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Fun fact: when this documentary first went out, the first advert in the ad break was for Benelyn cough syrup 😂

The fact that they actually aired the episode immediately after the documentary was just brilliant. The ratings for that one episode must have been through the roof.

Staff should of started coughing for wrong answers lol

They were too obvious. They shoulda had a cough for A. A sneeze for B. A hiccup for C. And a massive fart for D.

Imagine being on this show and constantly saying you've never heard of something only to choose that answer.

his only mistake was going for 1mln, if he stops at 500k or 250k no one will investigated his case.

-whats your name? -charles ingram? *cough* -yes, definitely. Charles ingram.

What's even more hilarious, is after they were found guilty, few years later they were then found guilty of insurance fraud 🤣

This is so funny because it would never work in a post-covid world. The second someone coughs now everyone is immediately suspicious

I had such a hard time finishing this doc cause I was cringing so hard the whole time. There’s something about seeing people cheat that gives me unbearable second hand embarrassment lmao

The bigger evidence (out of so many) is this one: he never seemed afraid to risk loosing what he already had by choosing an answer he was completely blind about. His behavior just wasn’t normal. A normal person would be very reluctant in risking half a million by just relying in luck or gut feeling. Even the host felt like he wasn’t conflicted at all. And do that multiple times during the game! That says everything

The bigger crime here is, that he has never heared of Coldplay. That's 10 to 25 right there.

The most striking thing for me is that as he eliminates the wrong answers he’s unable to evidence any of his choices with any reasoning. Absolutely bang on a cheat.

I could not prevent me from burst into laugh at the "no" hidden within the cough 🤣

It's amazing that 3 peeps in a immediate family got on the same show

He was exaggerating his performance and taking too long to make a choice. It was obvious

So when you watch his wife panicking and full of anxiety in the audience, now we know it was because he was pushing his luck and risking it all going to a level much further than they agreed to, not because she was scared of him losing the game.

imagine if another person in the audience would cough! at the wrong time!😂😂😂

Update: After this scandal came out, he had to resign from the military. Currently, he is a "Director of Operations" for his wifes candle business and has declared bankruptcy 4 times.

My favorite part of this is watching the wife's increasingly exasperated reactions as he keeps making it more and more obvious. It's like she wants to scream 'Holy s**t, you idiot, what is wrong with you?!' I'm watching this with ten minutes left and I'm seeing in the comments that it reveals she did scream at him afterward. Pretty easy to see why.

Host: Who wants to be a millionaire? Charles: Me Woman: *cough* Charles: Us

Does anyone else just periodically look up this documentary every few years and watch the whole thing as procrastination? When moving house, for example.

"A1 is the only band I've heard of here, I don't know who Craig David is. Never heard of him...I'm going Craig David. Never been more certain of anything in my life. Craig David, final answer".

His biggest mistake was saying that he had no idea at the beginning of every question. He should have kept his mouth shut and made it seem like he was reasoning it out in his head. If the host asked, he should say, "I'm thinking about it," or some other excuse. Instead, he went from "I have no idea" to the right answer almost every time. He should have given vague responses like, "I know this somehow, I just need to think about it," or, "I've heard of this before but need a minute to recall." His next big mistake was listing all the possible answers out loud every time. He should have picked one or two to say, and then did process of elimination based on whether or not he heard a cough. And finally... he got greedy. If he had punched out at a lesser amount, the studio would not have been able to determine the pattern. What impresses me is that the tech genius guy doing the coughs actually knew a hell of a lot! The problem is, Major was actually a stupid person, so even with cheating to help him he could not cheat intelligently and this gave him away. If two really intelligent people did this, the studio would have no idea. In fact, I'm sure some have gotten away with it.

You can tell he is cheating, he doesn't even give any information as to why he is choosing that answer. Nobody is that lucky lol

This is how Monty Python would have executed the same scam, this is comedy gold

I would've loved for the couples behind Diana to be interviewed. They knew what was going on most of the time and were so entertained by Diana's reactions

He is not phone a friend. it's a cough, a friend. 😂😂 Where is Netflix when we need a movie? 😂

'Craig David... never heard of him'... 2 minutes later 'yep, I'll go with Craig David!'

