Would I Lie to You?


9:20 pm - 10:00 pm, Monday, December 22 on U&Dave ja vu (74)

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Season 13, Episode 2

Clare Balding, Asim Chaudhry, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Greg James join host Rob Brydon and regular captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack on the comedy panel show. As ever, the participants aim to hoodwink their opponents with absurd facts and plausible lies about themselves in a bid to secure a team victory


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Comedy Game Show/Quiz/Contest Movie/Drama Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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David Mitchell (Team captain)
Lee Mack (Team captain)
Clare Balding (Panellist)
Asim Chaudhry (Panellist)
Greg James (Panellist)
Chloe Sibthorp (Producer)
Adam Copeland (Series producer)
Peter Holmes (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)
Rachel Ablett (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

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Rob Brydon (Host)
Born: May 03, 1965 in Swansea
Best Known For: His chat show and Gavin & Stacey.
Early-life: Born Robert Brydon Jones in Swansea, South Wales, on May 3, 1965. His early years were spent in Baglan near Port Talbot before he and his family moved to Porthcawl. He attended two secondary schools, one alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, the other with Ruth Jones. Under the guidance of his drama teacher at the local comprehensive school, his interest in acting grew, leading to him attending The Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. During the second year of his course, he quit to work for BBC Wales and enjoyed six years of presenting work on local TV and radio stations.
Career: While still presenting, Brydon ventured into comedy, and made ends meet by providing voices for adverts and animations. A small role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels inspired him to make a short film of his comic characters; series of Marion & Geoff, A Small Summer Party and The Keith Barret Show followed. Other credits include Director's Commentary, Human Remains, Supernova, A Cock and Bull Story, Little Britain, Annually Retentive and Gavin & Stacey. He's also hosted his own BBC chat show and has chaired the comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? since 2009. In 2010, he starred alongside Steve Coogan in the partially improvised BBC Two sitcom The Trip and has since appeared in its follow-up.
Quote: "I was always very good with girls, I could talk to them no problem at all. But I could never close the deal. You need Dutch courage to do that, to kiss them."
Trivia: He released an autobiography, Small Man in a Book, in 2011.
David Mitchell (Team captain)
Born: July 14, 1974 in Salisbury
Best Known For: Being one half of hysterical duo Mitchell and Webb.
Early-life: Born David James Stuart Mitchell in Salisbury on July 14, 1974. He has a younger brother called Daniel. His parents were hotel managers who later moved to Oxford, where they became lecturers in hotel management. He claims he always wanted to be an actor or comedian, but told people he planned to become a barrister to please his parents. In 1993 David went to Peterhouse College, Cambridge, to study history. He performed with the famous Cambridge Footlights, eventually becoming the society president. It was in his first year at university that he met Robert Webb at an audition for a student pantomime production of Cinderella.
Career: After graduating, Mitchell worked an usher at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He and Webb took a number of shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before being asked to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for surreal comedy series Big Train. In 2001, they made their first sketch show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct cable channel Play UK. Their next project came in 2003, with the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. They've also worked together on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and the film Magicians. Solo, Mitchell has appeared on 10 O'Clock Live and numerous panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, where he's a regular team captain. His autobiography, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in 2012.
Quote: "I think, fundamentally, the people I want to make laugh are British. I can't ever imagine living abroad."
Trivia: He writes columns for The Observer and The Guardian.
Lee Mack (Team captain)
Born: August 04, 1968 in Southport
Best Known For: His role as namesake Lee in BBC comedy Not Going Out.
Early-life: Born Lee Gordon McKillop in Southport, Manchester. He lived with his parents above a pub before their divorce and he relocated to Blackburn. He left school at sixteen and worked as a stable boy and a bingo caller before his talent for performing was realised. He joined Pontin's as a Bluecoat but was sacked for shouting profanities at the audience and going on stage drunk. He entered an open-mike competition in 1994 and his talent was so obvious that he was to become a full-time comic within 18 months.
Career: His success as a stand-up was crowned when he won an award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He came to the attention of TV bosses after a stint on the radio. Lee was cast in The Sketch show alongside long-term collaborator Tim Vine. After a short-lived stint presenting They Think It's All Over, Mack and Vine began work on Not Going Out. The series revolves around two friends with opposite backgrounds and personalities, much like the two comics themselves. Mack has recently become a regular on comedy panel shows such as Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. He also has sell-out tours and best-selling DVDs to his name.
Quote: "I'm not as bothered about being as cool as I was 10 years ago. I quite like the idea of being phenomenally uncool."
Trivia: In June 2012, Mack was one of the comperes at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace.
Clare Balding (Panellist)
Born: January 29, 1971 in Kingsclere, Hampshire
Best Known For: Fronting the BBC's horse-racing coverage
Early-life: Clare Victoria Balding was born in Kingsclere, Hampshire, on January 29, 1971. Her father Ian and uncles Toby and William were horse trainers whose love of the sport was passed on to the young rider. She was a leading amateur flat jockey in 1989 and 1990, the same year which saw her crowned as Champion Lady Rider. She left the saddle behind in 1991 to study English at Cambridge, and in 1993 landed her first job in entertainment, presenting the racing bulletin on BBC Radio Five's Danny Baker's Morning Edition.
Career: From there, she progressed to the revamped Radio Five Live, joining the station at its launch in 1994. In that summer, thanks to a recommendation from commentator Julian Wilson, Clare made her TV debut at Royal Ascot, eventually taking over full-time in 1997 alongside former jockey Willie Carson. Since then, she's been a regular on the small screen presenting a wide range of sports, including Wimbledon, the Olympics, and rugby league. She's also branched out into non-sport programmes with the likes of Crufts, Have I Got News For You and Call My Bluff. She's a prolific radio presenter and in 2012 published her autobiography, entitled My Animals and Other Family.
Quote: On moving to London: "I missed the countryside, the village shop where people looked me in the eye and said hello."
Trivia: She received an OBE in 2013 for services to broadcasting and journalism.
Asim Chaudhry (Panellist)
Victoria Coren Mitchell (Panellist)
Greg James (Panellist)
Born: December 17, 1985 in Bishop's Stortford
Best Known For: His work on Radio 1.
Early-life: Greg was born in Bishop's Stortford on December 17, 1985. He went on to study drama at the University of East Anglia and during his time there, he presented several shows on the students' union radio station, becoming the station manager in 2006.
Career: James' big break came in October 2007 when he began presenting the Radio 1 Early Breakfast show. Since 2012, he has presented Radio 1's 4-7pm slot. He also co-hosts Not Just Cricket and Fighting Talk on Radio 5 Live. On TV, James has presented Britain Unzipped and I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse, and co-hosted coverage of various music festivals.
Quote: "I would never be put off by anyone's level of fame. I don't hide from the showbiz world, I've just worked out what I like."
Trivia: In 2014, James won a Gold Radio Academy Award. In 2013, he journeyed along the Zambezi River for five days to raise money for Comic Relief. He is an ambassador for the Stroke Association and the Lord's Taverners.
Hannah Duncombe (Producer)
Chloe Sibthorp (Producer)
Barbara Wiltshire (Director)
Adam Copeland (Series producer)
Peter Holmes (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)
Rachel Ablett (Executive producer)

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