A COUPLE who secured an incredible £1 million prize on Limitless Win have disclosed the ‘secret code’ they used to claim the victory.
Husband and wife Helen and Charlie won the jackpot during Saturday’s episode of the ITV1 show.
The married duo, who both work as NHS managers, took on the quiz during the second episode of series three.
Now, they have revealed that they prepared for the show by creating a secret code in case one of them was certain they had the correct answer.
Having secured £100,000, the jackpot reached £1 million, and their answer of 29 for the question, “2024 marks how many years since Blur beat Oasis to the UK number one spot with the song Country House,” proved to be right.
Charlie managed to answer the question correctly, recalling the information from his time at university.
In his exit interview, he said: “On the morning of the record, we talked about having a code between us should a question come up that one of us was absolutely 100% certain about.
“That way we could go for the big answer if it came along. We decided to use the code “I know, know the answer”.
“As soon as that (final) question came up, I realised that I knew, knew it – 100% – so there was nothing to be nervous about.
“The only time we realised the scale of it was when we locked in the answer and the whole audience gasped!
“But although I knew the answer, the only reason we were able to walk away with the money is because Helen 100% trusted me to lock the answer in- that level of trust means more to me than the money ever will.”
Charlie then revealed how he knew the answer to the question, stating that he has been into Indie music since the late 80s.
He said how he had seen Oasis live three times in 95/96 and that the first conversation he had at university with a friend was about Blur Vs Oasis.
“So I guess I must have filed the whole blur/Oasis thing next to significant events in my life,” he explained.
The husband and wife first met on a blind date after Charlie’s mother suggested the meeting.
When the couple won the huge sum, hosts Ant and Dec jumped around the stage while Charlie and Helen hugged.
Helen called the moment “surreal”.
“Honestly it’s like a dream,” she said.
The married couple then lost lives when they were asked a question about the weight of Marvel character Captain America’s shield.
Unsure of an answer about Nasa’s Perseverance Rover on Mars, the pair cashed out at £1 million.
“It’s been amazing from start to finish, it’s going to take a while to sink in, I think,” Helen said.
