
Would I Lie To You?
- TV panel show
- BBC One
- 2007 - 2025
- 160 episodes (18 series)
Panel show in which believable lies and unbelievable truths must be identified. Stars Rob Brydon, Angus Deayton, Lee Mack and David Mitchell.
- Due to return for Series 19
- Series 9, Christmas Special repeated at 7pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 521
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2
Home Truths
Trisha Goddard: I'm currently beating Jeremy Kyle 5 to 3 at internet Scrabble (Lie)
Ben Shephard: I've been offered £2,000 pounds by OK! Magazine for my dog's birthday (Lie)
Frankie Boyle: I have rated 98% on a psychopath test (True)
Ring of Truth
David Beckham recites the alphabet backwards before every match (Lie)
When filming My, Myself & Irene Jim Carrey missed his dog so much he bought him a three bedroom house near the set (True)
This Is My...
Trisha: Gareth came on my show to cure his fear of Scotch eggs (True)
Rich: Gareth pimped my ride and turned my car into the ultimate fishing mobile.
David: Gareth freed me from a theme park ride when my car got stuck
Final Round
David: This is the lock of snooker star Steve Davis's hair that I bought on eBay (Lie)
Frankie: I have written and published a book of love poems (Lie)
Lee: This is the coconut that nearly killed me (Lie)
Notes
David's team win 7 points to 5
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 18th July 2008
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Angus Deayton | Host / Presenter |
Lee Mack | Team Captain |
David Mitchell | Team Captain |
Paul Ridley | Announcer |
Frankie Boyle | Guest |
Trisha Goddard | Guest |
Ben Shephard | Guest |
Rich Hall | Guest |
Angus Deayton | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
Ged Parsons | Writer (Additional Material) |
Steve Punt | Writer (Additional Material) |
Charlie Skelton | Writer (Additional Material) |
Aiden Spackman | Writer (Additional Material) |
Christine Rose | Writer (Additional Material) |
Will Ing | Script Editor |
Barbara Wiltshire | Director |
Andrew Westwell | Producer |
Derek McLean | Producer |
Peter Holmes | Executive Producer |
Ruth Phillips | Executive Producer |
Tim Ellison | Editor |
Bex Murray | Editor |
Patrick Doherty | Production Designer |
Video
Does Trisha leads Jeremy Kyle 5-3 at internet scrabble?
Frankie Boyle rips into Trisha's claim that she leads Jeremy Kyle 5-3 at internet scrabble.
Featuring: Frankie Boyle & Trisha Goddard.
Press
The impressive thing about this featherweight panel game (apart from how funny it manages to be) is how hard it often is to tell when the panellists are lying and when they're telling the truth. I know they're all professional performers, so we shouldn't be surprised, but even so. There are exceptions, of course: at one stage Frankie Boyle, famous as a comedian red in tooth and claw, finds it hard to pretend that he once wrote a collection of love poems, but it's still fun watching him try - not very hard.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 18th July 2008The team leaders on this Call My Bluff-style show - Lee Mack and David Mitchell - are on sensationally good form. Unassuming and immensely accomplished, once again it is the comic highlight of the week. Honestly.
David Chater, The Times, 18th July 2008The truth is greatly over-rated, I reckon. Especially when the porkies this show dreams up are so much more entertaining. Its consistently hilarious off-the-cuff banter is perfect for a Friday night.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 18th July 2008It may be as lazy a format as you'll find on television at the moment, but that doesn't stop Would I Lie To You? from being thoroughly enjoyable.
Some comedians dislike Mock The Week as it is - quite obviously - heavily scripted, but the whole point of this show is that the panelists have to make up stories (or make the truth sound implausible) on the spot. What's also quite cool, of course, is that we do find out funny little facts about the panelists every week.
annawaits, TV Scoop, 17th July 2008