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00:08Army Major Charles Ingram and his wife Diana arriving at court today to face the cameras.
00:13Inside Ingram is to hear claims that he teamed up with a coughing accomplice
00:16alleged to be college lecturer Teklin Whittock
00:19to cheat his way to the £1 million jackpot on ITV's hit quiz show
00:24Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
00:55Oh, hello. I believe we're charged with co-conspiracy.
01:00It's nice to meet you both, at last.
01:05Yes, the accused look, and to all intents and purposes are, respectable.
01:11Middle-class, middle-aged, middle-England men and women.
01:14At the end of the day, this was just a game.
01:17A television quiz show enjoyed by millions, but creating in a select few this unhealthy obsession
01:27that spilled over into an audacious heist.
01:30Who wanted to be a millionaire?
01:32My God, these three certainly did.
01:34You are facing a 50-50.
01:38Guilty or not guilty?
01:41The Crown believes the answer to be self-evident.
01:44But they are guilty as charged.
01:56Today, one home in three throughout the British Isles sits spellbound several hours a day
02:01before a magic cube.
02:03A new public service is about to be launched over the rooftops of old London.
02:08Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the holiday of a lifetime.
02:10You've won a marvellous 14-day holiday for two.
02:13You've got a Romeo crown and a nice easy chair to sit on.
02:16Bern is the capital of?
02:18Switzerland.
02:19Edinburgh.
02:19Scotland.
02:20This wonderful microwave oven and this superb range of kitchen equipment.
02:24Let's play Bullseye.
02:25For 50 pounds.
02:26Who was beaten by Martina Navratilova in the 1987 finals?
02:31Steffi Graf.
02:31Welcome to Mr. and Mrs. We've got two happily married couples back there, ready and willing
02:36to hand over their nuptials to me.
02:38But it's nice to see you, to see you!
02:40Nice!
02:54Hi, sir.
02:55David Liddermont.
02:56I start today.
02:57What department?
02:59I think, I suppose all of them.
03:01I'm the new director of programmes.
03:03Oh, stand by your bed.
03:05Best behaviour.
03:05New boss is here.
03:06God, I ain't changed as a leader.
03:09No wanky new ideas.
03:10David.
03:11Claudia.
03:12Head of entertainment.
03:12Hi.
03:13Claudia.
03:13Hi.
03:14Surprise, surprise.
03:15It's Claudia who gets to him first.
03:17You, Lou.
03:18I look like hell.
03:20Just had baby number two.
03:21That's my excuse, anyways.
03:23Time for a quick catch-up.
03:24Walk and talk.
03:25Yeah.
03:26Yeah.
03:29I'm interested in events.
03:31Event television.
03:33Why do the BBC always trounce us?
03:35And the big stuff.
03:36Diana's funeral a couple of weeks ago.
03:38One of the most watched programmes in TV history.
03:40And obviously tragic as that was, goes without saying.
03:42Tragic.
03:42People still want to gather as a nation to experience something big together.
03:47I'm just not sure how the classic light entertainment of old fits into that.
03:51Okay.
03:52Well, we've always gotten our game show formats from America.
03:55So time for something new.
03:57You know, time to invent our own.
03:59The classic TV game show can be the must-see TV thingy that you're looking for.
04:04And I'm not just saying that to save my own department skin.
04:06Claudia, I've got Martin Bashir coming in this morning to discuss heart-hitting documentaries.
04:11I have one.
04:12I think I have one.
04:13It's an old one.
04:14The last gaffer rejected it.
04:15Brilliant.
04:15Why is it an event?
04:17Because they're going to give away a million pounds.
04:24The idea, then, would be that the higher up the mountain you climb, the more your time would deplete.
04:30The way that oxygen might deplete.
04:32No, stop trying to complicate it.
04:34It's simple.
04:35Questions and answers.
04:36Oh, Paul, for crying out, this isn't 1955.
04:39Everyone else is making shows where you spy on strangers in a house or throw them out of helicopters.
04:43Yeah, crap.
04:44Desperate.
04:44This is the show we're going to pitch.
04:47Repitch.
04:47Well, I could set it on an actual mountain.
04:50Well, like a little one.
04:52Like a way also.
04:54Look, right, I'm with Paul.
04:56It's what we did on the radio show with Chris.
04:58Yeah, you answer a question, you get it right next time.
05:00You double it.
05:00So you keep doubling.
05:01So the higher up you go, the more you can earn, but the more you can lose.
05:06People love it.
05:07But the notebooks don't.
05:09That's why they all turned it down the first time.
05:11Fusty old game show.
05:12It's not a game show.
05:14It's a quiz.
05:15That's the joy of it.
05:18People love a good pub quiz.
05:21A uniquely British invention, combining our two greatest loves, drinking and being right.
05:31No, fine.
05:32You write it down then.
05:33Ever the teacher.
05:34You do it then.
