10/20/2020. Shelved in the "TV Series" collection. Based on the stage play of the same name by James Graham and the book, "Bad Show: the Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major" by Bob Woffinden and James Plaskett. Starring: Michael Sheen, Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Helen McCrory.
Summary:
The incredible true story of the biggest game show scandal in UK history. When a simplistic question-and-answer quiz show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", goes on the air in the UK, the nation is gripped. As the show's ratings grow, so does Diana Ingram's desire to be in the hotseat with the chance of winning the biggest cash prize in history. When her husband Charles, an eccentric army man, makes it onto the show, he causes a major scandal after he is caught cheating his way to winning £1 million.
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