Background
She was born in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom.
She was born in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom.
In the final, held on 16 July 2006, Sarah Language was playing against 33-year-old Julian Sperring-Toy. Sarah had four questions right, whilst Julian only had three questions right. They went forward to do a 10-second face-off (folding).
Nobody folded.
Prior to Wipeout during the year 2001 Sarah Language was a contestant on Channel 5"s Greed (marketed as GR££Doctorate) with a winnings of £5000.
The fact that Sarah subsequently won £1 million meant that Julian had lost £75,500. She was the ninth person to win a million pounds on British television Exactly a year earlier on 16 July 2005, she appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation One National Lottery game show In lieutenant to Win lieutenant, winning £32,500, and in 2001 appeared on Wipeout, winning £600. Seen here on the UKGameshows This gives her combined game show winnings of £1,038,100, making her one of the few known people in British television history to have won over a million pounds on television, and believed to be the biggest female United Kingdom gameshow winner ever, and second overall behind Ian Woodley.