“There aren’t any villains in this story, really,” Sian Clifford told Den of Geek about Quiz, a three-part dramatisation of the real-life British Who Wants to be a Millionaire? cheating scandal, currently airing on AMC.
Adapted from James Graham’s play of the same name and inspired by the book ‘Bad Show: The Quiz, The cough, The Millionaire Major’, Quiz aims to shake public certainty about the 2001 scandal and its courtroom verdict.
Though not entirely apologist for Charles and Diana Ingram – the couple accused of using a system of coughing to cheat their way to the show’s top prize in 2001 – Quiz certainly conjures doubt over their guilt. And as Clifford (who plays Diana) says, it also doesn’t follow the British tabloid press of the time by painting them as villains.
It’s perhaps little wonder then, that Charles Ingram (played by Matthew Macfadyen in the miniseries), who...
Adapted from James Graham’s play of the same name and inspired by the book ‘Bad Show: The Quiz, The cough, The Millionaire Major’, Quiz aims to shake public certainty about the 2001 scandal and its courtroom verdict.
Though not entirely apologist for Charles and Diana Ingram – the couple accused of using a system of coughing to cheat their way to the show’s top prize in 2001 – Quiz certainly conjures doubt over their guilt. And as Clifford (who plays Diana) says, it also doesn’t follow the British tabloid press of the time by painting them as villains.
It’s perhaps little wonder then, that Charles Ingram (played by Matthew Macfadyen in the miniseries), who...
- 6/2/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It’s hard to imagine a time when a television show had the power to dominate an audience, so much so that it was on five days a week and was an event every single day. Maybe it’s easier to envision now in a post-pandemic world, or because our love of recent nostalgia still looms large. But in 1998, when “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” became a smash in England, the world looked very different. Personal computers and the internet were gaining traction, but it wasn’t easy to put a question in Google and find an answer. Maybe that’s the problem with watching this narrative treatment of the show’s creation and the cheating scandal that would….eventually….do something to it?
Because you can Google everything about what “Quiz” shows over its three episodes it only illustrates how truncated and basic Frears’ drama is. With each...
Because you can Google everything about what “Quiz” shows over its three episodes it only illustrates how truncated and basic Frears’ drama is. With each...
- 5/29/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Fresh from an Emmy nomination for playing the beleaguered Claire in the comedy “Fleabag,” Sian Clifford embodies a woman caught up in a real-life scandal in “Quiz.” In the AMC limited series, Clifford portrays Diana Ingram who, along with her husband Charles (Matthew Macfadyen), was accused of cheating to win “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” As she explains in our exclusive video interview (watch above), there is more to this story than first thought when it broke in 2001. Clifford credits the script by James Graham, who adapted his Olivier-nominated play. “It is such a fascinating story that everyone in the UK thinks that they know and we are getting to uncover a completely different side of it.”
The actress clearly felt the responsibility of playing someone who is still living. She demurred from meeting Diana until the last day of filming; instead, she studied footage of the couple. “I found the Fiona Bruce documentary,...
The actress clearly felt the responsibility of playing someone who is still living. She demurred from meeting Diana until the last day of filming; instead, she studied footage of the couple. “I found the Fiona Bruce documentary,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Diana Ingram loves quizzes, more than anything else in the world with the possible exception of her husband Charles and their children. Why does she care about them so much? “I like the idea, in a word of uncertainties, that something can be known,” she explains.
The idea of definitive knowledge should be at the heart of Quiz, a three-part AMC miniseries, based on a true story, about Charles allegedly cheating his way to the grand prize on the original English version of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?. That...
The idea of definitive knowledge should be at the heart of Quiz, a three-part AMC miniseries, based on a true story, about Charles allegedly cheating his way to the grand prize on the original English version of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?. That...
- 5/29/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Some ideas are so simplistically brilliant there’s no way they can fail. Such is the case with the now classic quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? When the game show first premiered on British television on ITV in 1998, it quickly became a big hit. Big enough to launch a franchise of similar shows across the world, including the Regis Philbin-hosted American version that launched in 1999.
The very premise of the contest is cooked into the show’s name. Like a benevolent bridge troll, the show asks the viewer, “would thee like to be a millionaire? Then answer these questions 15.” Simple enough. After all, who doesn’t think they can correctly answer 15 consecutive multiple choice questions. If not, then what was the whole point of school? Still, some contestants may not have wanted to take that chance. And that’s how just a few years into its existence,...
