[ Birds chirping ]
[ Pot boiling ]
[ Pagers buzzing I
They all work. All four of them.
Okay, good. Good to test them.
How is he? Charles? Is he ready?
-Um... -CHRIS: "Emmerdale."
"Hollyoaks." "EastEnders." "Coronation Street."
[ Pauses show I]
"Emmerdale."
WOMAN: "D," "Coronation Street."
"Coronation Street" is the right answer.
-Well done. -Ugh. Bum.
Yeah, no, he's, uh,
he's going to need all the help he can get.
[ Footsteps approaching I
This way, please.
KERRY: So this is just a little practice,
before we send you off to the canteen
for a bite to eat, okay?
Oh, and to warn,
we're starting with a rollover contestant
from yesterday.
So you won't be called upon
until probably quite a way into the show.
Just to, like, manage your expectations
and everything.
Right.
Just a rehearsal.
Fingers on buttons.
"Put these Disney Films in order of their release."
[ Dramatic music playing ]
"A," "Little Mermaid."
"B," "Snow White."
"C," "Aladdin."
"D," "Dumbo."
Okay, pretty straightforward,
"B," "D," "A" "C."
Let's look who was fastest.
Janet.
On 6.52 seconds. Well done.
And, Charles.
Yeah.
I'm afraid you were last.
Ah, well. It's just nice to be here.
Yeah. Only rehearsal.
[ Both chuckle ]
Okay. Over to you, Rebecca.
REBECCA: Fantastic. Okay, folks,
if you'd like to follow me please.
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
He's the husband of the sister
of the brother who were all here, so...
BRIGGS: Oh, Jesus Christ.
KERRY: But seriously, honestly, I wouldn't worry.
He's like Tim-Nice-But-Dim army type.
I doubt he'll even get in the chair.
Terrible in rehearsal, and so...yeah.
Oh, and his wife did request an extra ticket, though.
Audience is full, but I could put them in the overspill?
Fine, whatever.
Don't be so on edge.
I'm gonna be the one in the chair. Hopefully.
I wish you were more on edge, so I'd know you knew
how nerve-wracking it is out there.
Well, at least we're getting to spend more time together.
[ Knock on door ]
Alright?
Of course. Yeah.
Right. Place these words of an Agatha Christie novel
in the right order.
"Nile." "On." "Death." "The."
And it was, of course, "Death on the Nile,"
and who gets to sit in the chair next?
It's...Charles Ingram.
[ Upbeat music playing I
Well done, Charles.
Are you ready to play for a million pounds?
Is the Pope a Catholic?
And...hold there.
-What did I -- -Oh, don't worry, no, no, no.
It's a lot less continuous magic than it is on the telly.
Uh, lots of stops and starts.
We've got to mic your guest up now
and put them in their seat in the audience.
-Who have you brought? -Uh, my wife.
Uh, you've met her. She played before.
-CHRIS: Oh, really? -CHARLES: Yeah.
Oh, yes.
Hello.
Again.
Okay, folks, here we go. And...
Okay, let's play "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
[ Applause ]
So, we've seen quite a lot of the Major's family
on this show, Charles.
Uh, first off was his wife, Diana,
who won 32 grand.
Uh, then brother-in-law Adrian,
who won 32 grand, as well.
So it's a matter of family honor, Charles.
-No pressure then. -CHARLES: No. No. No.
No pressure.
What, are you trying to win to a million between you?
First question of 15.
What name is given to a person
who is against increasing the powers of the European Union?
Eurosceptic. Eurostar.
Eurotrash.
Eurovision.
It's, um -- it's, uh, Eurosceptic, Chris.
That's correct.
So for £2,000.
"Coronation Street." [ Laughs] I bet you know this one.
Oh, no, I've never watched it.
Charles, it's been on for 40 years.
I know, I know, I just...
In "Coronation Street," who is Audrey's daughter?
Janice. Gail.
Linda. Sally.
[ Exhales heavily I
Um, no, nothing.
[ Chuckles I It's nothing. Um...
I'm not getting anything.
Uh...no.
