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David Mitchell gets Alan Davies, Holly Walsh, Angela Barnes and Henning Wehn to lie with some truths. From May 2023.

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 horses, cleaning, airports and New Zealand.

With:

Alan Davies
Holly Walsh
Angela Barnes
Henning Wehn

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2023.

28 minutes

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