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Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss truth, lies and honesty.

Dominic Arkwright, Michael Simkins, Funke Baffour and Tom Mitchelson on truth and lies in everyday life. From 2012.

There is a well known advert for woodstain with the modest boast, "It does what it says on the tin." 

This is the theme for our trio of writers - actor Michael Simkins, psychologist Dr Funke Baffour, and journalist Tom Mitchelson. 

Truth and lies in everyday life, and how honest are we with those we love, including ourselves.

Tom Mitchelson reveals a sideline as an investigative journalist - infiltrating a male bonding cult, posing as a playboy, pretending to be a foreign language teacher - to get at a higher truth. "I find it exhilarating," he confesses. 

Not everything is as it seems - as presented by Dominic Arkwright.

Producer: Miles Warde 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

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