<P> On 24 July 2003, the British Army ordered Charles Ingram to resign his commission as a Major . </P> <P> James Plaskett has argued in favour of the innocence of Ingram, his wife, and Whittock . Plaskett's essay led to journalist Bob Woffinden, who had a long - time interest in miscarriages of justice, publishing a two - page article in the 9 October 2004 edition of the British newspaper the Daily Mail entitled' Is the Coughing Major Innocent?' Jon Ronson, who attended the trial and had written two articles about it in The Guardian, wrote a piece about Plaskett's theory entitled' Are the Millionaire three innocent?' In 2015 Woffinden and Plaskett published a book entitled Bad Show: The Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major, arguing that Ingram's appearance on the show coinciding with Whittock's was "chance". </P> <P> Plaskett may also be heard at Episode 29 of The Pod Delusion podcast being interviewed by political blogger, Mark Thompson, who was himself led by Plaskett's essay to take an interest in the case of The Millionaire Three . In January 2006, Plaskett himself made it into the hot seat and won £ 250,000 . He subsequently sponsored Ingram for £ 25,000 to run the 2006 Flora London Marathon for the charity SENSE . </P> <P> The participation of Robert Brydges raised the ire of Brydges's neighbour, Sarah Elliott, who said "Bob is loaded . When I found out he was going on the show I knew he would win . He's as sharp as a razor and has no problem under pressure . But gambling on the tricky questions must be a lot easier when you're already worth millions . I suppose £ 16,000 must seem like loose change to him ." Elliott's grandmother was less kind, saying "It is so unfair that someone like Robert should be allowed on the show . That family certainly does not need the money . It won't make any difference to them because they're filthy rich and live like millionaires anyway". In addition, the show has been called elitist: presenter Eamonn Holmes suggested live on GMTV that only millionaires or minor royals had a chance of winning the prize . A spokesman for Celador responded "Everybody has an equal chance to get on . It is impossible for us to check how much money people already have when they get on the show . We'd love a penniless binman as our next winner, but it never happens ." </P>

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