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Quiz is a British drama television serial by James Graham, based on Graham's play of the same name[2] commissioned by William Village[3] and the book Bad Show: the Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major by Bob Woffinden and James Plaskett.[4] It is directed by Stephen Frears[5][6][7][8]and consists of three hour-long episodes.[9] The series focuses on Charles Ingram, a former army major in the Royal Engineers, and how he unexpectedly won the £1,000,000 jackpot on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001, followed by a criminal trial in which he and his wife were convicted of cheating their way to success.[10]

Quiz
Genre	Drama
Based on	Quiz by James Graham Bad Show: the Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major by Bob Woffinden and James Plaskett
Written by	James Graham
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Starring	Matthew Macfadyen Sian Clifford Mark Bonnar Aisling Bea Elliot Levey Risteárd Cooper Trystan Gravelle Michael Jibson Helen McCrory Michael Sheen
Composer	Murray Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Andy Harries William Village Dan Winch Stephen Frears James Graham
Producer	Alice Pearse
Cinematography	Hubert Taczanowski
Editor	Pia Di Ciaula
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Left Bank Pictures[1]
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9 1080i
Audio format	Surround sound 5.1
Original release	13 April (2020-04-13) – 15 April 2020 (2020-04-15)

The series received positive reviews from critics. Quiz was released during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, resulting in it receiving a large audience (similar to the Netflix documentary Tiger King). While the show was still airing, Charles Ingram's Wikipedia article was one of the most viewed on the site. The first episode of Quiz was seen live by an average audience of 5.3 million in the UK.[11]

Summary

In 2001, at the height of the public obsession with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a British army major named Charles Ingram and his wife, Diana, apparently swindled the British game show. The morning after Ingram bumbled his way to a million pounds, broadcaster ITV and production company Celador realized something had been amiss: a series of coughs by the Ingrams' alleged accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, may have led Ingram to the answers. It was a massive scandal, resulting in a court case that found all three guilty.[12]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.K. viewers (millions) [13]
1	"Episode 1"	Stephen Frears	James Graham	13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	9.05
Major Charles Ingram doesn't like quizzes, but for his wife Diana and brother-in-law Adrian, knowing the answer is a way of life. As Diana and Adrian's repeated attempts to get into the hot seat on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? fall short, all eyes turn to an unsuspecting Charles to win the million-pound prize. Meanwhile, the repeated reappearance of middle-class, professional quizzers has not gone unnoticed by the ITV team and producer Paul Smith makes a vow to stop them by any means necessary.
2	"Episode 2"	Stephen Frears	James Graham	14 April 2020 (2020-04-14)	8.74
Charles returns for a second night in the hot seat with a new strategy. After his previously hopeless performance, he proves massively successful, his dithering answers invariably turning out to be right. However, the production team finds his sudden change of fortunes suspicious and begins looking into an unusual pattern of coughing from the studio audience.
3	"Episode 3"	Stephen Frears	James Graham	15 April 2020 (2020-04-15)	8.97
Hapless Charles, the man who has never heard of Craig David (one of his questions), is a national laughing stock amid accusations that he hit on right answers after affirmation coughs from his co-conspirators. Persecuted and hounded by the public and press, Charles, Diana, and Tecwen head to court. But his barrister works hard to try to convince the jury that Charles and his wife are innocent. At first, it seems the case for the prosecution is solid, but as the case for the defense gets underway, the jury learns there is far more to the story than they first thought.

Cast

• Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Ingram
• Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant
• Sian Clifford as Diana Ingram
• Mark Bonnar as Paul Smith
• Helen McCrory as Sonia Woodley QC
• Michael Jibson as Tecwen Whittock
• Aisling Bea as Claudia Rosencrantz
• Trystan Gravelle as Adrian Pollock
• Elliot Levey as David Briggs
• Risteárd Cooper as David Liddiment
• Jasmyn Banks as Nicola Howson
• Andrew Leung as Kevin Duff
• Martin Trenaman as DS Ferguson
• Nicholas Woodeson as Nicholas Hilliard QC
• Paul Bazely as Lionel from Legal

Production

The scenes in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? studio were filmed in a set constructed at Wimbledon Studios. Scenes were also filmed outside Southwark Crown Court and inside a former court building in Hammersmith.[9]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 95% "Certified Fresh" approval rating based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 7.57/10. The website's consensus reads, "With clever writing, a slick production, and a pitch perfect Michael Sheen, Quiz crafts a captivating snapshot of a wild scandal that will keep viewers on their toes."[14]

Ingram himself praised the series, calling it "balanced".[15]

References

External links

• Quiz at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Quiz (TV series)

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[ru] Викторина (мини-сериал)

«Викторина» (англ. Quiz) — британский телевизионный сериал в жанре драмы Стивена Фрирза и Джеймса Грэхэма, основанный на его одноименной постановке[1] и книге Боба Вуффиндена и Джеймса Пласкетта «Плохое шоу: викторина, кашель и майор-миллионер» (англ. «Bad Show: the Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major»).[2] Режиссёр — Стивен Фрирз[3][4][5]. Состоит из трёх эпизодов длиною в час.

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