1 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:13,937 Hello. 2 00:00:13,961 --> 00:00:15,936 Oh! 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,936 Hello. 4 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,936 Hi, I'm here to take the test. 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,456 You want to take the Mensa test? Yes. 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:22,960 You? 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,776 Me, yes. Anyone can, can't they? 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:27,960 £40, please. 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,776 To be accepted into Mensa, 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,776 you have to qualify in the top two percentile of IQ in the country. 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,936 Starts in five minutes. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,960 Fill in this form and head through there. 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,960 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 14 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,936 After the Major's performance that second night, 15 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,936 you told police you heard the Ingrams arguing. 16 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:07,936 Yes. I remember it very clearly. 17 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:10,936 After all, it was so, like, odd. 18 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:13,936 I mean, you'd be happy, wouldn't you, 19 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:14,937 if you'd just become millionaires? 20 00:01:14,961 --> 00:01:19,136 No, I'm sorry, but it's just so obvious, the signals! 21 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,936 We'll talk later! Well, that's what I heard. 22 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:23,936 I reckon, I know you haven't asked, 23 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:28,776 but I reckon the plan was for him to stop a few questions earlier. 24 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,936 So there wouldn't be so much, um, attention. 25 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:33,936 But he couldn't help himself. 26 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,936 And she might have been annoyed at him. 27 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:39,960 Because... well, look where we are. 28 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,936 The memory's a funny thing, isn't it? 29 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:46,976 An incredible feat of engineering. 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,936 It sits inside the medial temporal lobe. 31 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,936 And its most impressive function is its filing system. 32 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,936 It's better than anything a super computer could do. 33 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,936 Another of my favourite facts, 34 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,936 given that that's what this trial is all about, 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,976 right answers, wrong answers. 36 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,936 Knowledge. 37 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,960 Truth is that when we're remembering something... 38 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,936 ..we're not actually recalling the original event. 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,936 What we're doing is remembering the last time we remembered it. 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,936 So we are constantly wiping our pasts 41 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,976 and editing together a new one. 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,960 One that can make sense to us now, in the present. 43 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,960 All memories are therefore, by definition... 44 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,936 ..a lie. They change. We change them. 45 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,800 Which isn't a crime, a conspiracy. Just... 46 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,936 ..human nature. 47 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,136 We can project guilt, say, 48 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,776 back onto an event that was in fact perfectly innocent. 49 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,936 I'm sorry, but it's really bad. The signal's, um... 50 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:01,616 We'll talk later! 51 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:04,936 I am asking you all to try and resist 52 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,936 a more entertaining falsehood 53 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,936 in favour of a less extraordinary truth. 54 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,960 That Major Ingram simply knew the answers to those questions. 55 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,800 And that's why he got them right. 56 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,160 OK, let's go. 57 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,800 Diana? 58 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,936 We should tell you, we have taken in two other parties for questioning. 59 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:42,937 Your brother, Mrs Ingram, 60 00:03:42,961 --> 00:03:44,936 and another contestant in the studio. 61 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,936 Another conte...? Why? Who? 62 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,936 Here's a transcript of your appearance, provided by Celador. 63 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,936 It shows, quite clearly, moments where a cough can be heard, 64 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,936 and then you, Charles, choosing a different answer. 65 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,936 Why did you change your mind so often? 66 00:03:58,960 --> 00:03:59,937 HE GUFFAWS 67 00:03:59,961 --> 00:04:02,936 I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm ju... 68 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,936 I'm just sort of hovering above all this looking down, 69 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,936 seeing how absurd it all is. It's a game show. 70 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,936 This isn't a laughing matter, Major Ingram, it's a million pounds. 71 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,976 Your change of answer? Have you ever seen the show? 72 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,136 That's what makes the show, that's what the audience want to watch, 73 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,936 that's what the producers want. It's the... the, um... 74 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,936 the... the... the... Tension. 75 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,936 ..drama. The tension. Exactly. Mrs Ingram. 76 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,776 The book you're writing with Adrian details ways of, 77 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,296 at the very least, bending the rules or in some cases circumventing... 78 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,936 Improving your chances, that's all. 79 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,936 I have to say, and please don't take offence, 80 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,936 it wasn't the most gripping read of my life. 81 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,240 Well, it's not for people who... 82 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,960 Do you know, I do take some offence, actually. 83 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,616 Presumably you've benefitted from this manual, Charles? 84 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:49,936 I haven't, I haven't read... 85 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,960 I haven't actually got through it yet. 86 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,200 Do you know who Tecwen Whittock is? 87 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,936 No. 88 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,936 You have no idea your wife telephoned this man 89 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,936 on several occasions, including the night before 90 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,936 and the morning of your second appearance on the show, 91 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,976 at which he was also present? He's just a man, a fan of the show. 92 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,936 Who just happened to be a Fastest Finger First contestant 93 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,936 on the same show? 94 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,456 A show where coughing was heard 95 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,296 on occasions that correlate with moments that you, Charles, 96 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,960 changed your mind? 97 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:24,936 How long has this relationship with... 98 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,960 It's not a relationship! It was... 99 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,960 ..contact with someone who under... 100 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,960 Who was just a fan of the show. 101 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,936 And I know you might think that's stupid or boring or silly, 102 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,936 but I don't care. It's not bloody illegal, is it? 103 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:42,296 We just... 104 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,960 We just liked something a lot for a bit. That's all. 105 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,936 Oh, my God. 106 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:58,960 PRESS CLAMOUR 107 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,936 Can you park as close as you can, please? 108 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,960 Diana. 109 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,936 Were you cheating? Did you cheat? 110 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,960 Diana? Di... 111 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,936 Can you step away from the house, please? 112 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,456 I'm not... I'm not sure where the law is on this, but I don't... 113 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,936 Cheat! Cheat! 114 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,480 Get away from the house, please. 115 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,936 How they even got here, I mean, who told them? 116 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,936 It's a nightmare. This is a nightmare, isn't it? 117 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,936 I mean, they... They actually think we did it, don't they? 118 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,936 They're looking at all the pieces and putting them together like a... 119 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,936 You know, like that man that you... you called, right? 