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5. Sugar, Saints, Spiders and Heavy Metal

David Mitchell invites Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons and Tony Hawks to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as sugar, saints, spiders and heavy metal.

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they鈥檙e able to smuggle past their opponents.

Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons and Tony Hawks are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as sugar, saints, spiders and heavy metal.

The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith

Producer: Jon Naismith

A Random Entertainment production for 麻豆社 Radio 4

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28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Mon 19 Jan 2026 18:30
  • Sun 25 Jan 2026 12:30
  • Mon 26 Jan 2026 09:00
  • Mon 26 Jan 2026 22:00

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