05:35Question three.
05:37The living room war was the nickname given to which conflict perceived to be the first truly televised war of
05:44the 20th century?
05:46Suez.
05:47Maybe it is Suez.
05:47No, it was too early.
05:48We didn't have a TV during Suez.
05:50Vietnam.
05:51It's Vietnam.
05:52Are you sure, Dad?
05:53Er, who have you got down to the last four on 15 to 1?
05:56Toughest show on television.
05:58Vietnam.
05:59Diana?
06:01Diana?
06:02Telephone?
06:03Diana?
06:03Guess who?
06:04For 12 points.
06:06I say, darling, is that the time?
06:08Deary me.
06:09In the army, one must always be on time.
06:11My golly.
06:12Oi!
06:13No phone calls.
06:14Cheating.
06:15I'm not cheating.
06:15We don't cheat.
06:17Charles, it's Tuesday.
06:19Pub quiz night.
06:20My one night...
06:20No, hello, darling.
06:21No, no, no.
06:21I'm not asking you to come home.
06:23It's just that Polly wants you to hear her piano piece before bedtime.
06:25She's gone all the way through the first bit.
06:27I'll hold the phone out.
06:29One second.
06:29One sec.
06:33Go, go.
06:34Go, go.
06:47Question four.
06:49In which country was the Rosetta Stone found in 1799?
06:59That's all I've got.
07:00That's all she's got.
07:02That's all she's gotten.
07:03That's all for now, darling.
07:05Oh, well, tell her well done.
07:06I'll be home soon.
07:06Lots of love.
07:07Next question.
07:14It's exciting.
07:15Brand new school, new children, new friends.
07:17It's just memorising all the names.
07:20They'll need a system.
07:21Can you call the landlord tonight about the boiler?
07:23Last thing we needed was cold showers this morning.
07:25Are you feeling all right today?
07:27Yeah, I'm here.
07:28I'm looking forward to it.
07:30Well, it's a bit of a step down, isn't it?
07:31Training other officers.
07:32Well, it's a step around.
07:34It's a step different.
07:34It's nice to be near your dad and Adrian, isn't it?
07:37Yes, although I should have seen him last night.
07:39He's so competitive.
07:40He drives him crazy.
07:41You're quite competitive, too, in a lovely way.
07:43I think we're always a bit of ambition, Charles.
07:46So, it's multiple choice,
07:47which has never been done on telly before, ever,
07:49and you get to see the question and four possible answers
07:52before you decide to play.
07:53Right.
07:54So, it's easier, then?
07:55No, if anything, it adds to the torment.
07:57And there's no clock.
07:59They get as long as they want.
08:00Well, where's the tension?
08:01Because we're watching people potentially
08:03making life-changing decisions.
08:06And we'll just sit there
08:08and watch them go through it,
08:10all the whole gamut of emotions, waiting.
08:13And then there's also the matter
08:14of the largest game show prize
08:16in the history of television.
08:18Right, yeah, so you're going to bankrupt us all.
08:20Oh, there's nothing to worry about.
08:21It would take a very unique sort of person
08:23to risk going all the way.
08:25That fear is built into the show.
08:27Well, let's try it, play it with you.
08:29Now.
08:31Sure, why not?
08:32I love a game.
08:33And we thought to make things more real,
08:34you could put your own money in,
08:37£250, say, for the psychology, you know.
08:40Oh, you did, did you?
08:43Right, yeah.
08:44You think I just carried £250 around with me?
08:49You see, I'm close.
08:51£230.
08:52Claudia, do you have, um...
08:54What, you want me to put in...
08:55£20, I'm putting in £230.
08:58Yeah, yeah, OK.
09:00Let's play.
09:03What was that?
09:05That's the...
09:05It's the lights going down.
09:07No, it's...
09:08Something along that.
09:09OK, question one.
09:11What would an Aborigine do with his whirly?
09:14Would he...
09:15A, eat it.
09:16B, hunt with it.
09:18C, play it.
09:20D, live in it.
09:21Now, you have three helping hands,
09:23or something that we're working on there.
09:25You can...
09:25You can, uh, phone a friend.
09:27You can halve it, so there's a 50-50 chance,
09:30or you can ask the audience.
09:32Right, the halve it option.
09:33C, play it.
09:34Or D, live in it.
09:38Sod it, live in it.
09:39Is the right answer...
09:40Yes!
09:41Double.
09:43You know, I...
09:43I really thought it was that one.
09:45Yeah.
09:46Question three.
09:47Who was the reigning monarch
09:49when Britain lost the war of independence with America?
09:52George the second.
09:53George the third.
09:54No, no, no, George the second.
09:56George the third.
09:57George the third.
09:57Do you want the options?
09:58Yeah, give me the options.
09:59Question four.
10:00Now, this is to double your money again,
10:02or you lose it all.
10:03Mm-hmm.
