"Quiz" is the 3-part 'limited event' TV mini-series, starring Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford and Mark Bonnar, following the story of 'Charles Ingram', a former British army major, who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning more than $1 million on the televised game show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?", airing May 31, 2020 on AMC:
Ingram, a former English army major became known after being charged with cheating on the television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" (2001), after winning the maximum prize of more than 1 million dollars (one million pounds).
Following a lengthy trial at 'Southwark Crown Court', Ingram was convicted on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception. He was then convicted of an unrelated insurance fraud and ordered to resign his commission as a major by the 'Army Board'.
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Ingram, a former English army major became known after being charged with cheating on the television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" (2001), after winning the maximum prize of more than 1 million dollars (one million pounds).
Following a lengthy trial at 'Southwark Crown Court', Ingram was convicted on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception. He was then convicted of an unrelated insurance fraud and ordered to resign his commission as a major by the 'Army Board'.
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- 4/28/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Channel 5 will count down the Most Shocking TV Moments tonight (Monday, December 1) from 10pm.
In the 3-hour special, celebrities will recall Tom Cruise's sofa jump, Charles Ingram's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? con, Oliver Reed's drunken chat show antics and much more.
Digital Spy can reveal which shock moments have made the top ten, though you'll have to tune in tonight to find out which order they come in, and which has claimed the top spot.
Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards is interrupted by a stage invasion from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker
Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff is surprised to be partnered with John Sergeant back in 2008
Diana, Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview on Panorama in November 1995
A Blind Date contestant believed to be a secretary is revealed to be a journalist writing an article for Cosmopolitan magazine
The Bee Gees...
In the 3-hour special, celebrities will recall Tom Cruise's sofa jump, Charles Ingram's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? con, Oliver Reed's drunken chat show antics and much more.
Digital Spy can reveal which shock moments have made the top ten, though you'll have to tune in tonight to find out which order they come in, and which has claimed the top spot.
Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards is interrupted by a stage invasion from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker
Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff is surprised to be partnered with John Sergeant back in 2008
Diana, Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview on Panorama in November 1995
A Blind Date contestant believed to be a secretary is revealed to be a journalist writing an article for Cosmopolitan magazine
The Bee Gees...
- 12/1/2014
- Digital Spy
A Us jury is considering its verdict on six-year legal battle over royalties for hit gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
A California jury is pondering its final answer in a six-year $270m (£178m) court wrangle brought by the British TV production company Celador, which claims it was short-changed by Disney out of a fair share of profits from the Us version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Celador's chairman, Paul Smith, brought the gameshow to British television screens in 1998, creating a phenomenon that quickly spawned versions around the world. Celador says Disney's ABC network, which produced the show in the Us, has failed to stump up appropriate royalties.
Over three weeks, Disney executives including its chief executive, Robert Iger, have taken the stand at a courtroom in Riverside, east of Los Angeles, to explain the financial machinations behind the show's success. Judge Virginia Phillips has ordered lawyers...
A California jury is pondering its final answer in a six-year $270m (£178m) court wrangle brought by the British TV production company Celador, which claims it was short-changed by Disney out of a fair share of profits from the Us version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Celador's chairman, Paul Smith, brought the gameshow to British television screens in 1998, creating a phenomenon that quickly spawned versions around the world. Celador says Disney's ABC network, which produced the show in the Us, has failed to stump up appropriate royalties.
Over three weeks, Disney executives including its chief executive, Robert Iger, have taken the stand at a courtroom in Riverside, east of Los Angeles, to explain the financial machinations behind the show's success. Judge Virginia Phillips has ordered lawyers...
- 7/8/2010
- by Andrew Clark
- The Guardian - Film News
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