Jeremy Clarkson has delivered his verdict on the new ITV drama Quiz, which retells the story of Charles Ingram and his infamous coughing scandal on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001.
The presenter, who took over from Chris Tarrant as host of the revived quiz show, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the three-part serial starring Michael Sheen and Sian Clifford.
‘Quiz is about to start on @ITV. It’s pretty good,’ Jeremy penned ahead of the premiere.
Looks like he’s a fan.
Quiz adapts the ‘coughing major’ scandal for the screen – where Major Charles (Matthew MacFayden) and his wife Diana (Sian Clifford) are accused of cheating their way to the jackpot on the ITV gameshow.
Accusations were levied that someone had been planted in the audience to help Charles – he would read each answer to a question aloud, and the plant would ‘cough’ on the correct answer.
Audiences are already hooked on Quiz, with many absolutely losing their minds after being introduced to Sheen’s pitch-perfect impression of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Tarrant.
Sheen is truly transformative in his new role, donning a blonde wig, a West Midlands-lilt and, of course, a generous helping of fake tan.
The writer of the serial also teased that viewers can expect to be ‘shaken’ from their certainties over the Ingrams’ guilt across the next two nights.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk and other press, James Graham revealed: ‘It’s a very human story. It’s a story most people think they know, I thought I knew it.
‘I remember watching the trial and the Martin Bashir documentary, [the Ingrams] seemed completely bang to rights.
‘I enjoyed the idea of asking questions on how objective reality is under threat but through the very unlikely story of a cheating scandal.’
Quiz continues on Tuesday at 9pm on ITV.
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