I know this has been done before but has anyone mentioned Victoria Coren Mitchell? This is from this weeks Only Connect
She's the wife of David Mitchell, who you probably don't know either! He's a comedian who was in Peep Show with Robert Webb, and they had their own sketch show too. He's now a captain on Would I Lie To You... Watch any clip with Bob Mortimer, he's mental Only Connect is a quiz show for extremely brainy people!
I know who he is steelsy We watch a lot of the UK channel if there's nothing else on But is she only famous for being his wife
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Coren_Mitchell It's an interesting read, she's done very well out of poker.... But, this is my favourite bit... Ormerod Hoax In 2007, after the death of her father, having put a notice in The Times inviting those who knew him to attend a service, she was warned by a friend that a "gang of serial funeral crashers" based in the south of England were checking death notices to find funerals and memorial services to crash for their own enjoyment. After receiving some suspicious email replies to her notice, she instigated a hoax to trap the group. She created "Sir William Ormerod", along with an online encyclopaedia entry and placed a death notice. A week later, she placed another notice in The Times "in the guise of his grieving boyfriend Peter" for his memorial service "followed by a drinks reception".[20][citation needed] She reported that the group duly claimed to have known Ormerod and applied for tickets.[21] After first suggesting holding the memorial service and putting laxative in the canapés, she got a friend to telephone the ringleader (a serial fraudster and ex-magistrate)[22] to let it be known that she knew who they were and that he was not welcome but she let the others in the gang come to her father's service, "gave them a drink and sent them on their way".[23] She has written articles in the The Observer about her experience.
