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Game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies.

Game show in which panellists compete to see how many nuggets of truth they are able to hide amongst their lies.

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Frankie Boyle

Holly Walsh

Elis James

Mark Steel

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The Unbelievable Truth: Series 18: Episode 5

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Series 18

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Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.

David Mitchell gets Frankie Boyle, Holly Walsh, Elis James and Mark Steel to lie with some truths. From May 2017.

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. 

From ducks and words to Oliver Cromwell and astronauts. 

Frankie Boyle, Holly Walsh, Elis James and Mark Steel are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy. 

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2017.

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 18

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David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies

David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies and compete to see how many items of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents

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