So, did they do it?
If you just finishedAMC’sQuiz, that’s probably the question you’re sitting with right now.
Over three episodes, the audience is split 50/50 on the Ingrams' guilt.
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Could they really have been guided to the correct answers by a coughing crowd member?
JAMES GRAHAM:I loved the story when it first became news here 15, 20 years ago.
I thought I knew it.
I thought I’d figured it out it was so well covered, and their guilt seemed so certain.
I put it to bed thinking that was it.
That brought the story to life.
I found all that really exciting.
I think it’s because TV is a narrative medium that’s its strength.
They’re a completely real organization.
I find them sort of strangely endearing.
Did you learn anything new about the story or the case in the making of the series?
We learned loads between the play and shooting the television drama.
It became really meta, strangely.
The creator, Paul Smith [played by Mark Bonnar], called me.
In fact, he wanted to meet members of the Syndicate, 20 years later.
As we were developing this TV drama, his intrigue was reawakened by the story.
I think he’s conflicted here.
Were there any new moments or scenes that were challenging to figure out logistically?
It’s about suspending the possibility that both of those things are true for the audience.
Can you imagine what would happen today with social media the way it is?
We have to talk about Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant.
He’s so convincing.
Were you excited we he took the role and then when you got to see him in action?
Was it difficult to strike that balance and not fall into mocking them?
It is also a very painful human story for this particular family.