10:03In feet, what is the length of the Titanic?
10:08663, 773, 883, 993.
10:14Oh, I'll, um...
10:16I'll use my last life boat.
10:18Helping hand, although, actually, that's separate.
10:21Anyway, ask the audience.
10:22They'd each be given a key part to vote.
10:24Why don't you just ask them out there, if you like,
10:26you know, as a sort of audience?
10:27OK.
10:31Oi, listen, everyone, a sec.
10:33Uh, how long is the Titanic in feet?
10:37Is it, uh, what were the bloody options again?
10:39Uh, 663, 763, 773, 883.
10:42Yeah, yeah, I've got it now, thanks.
10:44883 or 993.
10:46Well, come on, the great and the good, have a guess.
10:49Right, well, you're all fired.
10:53Bloody useless.
10:56I'll stick.
10:59I'll keep my money.
11:02Yeah.
11:04Yeah, there is something in it,
11:06but if people do win more than we get from the phone lines,
11:12we're screwed.
11:17I'll go house on the risk with you, with ITV.
11:22I'll absorb 50% of the liability myself.
11:28I'm on a pilot.
11:30And we'll see.
11:35Don't worry.
11:36You're in for a penny, in for a million pounds.
11:40I, uh, need to go and have a very awkward conversation with my wife.
11:45It'll be fine.
11:47Fine.
11:48That's just how the first people to find over the show were,
11:51well, idiots.
12:12I hope you're finding it peaceful here, Major Ingram.
12:14Beautiful part of the world, of course.
12:16Wiltshire.
12:17Lovely walks.
12:19Absolutely.
12:19Yes, plenty of space for the kids to, um...
12:21And we have a cat now, uh, for the family to, uh...
12:25Well, yeah, so...
12:26And you were in Bosnia?
12:27Yes, sir.
12:28Please.
12:29Oh, thank you.
12:30Bit of a gear shift, though.
12:32Desk work.
12:32Well, I wanted a bit more normality, I suppose, for my family.
12:36And I'd, um...
12:37I'd seen it with my own, uh, you know, when I was...
12:40When I was growing up, my father in the, um, Air Force,
12:43my brother in the Navy, and, uh...
12:45Although my...
12:46Well, my mother does something altogether different.
12:48She, uh, designs sets of plays.
12:51Ah, the theatre.
12:52My, my.
12:53And you were never tempted to tread the board yourself?
12:55No, no, no, oh, God, no.
12:56No, military life's much...
12:57Much, um, better fit.
12:59It's, uh...
13:00Yeah, well, it's...
13:01It's wholly...
13:03Away from the limelight, isn't it?
13:04It's, uh, the uniform anonymizes you
13:06and, um, puts you in the service for something...
13:08Something else.
13:09Something greater.
13:11Still, doesn't mean one can't enjoy a bit of the old theatrical razzmatazz, eh?
13:16I am the very model of a modern major general.
13:19Gilbert and Sullivan.
13:19My mother used to play it for us on the, on the piano.
13:22I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical.
13:25From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical.
13:29Yeah.
13:29I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical.
13:33I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical.
13:37About my new theory, I am teeming with a lot of news.
13:41With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
13:46I know a mythic history, King Arthur's just a paradox, I answer hard acrostics, and, oh, dear, no.
13:53What's gone wrong?
13:54We're on different verses.
13:55I think you've jumped to the, um, King Arthur bit.
13:57Well, that is the next bit, isn't it?
13:58I don't think, but it doesn't matter.
14:00We can go from your verse, if...
14:02No, no, no, the moment's gone now.
14:17Blimey.
14:18Maybe I should be paying for lunch, then.
14:19Oh, Chris, don't be silly.
14:21My treat.
14:21You've put your own house on the line, Paul.
14:24I mean, is this a game show or a, what, a mafia racket?
14:28It's fine.
14:29As long as we get the revenue, which we will, from people phoning in, which they will.
14:33Otherwise, you, Paul Smith, have to put your own money.
14:36I mean, if someone...
14:38A million quid, my God.
14:41Not if you, Chris Tarrant, agree to present the show.
14:44A guaranteed hit.
14:47People will love it.
14:48You can sign them a check yourself, your name.
14:51Oh, me?
14:52Oh, so I'm liable now, too.
14:54That's a gesture, that's all.
14:56Look, we'll film a pilot, test the idea, at least do that.
15:00Come on, how can you not want to be a part of this?
15:02It'll be...
15:05fun.
15:16Welcome back to Cash Mountain.
15:20OK, contestants.
15:21Go, Sighter.
15:24You will hear three beeps after the third beep, four possible answers will appear.
15:29The fastest to select the right answer will be next in our hot seat to play for one million pounds.
15:35OK, here we go.
15:36All tighter, OK.
15:37Which of these countries has a Union Jack on its flag?
15:42Four possible answers.
