Series 1 of The Mole took place in Jersey and France and was hosted by Glenn Hugill.
Contestants PlayerAgeHometownEliminatedOccupationJules Woolston33BoltonEpisode 1Conference OrganizerGloria Bernard47FarnboroughEpisode 2Project AdministratorPaul Wallace-Sims35Bognor RegisEpisode 3Religious Studies TeacherJohn Church53LondonEpisode 4Company DirectorJo-anna "Jo" Cortett34Isle of ManEpisode 5Designer/ArtistOliver "Ollie" Norman22GlasgowEpisode 6Trainee LawyerSara Lee24DroitwichEpisode 7Financial Recruitment ConsultantDavid Buxton35LondonThe MoleMerchandising Company DirectorJennifer "Jenny" Waller37DarlingtonRunner-UpMedical RepresentativeZi Khan32DoncasterWinnerRestaurateur
Execution Chart
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Blue indicates the player won the game Yellow indicates the player was the mole Green indicates the player won a free pass White indicates the player was safe Red indicates the player scored the lowest on the quiz and was sent home
Episode list
Episode 1 Episode 1 recapMissionMoney earnedPossible earningsTandem skydive£10,000£10,000Luggage repack£0£5,000Hostage rescue£0£10,000ExecutionJules1st player executed
Tandem Skydive: The ten contestants were placed into 2 separate planes with half in each . The played to jump from 10,000 feet tandem and land on a beach in Jersey. If any one did not jump, the money would be lost. However, all succeeded and won the money.
Luggage repack: The players were separated into 2 cars. One car went to the hotel while the other containing Jules, Gloria, John, David and Jo were taken to the airport. There they had to repack their own luggage into rucksacks. They were given 10 minutes to place as much luggage into the bags with at least one item being left out. After the 10 minutes, they were then told they had to repack the other group's luggage but with only 7 minutes to do it but the same rules applied from before. When the time was up, the other group was brought in and had to guess what was left out. 3 out of the 5 had to get it right to win the money. Zi, Paul and Oliver got theirs wrong so the money was lost.
Hostage rescue: During dinner, Glenn asked the group who deserves an early morning call with votes being cast in secret. Zi was chosen and at the early hours was taken 45 minutes by car to a two-story building and locked in. The next morning, the group were first debriefed in a meeting room with various maps. No one noticed the name of the hostage location was on the maps but too concentrated on who was going in which mode of transport. The group was split in three, one team by boat (David, Sara and Oliver), one team by helicopter (John, Paul and Jo) and the team by car (Gloria, Jennifer and Jules). They were given 90 minutes to find Zi. Each team was given a phone with pre-programmed numbers of the other teams and Zi. Within each transport was a key which needed to be found to be able to free Zi but could not be used until all teams were there. With minutes to spare they won the money.
However, later that night, the teams were shown footage of Jennifer driving the wrong way down a one-way street even with encouragement from the other players. Therefore, she broke the law. The rules state that if the law is broken then the money cannot be won so the money was taken away from them, losing them the game.
Episode 2 Episode 2 recapMissionMoney earnedPossible earningsCharity£5,000£5,000Golf£0£5,000Tiger rally£0£10,000ExecutionGloria2nd player executed
Gloria did not take part in any of the assignments as she was apparently ill.
Charity: At breakfast, the group was asked to choose the best golfer (Oliver) and someone who has never played before (Sara) who were taken to the later challenge. The remaining 6 were then asked to split into 3 pairs: artists (Jo and Jennifer), animal lovers (David and John), and extroverts (Zi and Paul). The teams had to make a total of £150 which all proceeds would go to a local children's charity on the island. They were given 3 hours to complete this. The artists had to draw pictures of holiday makers who asked for it. The animal lovers had to offer donkey rides to holiday makers and the extroverts has to put on a punch and Judy show for children. They raised £216.51 and won the money.
Golf: While the other challenge was going on, Oliver was teaching Sara the basics on golf in 3 hours. When the others arrived at the golf club, the team had to answer general knowledge questions to earn 2 shots for Sara to hit the ball with the first four were already given to her for free. Sara had to put the ball into the 18th hole on the course to win the money. With only Paul getting the question right. Sara didn't put the ball and lost the money.
Tiger rally: The group has to split into 3 teams, two teams of 3 and one team of 2. One person in each team would be the navigator while the others would be pit crew and have to change tires. The teams were: John, Jennifer and Zi. Paul, David and Sara leaving Oliver and Jo. Each team was given a classic car. The navigator had to guide a driver round a course using a map. Halfway through, there was a pit stop where the pit crew would have to swap the rear tires. The navigators (Paul, John and Oliver) were given a lap round the course in a mini cooper to learn the course before hand. The teams had to beat a target time of 20 minutes to win the money. There was trouble switching tires which was mainly accused on Jo, cost the team time and lost the challenge going over by 3 minutes.
