| Series | Champion | Shown |
| BBC Television | ||
| 1 | Nancy Wilkinson | 1972 |
| 2 | Patricia Owen | 1973 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Horrocks | 1974 |
| 4 | John Hart | 1975 |
| 5 | Roger Pritchard | 1976 |
| 6 | David Hunt | 1977 |
| 7 | Rosemary James | 1978 |
| 8 | Philip Jenkins | 1979 |
| 9 | Fred Housego | 1980 |
| 10 | Leslie Grout | 1981 |
| 11 | David Hunt (champion of champions) | 1982 |
| 12 | Christopher Hughes | 1983 |
| 13 | Margaret Harris | 1984 |
| 14 | Ian Meadows | 1985 |
| 15 | Jennifer Keaveney | 1986 |
| 16 | Jeremy Bradbrooke | 1987 |
| 17 | David Beamish | 1988 |
| 18 | Mary-Elizabeth Raw | 1989 |
| 19 | David Edwards | 1990 |
| 20 | Stephen Allen | 1991 |
| 21 | Steve Williams | 1992 |
| 22 | Gavin Fuller | 1993 |
| 23 | George Davidson | 1994 |
| 24 | Kevin Ashman | 1995 |
| 25 | Richard Sturch | 1996 |
| 26 | Anne Ashurst | 1997 |
| BBC Radio 4 | ||
| 27 | Robert Gibson | 1998 |
| 28 | Christopher Carter | 1999 |
| 29 | Stephen Follows | 2000 |
| Discovery Channel | ||
| 30 | Michael Penrice | 2001-2 |
| BBC Television | ||
| 31 | Andy Page | 2003 |
| 32 | Shaun Wallace | 2004 |
| 33 | Patrick Gibson | 2005 |
| 33 | Geoff Thomas | 2006 |
| 33 | David Clark | 2007 |
| 33 | Nancy Dickmann | 2008 |