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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The Unbelievable Truth: Series 25: Episode 3

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Series 25

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

David Mitchell gets three celebrity comedic couples to lie with some truths. With Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney. From 2021.

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which 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 rabbits, marriage, and crisps. 

It's a Comedy Couples special with:  

Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney
Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris
Lucy Porter and Justin Edwards 

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2021.

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 25

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