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 26: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 26

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

David Mitchell asks Zoe Lyons, Richard Osman, Henning Wehn and Holly Walsh to lie, with some truths. From August 2021.

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 insects, words, parties, and supermarkets. 

With:  

Zoe Lyons
Richard Osman
Henning Wehn
Holly Walsh

Producer: Jon Naismith

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

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 26

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