[ Chuckles nervously ] It's...
Oh, s-sorry, sir,
you can't be out here on the phone, I'm afraid.
Yeah, no, sorry. I'm -- I know, I know.
-I just need to... -KERRY: Sir? If you don't mind?
Yeah, of course. Sorry.
I was just trying to get in touch with...
Sorry.
Okay, no, I, uh... Yeah.
I'll have -- I'll have to ask the audience.
Cut to Chris.
Okay, audience.
She's right. He's an idiot.
CHRIS: Fingers on keypads.
Which still begs the question
how he got in the Goddamn chair.
But hey-ho and all the fun of the fair.
-[ Laughter ] -And 89% say Gail.
Well, gosh, yeah, okay.
Well, I'll go for "B," go for Gail.
Ah, where is the River Foyle?
Um... Um...
I-I think I'm gonna have to, um...
Oh, dear. Yeah, I'm gonna have to phone a friend.
It's alright, that's what the, uh, lifelines are there for.
Uh, okay, who we gonna call, Major?
Uh, Gerald.
Okay, let's call Gerald, please.
Where's Gerald?
Uh, South Wales.
[ Phone ringing ]
Mr. Pollock, I mean it now,
we'll have to confiscate your phone.
Yeah, alright. Okay. Okay. Yeah, sorry.
This way, sir.
Keep an eye on him.
...Is the right answer. And that takes you to £4,000.
[ Applause ]
-[ Klaxon blares I -Oh, no!
Oh, no. Charles, we're gonna have to drag you back tomorrow,
along with 10 new Fastest Finger First contestants.
And they are Tecwen Whittock from Pontypridd.
Aaron Ford from New Malden.
Jacob Nixon from Frome.
Charlotte Edmonds from Edinburgh.
Helen McGrath from Broadstairs.
[ Clicks tongue ] Sorry, darling.
Bloody "Coronation Street."
It's okay. We just need to strategize for tomorrow.
We need to regroup.
Well, I can't be back tomorrow.
I mean, I shouldn't really be here today, so --
[ Knock on door ]
Knock knock. Sorry to interrupt.
Just giving you your hotel details.
Oh, no, I'm really sorry,
but I actually think we have to get back home tonight.
-KERRY: Back home? -Yeah, I've got --
I've got work in the morning.
But you're our rollover contestant.
You're back in the chair tomorrow.
I know, I know, but we didn't necessarily think
that we would rollover, did we?
-No. -No.
Can't you call in sick?
It's the British Army. No, you can't call in sick.
I know but, like [chuckles] there's no war on, is there?
I mean, I'm joking, but I'm not really.
We have to have you back here.
We will be back. I promise. I promise.
But work takes precedence, I'm so sorry.
-Charles, car, five minutes. -Yeah.
[ Phone rings I
Hello. Tecwen speaking.
Oh, yes, Tecwen. Hi. It's, uh, Diana Ingram here.
Adrian's sister.
Oh, hello, yes. Diana, yes.
Oh, my God, fortuitous timing. You'll never guess what.
Oh, I-I think I can, actually.
You're going to be on the show tomorrow, I've just heard.
Um, weirdly, I'm here, at the studio.
Charles, my husband, he's here.
He's going to be in the chair tomorrow
for when you're in the Fastest Finger seats.
Oh, my. What a coincidence.
I know. I know.
So, um, I just thought I'd call for a quick chat.
[ Game-show music playing ]
Alright?
[ Exhales ]
We're welcoming back Charles --
Major Charles Ingram into the chair.
"Morning, Major." "Morning, Faulty."
[ Laughing nervously I
Uh, so do you have a strategy, then, Major?
CHARLES: Well, um... Well, yeah, I do.
I do have a strategy, actually. [, um --
I was a bit defensive on the last show,
uh, you know, talking myself out of answers
that I -- frankly, I should have known,
and do know. And, um...
So, yes, I'm -- you know,
I'm sort of going on the counterattack.
[ Laughs ] We're going on a counterattack.
-[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
Basically, I'm -- I'm just gonna try
and show a bit more self-commitment.
