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Millionaire - Did they cheat??

(30 Posts)
Sparklefizz Thu 16-Apr-20 18:00:01

MerylStreep Where can I find the Chris Tarrant article? I remember watching the programme as it happened, and you could hear the coughing. The Major came across as rather odd, all that chopping and changing, and risking losing huge sums of money by picking as the answer someone he'd just said he'd never heard of. It really did seem suspicious at the time.

Callistemon Thu 16-Apr-20 17:56:49

It seems odd to have televised this at this particular time and the drama was slanted to make them all appear innocent.

They will be asking the court of appeal to overturn their conviction in the near future.

Callistemon Thu 16-Apr-20 17:54:29

This was a drama so we do not have the true picture.

I am not sure if the courtroom scenes were exactly as verbatim court reports - does anyone know?

MerylStreep Thu 16-Apr-20 17:38:38

I applied to go on the show when it started but never got a call back so I was very interested.
The trouble I had was that I read the Chris Tarrent article at the weekend which gave you a lot more information than the program did.
If I was on the jury and I only had the that information I could not find him guilty.
But, there was a lot more going on.

mrsmopp Thu 16-Apr-20 17:28:55

It must be nearly 20 years since the Major won a million pounds on the famous game show. Just watched the program about it over the last 3 evenings. They were found guilty of cheating and lost the lot. He could have gone to prison n but ended up with a suspended sentence. The programme was well done .