The very premise of the contest is cooked into the show’s name. Like a benevolent bridge troll, the show asks the viewer, “would thee like to be a millionaire? Then answer these questions 15.” Simple enough. After all, who doesn’t think they can correctly answer 15 consecutive multiple choice questions. If not, then what was the whole point of school? Still, some contestants may not have wanted to take that chance. And that’s how just a few years into its existence,...
- 5/27/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
AMC’s upcoming miniseries, Quiz, takes place at a very peculiar time in history. The human race had successfully navigated through the Y2K crisis to enter into another millennium only to discover it kind of sucked. Amid all the war, terrorism, and strife, a minor scandal was underway in the United Kingdom that would quietly set the tone for the next couple decades of our media-saturated lives. Yes, someone had done the unthinkable and cheated on a game show.
Obviously, Charles and Diana Ingram were not the first individuals to (allegedly) cheat on a game show when they exploited some weak spots in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’s rules. But what makes this story different from cheating scandals before it, and arguably a harbinger for the decades to come, is the outsized media and cultural reaction that followed. Charles, Diana, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and...
Obviously, Charles and Diana Ingram were not the first individuals to (allegedly) cheat on a game show when they exploited some weak spots in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’s rules. But what makes this story different from cheating scandals before it, and arguably a harbinger for the decades to come, is the outsized media and cultural reaction that followed. Charles, Diana, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and...
- 5/26/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu released the trailer for “The Great,” and AMC dropped a teaser for “Quiz.”
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Paramount Network has announced “Yellowstone” Season 3 will premiere on June 21. The series follows the Dutton family and the conflicts that arise along the shared borders of their large cattle ranch. This season welcomes Josh Holloway to the cast that already includes Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, Forrie Smith, Denim Richards and Gil Birmingham.
TruTV has announced Season 3 of “At Home with Amy Sedaris” will premiere on May 20 at 10 p.m. Each week the show touches on a specific theme and features imaginative characters, how-to demonstrations, special guests, and more. Special guests this season include Laura Benanti, Arturo Castro, Michael Cera, Ann Dowd, Rachel Dratch, Bridget Everett, Ana Gasteyer, David Alan Grier, Josh Hamilton, Darrell Hammond, Jackie Hoffman, Richard Kind, David Koechner,...
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Paramount Network has announced “Yellowstone” Season 3 will premiere on June 21. The series follows the Dutton family and the conflicts that arise along the shared borders of their large cattle ranch. This season welcomes Josh Holloway to the cast that already includes Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, Forrie Smith, Denim Richards and Gil Birmingham.
TruTV has announced Season 3 of “At Home with Amy Sedaris” will premiere on May 20 at 10 p.m. Each week the show touches on a specific theme and features imaginative characters, how-to demonstrations, special guests, and more. Special guests this season include Laura Benanti, Arturo Castro, Michael Cera, Ann Dowd, Rachel Dratch, Bridget Everett, Ana Gasteyer, David Alan Grier, Josh Hamilton, Darrell Hammond, Jackie Hoffman, Richard Kind, David Koechner,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
After garnering a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy for leading man Ben Whishaw in “A Very English Scandal,” director Stephen Frears is back with another look at the peppy darkness of British life with “Quiz.”
The three-part limited series, airing on AMC, tells the story of Charles and Diana Ingram and what happens when Charles is accused of cheating on his way to winning 1 million pounds on Britain’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
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There’s no doubt that Charles is a millionaire, as we see it in the first seconds of the 20-second teaser dropped by AMC today. The problem is what happens when it’s presumed something nefarious has gone on. But things don’t seem too dire,...
The three-part limited series, airing on AMC, tells the story of Charles and Diana Ingram and what happens when Charles is accused of cheating on his way to winning 1 million pounds on Britain’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
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There’s no doubt that Charles is a millionaire, as we see it in the first seconds of the 20-second teaser dropped by AMC today. The problem is what happens when it’s presumed something nefarious has gone on. But things don’t seem too dire,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
The finale of Quiz, the ITV and AMC drama on a notorious Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal, recorded a series-high audience in the UK on Wednesday.