120 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,936 On your phone. Oh, my God, on the night of the show! 121 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:49,976 I mean, they have that on record. 122 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,936 I don't "know him" know him, Charles. 123 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,936 What they were suggesting, implying. 124 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,616 I've never spent any actual time with him. Adrian did. 125 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,976 Oh, Adrian! Of course! It's Adrian, always! 126 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,936 You follow the smoke and you follow the sound of screams 127 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,936 and there he is, and there you are, in your little... little... 128 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:06,936 What? What? ..family thing. 129 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,936 And I didn't even want to go on the bloody show! 130 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,936 I just got... sucked into it. 131 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,616 Why didn't you tell me you were... having conversations with him? 132 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,936 I thought you were chatting with him. I thought it was just... 133 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,936 It was just a phone call. They don't know what we were talking about. 134 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:20,937 It could have been anything. 135 00:07:20,961 --> 00:07:24,936 All right, let's try this, OK? I'm the prosecuting lawyer, right? 136 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,776 And I'm asking you, "Mrs Ingram, this man, 137 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,776 "who your husband had barely any idea 138 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,136 "of the extent of the contact you had with him, 139 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,936 "what did you speak about that night?" 140 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,936 I'd just say that we were both in groups of fans, 141 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,936 and he was on the show the next day, so why wouldn't I call him? 142 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,616 Because it's about perception, Diana. 143 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,936 It's about how it looks. And how does it look? 144 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,616 What are you saying, and why are you saying it like that? 145 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:48,960 Because I'm angry! I'm angry! 146 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,776 And not saying it, it's the bloody policeman who's saying it. 147 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:54,960 Saying it right... 148 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,960 Saying it right in front of me. 149 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:01,080 And in front of the other... 150 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,936 ..in front of the other policeman. My... 151 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,320 That my wife... 152 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,936 I mean, have you... Do you have any idea how that feels? 153 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,936 What they were implying and suggesting? 154 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,936 Are you asking me if I..? 155 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,960 Yeah, why not? I mean, you love questions. 156 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:24,960 Well, there are some things... 157 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,960 There are some questions you should just know the answer to. 158 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,136 Major Ingram, Mrs Ingram. Oh... How did you guess? 159 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,936 Oh, I don't need to guess, your faces are in all the papers. 160 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:42,936 Come in. Come in. 161 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,936 Now, do you want a tea, coffee? Vodka? 162 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,936 THEY CHUCKLE I was kidding. 163 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,960 Unless of course you do, in which case, I wouldn't judge. 164 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:58,936 Um, you were recommended to us by Philip Jones in Reading. 165 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:00,936 But we... we never thought a high-profile barrister 166 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,776 would touch our case with a barge pole, because... Well, given that... 167 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,936 Oh, given that your trial's already begun in the papers. 168 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,960 Yeah. And the press. 169 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,936 Yes, well, if I represent you, 170 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,456 we're gonna have to fight this sort of thing every step of the way. 171 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,936 It's new state of play. What's the new state of play? 172 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,936 Justice as entertainment. 173 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,456 How the police communicate with the press. 174 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,936 How the press communicate with the police. 175 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,936 I don't suppose you think it was a coincidence 176 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,976 that reporters were there only minutes after you were charged? 177 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,936 Following your, er, did I get this right? 178 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,976 The "dawn raid" on your property? 179 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,936 It's a form of arrest 180 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,936 that's normally associated with murderers and paedophiles. 181 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,936 The narrative of your guilt is already being written 182 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,936 by forces far beyond your control. 183 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,936 Now, I would be happy to represent you if you want, 184 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,936 because, and forgive the presumption, 185 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:58,640 I have already started looking into your case in some detail and... 186 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:02,936 ..Major Ingram, Mrs Ingram... 187 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,960 I think something here really stinks. 188 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:19,000 Secrets To Help You Win At Millionaire, by Diana Ingram. 189 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,936 The things we missed. We pull on this one tiny thread 190 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,960 and what unravels is a whole bloody world of... 191 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,936 God, we were stupid. Not stupid, trusting. That's all. 192 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,936 Liddiment says he never wants to see another "effing middle-class wanker" 193 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:36,776 on the show ever again. 194 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,936 What are they doing? 195 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:43,936 Parents verses kids at physical and mental agility games. 196 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:44,937 That's the worst idea I've ever heard. 197 00:10:44,961 --> 00:10:46,936 It's new ideas. 198 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,936 Well, Millionaire won't last forever. 199 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:50,936 Well, we're on the front page of every newspaper in the world. 200 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,776 It might. 201 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,936 An Army Major, his wife, and a college lecturer 202 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:55,937 have gone on trial... 203 00:10:55,961 --> 00:10:57,960 NEWS REPORTS BEGIN TO OVERLAP 204 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,936 The production staff became suspicious after they noticed 205 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,936 his answers appeared to follow coughs from another contestant. 206 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,160 PRESS CLAMOUR 207 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,960 Oh, hello. I believe we're charged with co-conspiracy. 208 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,160 It's nice to meet you both... at last. 209 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,936 Snacks? Really? Yeah, why not? 210 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,936 God, I love a good ITV courtroom drama. 211 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:41,456 Where's Paul? 212 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:45,976 So, 19 coughs that coincide with the Major changing his mind 213 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,936 or deciding to answer. 214 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,936 All picked up by your mics, and coming from... where? 215 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,296 Er, they were coming from the Fastest Finger seats. 216 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,936 Where Mr Whittock was sat. 217 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,936 The man whom Diana Ingram spoke to the previous evening. 218 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,936 Paying particular attention now to cough number 14, then. 219 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,936 "Who had a hit UK album with Born To Do It, released in 2000? 220 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,936 "Coldplay. Toploader. A1. Craig David". 221 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,936 In case you don't know, I certainly didn't, the answer's Craig David. 222 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,936 Ingram: 223 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,456 "I think it's A1..." 224 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:18,936 But it could be Toploader. 225 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,936 Which is also something to do with a barrel on a rifle. 226 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,936 LAUGHTER 227 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,320 "I've never heard of Craig David." 228 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,456 And take us through what we can see here. 229 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,936 Yeah, she appears to be looking over to the Fastest Finger First seat 230 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,960 where Mr Whittock is. 231 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Diana Ingram, here. Looking over at Tecwen Whittock, here. 232 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,936 Any coughing at this point? 233 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,136 No, that's, that's part of the problem, see, Mr Whittock, 234 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:56,936 or whoever has been coughing, isn't coughing at this point. 