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The "Quiz Show" Scandal

on BBC Two England

The story of how millions of American viewers were deceived in the 1950s by the rigging of popular TV quiz shows. As the scandal broke, shame and fear led dozens of highly-educated, middle-class people to perjure themselves before a grand jury. This documentary relates the sensational events which also provided the basis for Robert Redford's recent, Oscar-nominated film Quiz Show.

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