Quiz: How Charles Ingram's ingenious Millionaire cheating plan fell apart under scrutiny

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ITV's brand new drama Quiz depicts the story of Charles Ingram, who cheated his way to £1million on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.

Ingram was an army major, married to Diana Ingram, who was a school teacher. He appeared on Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2001, where the show was around its peak of 19million viewers.

Ingram won his place on the show when he appeared alongside several other potential candidates and won the "fastest finger first" round.

By the end of his first day on the show, he had got to £4,000 and used two of his three lifelines, and so the producers and host Chris Tarrant doubted he would get much further as contestants who used their lifelines so soon usually did not.