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Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack. Image credit: Zeppotron.

Repeat Scheduled:
  Tue 16th Mar (22.20, Dave) Go

Would I Lie To You?

A new series of this comedy is in production.

Comedy panel show hosted by Rob Brydon, with David Mitchell and Lee Mack as team captains. Previously hosted by Angus Deayton

AKA:
Unbelievable (Working Title); Pants On Fire (Working Title); WILTY?
Genre:
Panel Show
Broadcast:
2007 - 2009  (BBC One)
Episodes:
24 (3 series)
Starring:
Angus Deayton, Lee Mack, David Mitchell, Rob Brydon
Writers:
Angus Deayton, Frankie Boyle, Rob Colley, Dominic English, Dan Gaster, Ged Parsons, Steve Punt, Charlie Skelton, Aiden Spackman, Jez Stephenson, Simon Evans
Production:
Zeppotron

Would I Lie To You? is a BBC One panel show originally hosted by Angus Deayton and now hosted by Rob Brydon.

Team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, with the help of two guests each, must hoodwink each other into believing that what is fake is true, and what is true is not.

Guests confirmed for the new series include Fern Britton, Stephen Mangan, Ken Livingstone, Reginald D Hunter, Larry Lamb, Carol Vorderman, Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Davina McCall, Janet Street-Porter, Claudia Winkleman, Ronni Ancona, Danny Wallace, Jimmy Carr, Joanne Page, Frankie Boyle, Charlie Brooker, Michael Ball, Reece Shearsmith, Stephen Mangan and Jack Whitehall.

Our Review: Despite the fact it is comedy produced on the cheap, we have really enjoyed all the Would I Lie To You? episodes so far.

Team captains Mack and Mitchell are always funny (particularly with their posh .v. working class double-act routine). However, whilst still capable, Rob Brydon's hosting (Series 3) hasn't proved as popular as Angus Deayton's (Series 1 & 2). Consensus on our message board is that whilst amusing, he butts in far too often and is too demanding of attention on himself rather than the panellists and indeed what the game is meant to be. Sadly, it's not a view we can particularly argue against.

Perhaps the greatest thing about this show though is the interesting tidbits it throws up about our favourite comedians. For example, in the first series we found out Lee Mack was the stable boy for famous race horse Red Rum, Dom Joly was at school with Osama bin Laden and Frankie Boyle is allergic to coins. Meanwhile the second series featured some quite unbelievable truths - for example, Michael McIntyre admitted he really has worn bronzing powder since he was 12, and that he once owned a car that would only turn left.