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A former contestant on the TV Quiz Show Who wants to be a millionaire, says he may have unintentionally helped Charles Ingram cheat on the way to The Jackpot .

James Thomson , 64, was in the studio audience on The Night in 2001 when The Money was won.

he says that He gave innocent a response to Tecwen Whittock, the later convicted for his role in a plot to use to mean to cough, the right answers.

"I happen to know The Answer to," said Mr. Thomson. "The rest is history. "

The charges against Ingram and Whittock, as shown in This Week in a three-part ITV drama about The Incident was that, if Ingram don't know The Answer to A Question , he verbally listed The Four options. In this stage, Whittock, sitting in another candidate on The Show , was in the "fastest finger" seats and coughed, to confirm the should choose a Ingram, like his last answer.

But as the drama, called the Quiz, itself, Whittock himself was stumped when it came to the £1m Question , what is "A Number One followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name?".

In this stage, the showed drama, he whispered to ask one of the other competitors in the "fastest finger" seats, his Opinion - But Mr Thomson, who was sitting in the studio audience close to Whittock, says that he consulted quietly with him.

Because your conversation seemingly out of earshot of the Ingram, The Show 's host, Chris Tarrant , and it didn't seem to hurt to talk about that, Mr Thomson said Whittock, that he knew The Answer was "Googol".

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Ingram, a former British Army major, and his wife Diana, both 39, and College Lecturer Whittock were all found guilty of cheating in 2003, a conspiracy of The Show .

Charles and Diana Ingram received a suspended prison

penalties determined by The Court that Ingram, who reached the £1m Prize , was guided to the correct answers with The Help of deliberately timed coughs from Whittock.

James Thomson , a former retail manager, originally had admits from Belfast, But now lives in the vicinity of Lincoln, he noted that the cough was in The Night intentionally, But says he was suspicious, how about the main Prize was won.

He told Bbc News : "I have to say that I'm not aware of any cough.

"I focused more on Major Ingram and Chris Tarrant through the whole program.

"I was not really aware of any background noise. The people coughing and sneezing and Everything Else , But when it came to The Million -pound Question , oddly enough, I happen to know The Answer to. "

Sian Clifford and Matthew Macfadyen Diana and Charles Ingram play in a three-part ITV series, with the title of the Quiz.

He Said it was clear that Charles Ingram "had clearly not the faintest idea what The Answer was."

"He Said , 'I think it's googol" and at some point in exchange Tecwen Whittock asked me if I knew The Answer , and I said 'Yes ' ... I said something like, "yeah, he's right, it's googol'. "

He added: "The great deeds, to plump for googol, and of course the rest is history, he won a million pounds on the evening. "

" Very strange,'

Yes , how suspicious, Mr Thomson was at The End of the quiz?

He Said : "I thought it was something, not fraudulent or dishonest, But there is something very, very strange is unfolding in front of my eyes. "

On the ITV drama, He Said : "From my point of view, in view of the fact that you were transferred, I thought that it is given well or shown Major Ingram and his wife, rather to understanding. "

He added: "Obviously at The End of the drama it says that they are considering a claim, you do not know, after 19 years, why?"

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Source of news: bbc.com