The third and final episode of the Left Bank Pictures drama, starring Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen and Fleabag‘s Sian Clifford as convicted cheats Charles and Diana Ingram, was watched by 5.8M viewers.
Quiz built its ratings as it went along. Monday’s opening installment was seen by 5.3M and Tuesday’s episode drew an audience of 5.4M, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
The 5.8M for Wednesday’s finale made it the highest-rated show in the 9Pm slot, beating MasterChef‘s 4.4M...
The third and final episode of the Left Bank Pictures drama, starring Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen and Fleabag‘s Sian Clifford as convicted cheats Charles and Diana Ingram, was watched by 5.8M viewers.
Quiz built its ratings as it went along. Monday’s opening installment was seen by 5.3M and Tuesday’s episode drew an audience of 5.4M, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
The 5.8M for Wednesday’s finale made it the highest-rated show in the 9Pm slot, beating MasterChef‘s 4.4M...
- 4/16/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
An ITV continuity announcer mistakenly referred to Michael Sheen as American actor “Martin Sheen” when introducing the second episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? drama Quiz on Tuesday night.
Micheal Sheen was among those who noticed the on-screen gaffe, tweeting: “Hey @ITV the least you can do is get my name right in your trailers Ffs.” He later changed his Twitter name to “Martin Sheen.”
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Hey @ITV the least you can do is get my name right in your trailers Ffs.
— martin sheen (@michaelsheen) April 14, 2020
Others also picked up on the error. Raised By Wolves writer Caitlin Moran tweeted: “ITV announced him as “Martin Sheen.” But to be fair,...
Micheal Sheen was among those who noticed the on-screen gaffe, tweeting: “Hey @ITV the least you can do is get my name right in your trailers Ffs.” He later changed his Twitter name to “Martin Sheen.”
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Hey @ITV the least you can do is get my name right in your trailers Ffs.
— martin sheen (@michaelsheen) April 14, 2020
Others also picked up on the error. Raised By Wolves writer Caitlin Moran tweeted: “ITV announced him as “Martin Sheen.” But to be fair,...
- 4/15/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
This Quiz review contains spoilers.
Quiz Episode 2
“People like us don’t deal with the police,” Diana Ingram (Sian Clifford) tells her husband in episode two, adding with Clifford’s precise comic timing, “this is Wiltshire.”
It’s half a gag at the expense of cosy middle England, and half an insight into the part that class plays in this scandal. Risks are taken either by people with nothing to lose, or by people who have never lost. The Ingrams, wellies-and-Le Creuset types from comfortable backgrounds, look very much like the latter.
That’s partly why their concerted efforts (whether judged as criminal or not) to take cash from Who Wants to be a Millionaire? feel egregious. Like that of Judith Keppel, the show’s first millionaire, granddaughter of an Earl and third cousin to the Duchess of Cornwall, any win by them would be tough to celebrate. Line it up with expenses-fiddling,...
Quiz Episode 2
“People like us don’t deal with the police,” Diana Ingram (Sian Clifford) tells her husband in episode two, adding with Clifford’s precise comic timing, “this is Wiltshire.”
It’s half a gag at the expense of cosy middle England, and half an insight into the part that class plays in this scandal. Risks are taken either by people with nothing to lose, or by people who have never lost. The Ingrams, wellies-and-Le Creuset types from comfortable backgrounds, look very much like the latter.
That’s partly why their concerted efforts (whether judged as criminal or not) to take cash from Who Wants to be a Millionaire? feel egregious. Like that of Judith Keppel, the show’s first millionaire, granddaughter of an Earl and third cousin to the Duchess of Cornwall, any win by them would be tough to celebrate. Line it up with expenses-fiddling,...
- 4/14/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
ITV and AMC’s dramatization of Charles and Diana Ingram’s plot to win the British version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? got off to a decent start in the UK.
The Quiz mini-series, which is being stripped across three nights on ITV, premiered on Monday at 9Pm local time with nearly 5.3M viewers, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
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Produced by Left Bank Pictures, it was the highest-rated show on British television during the hour it was on air, beating BBC One drama The Nest, which was seen by almost 4.7M people at the same time.
Quiz,...
The Quiz mini-series, which is being stripped across three nights on ITV, premiered on Monday at 9Pm local time with nearly 5.3M viewers, according to Barb figures supplied by overnights.tv.
