Would I Lie To You? (TV series)

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Would I Lie To You?
Format	Comedy panel game
Presented by	Angus Deayton
Starring	David Mitchell Lee Mack
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Running time	30 min.
Production company(s)	Zeppotron (Endemol)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Picture format	PAL (576i)
Original run	16 June 2007 – present
External links
IMDb profile

Would I Lie To You? is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for BBC One. It was first broadcast on June 16, 2007.

Contents 1 Format 1.1 Rounds 2 Episodes 2.1 Series 1 2.2 Series 2 3 Reception 3.1 Ratings 4 References

[edit] Format

The show is presented by Angus Deayton. The team captains are comedians David Mitchell and Lee Mack.

For each show, two celebrity guests join each of the team captains. The two teams then compete head-to-head with each player revealing incredible facts and embarrassing personal tales for the consideration of the opposing team. Some of the yarns are true; some are not, and it’s the panellists’ task to separate the facts from the fabrications.

The first series aired at 21:55 between June 16, 2007 and July 28, 2007 on BBC One, and was recorded at Fountain Studios in Wembley during March and April 2007.

Filming for the second series took place between the November 15, 2007 and December 18, 2007. The second series was filmed in the BBC Television Centre in West London, as the Fountain Studios were being used for The X Factor at the time. The second series began airing on July 11, 2008, at 9pm on BBC One. It will contain eight shows, an increase of two from series one. There will also be a compilation episode aired at the end of the series.^[1]

[edit] Rounds

• "Home Truths": Panellists read out a statement about themselves, the opposing team have to decide whether it is true or false
• "Ring of Truth": A celebrity fact is read out, each team have to reach a joint decision whether it is true or false
• "This is My...": A guest person is introduced, panellists on one of the teams tell the opposing team about their relationship to the guest person. Interestingly, the person in question has always, without exception, "belonged" to the panelist on the end, closest to Angus.
• "Quick-Fire Round": Same as "Home Truths" but against the clock. In series two a 'possessions' element was introduced; the panellist takes an item out of a box and has to convince the opposing team that it belongs to them.
• "Telly Tales": Clips from a TV show are shown, a panellist from one team reads out a statement about the show which the opposing team have to guess whether it is true or false. In series 2, the statement was read out by Angus.

[edit] Episodes

The following is a list of episodes, guest panellists and the broadcast details:

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

     -- indicates David's team won.

     -- indicates Lee's team won.

     -- indicates the game ended in a draw.

[edit] Series 1

Episode	Broadcast	David's guests	Lee's guests	Scores
1	16 June 2007	Frankie Boyle and Duncan Bannatyne	Natalie Cassidy and Dom Joly	11-11
2	23 June 2007	Patrick McGuinness and Fay Ripley	John Barrowman and Dominic Wood	10 - 6
3	30 June 2007	Dara Ó Briain and Eamonn Holmes	Ulrika Jonsson and Jimmy Carr	13 - 6
4	14 July 2007	Jason Manford and Myleene Klass	Leslie Ash and Neil Morrissey	11 - 7
5	21 July 2007	Russell Howard and Wendy Richard	Len Goodman and Vic Reeves	11 - 9
6	28 July 2007	Harry Enfield and Claudia Winkleman	Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Dave Spikey	9 - 8

[edit] Series 2

This list will be updated as the series airs.

Episode	Air Date	David's guests	Lee's guests	Scores
1	11 July 2008	Rob Brydon and Krishnan Guru-Murthy	Gabby Logan and Robert Webb	7-6
2	18 July 2008	Trisha Goddard and Rich Hall	Frankie Boyle and Ben Shephard	7-5
3	25 July 2008	David Baddiel and Maureen Lipman	Jimmy Carr and Richard Wilson	6-5
4	1 August 2008	Michael Aspel and Dara Ó Briain	Jason Manford and Davina McCall	7-5
5	8 August 2008	Olivia Colman and Peter Serafinowicz	Hugh Dennis and Eamonn Holmes	8-6
6	15 August 2008	Anton du Beke and Danny Baker	Michael Buerk and Russell Howard	7-6
7	22 August 2008	Vic Reeves and Shane Richie	Rhys Thomas and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
8	29 August 2008	Michael McIntyre and Phil Daniels	Graeme Garden and Lauren Laverne

[edit] Reception

[edit] Ratings

The first show of Series 1 had 3.8 million viewers, a 19% audience share at the time it was broadcast.^[2]

The first show of Series 2 had three million viewers and a 14% audience share.^[3] Later episodes indicated ratings of 2.7 - 3.2 million.^{[4] [5] [6]}

[edit] References

• Would I Lie to You? at the Internet Movie Database
• Digital Spy - Angus Deayton Returns To The BBC
• Endemol UK Announces show details
• Would I Lie to You? at UKGameshows.com
• Zeppotron Website - Show Details