His reaction to being told he’s been accused of being a cheat and told he won’t be allowed to cash the cheque is priceless. As if you’d respond like that 🤣

The fact that he has 3 kids and still takes this risk is even more shameful

My favorite part was watching the wife losing her mind in the audience, knowing that the game was up, knowing they'd pressed their luck too far and being incapable of stopping it. She's watching a train wreck in slow motion and she's on the train. 😆

The fact that they're still denying in 2023 is remarkable

The coughing confirms it, but he kind of told on himself as well. He was never confident in any of his answers, he would be adamant about having never heard of something then pick it anyway, and he needed confirmation on certain questions too often running through all the answers 3-4 times. He seemingly accidentally got the answer right for the duration of the show. Insane. 🚩

I can't believe that they were actually stupid enough to think this would work. Even in 2001 game shows were strictly monitored. And what's more amazing was no jail time for any of them. Unreal.

His wife seems terrfying to me, something about her comes off as domineering.

I gave a job interview… and we had technical questions. He read each question out loud and the only thing I thought of was this lmao

He stupidly double-checked EVERY answer, causing the coughs to be far too frequent and noticeable. 🙄

Even the host noticed, they weren’t even careful about it 😂

Shame that a military man who served his country could stoop so low.

I love how the host keeps mocking him with the "craig david" answer

To watch in hindsight, this is hilarious! How childish to use coughing for cheating! We did that back in 5th grade when being asked questions up front by the teacher! Hahahahaha

Gives a whole new meaning to "Phone a Friend"...

Judge: “Chris Ingram, do you plead guilty or not guilty?” “Oh gosh that’s a tough one. Hmm let me think. Guilty……that doesn’t seem right. Mmm not guilty…” *cough cough* “ Yes lock in b - not guilty please”

Will never forget watching this on Easter Monday evening, followed by the actual episode straight after. This documentary was so frighteningly good but ouch, the greed.

Diana facial expressions are scarier then the scam itself holy fck

A man so unknowledgeable that he didn’t know that the famous Jaqueline Kennedy became Jackie O (for Onassis) and died with that name (and the funeral was aired live worldwide), could never have gotten to $1mil on his own.

That million dollar question would be an entry level question now and days.

i'd like to use my cough lifeline

His biggest crime was that shirt.

The second hand embarrassment is IMMENSE

The wife reminds me of the aunt of Harry Potter; petunia Dursley 😂

Robin Williams would've been a good fit to play him in a movie.

If he had got to 64k or even 125k then he'd have got away with it. Sadly greed was his undoing and the further he went the less believable it was

1:01:03 "WE think it's..." Really, Charles? You and who else?

The million pound question was so easy, Megatron is a character for the series transformers. gigabit is less that 100 zeros and nanomole he prefix nano implies small

Cant believe i just spent over an hour of my life watching this But its so good

As a teacher, making multiple-choice questions, we always had an utterly ridiculously wrong answer, a correct answer and an answer that at first glance could be right until you thought twice and one designed to trip you up if you were rushing. It took skill to write the answers in that way (especially when it was a grammar test and not a general knowledge test) but I can see that pattern in some of the proposed answers.

this was more entertaiing than anything netflix has to offer, appreciate the upload hoss.

I feel sorry for their kids, that must have been so embarrassing for them at school.

What's really a pity is that he did the whole thing in autopilot mode. He had good intuition on multiple questions, but he waited every time for multiple hints, as if three coughs were absolutely necessary to choose his answer. For sure at that moment he was really willing not to loose the money he had just earned, but by his attitude he was really not thinking by himself while having this cheating system as a hint, but clearly relying entirely on it. Every answering phase looked exactly the same and this was naturally suspicious.

Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court lasting four weeks (including jury deliberation for three and a half days), Ingram, his wife and Whittock were convicted by a majority verdict of their offences on 7 April 2003. Both of the Ingrams and Whittock were given suspended prison sentences of two years [the Ingrams were sentenced to eighteen months; Whittock was sentenced to twelve months]. Each were fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 towards prosecution costs. Within two months of the verdict and sentence, the trial's judge ordered the Ingrams to pay additional defence costs, which left them repaying a total of £115,000. On 19 August 2003, the Army Board ordered Ingram to resign his commission as a major after sixteen years of service, but stated that this would not affect his pension entitlements. On 19 May 2004, the Court of Appeal denied Ingram leave to appeal against his conviction and upheld his sentence but agreed to quash his wife's fine and prosecution costs. On 5 October, the House of Lords denied Ingram leave to appeal against his fine and prosecution costs, and he appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. On 20 October, the original trial judge reduced Ingram's defence costs order to £25,000 and Diana's defence costs order to £5,000. Ingram's defence costs were later further reduced to £5,000 on appeal. The couple appeared on an episode of “Wife Swap” in 2003. Three years later, the couple played on “The Weakest Link.” Since the ordeal, Charles has authored two thriller novels, “The Network” in 2006 and “Deep Siege” in 2007. In 2016, the pair were reported to be selling jewelry made by Diana on a market stall including brooches for £5 and necklaces for up to £40. In 2018, The Sun reported he was selling his £450,000 country home. Since their conviction, the Ingrams have declared bankruptcy four times.

