If you are obsessed with TV show scandals, here are six shows you need to watch.
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From to The Price is Right, game shows have brought us some of the biggest TV scandals of all time.
controversial £1 million win has for all the wrong reasons, as has the 2001 reality show scam which rocked the lives of 30 TV hopefuls.
Scandals have also reached us from across the pond, with stories of game show fanatics studying programmes in order to win huge prizes and dramatisations about what could happen if insider info gets into the wrong hands.
Here are the six greatest programmes about TV show scandals that you need to watch.
Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much
The 2017 documentary tells the story of how maths teacher Ted Slauson became fascinated with the American game show The Price Is Right. Slauson’s love of the show drove him to memorise product prices and help contestant Terry Kniess bid perfectly on a showcase in 2008.
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: The Million Pound Question
The 2020 documentary series revisits the best moments from the game show and the contestants who won £1 million. It tells the stories of winners including Judith Keppel and the “Coughing Major” Charles Ingram.
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The Greatest Show Never Made
The documentary series follows six people who were tricked into giving up their lives to participate in a fake reality show. Two decades after the scandal, the victims try to make sense of the fallout and how it changed their lives forever.
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The Quiz Show Scandal
The 2010 South Korean film sees people involved in a car accident accidentally informed of the answer to the last question of a quiz show with a prize of over $10 million. On the day of the show, the same people gather again to compete against each other to try and win the fortune.
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