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Essentially, a straightforward true-or-false quiz but done in the banter-heavy [[Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over]] style. In the first and last rounds, the questions take the form of facts and anecdotes provided by the guests themselves, while in between there are a number of other variations: celebrity "quotations", TV-related "facts" (heralded by shoehorned-in clips) and one game wherein a person is brought out from backstage and each panellist on a team claims to know them in one capacity or another. Typical Comedy Panel Game editing, i.e. the scores make no sense. | Essentially, a straightforward true-or-false quiz but done in the banter-heavy [[Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over]] style. In the first and last rounds, the questions take the form of facts and anecdotes provided by the guests themselves, while in between there are a number of other variations: celebrity "quotations", TV-related "facts" (heralded by shoehorned-in clips) and one game wherein a person is brought out from backstage and each panellist on a team claims to know them in one capacity or another. Typical Comedy Panel Game editing, i.e. the scores make no sense. | ||
| - | <div class="image">[[ | + | <div class="image">[[File:Would i lie fogle mitchell horwood.jpg|400px]]''The deeply mendacious [[Ben Fogle]], [[David Mitchell]] and [[Craig Revel Horwood]]''</div> |
The show debuted in the Saturday 10pm slot, which looked suspiciously like a burial (we remember [[The Murder Game]], even if no-one else does), but it has to be admitted, the years in development hell actually paid off. Somehow the format seems to bring out the best in the guests as well as the regulars, and unlike the [[Would I Lie to You? (1)|earlier show of the same name]], it's proper funny, like. And while Angus Deayton's presence has certainly lifted a few otherwise unremarkable formats in recent years ([[Hell's Kitchen]], [[Bognor or Bust]], [[Only Fools On Horses]]), this is arguably the first show where he's really looked at home since, well, [[Have I Got News for You|the big one]]. | The show debuted in the Saturday 10pm slot, which looked suspiciously like a burial (we remember [[The Murder Game]], even if no-one else does), but it has to be admitted, the years in development hell actually paid off. Somehow the format seems to bring out the best in the guests as well as the regulars, and unlike the [[Would I Lie to You? (1)|earlier show of the same name]], it's proper funny, like. And while Angus Deayton's presence has certainly lifted a few otherwise unremarkable formats in recent years ([[Hell's Kitchen]], [[Bognor or Bust]], [[Only Fools On Horses]]), this is arguably the first show where he's really looked at home since, well, [[Have I Got News for You|the big one]]. | ||
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Before settling on the final title, the show had previously been announced as ''Unbelievable'' and ''Pants on Fire''. Alan Carr was also announced as a team captain before being replaced by Lee Mack. | Before settling on the final title, the show had previously been announced as ''Unbelievable'' and ''Pants on Fire''. Alan Carr was also announced as a team captain before being replaced by Lee Mack. | ||
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One of [[Claudia Winkleman]]'s "true" stories was that she once wrote to ''Jim'll Fix It'' asking to meet Abba, but was offered a visit to a stilton factory instead, which she turned down. This was rebuffed in a letter to ''Radio Times'' by ''Fix It'' producer Roger Ordish, who said that "no-one who wrote in was ever offered an unrelated alternative... [we once] fixed it for someone to see how blue cheese was made, but that was in response to a request to see how blue cheese was made". | One of [[Claudia Winkleman]]'s "true" stories was that she once wrote to ''Jim'll Fix It'' asking to meet Abba, but was offered a visit to a stilton factory instead, which she turned down. This was rebuffed in a letter to ''Radio Times'' by ''Fix It'' producer Roger Ordish, who said that "no-one who wrote in was ever offered an unrelated alternative... [we once] fixed it for someone to see how blue cheese was made, but that was in response to a request to see how blue cheese was made". | ||
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Host
Angus Deayton (2007-8)
Rob Brydon (2009-)
Co-hosts
Team captains: David Mitchell and Lee Mack
Announcer: David De Keyser
Broadcast
Zeppotron for BBC One, 16 June 2007 - present
Synopsis
Essentially, a straightforward true-or-false quiz but done in the banter-heavy Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over style. In the first and last rounds, the questions take the form of facts and anecdotes provided by the guests themselves, while in between there are a number of other variations: celebrity "quotations", TV-related "facts" (heralded by shoehorned-in clips) and one game wherein a person is brought out from backstage and each panellist on a team claims to know them in one capacity or another. Typical Comedy Panel Game editing, i.e. the scores make no sense.
The show debuted in the Saturday 10pm slot, which looked suspiciously like a burial (we remember The Murder Game, even if no-one else does), but it has to be admitted, the years in development hell actually paid off. Somehow the format seems to bring out the best in the guests as well as the regulars, and unlike the earlier show of the same name, it's proper funny, like. And while Angus Deayton's presence has certainly lifted a few otherwise unremarkable formats in recent years (Hell's Kitchen, Bognor or Bust, Only Fools On Horses), this is arguably the first show where he's really looked at home since, well, the big one.
Trivia
Before settling on the final title, the show had previously been announced as Unbelievable and Pants on Fire. Alan Carr was also announced as a team captain before being replaced by Lee Mack.
Mack, Deayton, Mitchell.One of Claudia Winkleman's "true" stories was that she once wrote to Jim'll Fix It asking to meet Abba, but was offered a visit to a stilton factory instead, which she turned down. This was rebuffed in a letter to Radio Times by Fix It producer Roger Ordish, who said that "no-one who wrote in was ever offered an unrelated alternative... [we once] fixed it for someone to see how blue cheese was made, but that was in response to a request to see how blue cheese was made".
