TV producer Paul Smith turns Who Wants to be a Millionaire? into an overnight sensation, and one family's much-loved pub quiz hobby turns into outright obsession.

When Charles Ingram, a seemingly hopeless contestant, returns for his second night in the hot seat, he is a brand new man with a brand new strategy; with the audience on the edge of their seats, Charles dithers and about-turns up the question ladder.

Charged with stealing a million pounds and persecuted by the public and the press, the Ingrams head to court. At first it seems it is an open and shut case, but as the trial gets underway, the jury learns there is far more to the story.