235 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,456 Perhaps, given pop culture tends not to be a strongest of category for, 236 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:05,936 um, these kinds of people, er, maybe he doesn't know the answer. 237 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:10,936 Meanwhile, Ingram is all set to plump for the wrong answer. 238 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,936 I think I'm gonna go with A1. 239 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,936 And pause. 240 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,936 Mrs Ingram looks up in that direction 241 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,296 several times at this point. 242 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,936 What's up there? 243 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,936 So we have these monitors facing the audience, 244 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,936 so they can watch what the cameras are recording. 245 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,936 Which means presumably those monitors occasionally display 246 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,936 Mrs Ingram being filmed? She can see when she herself is on camera? 247 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,936 Yes. Although that's only when the mixer cuts to her for the monitors. 248 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,976 She's always being filmed. Hence why we have this footage of her. 249 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,936 Ah, so, 250 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,936 would someone not au fait with the inner workings of television editing 251 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,936 perhaps assume that when they are not on the monitors above them, 252 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,456 they are not being filmed? 253 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,456 After all, here we have Diana Ingram, 254 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,936 her husband hovering over the wrong answer, 255 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,936 looking at Tecwen Whittock, 256 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,936 who isn't coughing on the correct answer, 257 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,776 checking the monitors to see if she is being filmed, 258 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,480 before this happens. 259 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:05,937 SHE COUGHS 260 00:14:05,961 --> 00:14:07,936 LAUGHTER IN THE COURTROOM 261 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,936 Now, is this the first and only time that Diana Ingram coughed? 262 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:12,937 Yes. 263 00:14:12,961 --> 00:14:16,456 At a moment when the phantom cougher is no longer "helping". 264 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:21,936 Regardless, moments later, the Major reverses his position. 265 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,936 You know, when I'm at home, um, and I'm practising, 266 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,456 you know, I guess... I guess wrong 80% of the time. 267 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,936 ON-SCREEN LAUGHTER So... 268 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:33,936 I think I'm gonna go with Craig David. 269 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,776 LAUGHTER IN COURTROOM 270 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,936 And if that wasn't exactly subtle - watch this. The piece de resistance! 271 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,936 For £500,000... 272 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,960 "Baron Haussmann is best known for his planning of which city? 273 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,936 I think it's Berlin. ON-SCREEN COUGH THAT RESEMBLES "NO" 274 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,936 LAUGHTER IN COURTROOM 275 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,136 Your interpretation of that, Mr Duff? 276 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,296 There is no interpretation. 277 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,936 Someone says "no" on the wrong answer. 278 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:04,936 Thank you. Mrs Woodley will now ask you some questions for the defence. 279 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,456 Hello, Kevin. Hi. 280 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,976 That tape we were watching. 281 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,136 It was given the name Tape G? 282 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,936 So presumably there were other tapes, earlier tapes. 283 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:21,936 A, B, C, D, E, F...? 284 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,936 Er, yeah, sure, as we kept finding new evidence with the police. 285 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,960 So help us understand what we were watching. 286 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,296 That was edited together by yourself? 287 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,936 The plaintiffs. Celador. 288 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,136 Not the police, not an independent body? 289 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,936 Well, we've had to find a way to show the police, 290 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,936 and then you, what, you know... what happened. 291 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,936 Thank you, Mr Duff. 292 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,936 Mr Whitehurst. 293 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,936 You were a Fastest Finger First contestant on the Major's show. 294 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:58,136 And yet you were the only one who didn't stand to applaud when he won. 295 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,616 Why? 296 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:04,936 I'd spotted what was going on. I knew all of the answers, you see. 297 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,296 And on the millionaire question, and as soon as Ingram said "googol", 298 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,936 I knew it was "googol", 299 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:15,936 I had Whittock in my eye and I said, "Don't you dare," and he did. 300 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:16,937 He coughed. 301 00:16:16,961 --> 00:16:18,616 HE COUGHS 302 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,936 Plain as day. No question. 303 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,936 Mr Whitehurst. 304 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,456 You didn't formally raise your suspicions 305 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,936 until after you'd read the story in the press. 306 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,936 And then when you wrote to the producers, 307 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,936 but received no reply, you went to the press yourself. 308 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,936 I thought it... important. 309 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,936 If I was the only one who'd spotted Mr Whittock coughing. 310 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,936 You said it was as plain as day, no question. 311 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,936 But in your original statement you said, 312 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,936 "It is possible that what I saw 313 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,776 "was just an amazing set of coincidences," 314 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,936 and that, "The possibility remains 315 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,936 "that I witnessed no criminal behaviour" 316 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,976 What changed since then to make you so absolutely certain here today? 317 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,456 Watch the tape! I'm sat not clapping. 318 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,976 Why, if I didn't know? 319 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,936 Because Fastest Finger First contestants share a grievance, 320 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,936 don't they, quite often, in the bar after the show? 321 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,936 About the behaviour of a certain kind of contestant in the chair? 322 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,936 What do you mean, sorry? Talkers. 323 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,936 People who take forever to answer a question. 324 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,936 Thereby denying you the chance of getting into the seat yourself? 325 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,936 Might that not have created 326 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,936 a certain kind of arms-folded annoyance? 327 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,936 I object to that, Your Honour. 328 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,936 Okeydokey. Withdrawn. No further questions. 329 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:32,937 In the days leading up to the show, 330 00:17:32,961 --> 00:17:35,936 Mrs Ingram engaged in a peculiar pattern of phone calls 331 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,296 to four particular numbers, in rotation. 332 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,936 It turns out these were phone pagers. 333 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,936 We consider this to be the way they may have tried to cheat 334 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:44,937 on that first night. 335 00:17:44,961 --> 00:17:47,976 The pagers could have been strapped to parts of the Major's body. 336 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,936 Buzz the left leg for A, the right leg for B, and so on. 337 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,936 But Mrs Ingram couldn't be calling pagers on the night, 338 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,936 she was on camera in the audience. 339 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,936 No. But there was someone else in the studio that night. 340 00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,936 So that... HE COUGHS 341 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:00,937 Excuse me. 342 00:18:00,961 --> 00:18:04,936 So what you are saying is that plan failed 343 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,936 because Mr Pollock was unable to call on his phone. 344 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,936 Explaining, perhaps, why the Major didn't do well on night one. 345 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,936 And yet, on night two, he came back a genius. 346 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,640 The night Mr Whittock was there with his tickly cough. 347 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,976 What's the normal procedure when investigating a more, 348 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,936 I suppose, self-evident crime? 349 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,936 Say, where there is a body at the scene, and a murder weapon present. 