Would I Lie to You? | |
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Titles used since series 3
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Genre | Comedy Panel game |
Directed by | Barbara Wiltshire (2007–2008, 2011–) David Coyle (2009–2010) |
Presented by |
Angus Deayton (2007–2008) Rob Brydon (2009–) |
Starring |
Team Captains David Mitchell Lee Mack |
Voices of |
David de Keyser (2007) Paul Ridley (2008–2010) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 10 |
No. of episodes | 90 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Peter Holmes Ruth Phillips Gilly Hall (2011–) |
Producer(s) | Andrew Westwell (2007–2008) Derek McLean (2007–2009) Fiona McDermott (2009–2010) Rachel Ablett (2011–) Kate Staples (2011) Stephanie McIntosh (2012–) |
Location(s) |
The Fountain Studios (2007) BBC Television Centre (2008) Pinewood Studios (2009–) |
Editor(s) | Steve Andrews (2007–2008) Tim Ellison (2007–2008) Bex Murray (2007–2008) Steve Nayler (2009–) Tom Munden (2011–) |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Zeppotron |
Distributor | Endemol UK |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format |
PAL (576i) (2007–2010) HDTV (1080i) (2011–) |
Original release | 16 June 2007 | – present
External links | |
Official website |
Would I Lie to You? is a British comedy panel show aired on BBC One, made by Zeppotron for the BBC. It was first broadcast on 16 June 2007.
The show was presented by Angus Deayton in 2007 and 2008 and by Rob Brydon (who had appeared as a guest panellist in the second series) from 2009 onwards. The team captains are comedians David Mitchell and Lee Mack. As revealed by Lee Mack on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on 19 September 2014, Alan Carr was a team captain in the pilot but subsequently turned down an offer to appear on later shows. For each show, two celebrity guests join each of the team captains. The teams compete as each player reveals unusual facts and embarrassing personal tales for the evaluation of the opposing team. Some of these are true; some are not, and panellists’ task is to decide which is which.
The first series was recorded at The Fountain Studios in Wembley during March and April 2007, and aired at 21:55 between 16 June and 28 July 2007 on BBC One (missing a week for coverage of the Concert for Diana memorial event).
Filming for the second series took place between 15 November and 18 December 2007. The second series was filmed at BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, because the Fountain Studios were being used for The X Factor at the time. The second series aired at 21:00 between 11 July 2008 and 29 August 2008 on BBC One, and contained eight shows, an increase of two from series one. A compilation episode featuring some previously unaired material was aired on 19 September 2008 at 21:30 on BBC One.
Filming of a third series of eight episodes took place at Pinewood Studios during March and April 2009, and was broadcast between 10 August 2009 and 29 September 2009 on BBC One at 22:35. A compilation episode was also recorded. The airdate was 17 December 2009, due to the addition of Match of the Day to the BBC One schedule.