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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David Mitchell

John Finnemore

Henning Wehn

Lou Sanders

Graeme Garden

Jon Naismith

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 20: Episode 1

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

David Mitchell gets John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders and Graeme Garden to lie with some truths. From April 2018.

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.

The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as  as police, submarines, books and spiders. 

John Finnemore
Henning Wehn
Lou Sanders
Graeme Garden

Producer:  Richard Turner  

A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2018.

The Unbelievable Truth: Series 20

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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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