350 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:33,936 Well, you establish the cause of death, 351 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,936 bag up the weapon as evidence to test for fingerprints. 352 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,936 So at what point here did you "bag up" the evidence. 353 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,936 In this case, a tape recording. Did you seize it straight away? 354 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,776 Well, no. The, er, the show kept the tape, because... 355 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:48,936 well, to use your metaphor, 356 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,936 they needed to add the fingerprints to it. 357 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,936 Not add them, I mean find them. 358 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,616 The coughs. 359 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:56,936 So you allowed the murder weapon 360 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,936 to stay with those making the accusation of murder? 361 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,936 I object. What is being suggested here? 362 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:01,976 Some kind of conspiracy? 363 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,936 Not conspiracy, merely that the sequence 364 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,936 in which the evidence was gathered in this unusual case was not normal. 365 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,936 Normally when a crime is committed, 366 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,936 the evidence is gathered from the scene, 367 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,936 and the police investigate to find the culprits. 368 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,936 But in this instance, you began with the alleged culprits, 369 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,136 who everyone told you were oddballs... 370 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,936 MULTIPLE COUGHS AROUND COURTROOM ..based on a feeling. 371 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,936 And then worked backwards... COUGHS CONTINUE 372 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,936 JUDGE: I must call for quiet. 373 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,936 Everyone who has a cough, please go outside. 374 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,936 DS Ferguson? Is that...? COUGHING CONTINUES 375 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,936 Members of the jury, please! 376 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,936 If I may be allowed to finish... 377 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,936 JUDGE BANGS GAVEL 378 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:44,976 Order! Order! 379 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,456 Or I shall... HE COUGHS 380 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,960 ..I shall have to suspend the session. 381 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:57,936 I'm sorry. It's just the pantomime of it all. 382 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,936 I'm embarrassed sometimes, really am. 383 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,960 No. Ignore it. We do. 384 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,136 It's not going that well, is it? 385 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,936 It's all right. A game of two halves. 386 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,936 Wait till we get a chance to fight back. 387 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,936 People are laughing at us. I really don't know what's worse, 388 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,936 people thinking we're criminals or idiots. 389 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,960 There are worse things to be accused of. 390 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,936 Let me ask you this, then. Why haven't you even mentioned that? 391 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,976 Hm? Your sodding badge, you think I hadn't noticed? 392 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,936 You've got the press screaming questions at you day in, day out, 393 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,776 which our opponents are happily answering to guide the narra... 394 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,136 I don't want to boast about it, do I? 395 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,936 I don't... It's there, for all to see. I do it for my... 396 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,936 for myself, as much as anything else. 397 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:45,776 PASSER-BY COUGHING 398 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,936 Yes, all right, hilarious, coughing! 399 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,960 You get the Nobel Prize for... comedy. 400 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:55,936 I don't actually think there is a... 401 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,960 Nobel Prize for comedy, yes, thank you. 402 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:00,960 Right. 403 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:04,960 Come on. 404 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,936 Mummy and Daddy finished early today, 405 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,936 so we decided we'd pick you up instead of Grandad. 406 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,960 That's nice, isn't it? 407 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:18,937 SHE SIGHS 408 00:21:18,961 --> 00:21:22,616 We thought maybe we'd have pizzas tonight, yum. 409 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:23,800 SHE YELPS 410 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,936 Who are they? Are they friends of yours? 411 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,960 Not any more. 412 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,960 It's going to be all right. I promise. 413 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,936 Some silly people just think 414 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,936 Mummy and Daddy did that silly thing, that's all. 415 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,960 Well, did you? 416 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,936 We might need to consider taking them out of school for a bit maybe. 417 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,960 I don't know, it's.. 418 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,960 Then again, if the worst happens... 419 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,000 ..we might need to make plans for, er... 420 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,936 ..for prison. Then we need to think... 421 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,800 PHONE RINGS 422 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,960 Adrian. Oh, leave it. Please. Leave... 423 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,776 Hello? Hey. Hi. You OK? 424 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:18,296 I just wanted to say hello, really. 425 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,936 I'm fine. Can I call you... 'It's just a quick thing, really.' 426 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,616 Er, cos the publisher's been on at me, you know. Again... 427 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,936 And, er, look, if you do get off, and you never know, then... 428 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,936 I'm in court every day, Adrian, I can't think about the book. 429 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,936 OK, OK, OK, I know. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know. 430 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,936 Let's just talk tomorrow. No, just stop, just stop. 431 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,960 I just need some space, please. Enough. 432 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,960 Um, can I... Can I bring you a cup of tea? 433 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:56,960 I'm sorry. 434 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,936 I'm so sorry, Charles. 435 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,936 No. No, no, no. No, don't do that. 436 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:04,937 Don't do that. 437 00:23:04,961 --> 00:23:07,936 Thanks, but no. It's all right. 438 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,936 It's both of us in this together. 439 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,960 That stupid show! 440 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:18,976 Are we going to go to jail? 441 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,936 No. 442 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,480 I don't know. 443 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,936 But I know that I love you. 444 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,936 No... No asking the audience, or phoning a friend, I love you. 445 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,960 I love you. 446 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,960 I love you. 447 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,936 PRESS: Mr Tarrant! Mr Tarrant! 448 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,960 THEY CLAMOUR 449 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,936 I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give 450 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,936 shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 451 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,936 Mr Tarrant, a pleasure to have you here today. 452 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,936 Well, it's a pleas... 453 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,936 Well, it's not a pleasure, but thank you. 454 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,936 How would you rate the Major's performance on that first night? 455 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,136 Has anyone done worse? Has anyone, say, got the first question wrong? 456 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,936 Uh, no. not here. Think someone did once in America. 457 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:20,960 LAUGHTER 458 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,776 And when you saw the tapes yourself, 459 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,960 you began to think that something was amiss. 460 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,936 If pushed, sure. Is that your final answer? 461 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:31,960 LAUGHTER 462 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,936 Mr, Tarrant, what information or guidance do you get 463 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,296 when you're in the chair? 464 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,136 Do you wear an earpiece, are you hooked up to the show relay? 465 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,936 Er, no, no. No earpiece, I find them really annoying. 466 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,456 Er, so I'm out there completely alone. Er, just me... 467 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,936 and the contestant. 