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Produced by Left Bank Pictures, it was the highest-rated show on British television during the hour it was on air, beating BBC One drama The Nest, which was seen by almost 4.7M people at the same time.
Quiz,...
- 4/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
This Quiz review contains spoilers
Quiz Episode 1
In the stage version of James Graham’s Quiz, theatre audiences were polled Who Wants to be a Millionaire?-style on whether or not they found its real-life characters guilty of trying to cheat the ITV quiz show out of £1 million. Acting as jurors, audiences were asked to vote twice at different points in the play. Guilty or not guilty?
One vote always returned a verdict of guilt, while the other returned the reverse. A kind of magic trick, Graham’s play demonstrated in real-time how popular opinion can be swayed first in one direction, and then in another. It was a bit of flash, some razzle dazzle for the crowd. But under the glitz were shrewd questions about justice, fame and trial-by-media. If our certainties can be so thoroughly unravelled by art, can we trust them, and by extension, can we trust the law?...
Quiz Episode 1
In the stage version of James Graham’s Quiz, theatre audiences were polled Who Wants to be a Millionaire?-style on whether or not they found its real-life characters guilty of trying to cheat the ITV quiz show out of £1 million. Acting as jurors, audiences were asked to vote twice at different points in the play. Guilty or not guilty?
One vote always returned a verdict of guilt, while the other returned the reverse. A kind of magic trick, Graham’s play demonstrated in real-time how popular opinion can be swayed first in one direction, and then in another. It was a bit of flash, some razzle dazzle for the crowd. But under the glitz were shrewd questions about justice, fame and trial-by-media. If our certainties can be so thoroughly unravelled by art, can we trust them, and by extension, can we trust the law?...
- 4/13/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
When you watch Quiz, the ITV and AMC drama on the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal of 2001, you realize that is just such obviously fertile territory for television drama. A story about a million-pound heist, which played out on one of the biggest quiz shows ever made, featuring characters from everyday backgrounds.
Writer James Graham knew it was a gift, but not necessarily one for the screen, which is why he initially created a stage play around the saga. It took Andy Harries, the CEO of The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, to realize its television potential after watching the West End show at the invitation of Graham. “I hadn’t thought of it as a TV drama, but Andy’s enthusiasm convinced me,” Graham recalls.
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Writer James Graham knew it was a gift, but not necessarily one for the screen, which is why he initially created a stage play around the saga. It took Andy Harries, the CEO of The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, to realize its television potential after watching the West End show at the invitation of Graham. “I hadn’t thought of it as a TV drama, but Andy’s enthusiasm convinced me,” Graham recalls.
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- 4/13/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV roundup, Netflix released the official trailer for Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz’s improve show, and Disney Plus announced that its original series “It’s A Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer” will premiere May 15.
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TBS has set the Season 2 premiere of comedy game show “The Misery Index” for May 14 at 10:30 p.m. Host Jameela Jamil and panelists The Tenderloins from truTV’s “Impractical Jokers” will return to judge how well two teams can rate real-life events on the misery index, a ranking system created by psychologists. Special themed episodes will include dueling grandmothers, a showdown between motherlands and a visit from one of The Tenderloins’ relatives.
AMC has announced that its three-part series “Quiz” will premiere May 31 at 10 p.m., with the second and third episodes airing the following weeks but being available to stream immediately on May 31. “Quiz” tells the real-life story...
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TBS has set the Season 2 premiere of comedy game show “The Misery Index” for May 14 at 10:30 p.m. Host Jameela Jamil and panelists The Tenderloins from truTV’s “Impractical Jokers” will return to judge how well two teams can rate real-life events on the misery index, a ranking system created by psychologists. Special themed episodes will include dueling grandmothers, a showdown between motherlands and a visit from one of The Tenderloins’ relatives.
AMC has announced that its three-part series “Quiz” will premiere May 31 at 10 p.m., with the second and third episodes airing the following weeks but being available to stream immediately on May 31. “Quiz” tells the real-life story...
- 4/7/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire scandal drama Quiz will be revealed to AMC viewers on Sunday, May 31.
The network will launch the miniseries, which is from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures and is a co-production with British network ITV, over three weeks with the second and third episodes airing June 7 and 14, respectively. The full series will be available to binge on AMC Premiere starting May 31.
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This comes after ITV revealed that it will air the three-part drama on April 13. The mini originally was slated to bow May 25 on AMC.
