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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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Lloyd Langford

Josh Widdicombe

Susan Calman

David O'Doherty

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The Unbelievable Truth: Series 14: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 14

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

David Mitchell asks Lloyd Langford, Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty to hide truths in lies. From January 2015.

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. Lloyd Langford, Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as fakes, holes, cats and Marie Antoinette.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

Produced by Jon Naismith.
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 14

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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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