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When Sir Alex was on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'

The drama is based on Major Charles Ingram's controversial winning of the top prize and Michael Sheen is among the cast, playing host Chris Tarrant.

Sir Alex Ferguson first appeared on a charity version of the popular game show in 2004, alongside Eamonn Holmes, but was left extremely frustrated at failing to answer the £64,000 question correctly. Indeed, some seven years later, he was still stewing on the subject, as he brought it up with Inside United, our official magazine!

“Well, I was on it with Eamonn Holmes in 2004 and we phoned Brian McClair – but he was useless!