Editing Chris Tarrant (section)

===''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''===
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Tarrant began hosting the television quiz show ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' in 1998. The format was sold to over 100 other countries. Tarrant coined the format's catchphrase, "But we don't want to give you that," and continued his older catchphrase, "Is that your final answer?", contributing it to the format. Tarrant presented the ITV game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' from 1998 to 2014, while also providing some audio recordings for some console games, and a tabletop game made by [[Tiger Electronics]] based on the show. He recorded a total of 592 episodes across 30 series, in which a total of five contestants won the cash prize of £1 million. 

One contestant, [[Charles Ingram]], won the £1 million cash prize (and was declared by Tarrant as "the most amazing contestant we have ever, ever had") but was denied his winnings when it was determined that [[R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T.|he had cheated]]. Tarrant attended the trial regarding the Ingram fraud case. When called to testify, he stated that he had not noticed anything amiss during the filming and had not heard any coughing. He said that following the win the Ingrams had been behaving "as normal as people who had just won £1m would be in that situation." Tarrant also said that he would not have signed the cheque if he had had suspicions of cheating and was "shocked" when he heard about the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 March 2003 |title=Tarrant 'shocked' by Millionaire claims |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2842163.stm |url-status=live |accessdate=4 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040627134751/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2842163.stm |archive-date=27 June 2004}}</ref> 

In subsequent interviews about the Ingram case, Tarrant has always insisted he was totally unaware of any coughing around him at the time of Ingram's run, but realised something wasn't right after viewing the tape afterwards. He has also said he was very sad about the whole situation, saying: "This was a very cynical plan, motivated by sheer greed. It is hugely insulting to the hundreds and hundreds of other contestants who have come on the show, just hoping for much smaller amounts of money but prepared to try and win their money honestly."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavender |first=Jane |date=14 April 2020 |title=Chris Tarrant on exact moment he knew Charles Ingram was cheating on Millionaire |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/chris-tarrant-exact-moment-knew-21848031 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=mirror |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2000, Tarrant signed a contract with ITV to present the show until December 2002. This contract was later extended to 2013. On 22 October 2013, Tarrant announced that, after fifteen years of hosting the programme, he would be leaving ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', which consequently led ITV to axe the programme once his contract was finished; no more specials would be filmed after this announcement, leaving only those made before it to be aired as the final episodes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who Wants To Be A Millionaire axed as host Chris Tarrant decided 'it was time to take a break' |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-wants-millionaire-axed-host-2479545 |access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Millionaire axed as Tarrant quits |url=http://www.u.tv/entertainment/Millionaire-axed-as-Tarrant-quits/73946d68-1f14-4ad2-9d20-912ca13e275c |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152601/http://www.u.tv/entertainment/Millionaire-axed-as-Tarrant-quits/73946d68-1f14-4ad2-9d20-912ca13e275c |archive-date=22 October 2013 |access-date=22 October 2013 |website=[[UTV Media|u.tv]]}}</ref> After the final celebrity editions, Tarrant hosted a [[clip show]] entitled "Chris' Final Answer", which aired on 11 February 2014 and ended the original series.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Ellen |date=12 February 2014 |title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Chris's Final Answer – TV review: 'Tarrant isn't quite on the money' |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-chriss-final-answer-tv-review-tarrant-isnt-quite-on-the-money-with-9122226.html |access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, ITV commissioned a new series of ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'', to be presented by new host [[Jeremy Clarkson]]. In a television interview, Tarrant said he had chosen not to watch the revived series. He said he would have "politely turned down" an offer by the network to return to the show had he been approached.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

In 2020, a TV mini-series, ''[[Quiz (TV series)|Quiz]]'', about Ingram's attempt to win a million pounds on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' by cheating, was released. Tarrant was portrayed by the actor [[Michael Sheen]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 2019 |title=Michael Sheen transforms into Chris Tarrant for Millionaire TV drama |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50419997 |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>