15:48Look, before you say anything, I know I'm holding my hands up.
15:52The pilot looks a mess.
15:53The design is all...
15:54Mess is a bit harsh, but it's too...
15:56Happy clappy.
15:57It's too Saturday night, jazz hands, it's all tits and teeth.
16:00Can we still say tits and teeth?
16:02But we'll find it, David.
16:03Trust us.
16:03Please.
16:04Something harder, darker.
16:06We want the audience.
16:08All right, listen, listen.
16:10This is Jeff, our scheduler.
16:13Schedule?
16:15What do you mean?
16:16Do you mean the bra?
16:17We're going to try and strip it.
16:19Lift seven days out of our autumn schedule and run it every night for a week at peak times.
16:25Event, television, like strip, strip a game show.
16:28This is like peak times at the same time every night of the week.
16:31There's something in it.
16:32In the DNA of the game, watching it.
16:36It's, it's really exciting.
16:38But yes, it looks shit right now, so fix that.
16:41We're fast.
16:41Oh, and the title's crap.
16:44Needs a new name.
16:51Oh, my God.
16:52Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my, oh, my God.
16:58Drama.
17:00Tension.
17:01Drama.
17:02Inbuilt into everything.
17:05Including the chair.
17:07Remember, uh, Mastermind?
17:09That set was designed by a chap.
17:11Who had been interrogated by the Gestapo.
17:14Look.
17:16I want audio speakers inside the seat.
17:19Vibrating with heavy sound.
17:22Pulsating up through the contestant.
17:24Go, go, go, go.
17:26Okay.
17:27Next, the lights.
17:29Darker.
17:40Who wants to be a millionaire?
17:44I do.
17:50Hello, and welcome to tonight's edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
17:55All you have to do is call this number.
17:57Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
17:59Thursday at 8, ITV.
18:14Come on, it's about to start.
18:15What's about to start?
18:16A new quiz show that's been plastered everywhere.
18:18Adrian's here.
18:19Adrian, your brother?
18:20I thought it was our night in.
18:21Oh, sorry, it's just a thing that we do together, that's all.
18:25Come on, it's fun.
18:27Hello.
18:29Adrian.
18:30I've brought pizza.
18:32We already have pizza.
18:33Your message said no pizza.
18:34Yes, no pizza.
18:35Yes, as in, we don't have any pizza.
18:38No pizza, so bring pizza.
18:39No, no pizza.
18:40We already have lots of pizza.
18:41Don't bring pizza.
18:42Stop saying pizza.
18:44We're about to make television history.
18:46For the first time on UK TV, we have a top prize available of one million pounds.
18:53And it could be won here tonight.
18:56No tricks, no tricks.
18:58Contestants could leave here tonight with big cash prizes.
19:06Two sides left.
19:07I'm not to be against.
19:08I'll pull it back.
19:10No, I'm not sure, sir.
19:11No.
19:12All right, then.
19:14Thank you, brother.
19:15All right.
19:15All right.
19:16I'm going to take the money.
19:18Chris, just there.
19:20God, so dull.
19:24It gives me so much pleasure.
19:27To give you a check for 64,000 pounds.
19:32Come on, why isn't it taking off yet?
19:34What's the bloody tension?
19:36It's fine.
19:37It's fine, Paul.
19:38It just needs betting in, you know, patient.
19:40As Graham leaves with 64,000 smackeroonies.
19:44Good heavens.
19:4564,000 pounds?
19:47That's ridiculous.
19:49Yes, we know.
19:50Come on.
19:52I'm not sure yet, you know.
19:54This all seems a bit dramatic.
19:57Let's see who got there quickest.
19:59The next fastest finger is Rachel DaCosta.
20:02Come on, come on.
20:03So, Rachel, what would you do if you won a million pounds?
20:06I would clear all mine and my fiancée's debts, sort out our business, buy a house and get married.
20:13Oh.
20:14Well, you could get married tomorrow morning, couldn't you?
20:16The business isn't in a situation where we could do it at the moment.
20:19God bless her.
20:19Well, you are only 15 questions away from winning one million pounds.
20:25So, let's play.
20:26Just insane.
20:27For 100 pounds?
20:29For 1,000 pounds?
20:31For 8,000 pounds?
20:32Oh, Humphrey Burghardt's cafe owner in Custerbanker is Sam, isn't it?
20:36Play it again, Sam.
20:37No, common misconception.
20:39Rick, definitely the cafe owner, Rick.
20:42When did you last see it?
20:43Well, I've never seen it, but, you know, you learn things, encyclopedias, books.
20:47It might be nice to actually watch the films now and again.
20:49Don't know, the title, right, yeah, yeah, tricky.
20:52Go for Rick.
20:53It's the correct answer, you just won 8,000 pounds!
20:57For 16,000 pounds, which English county has a border with only one other?
21:05Devon, Norfolk, Cornwall, Kent.
