Quiz: Cough that gave away Ingrams' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheat scam

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The scam concocted by the Ingrams to cheat their way to the top prize on quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is the subject of a new drama series airing on ITV tonight.

The series - starring Michael Sheen as host Chris Tarrant and Matthew Macfadyen as contestant Charles Ingram - focuses on how the former army man bagged £1million on the show before being exposed as a cheat.

The 2011 saga was dubbed the 'coughing scandal' after the Ingrams were accused of using signals to hint at the correct quiz answers, with the help of accomplice Tecwen Whittock.

During Charles' second appearance on the show (due to time constraints his stint was filmed over two days), Diana was sat in the audience and Wittock positioned directly behind Charles, as a