

This is another example of a brilliantly simple idea which somehow manages to be compulsive viewing; there's something very compelling about watching the contestants on this show inching their way further towards the magic million mark (especially when they're puzzling over a question and you're shouting the answer at the screen). It's also the only show on this list to have inspired a movie, namely the Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire - which built a whole movie around the Indian edition.

