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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Series 23

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

David Mitchell gets Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Tony Hawks and Sally Phillips to lie with some truths. From 2019.

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

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

The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as actors, rules, dogs and Finland.

Holly Walsh
Henning Wehn
Tony Hawks
Sally Phillips 

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 23

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