What Would Regis Do?

There is a funny case working its way through an English court now. No, not the Jones-Douglas wedding pics. The producers of the UK version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire allege that a contestant scooped the top prize by having a coded system of coughs with an accomplice. Specifically, the contestant would cycle out loud through each option and wait for a cough from the accomplice. The accomplice was also a contestant (waiting to get in the hot seat) and so was miked. The show's tapes clearly pick up the coughs although the show itself never aired. But check out the transcript -- the final two Q/As are particularly damning. The accomplice, a college lecturer, says he has a dust allergy.