TV Series2020 · 1 season · 3 episodes · Ended

Quiz

Name: Quiz
Genre: Drama
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Helen McCrory, Michael Sheen

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalcrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilgame/competition

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Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, realistic drama series, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.3 /10

TMDB · 36 votes

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Season

Miniseries

· 2020 · 3 episodes

Episodes (3)

1Episode 113 Apr 2020
When television producer Paul Smith puts everything on the line to make ITV quiz show and overnight sensation `Who Wants to be a Millionaire?', one family's much-loved pub quiz hobby turns into outright obsession.
2Episode 214 Apr 2020
When seemingly hopeless contestant Charles Ingram returns for his second night in the hot seat, he is a brand new man with a brand new strategy. With the audience on the edge of their seats, Charles dithers and about-turns up the question ladder.
3Episode 315 Apr 2020
Persecuted and hounded by the public and press - Charles, Diana and Tecwen head to court. At first it seems the case for the prosecution is a fait accompli, but as the case for the defence gets underway, the jury learn there is far more to the story than they know.

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
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Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

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? Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, initially pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial.

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