Well, uh, let's put this strategy to the test.
Right.
Major Charles Ingram, are you ready to play?
[ Dramatic music playing ]
This for £8,000.
Who was the second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy?
Adnan Khashoggi.
Ronald Reagan.
Aristotle Onassis.
Rupert Murdoch.
[ Softly ] Alright, we're not expecting
this guy to be in long.
He's two lifelines down,
so make sure we're prepped for the next.
Roger, roger.
[ Inhales deeply ]
I would've thought -- I would've thought
it would be Aristotle Onassis.
[ Sighs ] Yeah, one -- one of my sub-strategies is --
Oh, oh, there's sub-strategies now?
Yeah, yeah, I have sub strategies.
One of my sub-strategies is to take my time...
[ Clears throat]
CHARLES: ...and list all the options.
So...
Adnan Khashoggi.
Ronald Reagan.
Rupert Murdoch.
Aristotle Onassis.
[ Man coughing ]
[ Tense music playing ]
Yeah, yeah, I think --
I'm pretty sure it's, um, Aristotle Onassis.
CHRIS: Final answer?
-Final answer, yes. -[ Music changes I
CHRIS: You didn't have to play.
Well, this new self-committed Charles
is a wild and crazy man.
That's the correct answer.
[ Applause ]
[ Tense music playing ]
Okay, so you've got £16,000.
Now for the all-important £32,000.
Who had a hit U.K. album with "Born To Do It"
released in 20007
Coldplay.
Toploader.
A-1.
Craig David.
CHARLES: Coldplay.
Toploader.
A-1.
Craig David.
[ Exhales heavily I
Okay, well, um...
-Alright? -Yeah.
That Major from last night
is nearly up to 32 grand amazingly.
I think it's A-1...
He's like a new man today.
...but it could be Toploader,
which is also something to do with a barrel on a rifle.
-So... -[ Laughter ]
Um, I've never heard of Craig David.
-[ Laughter ] -Um...
Uh, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to --
I think I'm gonna have to use my final lifeline, 50/50.
Uh, computer, take away two wrong answers.
Leave Charles with the right answer
and one remaining wrong answer.
[ Groans I] That's not any easier.
-[ Laughter ] -Um, uh...
Do you know what? I think I'm gonna go for it.
-I'm gonna go for A-1. -[ Audience gasps ]
Final answer?
No.
[ Laughter]
[ Inhales sharply ] No. Um...
[ Softly ] Craig David.
[ Sighs]
Craig David.
[ Coughs ]
You know, when -- when -- when I'm at home,
um, and I'm practicing, you know, I guess -- I guess --
I guess wrong 80% of the time.
So, I think I'm gonna go with Craig David.
[ Laughter]
CHRIS: Charles, uh, you'd never heard of him a moment ago.
No, Craig David. I'm gonna...
Final answer?
Yeah, final answer.
Well, uh, what a show this is turning into.
Major Charles Ingram was on £16,000.
He didn't have to play this question.
He said in his own words
that he'd never heard of Craig David.
He went with A-1.
And then because...
Well, I rather lost the plot with his thinking then, uh,
but he changed his mind,
knowing that he would lose £15,000,
if he gave the wrong answer.
He went with Craig David, who he'd never heard of.
[ Laughter]
And that's the right answer!
-[ Cheers and applause ] -Unbelievable.
I don't know how you did that.
I really don't.
Incredible.
[ Breathing heavily I
[ Phone ringing ]
-Yes? -Paul. It's David.
It's happening. I think the thing is happening.
The rollover contestant from last night,
I think he's cheating.
He -- what, in getting on the show?
No, cheating on the show.
Cheating at the actual -- the actual game.
CHRIS: ...Is the correct answer.
How do you -- You can't cheat the show.
Either you know the answer or you don't.
Look, something isn't right. He's...
Normal people don't play like this.
Alright, I'm -- I'm coming down.
Yeah, I mean, it's a down payment on a house, isn't it?
So...
So, yeah. Yeah. Holbein. Holbein.
-Final answer? -Final answer.
