Became a DoND viewer, I think around the time of Jessica's game in January 2006. If Jessica was her name that is - I think she won £41,000. Or £14,000.
Used to record every day on VHS tapes....from March '06 through to about August '07. No idea what I then did with all those tapes but yes, I was an avid fan for about 2-3 years.
My last viewing was maybe...end of December 2008, early January 2009. Since then I've seen bits of shows here and there but taken no real interest whatsoever in the past few years, to be completely frank. I much preferred as a whole, the show back in 2006 to any time since.
So my viewing history is rich but lasted only from 2006 to 2009....I don't envisage a return to it any time soon either. Well, there is my own contribution
£41,000 it was, very nervous contestant too and did well to get that far.
Your interest and meories of the show pretty much mirror mine exactly, 2006 being my peak year and as I've been digitising some of my favourite 2006 games I've had a bit of an interest reboot. I sadly binned many of my recordings but what does remain is priceless.