Ally McCoist helped a contestant on recreation present The Wheel make historical past by touchdown a whopping £82,000. The Rangers and Scotland legend appeared as one of many celebrities on Michael McIntyre’s well-liked Saturday evening TV hit.
Edinburgh oncology nurse Helen needed to reply only one query to financial institution the massive windfall and it was McCoist who she turned to as she landed the prize amid emotional scenes as she was lowered to tears. McCoist was the episode’s lowest scorer however he helped her strike gold regardless of a difficult query on 'Misplaced Civilizations’ because the pair needed to reply the place the Troy is within the trendy world. Helen was veering in direction of Iraq however she went with McCoist who accurately answered Turkey.
She burst into tears and hugged McCoist, explaining: “Sadly we misplaced my grandma final 12 months and since it was Covid, we could not have the correct ship off she deserved. I've bought household in Canada that I've not seen since she handed away so I'd like to take my Mum over to Canada. It has been such a troublesome couple of years as my sister is a physician as properly. Working by way of Covid, the pair of us, after which not having the ability to see dad and mom and shedding my Gran, to have the ability to lastly have a break and rejoice my Gran- Thanks a lot.”
BAFTA-award profitable host McIntyre defined she was the primary individual ever to reply one query and win.
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