Would I Lie To You?
- TV panel show
- BBC One
- 2007 - 2025
- 161 episodes (18 series)
Panel show in which believable lies and unbelievable truths must be identified. Stars Rob Brydon, Angus Deayton, Lee Mack and David Mitchell.
- Returns on Monday on BBC1 at 7pm with Would I Lie To You? At Christmas, Christmas Special
- Series 13, Episode 8 repeated at 7pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 317
Key details
- Genre
- Panel Show
- Broadcast
- 2007 - 2025
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 161 (18 series), plus 22 highlights, out-takes and short specials
- Creator
- Peter Holmes
- Stars
- Rob Brydon, Angus Deayton, Lee Mack and David Mitchell
- Writers
- Angus Deayton, Frankie Boyle, Rob Colley, Dominic English, Dan Gaster, Ged Parsons, Steve Punt, Charlie Skelton and more
- Directors
- Barbara Wiltshire and David Coyle
- Producers
- Rachel Ablett, Karen Murdoch, Richard Cohen, Adam Copeland, Andrew Westwell, Derek McLean, Fiona McDermott, Kate Staples and more
- Company
Would I Lie To You? is a BBC One panel show originally hosted by Angus Deayton and now hosted by Rob Brydon.
Team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, with the help of two guests each, must hoodwink each other into believing that what is fake is true, and what is true is not.
The aim of the game is to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact. To do so, panellists need quick-wit and a poker face. Only those who can think on their feet will survive interrogation from the other team.
For example, Bill Oddie revealed he was saved from drowning by a character from Rainbow, Lorraine Kelly admitted she presented a live show whilst drunk, and it turned out Sir Terry Wogan used to set fire to colleague's scripts live on air. However, David Mitchell did not really kill a rat with his BAFTA and Nick Hewer was spinning a yarn when he described how he used to play ping-pong on the boardroom table with Lord Sugar.
Meanwhile Series 6 revealed that for three days running Des O'Connor accidentally ate cat food for dinner, Richard Madeley woke up one Christmas morning stark naked in his shoe cupboard, clutching nothing but two cans of fake snow; and Pointless 'brain box' Richard Osman once buried a badger with The Banker from Deal or No Deal. However, it was also revealed that Dale Winton did not used to go to sleep cuddling a potato, Lee Mack cannot tell if someone drinks tea or coffee just by listening to their stomach, and David Mitchell was not nicknamed 'TwoFlakes' by his local ice-cream man.
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Additional details
- Also known as
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- Would I Lie To You At Christmas?
- WILTY? (Acronym)
- Pants On Fire (Working title)
- Unbelievable (Working title)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
- UK Game Shows
A listing for Would I Lie To You? on the UK Game Shows website. - @WILTY_TV
- IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 16th June 2007 at 9:55pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- Series 13, Episode 8: Today at 7pm on U&Dave
- Series 13, Episode 8: Tomorrow at 12:40am on U&Dave
- Series 13, Episode 9: Tomorrow at 7pm on U&Dave
- Christmas Special: Saturday at 12:30am on BBC1
- Christmas Special: Tuesday at 11:20am on U&Dave
- Series 11, Out-takes: Wednesday at Midnight on U&Dave
- Christmas Special: Wednesday at 12:40am on U&Dave
- Christmas Special: Wednesday at 1:20am on U&Dave
- Series 13, Out-takes: Thursday 26th December at Midnight on U&Dave
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 19th December 2024 at 12:40am on U&Dave - Series 13, Episode 7
- Wednesday 18th December 2024 at 7:00pm on U&Dave - Series 13, Episode 7
- Wednesday 18th December 2024 at 12:40am on U&Dave - Series 13, Episode 6
Recording details
- Fountain Studios - Series 1 recorded at Fountain Studios in March and April 2007.
- BBC Television Centre - Series 2 recorded between 15th November and 18th December 2007.
- Pinewood Studios - Series 3 - 15 recorded at Pinewood Studios. Series 3 recorded between 15th March and 12th April 2009, Series 17-18
- Elstree Film & TV Studios - Series 16