Charles Ingram Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Charles William Ingram
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Tuesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
Shardlow, Derbyshire, England
AGE
61 Years 1 Months 30 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
LEO
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Charles Ingram Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Diana Ingram (1989-)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (TV Show 2001)
Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
Oswestry School
COLLEGE
Kingston University, Cranfield University
QUALIFICATION
Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Master's degree in Corporate Management
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Charles Ingram
- Does Charles Ingram takes alcohol? Yes. He drank champagne with Chris Tarrant in the dressing room.
- Is Charles Ingram in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- He was a major in the British Army before being famous for cheating on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
- The show in which he was featured one of the highest-rated shows in the United Kingdom in the year 1999. His show was seen by more than 19 million viewers.
- He also appeared in other TV shows like The Games, The Weakest Link, Wife Swap after appearing on Millionaire.
- Ingram has also written two novels namely The Network which was published in 2006 and Deep Siege which was published in the following year.
- Ingram is known for the fraud he had done on the show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" He practiced for approximately 20 minutes in a day on the machine he had constructed on his home for the fastest finger machine. On the first day, he had reached 4000 pounds and used two of his three lifelines and he was not supposed to win a big prize, but on the second day, he won the top prize in the show which was one million pounds. He and his wife were accused of cheating the production company by having an associate in the audience. He was lecturer Tecwen Whittock who used to cough whenever the accused read out the correct answer. As a result of which his prize money was suspended by the production company. The trial on the Ingram, his wife, and Whittock lasted four weeks and it was decided that Ingram will be imprisoned for eighteen months while his companion for twelve months. Both of them were fined 15000 pounds and an additional 10000 pounds for prosecution cost. Ingram and his wife were ordered to pay 40000 pounds for Ingram and 25000 pounds for his wife as defense cost by the trial judge. With a total of legal fees 115000 pounds. However, the fine was reduced later on.
- He now sells artificial jewelry like glass brooches and necklaces for the small price like five pounds along with his wife at a marked in Somerset.
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