers to a show aired in 2010 - yet there was no 15:1 in 2010. It orginally ran from 1988 to 2003, and was then revived under a different presenter in 2013.

it's mistakes like this that reveal to the Special Ones that reality is a vast, fabricated illusion

The FOI request refers to series 29 which was 2000. The person who made the FOI request has put 2010 when they really mean 2000, that is all.

As a total aside look at the job title of contestant 4 on this completely different episode of the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp8LwJlx2JQ

....run by somebody called Truman.......

My Dad had a thing for her

ETA: No he didn't, that was Judy Geeson.

Lucky him. Hot as fu**ing hell back in the day as Sidney James daughter!!

I'm not that old, but I know about old tv shows.. and tv legends of the past. lol

ooh he picked the wrong one

What's Good for the Goose (1969) is the one, especially the bits from the German extra rude version