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Quiz - Season 1
Charles Ingram, a former British Army pioneer, was an idealist but caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being arrested for a crime. Charles designed his way to win a million pounds in the game show Who wants to be a millionaire? This game was hugely smart as it helped Ingram both his wife Diana and his partner, Tequein Whitock, where they initially clearly stole many.
1981, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
1966 in Malacca, Malaysia
16 December 1980, Hull, Humberside, England, UK
21 July 1968, England, UK
30 November 1949, England, UK
1952
April 18, 2020
Quiz is best when it's a process story - less a whodunnit, more a howdunnit, building its drama out of the smaller details.
April 20, 2020
As befits a story about a multiple-choice quiz show, the serial worked well under numerous headings. Melodrama and farce, hokum and pathos, were mixed with gobbets of media satire and social commentary.
April 14, 2020
An entertaining, well-constructed and big-hearted romp through a story most will think they know well.
April 16, 2020
Entertaining as the TV studio sequences were, with Michael Sheen's portrayal of quizmaster Chris Tarrant teetering cheekily between impersonation and parody, the final episode kicked up a gear with its account of the Ingrams' trial.
April 20, 2020
This was adapted by James Graham from his stage play and directed by Stephen Frears, who came at it with the same verve and wit and feel for dark comedy he brought to A Very English Scandal. The acting was also uniformly wonderful.
April 15, 2020
It was quite delightful to see an ITV drama sending up its own former executives, television not only eating itself, but taking care to cover every morsel with tomato ketchup first.
April 16, 2020
It was funny, and it was sharp, and it kept you thinking.
April 20, 2020
Funny, pacy, with an element of nostalgia and a stellar cast, the mini-series about the 2001 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire "Coughing Major" controversy caught the imagination of the nation.
April 14, 2020
Comedic and nostalgic and filled with funny performances and the bathetic laughs of a very English heist. Under the surface though, it raises the play's serious questions about fairness and justice, all handled with the sprightliest, lightest of touch.
April 14, 2020
James Graham's three-parter was cleverly crafted with an upbeat energy and a sense of mischief.
April 14, 2020
The honours on the first night go to Michael Sheen for his performance as bullish Chris Tarrant. The actor's ability to look like real people is practically supernatural.
April 14, 2020
Michael Sheen as a pitch perfect Chris Tarrant. If you close your eyes, it's him.