Okay, uh, first of all, you thought it was Rembrandt.
Said you'd seen the painting.
You then thought it was Holbein.
You've just won £125,000!
Incredible. Incredible.
You're just getting better.
Okay, something's weird.
-How is he doing this? -Yeah, I have no idea.
CHRIS: You were struggling more at £200 than you are now.
CHARLES: Yeah, I know.
CHRIS: Unbelievable.
Well, Charles, here it is.
A check for a quarter of -- it sounds strange, doesn't it?
A quarter of a million pounds.
Gosh, you're shaking.
-I know. I know. -CHRIS: I know that, frankly,
you didn't think you'd be able to equal your wife.
And, frankly, Charles, nor did I.
-[ Laughter ] -Well, this is real money.
£250,000.
But we don't want to give you that.
[ Laughter]
This question... for half a million pounds.
[ Dramatic music playing ]
Baron Haussmann is best known
for the planning of which city?
Rome.
Paris.
Berlin.
Athens.
Think it's Berlin.
[ Laughter]
Yeah, Berlin. I mean, Haussmann...
you know, seems -- seems like a German name
rather than an Italian name or a Parisian name
or an Athens name.
Um...
Rome.
Paris.
[ Man coughs I
Yeah, do you know -- I'm gonna --
I'm gonna rethink it because I don't --
I don't think it's Athens,
and I'm pretty sure it's not Rome.
And I would've thought --
I would've thought it was, um, Berlin,
but there's a chance it could be Paris.
[ Man coughing ]
Oh, God, no.
You stand to lose £218,000.
Yeah, I think -- I think it's Paris.
I'm going to play.
Right, hang on. Now, wait, where are we?
[ Laughter]
[ Coughs ] No, Paris. Paris, final answer.
Final answer?
Final answer.
[ Inhales deeply ]
You thought it was Berlin.
"Berlin, Berlin, Berlin."
You changed your mind to Paris.
That's brought you £500,000.
-That's unbelievable. -[ Applause I]
-[ Sighs] -CHRIS: Unbelievable.
Incredible.
Oh, shit, the glitter.
We hadn't thought we'd get to the million-pound question,
but we're at the million-pound question,
and we haven't prepared the bloody glitter.
Where's the Glitter Man?
♪ It's raining men ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ It's raining men ♪
♪ Amen ♪
[ Phone ringing ]
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ It's raining men ♪
♪ Amen ♪
[ Dramatic music playing ]
[ Coughing ]
[ Exhales heavily I
Well, uh...
It's not often I get to say this,
but for £1 million,
the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
is known by what name?
Googol.
Megatron.
Gigabit.
Nanomole.
Let's see.
Uh...
Giga... Nano...
Oh, God, don't start.
[ Mutters softly ]
CHARLES: Right, okay.
God, I don't... I don't, uh...
Well?
Watch, just watch.
I'm not sure.
However...
[ Laughter]
Charles, you haven't been sure since question two.
[ Laughter]
God, I think...
I think it's a Megatron.
[ Sighs]
But I have to say that I've never heard -- I haven't --
No, I've never heard of a Googol.
Do you know the answer?
Yes, it's Googol.
TECWEN: That's what I thought.
Googol...
[ Man coughing ]
CHARLES: Googol...
[ Man coughing ]
Yeah, I mean, by process of elimination,
I actually think it is a Googol.
But I just don't know what a Googol is.
[ Laughter]
It's not a gigabit, a nanomole, or a Megatron,
and there's only four of them so it must be Googol.
Mustn't it? I mean...
[ Chuckles ]
I mean, I don't mind taking the odd risk now and again.
[ Laughter]
My strategy has -- has worked so far.
Chris, I'm gonna play.
[ Audience gasps I
CHRIS: You know, you don't have to play this, Charles.
No one will blame you if you walked away right now
with half a million pounds.
Googol.
Final answer?
Final answer.
[ Softly ] Catch me when I fall on the floor.
Don't go to a break.
Please don't go to -- please don't go for a break.
We're taking a break.
Oh, God.
[ Audience groaning I
Don't go anywhere.