468 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,936 I don't know the questions in advance, no-one does. 469 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,936 They're selected by a computer, which is secured in a sealed room, 470 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:02,976 where only two senior producers are allowed access at any one time. 471 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,976 For each contestant, it generates a random stack of 15 questions, 472 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,936 that could then be locked. 473 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,936 They're not written on cards that can be lost, or stolen. 474 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,936 And, er, I don't know the answers till the contestant says 475 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,936 "final answer" and my screen locks. 476 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,616 So I can't give away any hints or accidental signs. 477 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,936 Right, so, just for the record, on the night, 478 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,960 did you hear any suspicious coughing behind Mr Ingram? 479 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,936 No, I didn't. 480 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,960 Did you notice anything suspicious at all? 481 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:38,936 No. 482 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,960 Thank you, Mr Tarrant. 483 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,936 "Tarrant was unaware of strategic coughing in quiz." 484 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,936 Well, that's not very helpful, is it? 485 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,936 Well, it's Chris, he'll say what he likes. 486 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,936 Well, what would you know anyway? You've not even been at the trial. 487 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,936 I don't know why, your mind is always there. 488 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,936 Well, to be honest, the whole thing is one long, 489 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,936 pretty bloody stressful pain in the arse, I just want it done. 490 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,936 What do you think about a documentary? Once the trial's over? 491 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,960 Oh, Jesus. 492 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,000 Looks like I don't have a choice. 493 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:22,976 OK, and so, um, we thought a new school for a bit, 494 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,936 might take the pressure off. 495 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,936 Urgh! What's that? 496 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,960 OK, girls, upstairs, now. 497 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,960 ANXIOUS BREATHS 498 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,960 Buffy! Oh, my God! 499 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:46,937 She'll be OK. 500 00:26:46,961 --> 00:26:49,960 What happened? I think somebody accidentally... 501 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,936 ..caught him at the front of the house with a pellet gun 502 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,960 or an air rifle. Accidently. 503 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,936 Is that that coughing Millionaire dude? 504 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:20,960 THEY COUGH 505 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,936 Oh, yeah, very good. Very funny. All right, all right. 506 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:26,976 Oi! 507 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,936 THEY LAUGH 508 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,936 How dare you! How dare you! Hey, hold on. 509 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,936 Do you make a habit of spitting at people? 510 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:34,937 You can back off as well. Oi! 511 00:27:34,961 --> 00:27:36,960 He just spat in my face! Leave him. 512 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,936 Seen it before. 513 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,936 They go after military men, it's good sport. 514 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,936 Even when we're engaged in the most, heavens, 515 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,456 difficult operations in a generation. 516 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,456 This chap. Information minister of Iraq. 517 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,936 Becoming an actual TV star, 518 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,936 making the most outrageous assertions about there being 519 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,616 no allied tanks outside Baghdad at all. 520 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,936 Say something loud enough, long enough, 521 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,936 maybe it becomes de facto true. 522 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,936 Yeah. Weapons of mass destruction hidden in the desert. 523 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,936 Yes, all right, Charles, come along. 524 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,936 The thinking is... maybe take some time off. 525 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,936 Try to keep your head down, you know. Yes? 526 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,960 Yes, yeah. 527 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,960 Yes, of course, yeah. Very, um... Very sensible. 528 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:33,960 HE SOBS 529 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,936 Sorry, sir. Sorry. No, no, no. It's all right. 530 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,960 You're... You're all right. 531 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,960 Never fear. It's our turn now. 532 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,960 Come on. It's time to turn this thing around. 533 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,936 Thank you. 534 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,776 Professor Alyn Morice, specialist in Respiratory Medicine. 535 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,936 An expert on coughing, then. 536 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:02,776 You've examined Mr Whittock? Yes. 537 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,936 He suffers from three conditions that cause chronic coughing. 538 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,976 He tested positive for perennial rhinitis, hay fever, 539 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,936 and cough variant asthma. 540 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,936 So, for the avoidance of doubt... Mr Whittock has a cough. 541 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,936 Yes, and one that would be hard to hide in a hot and dry studio. 542 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:24,936 So hang on, Mr Whittock is basically unable to control his cough? 543 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,936 I mean, that's sort of extraordinary, isn't it? 544 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,456 That Ingram should choose, as a candidate 545 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,936 to implement an intricate plan of coughing discreetly 546 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,936 but precisely at specific times and places, 547 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,936 a man with an uncontrollable cough? 548 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,936 Yes, I suppose it's not ideal. Thank you, Professor Morice. 549 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,936 No questions, Your Honour. 550 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,456 Mr Whittock. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 551 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,936 wasn't the first show you appeared on, was it? 552 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,936 Um. No, I've, I've been on... er, let me see, 553 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,616 Fifteen To One, Sale Of The Century. 554 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,936 And is it fair to say you've never done astronomically well? 555 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,936 I do OK. What's the most you've ever won? 556 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,936 Oh, I did win a doggy bed made of silk on Brain Of Britain. 557 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,936 And on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 558 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:08,937 1,000. 559 00:30:08,961 --> 00:30:12,960 Were you part of what might be loosely termed this quiz community? 560 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,960 I enjoyed having a connection to people of a shared interest, yes. 561 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,200 Now, you didn't have the easiest of upbringings, did you? 562 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,936 You were born in a psychiatric hospital, 563 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,936 where your mother was a patient. 564 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,936 Raised in foster homes. 565 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:36,296 And yet despite all that, you became a teacher. 566 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,936 And you have a family of your own now, too. 567 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:39,937 Yes. Yes. 568 00:30:39,961 --> 00:30:41,960 Would you risk all that? 569 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,616 Are you the third mastermind 570 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,936 in a conspiracy to steal a million pounds, Mr Whittock? 571 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,640 I would never do anything like that. 572 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:51,960 I would never cheat. 573 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,960 It's you. 574 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,136 You tricked me. No, it's not what you think. 575 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,936 I just wanted to meet, all right? It's not illegal, what we do. 576 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,936 I know. Those were your weaknesses, 577 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,936 your vulnerabilities that you left in your own system. 578 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,960 I'm not trying to trap you. 579 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,936 Please, come, come and have a drink. I tip my hat to you, you beat us. 580 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,976 I just... I want to know how far you got. 581 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,936 Well, if it's any consolation, we've started to move on to other shows, 582 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,936 other prizes now. And I'm... I'm thinking of retiring. 583 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,936 You know, putting a time limit on answering the call backs? 