21:09God, look, she's shaking.
21:11Can you find a friend?
21:11Why?
21:12Yeah, because she wants to get married.
21:13I'm a friend with my dad.
21:14Your dad?
21:18Hello!
21:19Jack, is Chris Tarrant here?
21:21Hello.
21:21Hello, Jack.
21:22We've got your daughter live on the show.
21:24She has 8,000 pounds.
21:26That wedding's getting a little bit closer.
21:28But she's not quite there yet.
21:30On the strength of your answer, 16 grand might just about do it, so no pressure.
21:34I understand.
21:35The next voice you hear will be Rachel's.
21:38Rachel, talk to your dad.
21:40Which English county has a border with only one other?
21:43Devon, Norfolk, Cornwall or Kent?
21:46I have no idea.
21:47Yes!
21:50I'm sorry, Rachel, I can't help you on jungle food.
21:53Um, give me again.
21:55Devon, Norfolk, Cornwall or Kent?
21:58Devon, Norfolk.
22:00Dad, help me.
22:03Take the 8 grand, Roger.
22:06I'll take the money.
22:09Let's give her a big hand, ladies and gentlemen.
22:118,000 pounds!
22:13I mean, 8,000 pounds is a very large amount of money.
22:16That wedding just got a little bit closer.
22:18Oh, Dad!
22:21Uh, wait.
22:23Just before you go, suppose you had answered.
22:29What would your answer be?
22:31Cornwall.
22:34Oh, Rachel.
22:37That's not funny.
22:37I'm sorry.
22:38You would have won 16,000 pounds.
22:40I'm sorry.
22:40But look, what am I saying?
22:41Oh, my goodness.
22:44Oh, grow up here, would you?
22:46We've got a hand in our hands.
22:50Well, if you want to be in with a chance to play,
22:51all you have to do is call this number.
23:09All right, Claudia.
23:11Hit me.
23:11Hit you.
23:12Kiss you.
23:13Marry you, more like.
23:15We've got 9 million.
23:179 million viewers!
23:26I want to say, I can't try more than once.
23:34Hello.
23:35Hello.
23:35Hello.
23:36And welcome to Salador and the Who Wants to Be...
23:38Hello, and welcome to tonight's edition of...
23:41Who Wants to Be...
23:42What's up?
23:44What's that?
23:4516 million.
23:49Let's go over the check for 8,000 pounds.
23:5264,000 pounds.
23:55One hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds!
24:00I'm going home! I'm going home!
24:03Oh, dear Bravo!
24:05How many times did you have to call?
24:07I don't know. 50, maybe. Anyway, you can talk.
24:11Anyway, do you want to be my guest?
24:22One hundred and ninety-four calls are made to get here.
24:25Oh, my leg is costing me.
24:26That's nothing. I did over three hundred.
24:28You just need a system, that's all. Not willy-nilly.
24:32Did you know that they published the call volumes on the website?
24:35Yes. You know, a few of us fans are starting to share a little bit of intel.
24:39You know, information, here and there.
24:42If you're serious about this, and you have to be serious.
24:45I'm serious.
24:47But we're serious.
24:50What?
24:51I could give you the number of someone who sort of helps quiz fans onto the show.
25:04Put these days of the week into alphabetical order.
25:09Sunday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday.
25:15And the person who was fastest was Maggie Pearce in four seconds.
25:20Well done, my darling. Come on up.
25:23And the winner is...
25:25Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:27Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:28Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:31Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:33Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:34Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:35Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:36Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:38Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:40Who wants to be a millionaire?
25:48here. Jesus Christ, it's ABC, which is Disney. It's owned by Disney. Basically, Mickey Mouse
25:56is coming up the stairs. Could you just a little call? Mr. Smith. No, he didn't. He
26:14actually knelt. He knelt on the floor. Because we've just sold entertainment to the Americans.
26:20That is entertainment to the Americans. The Americans. The game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
26:30has now been sold to multiple territories in the US. CEO Michael Eisner said, who knew
26:35that the fate of ABC would be saved by a little British game show? It's held the ABC network
26:40from fourth in the ratings war in the United States to first. The Millionaire Show, which
26:45has attracted audiences of 90 million in the UK, which presented by Chris Tarrant, the German
26:50Sergeant Tony. Hello. Hello. Paddy Spooner? Mr. Spooner?
27:33You weren't followed? He came alone? Alone? No, you didn't say to come alone. I brought
27:38my kids. You weren't followed? He came alone? Alone? No, you didn't say to come alone. I brought
27:39what? I forgot my kids outside. You bought your bloody kids. Do you know who I am? You're
27:50Paddy Spooner. You got in the chair three times, even though the rules say you can only sit
27:57in the hot seat once. There's three different versions. Three countries. Australia, Ireland,
28:02UK. They don't check. There's a lot they don't check. I've been working with some people. An underground
28:15sort of community has sprung up. Fans of the show that have grown into an unlikely resistance
28:22in the quiet little villages of England are the perfect place to plan our attack. Attack
28:29what? The show, of course. Breaking into the show. In the world of quizzing, the man who
28:36has the questions may be king, but the man who has all the answers is God. To the nearest
28:52one of those numbers to call back with a question that's all but impossible to get exactly right.