I know you won't, on what is an epic night
in British television.
[ Dramatic music playing ]
[ Chuckles ] Oh, my God.
We should stop it now. Just -- just stop it.
We can't stop it. We have no proof.
-We just -- -I don't know, just --
we have to carry on.
-You alright? -Uh, yeah, I just, um...
I mean, no, not really. [ Laughs]
So you can see, can you,
if I've got the answer right on your screen?
I can.
I'm sure it'll just be a few seconds.
Thank you.
[ Indistinct conversations I
Okay, studio, and...
[ Dramatic music playing ]
Welcome back. Wow.
Uh, we are here with Charles Ingram, uh,
who, after first thinking it was Megatron,
uh, then played Googol as his final answer.
Even though he'd never heard of it.
Charles?
You've just won £1 million!
-[ Upbeat music playing ] -[ Audience cheering I
One million!
You are the most amazing player
we have ever, ever had.
Diana? Come on down, my darling, come on.
One million.
£1 million.
I can't believe it.
[ Sobbing ]
The best player we have ever had.
What a man. Quite an amazing man.
I have no idea how you did it.
-I don't know. -Unbelievable.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Diana, my darling, come here.
Ladies and gentlemen, Charles Ingram.
[ Cheers and applause I
[ Laughing ]
♪ And then it's a pleasure again ♪
-♪ Walkin" my baby ♪ -Charles Ingram.
-♪ Talkin" my baby ♪ -One million.
-[ Laughs] -♪ Lovin" my baby ♪
♪ I don't mean maybe ♪
♪ Walkin" my baby ♪
♪ Back home ♪
[ Both laughing I
What -- what am I listening for?
Just wait. It, uh... I don't know.
Just play V.T.
Googol...
[ Man coughing I
-Googol... -[ Man coughing I
That, there. Right, there. A cough.
So what? There's always coughing.
I think -- [ Sighs ] I don't definitely know,
but I think there's, like, a pattern.
Of what, coughing? From who?
Look there's got to be something, Paul.
W-Watch last night's tape. He was useless.
And then what, he comes back an utter genius?
KEVIN: Replay V.T.
-Googol... -[ Man coughing I
Turn it up.
-Googol... -[ Man coughing I
BRIGGS: Then he changes his answer.
CHARLES: By process of elimination,
I actually think it is a Googol.
But I just don't know what a Googol is.
[ Chuckles I
-[ Phone ringing I -[ Loud dance music playing ]
-Hi, Paul? -PAUL: Um, hi, Ruth.
Uh, we've had another millionaire.
Oh. Okay, great.
Except... [ Sighs]
I think that -- we think something's not right.
We think the guy may have cheated.
[ Phone ringing ]
Hello?
What the shitting hell?
Cheeky bastards. Who are they?
Are they one of that group you talked about
-getting on the show? -Morning.
We don't know. We just know he's a wrong 'un.
You okay?
No, I'm not okay. Of course I'm not okay.
Sorry, sorry. It's murder on the --
This is Lionel from Legal.
Coffee? How do you take it?
Oh, just, uh, massive.
Look, um, before anything else,
the most urgent thing is
whether to air tomorrow's episode.
Because if we don't, then 10 million people
are gonna need something else to watch.
I have a tape on its way. You can see for yourself.
Well, what about the police?
-The police? -Yeah.
Is -- is this a police --
Well, it's not not.
It's theft. It's a million pounds.
If this was a bank vault or a diamond store
in Hatton Gardens, there'd be helicopters by now, roadblocks.
-[ Knock on door ] -Come in.
Ah, right, see for yourself.
All I'm saying is,
is it a crime to cheat on a game show?
Well, it's -- it's -- well...
Stop saying "well," Lionel.
I'm from Legal. It's my job to say "well."
[ Sneezes I
See for yourself.
Do you know what? I think I'm gonna go for it.
-I'm gonna go for A-1. -[ Audience gasps I
Final answer?
No.
[ Laughter]
[ Inhales sharply ] No. Um...
A-1.
Craig David.