584 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:15,936 That was... Well done, that really knocked us for six. 585 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,936 Thank you. Fair play. 586 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,936 We realised you were pulling your new "closest-to" questions 587 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,976 from the National Statistics database. So we did, too. 588 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,936 Populations, travel, economic forecasts, 589 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,296 births, deaths and marriages. 590 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,936 And if I only had seven seconds now to find the answer for my client, 591 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,936 then, well, I just had to train. 592 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,936 Two months of my life, I didn't leave the house. 593 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,936 And from now on, if a client would get a call back at home, 594 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,000 they'd just hold up their mobile so I could hear. 595 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,776 And we did it, I got there. 596 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,936 Seven seconds, and I could find the right fact in the right place 597 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,936 and relay it back to them over the phone. 598 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,960 How... How many people did you get into my chair? 599 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,960 I'd say... hundreds. 600 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,800 Hu... 601 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,936 Hundreds? 602 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,936 If you really wanna know how well we penetrated your fortress, 603 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,936 I worked out how much prize money you've given away 604 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:27,937 throughout the run of the show. 605 00:33:27,961 --> 00:33:30,960 And how much of that was won by our organisation. 606 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,960 It's at least 10%. 607 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,776 One pound, in every ten... 608 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:47,960 was you? Sorry. 609 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,936 Why are you retiring? 610 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,776 Well, in truth, it's an expensive outfit to run 611 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,936 and it only returns value if you've got the clients, 612 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,936 and those clients are drying up. 613 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,136 People who devote themselves to the acquirement of knowledge. 614 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,960 In order to cheat for money. 615 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,936 You might think me a chancer, Mr Smith, 616 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,936 but I see which way the wind blows. 617 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,000 Google? 618 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,936 For the quizzing fraternity, 619 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,320 we're the artisan weavers and Google's the power loom. 620 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,936 Yeah. The bottom's falling out of the truth market, Mr Smith. 621 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,960 So, I'm cashing in my shares and getting out. 622 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,960 You might want to consider doing the same. 623 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,936 Oh, maybe I will. 624 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,776 Once these particular clients of yours are in jail. 625 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,960 Oh, those two? They weren't clients. 626 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,936 But... There were hundreds of us, Paul, 627 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,296 everywhere, without you realising it. 628 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,936 But Charles and Diana Ingram were never one of ours. 629 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,320 They were never ours. 630 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,000 Mrs Ingram. 631 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,936 What is it about quizzes that so captivated you? 632 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,960 Captivates you still? I don't know. 633 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,936 I suppose I like the idea, in a world of uncertainties, 634 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,960 that... that something can be known. 635 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,936 Calling the four pagers over and over. 636 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,936 Your explanation for that? 637 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,936 Adrian. My brother. 638 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,936 It was just our way of keeping in touch after he left. 639 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,936 And I never knew which one had battery, 640 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,936 so I'd always call all four. 641 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,456 I wanted let him know that Charles had got on to the show. 642 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,936 And presumably that's why he turned up at the studio later that night? 643 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,960 He was as big a fan as you. Bigger? 644 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,936 The calls you tried to make outside, on that first night? 645 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,936 Were to our father. 646 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,936 He's a bigger quiz fan than any of us. 647 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,936 And he regretted so badly that he was too weak to come. 648 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:02,296 Now, the quizzing community have their own theory about the show, 649 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,456 haven't they? Oh, yes, well we think, thought, 650 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,936 the producers were trying to keep people like us off the show. 651 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,136 Not entertaining enough. 652 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,936 So we called it being "chair-wise". 653 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,936 Er, performing for the camera 654 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,936 so you might get easier questions and they'd keep you there longer. 655 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,936 I object to that, Your Honour. 656 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,936 As Chris Tarrant himself explained, 657 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,936 the questions are locked from the very beginning by computer. 658 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,936 The point is, Your Honour, 659 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,936 it doesn't matter if the theory is nonsense or not. 660 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,960 My client thought it was true. 661 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,000 Now, the prosecution has made a lot of your "suspicious behaviour". 662 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,456 Were you looking at the monitors to check if you were being watched? 663 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,776 No. 664 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,936 They deliberately seat you so you're facing the back of your partner. 665 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,936 And so the monitor is the only way to see them. 666 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,960 You wanted to look at the face of the man you love. 667 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,640 You helped him prepare, didn't you? 668 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:05,136 Right, you need to trust me, OK? Yes, ma'am, dib-dib, dob-dob. 669 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,936 You need to learn to be more entertaining. 670 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,776 Questions are becoming more populist. Popular culture. 671 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,936 Adrian says it's a form of censorship, 672 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:12,937 to get people like you off quicker. 673 00:37:12,961 --> 00:37:15,936 Which means we'll need to bone up on that, too, your weakest area. 674 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,936 Sports, soaps, pop. Oh, hells bells. 675 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,936 Oh, it's just training manoeuvres. Getting fit. 676 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:21,937 I believe in you. 677 00:37:21,961 --> 00:37:25,960 It's Steps. No, Sugababes. 678 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,960 No, no, no it's Steps. Steps. 679 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,136 Sugababes. Sugababes. 680 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,936 ♪ I'll be there... ♪ 681 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,936 OK, so who's that? Mr Blobby. 682 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,136 No, Charles. I don't know. I don't know. 683 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:46,936 How am I supposed to know that? 684 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,936 In Emmerdale, how did the following characters die? 685 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,296 Alex Oakwell. Fell off a roof. 686 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:53,936 Butch Dingle. Hit by a bus. 687 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:57,296 Rachel Hughes. She, er, was pushed off a cliff. 688 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,936 Elizabeth Pollard. A plane landed on top of her. 689 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:00,937 Yes! Yes! 690 00:38:00,961 --> 00:38:02,936 I know who you are, the next time I see you... 691 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,136 Oh, it's gone. 692 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,936 '..I'm gonna tan your backside.' Don't tell me. Don't tell me. 693 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,936 Um... 'You hear me?' 694 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:14,456 In the song Seven Days, what did Craig David do on Tuesday? 695 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,936 He took her for a drink. And on Wednesday? 696 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,936 I believe they were making love by then, 697 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,616 and they continued to do so 698 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,936 throughout Thursday and Friday as well. 699 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,936 And then on Sunday? They just chilled. 700 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:25,937 Right! 701 00:38:25,961 --> 00:38:27,960 CORONATION STREET THEME TUNE PLAYS 702 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:34,936 'There may be trouble ahead, 703 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:40,960 'but while there's moonlight and music and love and romance...' 