Quiz, directed by Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal) and written by James Graham...
The network will launch the miniseries, which is from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures and is a co-production with British network ITV, over three weeks with the second and third episodes airing June 7 and 14, respectively. The full series will be available to binge on AMC Premiere starting May 31.
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This comes after ITV revealed that it will air the three-part drama on April 13. The mini originally was slated to bow May 25 on AMC.
Quiz, directed by Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal) and written by James Graham...
- 4/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Sheen went all-in to portray “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” host Chris Tarrant, whom he called one of the most recognizable faces in British broadcasting, but the actor says Tarrant himself was less than thrilled at the casting.
“I didn’t meet Tarrant until I was going to an event in London not that long ago — way after we’d finished,” Sheen said at the Television Critics Association press tour on Thursday. “I was having a photograph taken, and I hear this voice going ‘You look nothing like me!'”
“I turn around and there’s Chris Tarrant,” he continued. “Who is already this incredibly recognizable face and voice, but now because I’ve been watching him so much, is like a ghost appeared in real life. Or like an alien.”
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Sheen plays...
“I didn’t meet Tarrant until I was going to an event in London not that long ago — way after we’d finished,” Sheen said at the Television Critics Association press tour on Thursday. “I was having a photograph taken, and I hear this voice going ‘You look nothing like me!'”
“I turn around and there’s Chris Tarrant,” he continued. “Who is already this incredibly recognizable face and voice, but now because I’ve been watching him so much, is like a ghost appeared in real life. Or like an alien.”
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Sheen plays...
- 1/17/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Though his recent roles have plunged him into the worlds of angels and serial killers, Michael Sheen is aware that many people are most familiar with him playing roles based on real-life individuals.
Speaking via satellite at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Sheen explained why the upcoming AMC drama “Quiz” was the project that lured him back into that territory once again. In “Quiz,” Sheen plays legendary British presenter Chris Tarrant, who was host of the original British incarnation of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
“I’ve been more resistant to playing real people for a while now, because I sort of became so known for it. But this project, I just loved the story. It was so extraordinary. With Stephen [Frears] directing it and James [Graham] having written it, it was just something I really wanted to be involved in,” Sheen said.
Tarrant’s ubiquitous status in the U.
Speaking via satellite at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Sheen explained why the upcoming AMC drama “Quiz” was the project that lured him back into that territory once again. In “Quiz,” Sheen plays legendary British presenter Chris Tarrant, who was host of the original British incarnation of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
“I’ve been more resistant to playing real people for a while now, because I sort of became so known for it. But this project, I just loved the story. It was so extraordinary. With Stephen [Frears] directing it and James [Graham] having written it, it was just something I really wanted to be involved in,” Sheen said.
Tarrant’s ubiquitous status in the U.
- 1/17/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
AMC has set a date for the series bow of its zombie spinoff The Walking Dead: Beyond World for April, and AMC Networks also revealed a number of other premiere dates during its panel today at the TCA winter press tour. Read details below.
The Walking Dead: Beyond World will begin stalking on Sunday, April 12. Elsewhere, the fourth season of Ride with Norman Reedus, starring the Walking Dead regular, will get its motor running March 8, and the three-part drama Quiz — about the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheating scandal in the UK — will buzz in Wednesday, May 27, on AMC.
BBC America had set the Season 3 premiere of its Emmy-nominated drama Killing Eve for spring, and today it narrowed that down to April but gave no specific date.
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The Walking Dead: Beyond World will begin stalking on Sunday, April 12. Elsewhere, the fourth season of Ride with Norman Reedus, starring the Walking Dead regular, will get its motor running March 8, and the three-part drama Quiz — about the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheating scandal in the UK — will buzz in Wednesday, May 27, on AMC.
BBC America had set the Season 3 premiere of its Emmy-nominated drama Killing Eve for spring, and today it narrowed that down to April but gave no specific date.
Also today, IFC set a March 18 date for the fourth and final season of its Hank Azaria baseball comedy Brockmire, and February...