[ Diana coughs I
Oh, Jesus. Jesus.
It's so obvious.
And don't forget that his wife has already been on the show.
She knows the ins and outs.
I guess wrong 80% of the time.
PAUL: And watch now. He changes his answer.
I think I'm gonna go with Craig David.
Okay. I say we don't air.
Agreed.
We can edit forward to the next contestant in the chair.
Would you fast forward please?
Can we do that? Is it that simple?
Oh, ass, the glitter on the floor.
Well, if no one won,
where did the glitter just come from?
No one will notice. Or care.
CHRIS: This is Tecwen Whittock,
from Whitchurch, Cardiff.
Can you stretch out his turn? Make him longer?
It'll be a struggle.
He was, uh, nothing special, you know.
[ Knock on door ]
-Did you order something? -DIANA: No.
-Oh. -Hello. Hello, David Briggs.
Ah, yes, hello, hello.
Hello, this is Ruth Settle.
-Hi. Hello. Morning. -Hello.
Oh, h-hello. Hi. Sleep okay? If at all?
-You must've been... -[ Laughter ]
So what's this about?
-Oh, it's only to -- -Oh, just to --
It's just to work out the next few days.
The angle, the coverage.
So, your press conference, we thought, uh,
because of question 12, for £125,000,
"The Ambassadors' is a painting by which artist?"
[ Chuckles ]
The what -- the Holbein?
The Holbein. Well done, correct.
-[ Laughter ] -We are thinking
of hosting it there, in front of the painting.
CHARLES: Ah, right.
But you -- you did keep changing your mind a lot, didn't you?
Well, actually, that was to explain
my thinking to the audience.
So I wasn't just, you know, sat there like a Muppet.
It's, um, probably just that, don't you think?
What's "probably" what?
Actually, um, Diana mentions all these tips in her book
that she's writing with her brother about the show.
What? It'll help publicize it, won't it,
-being a winner? -You're writing a book?
Oh, just a little stocking filler
With hints and things about
how to get on the show, how to play.
Just a few things that we've picked up
from this community of fans, that's all.
Gosh, that sounds really helpful.
I wouldn't mention that to the press yet.
-No. -We'll -- we'll have an embargo
until the show airs,
and we have to handle everything -- delicately.
-[ Sighs ] Guilty as sin. -There you go.
-Okay. -Bollocks.
Look, they are quiz-obsessive. They're --
They are fans of the show, so they're a bit much.
But apart from that --
Watch the tape. Play her the tape.
Oh, and she's, uh, writing a book.
The wife, like, uh, an expose of the show.
-She what? -Oh, my God.
It's just a tiny, little stocking filler.
Look, I've just come off the phone
from some of our guys at the studio
who are investigating all possible, you know --
and they have gone into the car park
with some sort of radio receiver,
and they're saying it's possible
to listen in to the show relay from outside.
David, do we not scramble that signal?
Why would we scramble the signal?
How do you scramble a signal?
What's this now? The relay?
I'm just saying that, hypothetically,
someone -- maybe someone from this -- this group,
could listen in to the show from outside --
And how would that help them?
To hear the questions,
look up the answers, and communicate back in.
To who? The person in the chair?
Maybe. I don't know.
Or someone in the audience with a mobile phone.
We don't allow mobile phones in the studio.
-Yeah, but do we check? -'Course we check.
Do we check?
No. 'Course we don't check.
-How would we check? -You don't search the audience?
Let's get it all out now, shall we,
after the horse has bolted --
This is all just happening this morning, right?
It's a game show. It's not Fort Knox.
Whoa, wait, are we saying
that it's not someone coughing, then?
It could be the coughing.
It's definitely the coughing.
Either way, I'm calling the police.
Who would you even call? Like, which, like, branch?
I'll text my person to look up the right people.
Hold on. Have they even cashed the check yet?
Wait, have -- have we canceled the check?
I don't know. I mean...
I mean, no, we haven't canceled the check.
-I've been at the -- -Lionel.
Should we cancel the check?
I'm just thinking, we might need to wait
for them to cash the check for it to be stealing.
