Telly quiz rat coughs up to witness play
Maj Charles Ingram QUIZ cheat Major Charles Ingram made a secret trip to watch a play about his jackpot scam on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
The ex-army officer was rumbled in 2001 after wife Diana and a pal coughed to indicate the right answers as Chris Tarrant read questions on the ITV show.
Diana was said to have joined Charles to watch Quiz at London’s Noel Coward Theatre on Friday. Tickets cost up to £95.
It re-examines the case and asks the audience to vote “guilty” or “not guilty”.
One theatre goer said: “We saw him and his wife in the queue. The majority verdict was ‘not guilty’.”
In real life, Ingram, 54, was convicted of fraud and went on to launch a reality TV career before being declared bankrupt.