Episode 3 Episode 3 recapMissionMoney earnedPossible earningsBridge swing£20,000£20,000Taste test£0£5,000Night Maze£15,000£15,000ExecutionPaul3rd player executed
For this episode, the players were taken from Jersey to the north of France but returned to Jersey for the rest of the series.
Bridge swing: The challenge was for the remaining 8 players to swing off of a bridge. If all 8 completed the swing within one hour of the first player swinging off the bridge, they would earn £20,000. All 8 completed the swing.
Taste test: The team is asked to divide themselves into 3 groups; 1 group of 2 and 2 groups of 3, with one group "with good taste" (who go to a local wine cellar to learn about wine making and tasting), "with an excellence nose" (who go to a local goat farm to learn of goat cheese), and the group of 2 "who can stand the heat" (taken to a château to learn French cooking). Then, during a black tie dinner, each team must use the info they gathered from their experience from the day to answer 1 question each. 2 out of 3 correct answers will win them £5,000.
Stand the Heat Team; (Jennifer and Zi) They are shown the 6 ingredients from the starter course that was prepared for dinner and put the ingredients in order of how the dish was prepared. The group got this answer wrong. However, even if they were correct, they would have been disqualified because John told them one of the ingredients was mint, even though the groups were told clear that only the group assigned to that task could answer, and that no other players can help.
Excellent Nose Team; (John, Sara, and Paul) They are given 3 goats cheeses to taste. 2 of the cheeses they had that day, while the other one they did not. They must pick the cheese they did not have to win. This one they got correct.
Good Taste Team; (Oliver, Jo, and David) They are given 3 red wines, 2 they tasted from the wine cellar they visited, while the other is not. They must choose the wine that they did not have that day. They answered wrong, losing the money.
Night Maze: The teams are brought to a maze (designed to look just like the "thumbprint" logo), and are divided into 4 teams of 2, with a Runner and a Navigator. The 4 runners must stay in the maze for a combined total of 5 minutes, as in the maze are 2 guards, to win £10,000. If even just one team is able to enter the maze and reach the exit, they will win £15,000. David entered the maze first, with Jennifer guiding him, and was able to survive for 1 minute and 31 seconds. Paul, with John directing him, only lasted for 20 seconds. Zi then tried, with Jo guiding him, and was caught after 32 seconds. Last was Oliver, with Sara guiding him. He had to survive for 2 minutes and 37 seconds or find the exit to win the money for the group. After 1 minute and 23 seconds, Oliver found the exit and won the team £15,000.
Paul correctly named the Mole's identity, having announced to the group that he knew who the Mole was. Later in a video diary, he cited David's company being named 'Black Sheep' as a hidden clue. Controversially, Paul was subsequently evicted from the show on the same episode, raising the question of whether he had been removed for discovering the Mole too early in the series.
Episode 4 Episode 4 recapMissionMoney earnedPossible earningsFishing£5,000£5,000Overnight Stay£10,000£10,000Leave the Island£5,000£5,000Free PassesNoneNo one took the offer in Overnight StayExecutionJohn4th player eliminated
Fishing: The group is asked to nominate two players to be sea scouts (John and Oliver), and they are led to their own boat. The other five are sent on a fishing trip with a team of two fishing in calm waters (Jo and Sara) while the other three (Jennifer, David and Zi) taking on the high seas. The goal to win £5,000 is for both teams to catch a combined 7 kilograms of fish in a 3-hour time span, with the added rules that the fish must be caught themselves and they must be back within the 3 hours or the challenge will be lost automatically.
The deep sea team was able to reel in 6.5 kilograms, leaving the shallow water team to get just .5 kilograms. They ended up getting 6 kilograms, smashing the target number and winning the money.
Overnight Stay: During the team's fishing trip, the two sea scouts were instructed to build a shelter to house five people on a tiny island. In order to win £10,000, the five fishermen must stay on the island until 7:00 AM to win. If at any point one of them wants to leave, they have to call Glenn using a cellular phone. That player will be picked up and will spend the night on the yacht with the sea scouts team (John and Oliver). Leaving will result in a forfeit of the money and the player that leaves will also receive a free pass to the next round.
Zi was actually thinking about using the phone, however, David and Sara split up the phone, with one taking the battery and the other holding the phone itself. The group stayed all night, winning £10,000.
Leave the Island: The team is told that they must get off the island themselves and that all the materials they need are located on the island. They have 2 hours to reach Glenn and win £5,000, with an added rule that no one can get wet above the waist. If they feel like they can't make it, they can radio Glenn and he'll come and get them, however that will lose the money. They found an inflatable boat, however it had numerous holes. They were somehow able to fix it enough and make it to Glenn on the yacht without getting wet above the waist, winning the money.
Episode 5 Episode 5 recapMissionMoney earnedPossible earningsBrain Teasers£0£5,000Blackjack£0£0Family Game£0£5,000Paintball£0£10,000Free PassesSaraShoots Zi, who was last remaining teammate alive, in "Paintball".ExecutionJo5th player eliminated