
He is the only contestant in the UK to use one lifeline through his way to win the top prize. However, Donald only used the 50:50 on the £32,000 question, unlike most other £1,000,000 winners who had used all of their lifelines in their quest to the top prize. He was the first top prize winner to have access to four lifelines, unlike the previous five, who only had access to the usual three. Donald has jokingly said that beating his brother was the more important thing about winning. His brother Davyth appeared on the show before him on the fourth episode of the 33rd series, winning £500,000. He was also the first British top prize winner since Ingram Wilcox won the jackpot in 2006.


He became the sixth legitimate millionaire on the UK version, and the first crowned by host Jeremy Clarkson. £1,000,000 Donald Fear, a history and politics teacher from Telford, appeared as a contestant on the fifth episode of the 35th series of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on September 11, 2020.
