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Charles Ingram
Charles William Ingram (born 6 August 1963) is an English novelist, computer repairman, and former British Army major who became known for being accused and convicted of cheating on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001, after winning the maximum prize of one million pounds. Following a lengthy trial at Southwark Crown Court, he was convicted on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception. He was convicted of an unrelated insurance fraud in 2003, and ordered to resign his commission as a major by the Army Board.
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Michael Sheen: Quiz star hits out at ITV after spotting major blunder ahead of show
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express.co.ukMichael Sheen, 51, portrays Chris Tarrant in ITV show Quiz, a dramatised version of the famous Charles Ingram cheating scandal, which took place on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
in 2001.Ahead of introducing the second instalment of the drama to viewers last night, the live announcer referred to Michael, as Martin Sheen, who is another actor.Michael called out ITV for the blunder in view of his 485,000 Twitter followers.He wrote: "Hey @ITV the least you can do is get my name right in your trailers FFS.”(sic)But seemingly finding the funny side to the blunder, he has since changed his Twitter name to Martin Sheen.A Twitter user then tweeted him, writing: “Oh he’s angy.”(sic)“Very angy indeed,”(sic) he replied.ITV viewers were also quick to.
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