No, no, if we do that, that would be entrapment,
surely, by us.
Yeah, but if they cash the check,
do we have to sue them to get it back?
Am I canceling the check or aren't I?!
-Well... -No, I just don't see it.
KEVIN: Don't you hear it? The coughing.
Is that how loud it actually was?
Yes. Well, no.
We've isolated them a bit for you to hear.
Listen, you can hear the coughs on the right answers.
Yeah, and I can hear the coughs on the wrong answers.
Here. These are the people at Scotland Yard to call.
It's something called the Celebrity Crimes Squad
or something, I don't know.
Really? Sounds like a shit detective show.
Yeah, sounds like something we'd make.
Wow.
Wait, I'm confused. What are we saying to them?
That this is -- there's more people?
That this is part of a bigger conspiracy?
All I'm saying is we don't know
how many people were outside, helping,
inside, helping him.
Yeah, but you can't pack the place out
with people that you know.
You only get the one ticket.
Actually...
Actually, on the first night,
the Ingrams did have someone else there.
Diana's brother.
The brother was there?
God damn it!
I'm calling the police.
...we have ever had. What a man.
NEWSREADER: A major disaster iS occurring
in New York City this afternoon.
Wait a sec.
What is that?
NEWSREADER: ... World Trade Center is on fire.
Early indications are that a Boeing 747 out of Boston
collided with the tower at 1:46 P.M. this afternoon.
8:46 AM. EST.
Is that live?
-RUTH: It must be. -NEWSREADER: Eyewitness reports
are coming in that the plane banked sharply
and made a direct hit
at around the 80th floor of the building.
More as we have it.
NEWSREADER #2: Thank you, Nicholas.
As you can imagine, there is chaos in the streets
of downtown New York.
All major buildings are being evacuated
in the areas surrounding the World Trade Center.
NEWSREADER: There's been a second collision,
possibly another plane...
DIANA: Are you okay? Just awful.
Yeah, puts it all in perspective, doesn't it?
I haven't even told the chaps about our win yet.
All seems a bit...
Actually, uh, there was a message for you
from Celador when I got back from school.
-I don't know if you -- -Right.
Okay, well, life goes on, eh?
Yeah.
I love you.
Give me that number.
Detective Sergeant Sam Ferguson
from the Special Inquiry Unit.
This is my colleague Detective Constable Amir Cave.
-You rang? -Well, I don't think
any of us expected you to come today, given the, uh...
Yeah. Terrible thing.
But crimes still need solving.
So, we've been brought up to speed by Mr. --
-[ Phone ringing I -Oh, excuse me.
This'll be him.
[ Clears throat]
Hello. Paul Smith.
Paul, hello. Uh, it's Charles Ingram here.
I was just on your show.
Charles, thank you for calling back.
Um, so, I have to tell you
that we have suspicions
from viewing the recording of Monday's program
and subsequently studying the tapes carefully,
that there were irregularities
during the taping of the show in which you participated.
Oh, good Lord, no.
Because of that, I have to tell you
that these suspicions have been referred to the police.
-Right. -PAUL: And, thus, we will not,
for the moment, be airing the program
or, indeed, authorizing payment of the check.
Right.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, you know,
I completely refute that.
Obviously.
Alright.
Good Lord.
Well, goodbye.
Goodbye.
DIANA: Police? You're an army major.
I'm a teaching assistant.
People like us don't deal with the police.
This is Wiltshire.
CHARLES: It's what he said.
I sort of told our book publisher about your win,
and they've set up this photo-and-interview thing,
for this Sunday.
I know the "Millionaire" people said not to,
but the publisher said it was too good not to.
-For the book. -Well, there won't be a book,
will there?
I bet it wasn't the publishers who said that.
I bet it was Adrian.
I bet you've been speaking to him.
Have you spoken to Adrian again?
How? If he's on the run?
"On the run."
As if that's a normal sentence for a normal person to say.
I'm a commissioned officer in the British Army.
There are standards.
Come along, Buffy.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
How do we know that it was Celador,
that it was Paul Smith you spoke to?
