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- Genre
- Panel Show
- Broadcast
- 2006 - 2019
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 129 (1 pilot + 21 series)
- Creators
- Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith
- Star
- David Mitchell
- Writers
- Iain Pattinson, Dan Gaster, Colin Swash, John Finnemore and Christine Rose
- Producers
- Jon Naismith and Richard Turner
This radio show, hosted by David Mitchell, sees four players each giving a lecture on a subject - with the majority of their speeches consisting of fabricated lies. However, each contestant must attempt to smuggle five strange-but-true facts past the rest of the panel, hoping that no-one will notice what they have said is the unbelievable truth.
- Tagline
- The panel game built on truth and lies.
- Production companies
- Soundtrack
- The theme tune is My Patch by Jim Noir.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Location
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 19th October 2006 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 28th January 2019 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Last repeat
- Tuesday 5th February 2019 at 5:30am on Radio 4 Extra
Website links
- Official Website
The homepage for the series provided by the BBC. - UK Game Shows
Another online article for the series. - @UnbelieveTruth
- Wikipedia