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Episode 6

David Mitchell gets Lucy Porter, Marcus Brigstocke, Richard Osman and Ria Lina to lie with some truths. From 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鈥檙e able to smuggle past their opponents.

The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Popes, insurance, Norway and surgery.

With:

Lucy Porter
Marcus Brigstocke
Richard Osman
Ria Lina

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2023.

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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Dec 2025 04:00

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