704 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,960 ♪ Let's face the music and dance! ♪ 705 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,936 ♪ Who wants to be a millionaire? I don't! 706 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,936 ♪ Have flashy flunkies everywhere? I don't! 707 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:03,936 ♪ Who wants the bother Of a country estate? 708 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,936 ♪ A country estate Is something I'd hate 709 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:12,936 ♪ Who wants to wallow in champagne? I don't! 710 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:17,936 ♪ Who wants a supersonic plane? I don't! 711 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,936 ♪ Who wants A marble swimming pool too? 712 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,616 I don't! 713 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:26,480 ALL: ♪ And I don't Cos all I want is you. ♪ 714 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:33,640 SONIA: If that's true, all this training, why didn't it work? 715 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,640 You forgot who Craig David was! 716 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,960 I guess... it just wouldn't go in. 717 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,936 Everyone always said, "Why did you... 718 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,936 "Why did you struggle on the easy questions 719 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,936 "and sail through the hard ones?" And, um... 720 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:56,296 Well, the easy ones were hard to me, and, um, the hard ones... 721 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,616 they just got easier. 722 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,936 But on Craig David. 723 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,936 Why? 724 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,936 Why did you change your answer from A1? 725 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,936 Well, you can hear it. Listen. You can hear the gasp. 726 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,456 I think I'm gonna go with A1. 727 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,936 AUDIENCE GASP 728 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:16,936 One of Diana's best tips. Always listen to the audience. 729 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,936 If you're found guilty, you'll be decommissioned from the army... 730 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,936 face certain bankruptcy, possible prison sentence. 731 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:30,936 People have attacked your house, slashed your tyres, shot your dog. 732 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,936 And "cough, cough, cough", everywhere you go. 733 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:38,936 Why did you put yourself through all that? For a game. 734 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,936 I didn't. 735 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,960 Because I didn't cheat. 736 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,960 So what did you do? 737 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:54,960 I just... tried to be... entertaining. 738 00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,936 And to get the questions right. 739 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:00,960 And to do my wife proud. 740 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,936 Take the book in your left hand and read aloud from the card, please. 741 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,936 I swear by almighty God... 742 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,936 Mr Smith. 743 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,960 Thank you for joining us today. 744 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,936 Is it fair to say you took a while to be convinced yourself, 745 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,936 about this coughing theory? 746 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,936 Yes. I wanted to give the Major the benefit of the doubt. 747 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,936 Um, but as soon as you begin watching, and listening... 748 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,296 Once you are told there are coughs, it's hard to unhear them. 749 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,936 So these are 19 coughs that you isolated, 750 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,936 that occurred on the correct answers. 751 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,616 Do you know how many there were in total that night? 752 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,936 AUDIENCE MEMBERS COUGH 753 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,960 192. 754 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:04,616 There were 192 coughs picked up on that recording 755 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,936 from all over the place. 756 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:11,136 Only they didn't fit the narrative, so they were left out. 757 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:16,936 You left them out of the famous Tape G. 758 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,936 Just edited, and re-edited, like a memory, 759 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:20,937 it's constantly changing. 760 00:42:20,961 --> 00:42:24,456 We have to present to you what happened somehow, 761 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:25,936 on... in... in some form. 762 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,936 Yes, but this is your version of what happened. 763 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,296 The jury are looking where you want them to look. 764 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:36,936 The moment, for instance, when Mrs Ingram's coughing. 765 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,936 Now, that's not an accident that that's picked up on the master tape. 766 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:41,937 That is a choice. 767 00:42:41,961 --> 00:42:46,936 It is a creative choice made by those who are editing it. 768 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,936 The volume of the 19 is raised, as you've acknowledged, 769 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,936 but if wanted the jury to hear them at their original volume, 770 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,936 well, I couldn't, could I? 771 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:00,936 Because your version is now the only version of events. 772 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:01,937 They had to be isolated 773 00:43:01,961 --> 00:43:04,936 in the way that the Major would have heard them, 774 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,976 if he was listening out for them to replicate the experience. 775 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:11,936 Why don't you suspect Judith Keppel, the first millionaire, of cheating? 776 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:13,960 Why would I? Good question. 777 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,960 I will now play the Judith Keppel tape. 778 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,480 If you wouldn't mind turning to the television. 779 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:29,936 For £2,000 between Keppel choosing the right answers, 780 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,936 and committing to the final answer: 781 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:33,937 On his legs. 782 00:43:33,961 --> 00:43:35,936 TARRANT: 'Why would he put his chaps on his legs?' 783 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:37,936 COUGHING To stop his legs getting rubbed. 784 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,936 A cough. Similarly, on the £4,000 question: 785 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:43,936 I think it's Aquarius. COUGHING 786 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,936 What are you? What's your star sign? 787 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,936 A cough. Again, a cough on the £8,0000 question. 788 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:51,936 And the £64,000 question. 789 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,936 And on the 500,000. And on the million. 790 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,936 Now, I don't think she cheated. You don't. 791 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:57,937 Why do you think the Major cheated? 792 00:43:57,961 --> 00:43:59,640 I know this game... 793 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,776 ..and I know how normal people play it. 794 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,936 And the Major did not play it normally, I could tell immediately. 795 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,936 Oh, really? What time did you arrive at the studio that night? 796 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,160 It was, um... 797 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,936 Well, OK, it was at the very end. I didn't actually see him play live. 798 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,936 Oh, so you arrived late at the studio, 799 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,936 you were told that something was wrong. 800 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:24,936 And you have pursued this doggedly ever since. 801 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:25,960 That's unfair. 802 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:28,937 Suspicions were raised. 803 00:44:28,961 --> 00:44:30,936 I called the police and handed it over to them. 804 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,616 They investigated, and they decided to charge them. 805 00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,936 And the jury will find them innocent or guilty, that's up to them. 806 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,960 It's not personal. Well, of course... 807 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,936 Of course it's personal. 808 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:46,960 This was my show. 809 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:48,960 It was my life. 810 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,936 And believe it or not, it mattered to me. 811 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,960 The people who enjoyed it. 812 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,136 And the people trying to ruin it. 813 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:00,936 I see. 814 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:04,320 Could you explain, then, the one gaping hole in this whole theory. 815 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,936 Could you explain the 18 minutes between the Craig David question 816 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,776 and the Baron Haussmann question, 817 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:13,480 when there are no significant coughs? 818 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,936 Well, because Mr Whittock didn't need to cough 819 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,000 on those other questions. Why not? 820 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,936 Well, because the Major knew the answer to those questions. 