It was. I returned his call on the number they left you.
Yes, I know, but how do we know it's not a hoax,
someone in the community taking the mickey?
What, maybe that's what they do to everyone --
everyone who wins.
It's not a mickey-take, Diana.
Well, it's a bit over the top, isn't it?
Call it back again, that number.
-No. I'm not calling. -I want to hear it.
-No, I'm not gonna call it back. -Then I'll do it.
Diana.
Hello, um, this is... Diana Ingram.
-Hello. -DIANA: Hi, um, yes,
we received a phone call from this number earlier
and, well, it occurred to us
that we didn't know whether it was real or not.
Uh, no. Uh, no, I'm afraid it was real.
This -- this is Paul Smith.
Yes, but how do we know?
It could be a wind-up or the press.
Um, well. O-Okay.
Um, why don't you call back again,
and I won't answer this time.
It'll take you through to my extension
answering-machine message,
and you'll hear that this is me
and -- and this is Celador.
And that -- that this is no wind-up, Mrs. Ingram.
Okay.
[ Line ringing ]
Hello, you've reached Paul Smith at Celador.
Leave a message,
and I'll get back to you when I can.
Thanks.
[ Answering machine beeps I
[ Clears throat]
We're doing that press interview.
You won that money. It's yours. So let's tell people.
[ Brakes squeak ]
PAUL: We'll need to make a statement.
They're cheats.
CHRIS: I just can't get my head round it.
That terribly nice Major, a criminal mastermind?
Bollocks.
You really didn't notice anything?
Well I-l suppose you've got a lot going on.
Oh, yeah, but I'd hope that I'd have done this enough
to notice if someone's trying to steal a million quid
two feet in front of me, Paul.
You alright?
You look ragged?
Hmm.
I feel upset, actually.
This -- well, this is our thing.
It's our baby.
No one will dare
try anything like this again, after all this.
-Don't you worry. -[ Sighs]
Who the hell was coughing?
So what I'm gonna show you
is what we've edited together of the show so far
from the different angles.
Play V.T.
-Googol... -[ Man coughing I
That cough there, then.
Can you ascertain where it came from?
Not the individual, no,
we don't mic up every audience member.
But we've got different mic tracks,
covering different areas of the studio.
Now, that particular cough,
that came from the Fastest Finger mic, stage right.
Play tape "C."
[ Applause ]
KEVIN: One of these five sat here.
[ Brakes squeak ]
[ Buffy barking ]
[ Car doors closing I
I'm Detective Sergeant Ferguson.
Here's a warrant to enter your property.
I should tell you, we're placing you both under arrest
on suspicion of procuring the execution
of a valuable security by deception.
You don't have to say anything...
WOODLEY: What you've been told so far
in the case for the prosecution
seems to make total sense, doesn't it?
A man who didn't particularly like quizzes,
arrived on the show, behaved strangely,
and won a million.
So something must be wrong.
He must've cheated. Right?
Your Fastest Finger First machine?
-You're not serious. -Uh, it's in the garage.
We'll also be wanting a draft copy
-of your book, Mrs. Ingram. -GIRL: Mom!
My book? I-I -- It -- It's not finished.
I haven't even spell-checked it yet.
And what about our children?
A specially trained officer can stay with them,
-while you both -- -No. No.
You are under arrest, Mrs Ingram.
But what if I was to tell you that it's all utter nonsense,
that the three defendants who allegedly concocted
this elaborate conspiracy had never even met,
something that the prosecution does not dispute,
that the so-called "significant coughs"
are only 19 out of 192
recorded throughout the night,
sometimes on the right answers,
sometimes on the wrong answers,
and that there is no way of knowing
that any of them even came from Mr. Whittock.
Could it simply be that everyone on the show
was waiting for an attack,
for something strange to happen,
and in walked Charles Ingram,
a, yes, eccentric but actually quite intelligent army major,
and his fate was set.
I put it to you, that this is, in fact,
a series of horrible coincidences.
And that Major Charles Ingram is completely innocent.
Your Honor, here is the case for the Defense.
[ Coughs ]