History Series / Quiz2020

* GainaxEnding: After they are found guilty, Charles and Diana are at home watching television. Diana gets up and goes to bed but Charles continues watching. He changes channel only to find a broadcast of ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' but then ''Chris Tarrant turns directly towards the camera'' and starts mocking Charles with a contemptuous sneer on his face, asking if he was telling the truth. Charles can only watch on with an expression of regret on his face, before he switches off the TV [[NothingIsScarier and the series ends]]. For a series that's BasedOnATrueStory and is pretty heavily grounded in reality, this is an [[SurpriseCreepy unusually surreal and scary note to go out on.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Many of the events in the show, despite seeming like the sort of thing that would be made up to make the dramatisation more interesting, really did happen, including the man employed solely to set off the confetti when the jackpot was won being caught on the hop, the trial being interrupted by an outbreak of coughing, and the judge asking Tarrant if that was his "final answer".

In 1998, ITV airs the new game show ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', which twists the previous format by giving contestants questions with four possible answers, {{lifelines}}, and the option to walk away at any time with their current winnings. Its true entertainment value is watching people under pressure. The show proves to be a smash hit, and gains the attention of British Army Major Charles Ingram and his family. They become determined to get on the show and win the jackpot, falling in with a network of fans who try to cheat the system.

** After turning off the tape, the TV switches to a live broadcast...of the World Trade Center on fire, with reports that a plane had flown into it. Like everyone else in the world on that day, they cannot believe what they are seeing. David Liddiment asks if this image is live out of sheer disbelief.

In 1998, ITV airs the new game show ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', which twists the previous format by giving contestants four possible answers, support lines, and the option to walk away at any time with their current winnings. Its true entertainment value is watching people under pressure. The show proves to be a smash hit, and gains the attention of British Army Major Charles Ingram and his family. They become determined to get on the show and win the jackpot, falling in with a network of fans who try to cheat the system.

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