The Unbelievable Truth

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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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Mark Steel

Holly Walsh

Tony Hawks

Fred MacAulay

Jon Naismith

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 19: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 19

BBC Radio 4 - The Unbelievable Truth, Series 19, Episode 6

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

David Mitchell gets Mark Steel, Holly Walsh, Tony Hawks and Fred Macaulay to lie with some truths. From 2017.

David Mitchell hosts the panel game where four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.

They must compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.

Obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as doughnuts, jellyfish, twitter and Star Wars:  

Mark Steel
Holly Walsh
Tony Hawks
Fred Macaulay
 
Producer: Jon Naismith 

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

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 19

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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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