28:58How many months in total did Queen Victoria reign for? Months? Oh, heck. What the makers
29:04hadn't predicted was that people would do what they tend to do. Hello, Paddy. It's Maggie.
29:10Talk to each other. The closest to question is... The damn fools are using the same closest to
29:16questions. In rotation. Time and again. All you need is a network. Or, as we call ourselves,
29:26the Syndicate. So, first trick is, when you get the call back, pretend you're not who you
29:35are. Pretend you're not in. This gives us time to prepare. I'm afraid Adrian Pollock won't
29:42be in until later tonight. Could you call back then? They always say yes. Then you call
29:49me. Hello, Paddy. And I mobilise. And if you know of any other potential clients that live
29:58too far away from me, I can always dispatch a separate Syndicate member from one of my
30:04regional helps. How many months in total did Queen Victoria reign for? I'm going to say seven.
30:12One hundred and eighty. Once you're in the chair, there's a final, highly bespoke service
30:19that we offer on your phone, a friend. There's a room in London where we gather the finest pub
30:32quizzers in the land, secretly, silently, in solidarity. Now, you give the producers one of a dozen special
30:41numbers we have around the country, all diverted here to this one phone.
30:50I want to phone a friend. All right. Who are you going to call? My cousin Geoffrey.
30:57Geoffrey, it's Chris Tarrant here from Who Else To Be A Millie there. Yes.
31:00About your cousin, Maggie, here, I hope you're sat quiet alone. The next voice you hear will be
31:06Baggies. Geoffrey, which chemical element is named? All we ask is a modest 25%.
31:15Ah. Well, I'm grateful for all the hints and tips and things, but I'm not sure whether I would
31:24need such, well, your services. I'm sure that when the time comes, you will make the right call.
31:37And the person who was fastest was Owen Masters in 4.2 seconds.
31:57Put these vegetables in order of size from smallest to biggest. Onion, Brussels sprout, cabbage, pea.
32:06OK, let's see who got it right in the fastest time. It's Shelley Price in 3.1...
32:145.6. Not good enough. Again.
32:20And the person who was fastest was Gus Colley in 4.5 seconds.
32:33Yes.
32:39Right, so, this is Adrian Pollock. We've seen him before. It's his fourth time in the fastest
32:44finger-says. Fourth?
32:46Huh? Wait, what?
32:47Yeah, I know. Something's up.
32:48Well, everyone has chosen, Brandon.
32:50And, yeah, there he is. What a coincidence, then, let's hope.
32:56Yeah, but is it me, or have they all sort of started to look a bit the same?
33:00All a bit white and well-to-do?
33:03A little classy and some southerny?
33:06Adrian Pollock from Wiltshire.
33:08White.
33:11I will have to tell Chris, because it would be weird if he doesn't mention it.
33:13It's four times.
33:16He won't be happy.
33:18Yeah, well, that makes two of us.
33:21Half of ten, third of nine, quarter of eight, fifth of five.
33:27Who's the fastest? Adrian Pollock!
33:29In 4.3 seconds.
33:31Well, at least he can only play the actual game once, so we'll never have to see him again.
33:40You ready to play for a million pounds?
33:41Come on, then.
33:45So, you won't believe this, but this is actually Adrian's fourth time in the studio, but his first time in
33:50the chair.
33:52You'll be doing more than I am.
33:53Well, you know, some people want to jump out of planes, and I just...
33:57This is what I want to do.
33:58You're a strange, sad little man.
34:01For 64,000 in the US and Canada, Labour Day is celebrated in which month?
34:08You've used your 50-50, you've just got left May or September.
34:17I will use my phone a friend.
34:18All right.
34:19Who are you going to call?
34:23Actually...
34:25Actually, I was going to...
34:30I'd quite like to call my dad.
34:32Arthur.
34:35I think we, well, quizzes are a family thing, you know.
34:41I bet it's him.
34:42Oh, my God.
34:42He's got on the chair.
34:43Oh, my God.
34:45You ready?
34:47Is Uncle Adrian going to be a millionaire?
34:50Hello?
34:52Well, you have to be really clever for that, so we'll see.
34:56The most extraordinary thing has happened.
34:58You remember your son, Adrian?
34:59Well, he's finally made it into the chair, but he does need your help.
35:03Now, the next voice you hear will be Adrian.
35:05Adrian, you've got 30 seconds.
35:07Go.
35:08Hi, Dad.
35:09In the USA and Canada, Labour Day is celebrated in which month?
35:13Is it May or September?