The dramatic music every time they introduce another person 😂

The fact the wife said to Chris "only 32.000" highlights how greedy they are.

25:30 The man sitting behind her reacts to her cough like “ She’s obviously coughing at the right answer 😂 does anyone else notice this?”

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I love nostalgic television lol!!!! The clothes the camera quality …I miss being younger lol 😂

He blantantly states each and every time he doesn't know what it is, has never heard of it and chooses it anyway?? Lmao...I mean, I know the coughing gave it away, but more than that--he gave himsef away by saying he's never heard of any of it in the first place. Worst tactic for cheating ever. I feel sorry for their children.

I'm surprised he even managed to get the faster finger correct 😂

This was absolutely fascinating to watch I almost didn't want to blink because I didn't want to miss anything. The amount of coughs at the end were absurd and his wifes frustrated facial expressions and muttering when she in knew they had gone too far was hilarious.

The million dollar question was so easy. I learned that as a child.

It's funny watching the people behind his wife talking and laughing with each other like they know something is going on as well.

I love how when the producers said that they weren't getting the money and there was going to be a case, they were still extremely nice to each other. Lol

If Ingram's accomplices were so bright, why didn't one of them just win the million legitimately?.. Unless I missed that part of the story

how did they not pick up the cough....I watched this episode when it aired and I caught that immediately

When they phoned and told him that the million would be frozen 🤣 His reaction was just hilarious. Oh good lord no. Alright thanks for letting me know.

This doc pops into my recommended once every few months, and I watch it every time

If this wasnt cheated i think it would be the best episode ever, someone seemingly guessing each answer and winning through dumb luck

Did anyone notice that the program was shot the day before the 9/11 attack?

The people behind Ingram's wife knew there was something odd going on too. I'm so glad these people didn't win the money.

The wife's reaction was completely bizarre. The high pitch, the cry face, then, a moment later: completely BLANK.

Its amazing that the dude helping knew all those answers! Thats unbelievable!!

When he said “No” quicker than while the question was being asked was too funny 😂😂 the host knew something was up right then

I just can't get over the fact that they had three little girls at the time and that the youngest would now be 27 years old. how this must have effected their childhoods... No amount of money is worth jeopardizing the upbringing of your children! Also, how strange knowing this all took place a day before 9/11...

In all fairness I've never seen any other contestant reading all all the answers for every question. He's guilty as hell

*coughs* "NO" 🤣🤣

His blabbering answers were so illogical and inappropriate. It's no wonder he drew suspicion.

I would have died of embarrassment so I would not have even tried. How these people can look at their friends and family in the eye is beyond me.

He keeps on saying "I don't know" to everything and then gets all the answers right? That alone smells of rotten fish.

He should've just quit at $64,000. He probably would have gotten away with it. To take it all the way to a million was just asking to get caught, considering it was obvious he didn't have much random knowledge.

I love how he was always sure the right answer wasn't it initially. Every single time when he came upon the right answer "I'm sure that's not it" or "I've never heard of it" 🤡Dude at least be neutral as you cheat so you don't have to backtrack so obviously! He's not very bright, that was the biggest clue lol

He said he thought it was googol due to process of elimination but he didn't know what any of the other answers were either. That's not how process of elimination works lmao

Imagine someone tried that cough tactic nowadays. Everyone would be looking at that guy like he bout to start covid all over again

I remember saying: ‘surely they could have made him take basic acting skills….’ Worst acting I had seen since Tommy Wiseau in Room.

The wife looks as guilty as one can look

And that gentlemen is what a fraud looks like, acting like an innocent and needy person, but actually the major thief in disguise.

Did anyone else cringe when his wife coughed and the guy behind her pit his head in his hands 😂😂😂

Amusing fact: In 2010, Ingram lost three toes on his left foot in an accident involving a lawnmower.

Her cough was so freaking obvious