I have to believe in the institutions wetrust to be fair, and functional. Whetherthat be the judiciary, the police, themedia & That they should all be ableto resist the temptations of a moreentertaining lie, over a lessextraordinary truth.
April 2003. Army Major Charles Ingram, his wife and coughing accomplice are convicted for cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
The evidence is damning. The nation is gripped by the sheer audacity of the plot to snatch the ?1,000,000 jackpot. But was he really guilty? It's time for you to decide.
Question everything you think you know in James Graham's provocative new play.
Olivier Award-nominee James Graham returns with a sharp, fictional imagination of one of the most famous quiz show controversies to date. The production premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre and this edition was published this edition was published to coincide with the West End opening at the N?el Coward Theatre in April 2018.
James Graham's plays include:
This House(National Theatre and West End- Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award nominated for Best Play),
Ink(Almeida Theatre),
Monster Raving Loony(Theatre Royal Plymouth and Soho Theatre),
The Votebroadcast live onto television on the night of the general election 2015 (Donmar Warehouse),
Privacy(Donmar Warehouse and Public Theater New York),
The Angry Brigade(Theatre Royal Plymouth and Bush Theatre) and the book for the
Finding Neverlandmusical on Broadway. As Writer in Residence at the Finborough Theatre his plays include
Eden's Empire winner of the Catherine Johnson Best Play Award
The Man, and
Sons of York.Writing for TV includes:
Coalition(Channel 4),
Prisoner's Wives(BBC1) and
Caught In a Trap(ITV1). Writing for film includes:
X Plus Y.He is currently working on
Gypsy Boyfor BBC Films, and a film adaptation of