821 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:23,960 Oh, I see. 822 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,936 Oh, well, then, my final, final question, 823 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,936 and this is just a tiny little thing. 824 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,936 How did Tecwen Whittock know that Charles Ingram, 825 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,936 a man he'd never met, never communicated with... 826 00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,136 So how did he know that Charles knew those answers, 827 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,960 and that he didn't need to cough? 828 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:43,960 I don't know. 829 00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:51,040 But I know that he cheated. 830 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,320 I'm sorry for everything they've gone through, nobody wanted that. 831 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,296 But whether it's coughing, or blinking, or pagers, I know it. 832 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:03,960 I know it. 833 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:08,160 He came on my show, and he cheated. 834 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:14,456 Have you ever heard of this little thing called "confirmation bias"? 835 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,936 When an assumption sinks into the brain, 836 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:23,936 it rearranges and reorganises all facts to support the assumption. 837 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,936 Like on the show relay. 838 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:30,936 People, suspicious of a man from a strange family, talking together. 839 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:32,936 Something's weird. 840 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,776 On a loop. 841 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:35,936 He's a real dodgy one. 842 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:37,936 Yeah, I think this guy's cheating as well. 843 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,936 Now might that not have created a shared fiction, 844 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:43,936 which then everyone in the studio 845 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:48,960 subconsciously began to distort reality to match? 846 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,936 Isn't it strange that the only person not hooked up onto the loop, 847 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,936 Chris Tarrant, 848 00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:00,976 is the only person not to have suspected a thing? 849 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:05,936 We're all guilty of it. We do it every day of our lives. 850 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,936 We adjust the world, and all the information, 851 00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,936 in order to navigate our way through. 852 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:15,456 Take Mr Whittock's alleged cough. 853 00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,136 "No," for example, which, incidentally, 854 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,936 could have come from any one of those contestants, 855 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:22,936 any one of those microphones. 856 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:27,936 It's just someone on hearing the Major hovering over a wrong answer, 857 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:31,960 muttering quite naturally to themselves, "No". 858 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:36,936 Raised to such a volume on the master tape, 859 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,936 it made you all guffaw at how obvious it was, 860 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:45,936 yet on the night, the two people who sat either side of Mr Whittock, 861 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,936 they didn't hear him say it. 862 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,936 The man who sat opposite the Major, Chris Tarrant, 863 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:52,616 he didn't hear him say it. 864 00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:56,936 The 250 people in the studio audience, 865 00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,936 none of them - none of them - when asked, heard him say it. 866 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,936 Yet miraculously the Major did? 867 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,936 A man who couldn't possibly know the answer to those questions, right? 868 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:08,456 Not a man with a degree in engineering 869 00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,936 who knows what mega and a nano is. 870 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,776 A man who was accepted into Mensa 871 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,936 among the cleverest people in the country, 872 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,616 only he's too modest to mention it to anyone 873 00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:23,936 so pinned a badge on his lapel, and hoped some of you might notice. 874 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:27,936 We are told he's a man who got carried away by a game. 875 00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:29,936 Not a level-headed UN Peacekeeper 876 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,976 who rescued men from the battlefields of Bosnia. 877 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,936 No, you're being asked to believe that he and his wife cooked up 878 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,936 a conspiracy on a phone call which lasted eight minutes 879 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,936 with a stranger they'd never met to cough their way to a million 880 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,960 with an accomplice with a diagnosed cough. 881 00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,936 The fact is, 882 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:52,936 it will be entirely impossible to categorically prove 883 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:56,936 that Charles Ingram did not know the answers to those questions. 884 00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:59,960 Because we cannot get inside here. 885 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:02,936 His head. 886 00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:05,936 We just can't know. 887 00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:10,936 And therefore you cannot find him guilty beyond reasonable doubt. 888 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:12,960 DOOR OPENS 889 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:47,976 On the charge of 890 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:51,936 procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception, 891 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,936 do you find the defendant, Tecwen Whittock, 892 00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:56,936 guilty or not guilty? 893 00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,936 Guilty. 894 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,776 MURMURING 895 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:05,936 On the same charge, do you find the defendant, Diana Ingram, 896 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,160 guilty or not guilty? 897 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:11,936 Guilty. 898 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:12,937 MURMURING 899 00:50:12,961 --> 00:50:18,456 On the same charge, do you find the defendant, Charles Ingram, 900 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:20,320 guilty or not guilty? 901 00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,160 Guilty. 902 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,936 This has been a most unusual and exceptional case. 903 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,936 Frankly, one is hard-pressed to find anything 904 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,616 about the circumstances of this case that is not exceptional. 905 00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,936 A crime of this nature normally carries with it 906 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,960 a sentence of a significant number of years in prison. 907 00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:46,960 I sentence you to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years. 908 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,776 So that's it? We're free to go? 909 00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:53,936 If we're guilty, why aren't we going to jail? 910 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:58,936 Well, maybe these days, justice just has to be "seen" to be done. 911 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:01,936 More than it actually has to be. 912 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:03,960 Don't question it. 913 00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:06,480 Go and live your lives. 914 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,936 I'll have to resign my commission. 915 00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,936 It's all right. It doesn't matter. 916 00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,936 It does matter. It matters to me. It's who I am. 917 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:20,960 What did Chris Tarrant say at the end of the show? 918 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,480 "What a man. Quite an amazing man". 919 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:31,960 Are you ready? 920 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,960 PRESS CLAMOUR 921 00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:54,776 I have got nothing to say, guys. Really. 922 00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:56,000 There's nothing more to say. 923 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:06,936 And my newspaper is prepared to pay £675,000 924 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:08,960 for you to confess to us exclusively. 925 00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:15,936 I think, er, just the photo. Thanks. 926 00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:16,960 Big smile. 927 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:21,936 'A Martin Bashir documentary on the "Coughing Major" 928 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,936 'received a record breaking audience for ITV.' 929 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:28,936 The highest-rated factual programme, since the funeral of Princess Diana. 930 00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:30,320 CHEERING 931 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,960 '..Tony Blair is blaming the IRA.' Come on. Time for bed. 932 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,960 HE SIGHS Yep, up in a sec. 933 00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,960 So, come on, then. What's the answer? 934 00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:03,936 After all that. 935 00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:07,960 Tell us. It's killing me.