35:17Um...
35:17I think...
35:19May, if I had to guess.
35:21How sure are you?
35:24Oh...
35:2450%?
35:27Thanks, Dad.
35:30When's Labour Day in America?
35:32September, Dad.
35:34Oh.
35:36Oh, no.
35:39Oh, dear.
35:41What a shame.
35:44It's 32 grand.
35:46It's great.
35:47The thing is...
35:49The thing is, it doesn't quite cover the, uh...
35:53debts that the business is running at the moment, and I, uh...
35:58Debts?
35:58You...
35:59You don't normally have debts.
36:01Why didn't you say?
36:02Yeah, it's just this...
36:04dot-com bubble nonsense, and...
36:08I really thought I had a chance in that chair, you know?
36:11I mean, I invested a lot!
36:15What are you talking about?
36:16I'm not...
36:17I'm not...
36:31Holy Mother of God!
36:35Adrian, what the...?
36:38What is this?
36:48Behold
36:49The game changer
36:54I made it
36:55Fastest finger first
36:56To practice on
36:57I don't know what to say
37:00Is this cheating?
37:02It certainly feels like cheating
37:03No, it's giving an advantage
37:04To myself
37:07And now to you, Diana
37:10To carry on where I left off
37:12Well, why would she want her anything to do with her?
37:14Thank you
37:21Mr. Pollock?
37:30Adrian Pollock
37:35Yes
37:36Well, I saw you've been on four times
37:38I don't know
37:38Ha-ha
37:40That's not luck
37:41That's something else
37:42Yeah, but how did you find me?
37:44Electoral register
37:45Simple enough
37:45Yeah, see, that
37:46That's a bit creepy
37:48I have to get on
37:50I don't know how
37:51I don't know why this
37:54This impulse
37:55Took over me
37:56But it's just in me
37:58And I have to
37:59Please
37:59Please help me
38:01I heard tell amongst her
38:03The community
38:04That you built a machine
38:05Yes
38:06Well, my sister's got it
38:07She's going on the show too
38:08Your sister's going on?
38:10Yeah
38:10Okay
38:11Well
38:12Could you make another one?
38:13I'd pay you
38:14People
38:15Will pay you
38:19Let me have your number
38:21So, in the hot seat
38:23We have Diana Ingram
38:24Here with
38:25And I do believe
38:27I recognise your guest here today
38:29It's your brother
38:30Adrian Pollock
38:31I thought we got rid of you
38:33But here you are
38:34Again
38:35Back in the studio
38:36For a fifth time
38:38Still think it's a coincidence
38:42Call one at work
38:44No
38:44Uh, husband Charles
38:46Major
38:46Charles couldn't be here
38:47He's at work
38:49Charles and Diana, eh?
38:50Why does that sound familiar?
38:52Like a fairy tale
38:53Well, it started as a fairy tale
38:54Didn't end as one
38:55Uh
38:56Yeah, if you could fit us in tomorrow
38:59We just
39:00We do really think
39:01We may have a problem now
39:06For £64,000
39:08Who wrote the nonsense poem
39:11The hunting of the snark?
39:15G.K. Chesterton
39:16Hilaire Belloc
39:18Edward Lear
39:20Lewis Carroll
39:21Remember, you don't have to play
39:24You've got £32,000
39:26That's safe, whatever
39:27And you do have a 50-50
39:33Yeah, I'm going to play
39:34Edward Lear
39:34Final answer
39:35Final answer?
39:36Yes
39:38You had £32,000
39:40You've kept back one lifeline
39:43Desperately wanted to beat your brother
39:47You've stayed in exactly the same place
39:50Oh, it was Lewis Carroll
39:52I'm sorry
39:52But you do go away
39:54With a cheque
39:54For £32,000
39:57Not a bad day's life
40:01That's a lot of money
40:02That's £32,000
40:03I mean, that's
40:04It's going to be so useful
40:06I mean, we could
40:07Gosh
40:08We could
40:08I'm going to give Adrian some of it
40:10Just to help with the business
40:12You know
40:12Quite a bit of it
40:15£14,000 of it, actually
40:17Right
40:17Sorry
40:18Are you asking me or telling me?
40:21Right
40:22Right, all right
40:23Yeah, sure
40:24Yeah, give him £14,000
40:26Well, give him all of it
40:27I mean, why don't you give him one of the children
40:29Give him one of the girls
40:30What's going on?
40:31Congratulations, darling
40:32We're giving you to our Uncle Adrian
40:33Go and pack your bags
40:35Okay
40:37What was the line?
40:38There's always three of us in this marriage
40:39That's not fair
40:40He's my brother
40:41What else am I meant to do?
40:44I suppose I should tell you
40:45We're thinking of writing a book
40:46About the show
40:47Just a little simple how-to
40:49With all the hints and tips and things we've learned
40:51So we can pass them on to new contestants
40:53Just all that cheating stuff
40:55It isn't cheating
40:57Yes, but is it cheating?
