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The Charles Ingram Life Story Quiz

ITV brought who wants to be a Millionaire to screen

By H.V.GoldsonPublished 4 years ago 2 min read
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A clip from the movie Quiz

Viewers recall it. The time when Major Charles Ingram supposedly deceived his way in 2001 to the million-pound bonanza on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? After he responded to the last question. Now the Who Wants to be a Millionaire true-life story is recaptured in a three-part series; They narrated the who wants to be a millionaire winner who was alleged to have cheated in the TV show.

In the show, The pair aroused suspicion when a staff member revealed to the already shocked bosses that something might've gone on when he was answering his questions.

The studio audience was in awe and filled with admiration for Ingram but why? Because he appeared to not know the answer to each question but somehow he managed to figure out the answers by guessing each right. In the audience sat Tecwen who is known to be the alleged accomplice that formed part of the three-part trickery. They think that he helped the winner Ingram to figure out some of the answers.

Ingram was the fastest of all the other contestants to press the button with his finger which won him the seat to answer 15 questions accurately, with the help of Tecwen who sat in the audience and indicate in time to reveal the correct answers to Ingram according to the live hearing in the movie re-enactment. All three parties involved continue to profess their innocence all the way through the movie.

The Millionaire check that they won was de-authorized and held after the show's boss re-watched the taping of who wants to be a Millionaire. The show was a success and now in real life away from the screen the news keeps buzzing about the three people that were involved.

The Couple had More TV appearances.

In real life that was not the only show that the accused couple appeared on, they also went on to try their hands on the weakest link show, the couple also promoted their first book, The audience coughed to mimic Ingram brother in law Tecwen.

Before that their brother Tecwen also went on to guarantee a letter from his doctor who admitted that Tecwen has always been troubled with ongoing coughs long before he went on the show. In 2003 Charles and Diana were ordered to appear in the Southwark preliminary court. Since then;

Charles appeared to have run into bankruptcy four times and has been living in Bath with his wife according to online rumors, but the couple is now selling jewelry at stalls as reported by various news sites.

A lawyer for the couple said they are planning to appeal against their conviction.

Charles and his wife are planning to ask for their conviction to be overturned, the couple has been convinced that the new audio analysis cast doubt on the tape evidence. They are their lawyers and they think that some alteration of evidence went on before the tape was presented in court.

Maybe a better way of putting it is to say that the evidence was or might've been edited before it reached the hearing. Some Fans of the show have taken side with the couple;They think that there could be a genuine coincidence of why Tecwen's movement coincide with each answer.

ITV bosses creation of the movie of what took place on Sep 9, 2001, jolts a lot of memory and now fans have become even more obsessed with the Ingram's life story all over again because of the actors who played out their characters on ITV.

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H.V.Goldson

Actually, I love writing;Personally I like writing almost anything due to the fact it's a way of expressing your ideas and It's a very personal procedure.

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