- 1/16/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC revealed the first look at Michael Sheen as TV Presenter Chris Tarrant in the upcoming three-part drama, Quiz. Directed by globally renowned director Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal, Florence Foster Jenkins, Philomena, The Queen) and written by playwright James Graham (Brexit: An Uncivil War, Ink, This House, Labour of Love), Quiz tells the extraordinary and sensational story of how Charles and Diana Ingram attempted an ‘audacious heist’ on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The image recreates the famous shot of Tarrant arriving to give evidence in the Ingram trial at Southwark Crown Court in March 2003. Major Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen), his wife Diana (Sian Clifford) and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock (Michael Jibson), who was sitting in the audience, were accused of cheating their way to a million pounds on what was the most popular game show on earth in 2001. The couple stood trial for conspiring...
- 11/15/2019
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
The extraordinary and sensational story of how Charles and Diana Ingram attempted an ‘audacious heist’ on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is to be told in a three-part drama, Quiz announced AMC and ITV today. Major Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, were accused of cheating their way to a million pounds on what was, the most popular game show on earth in 2001. The couple stood trial for conspiring by coughing during the recording to signify the correct answers to the multiple-choice questions posed to the Major by the host, Chris Tarrant. Directed by globally renowned director, Stephen Frears Quiz stars Matthew Macfadyen as Major Charles Ingram, Michael Sheen as TV presenter, Chris Tarrant, Sian Clifford as Diana Ingram, Mark Bonnar as Celador Television Chairman, Paul Smith, Helen McCrory as Sonia Woodley QC, Michael Jibson as Tecwen...
- 8/22/2019
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
AMC and ITV have ordered a three-part drama telling the story of the British couple who tried to cheat their way to huge winnings on the quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
The miniseries event “Quiz” will be directed by Stephen Frears and written by James Graham, based on Graham’s play of the same name. Matthew Macfadyen and Sian Clifford are on board to play the couple, Charles and Diana Ingram, and Michael Sheen as “Millionaire” host Chris Tarrant. “Quiz” will be produced by Left Bank Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
In 2001, the Ingrams both appeared on ITV’s edition of “Millionaire” as contestants. The two arranged a scheme with an accomplice sitting in the audience of coughing to indicate correct answers to the multiple choice options presented.
“If this tale was invented you’d think it too preposterous – the fact that it is true,...
The miniseries event “Quiz” will be directed by Stephen Frears and written by James Graham, based on Graham’s play of the same name. Matthew Macfadyen and Sian Clifford are on board to play the couple, Charles and Diana Ingram, and Michael Sheen as “Millionaire” host Chris Tarrant. “Quiz” will be produced by Left Bank Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
In 2001, the Ingrams both appeared on ITV’s edition of “Millionaire” as contestants. The two arranged a scheme with an accomplice sitting in the audience of coughing to indicate correct answers to the multiple choice options presented.
“If this tale was invented you’d think it too preposterous – the fact that it is true,...
- 8/16/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen, The Good Fight’s Michael Sheen and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford are to star in Quiz, a drama about the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? cheating scandal, for AMC and ITV.
The Breaking Bad broadcaster and the British commercial network have commissioned the TV adaptation of Brexit: An Uncivil War writer James Graham’s play from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures with A Very English Scandal’s Stephen Frears to direct.
This comes over a year after Deadline revealed that the Sony-owned producer was turning the play into a television drama.
Quiz tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock,...
The Breaking Bad broadcaster and the British commercial network have commissioned the TV adaptation of Brexit: An Uncivil War writer James Graham’s play from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures with A Very English Scandal’s Stephen Frears to direct.
This comes over a year after Deadline revealed that the Sony-owned producer was turning the play into a television drama.
Quiz tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock,...
- 8/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Sheen, Helen McCrory and Sian Clifford have been cast in Quiz, a three-part drama from Stephen Frears for ITV and AMC and produced by The Crown's Left Bank Pictures.
The project — written by James Graham, whose HBO/Channel 4 film Brexit recently landed an Emmy nomination — will tell the extraordinary story of British couple Charles and Diana Ingram, who made headlines 18 years ago following their victory on the hit quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and the subsequent accusations that they had cheated.
Ingram, a former British Army major; his wife Diana; and an ...
The project — written by James Graham, whose HBO/Channel 4 film Brexit recently landed an Emmy nomination — will tell the extraordinary story of British couple Charles and Diana Ingram, who made headlines 18 years ago following their victory on the hit quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and the subsequent accusations that they had cheated.
Ingram, a former British Army major; his wife Diana; and an ...
- 8/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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