40:59I've asked Ruth Settler to join us
41:01She's our head of PR at Syllador
41:03Yeah, this is Nicola House
41:04And who's our head of press to do likewise
41:06Because I think we can all agree
41:08That this is a flipping nightmare
41:09I'll say
41:10I saw it for the first time in a while last night
41:13Offence
41:13And
41:14Okay, I'll say it
41:15It was effing boring
41:17Offence
41:18The contestants are all
41:20They all look and sound
41:22Yeah, well, they all talk to one another as well
41:24It's like they know each other
41:26And they're somehow
41:26Sort of
41:28Helping each other
41:29Is that against the rules?
41:30It's against the spirit of the rules
41:32They're getting on
41:33And they're getting bolder
41:34And we think
41:35It almost feels like
41:37Something's coming
41:38We could start to cast it
41:40Most shows cast the contestants
41:42Based on interviews
41:43No, we swore that we'd never do that
41:45That we keep it democratic
41:46Whoever rings in first
41:47You're saying it's already been hacked
41:49That the network's most important asset
41:50Is under attack
41:51Well, this stops now
41:53Find out who's doing it
41:54How they're doing it
41:55And please
41:56Stop them bloody doing it
41:58I have to go
42:00Disappear
42:01Run away for a bit
42:02A while
42:03I'm sorry
42:04Oh my god
42:05No
42:06Adrian
42:07Don't
42:07I just need to come up with a way
42:08To
42:09To pay everyone back
42:10Well, what about my 14 grand?
42:14I don't bloody believe it
42:16Okay, okay, okay
42:16Now
42:17Apart from us
42:18Who do you owe money to?
42:20It's people like
42:21Jill and Michael
42:22From the Rotary Club
42:23It's John
42:24John?
42:25The butcher?
42:25Oh, for heaven's sake
42:27I thought you meant
42:27Gangsters, Adrian
42:28People who break your thumbs
42:30Not the butcher
42:31And the baker
42:32And the candlestick
42:32No, just send them a text
42:33Don't destroy your reputation
42:35Is it?
42:35What about your responsibilities?
42:37Your family?
42:38They'll understand
42:39I'll call them from
42:41Wherever I
42:42I'll explain
42:43Come on, Adrian
42:44It's really bad form
42:46Here's some of the people
42:47From the community
42:48I've been talking to
42:49They're yours now
42:50Oh, god
42:51I can't
42:52What about our book?
42:54Well, then you finish it, Diana
42:55You don't need me
42:56You never have
42:58You've always been the strongest
43:01Oh, I'm sorry
43:10It'll be okay
43:12He'll be okay
43:18You must go on
43:19On to the show
43:22I've been on
43:23Adrian has
43:24It's
43:25It's your turn
43:30It's my turn
43:30Is it?
43:31To join the family business
43:33I'd warned you
43:34I've these
43:35Mad schemes
43:37I don't even like quizzes
43:39And the way you've been moping
43:40About weeks after your turn came away
43:42Do you know how dispiriting that is, Diana
43:44To know that the only happiness
43:46You get is from a bloody game show
43:48That isn't fair
43:48That just isn't true
43:50It couldn't be further from
43:51And everyone has hobbies, Charles
43:54And I didn't want to bring this up
43:56But...
43:57Let the machine get it
43:58Well, we have as a family
44:00Rather
44:01Followed you around
44:02Wherever you went
44:03Happily, I might add
44:04Willingly
44:05But now we
44:06Now I
44:07Need you
44:09Charles Ingram
44:10I'm calling you from
44:11Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
44:12We're delighted to let you know
44:13That you've been selected
44:15By our computers
44:15To take part
44:16In our qualifying round
44:17Of closest to questions
44:18Give us a call back
44:20On 0909 8790 555
44:27And I may have already started calling and leaving your name
44:38What happens next is easy to dismiss as simply exciting television
44:42High drama
44:43A bit of harmless fun that got out of hand
44:46Ignore the lights
44:48Ignore the sound
44:50Unbelievable
44:52Unbelievable
44:53Unbelievable
44:53This is theft
44:54Plain and simple
44:56An attempt to steal a million pounds
45:00We have all the evidence
45:02And all of the testimonies
45:04But as we go through quite how they did it
45:06Beat by impossible beat
45:08Oh, you'll be shocked
45:10Yes, perhaps even impressed a little
45:14But you will be left in no doubt
45:16That they are guilty of a crime
45:18A crime that carries with it
45:22Time in prison
45:33All right
45:38Right
45:39Major Charles Ingram
45:41Are you ready to play?
45:49And see that infamous game
45:51And the drama unfold
45:52When Quiz continues
45:54Tomorrow night at 9
45:55Concluding Wednesday night at 9
45:58That's my viewing sorted
45:59Coming up
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