Would I Lie to You?


12:00 pm - 12:40 pm, Friday, May 15 on U&Dave (19)

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Season 9, Episode 5

Sports commentator Clare Balding, Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and comedians Rhod Gilbert and Rob Delaney join forces with team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack on the panel show in which participants attempt to deceive their opponents with plausible lies. Hosted by Rob Brydon


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Cast & Crew

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David Mitchell (Team captain)
Lee Mack (Team captain)
Clare Balding (Panellist)
Rhod Gilbert (Panellist)
Nick Grimshaw (Panellist)
Rob Delaney (Panellist)
Richard Cohen (Series producer)
Rachel Ablett (Executive producer)
Peter Holmes (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)

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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.
Rhod Gilbert (Panellist)
Born: October 18, 1968 in Carmarthen
Best Known For: His brilliant performances on Live at the Apollo
Early-life: Born Rhodri Paul Gilbert in Carmarthen, Wales, on October 18, 1968. He has two siblings; their parents were both teachers. Rhod studied languages at Exeter University. On graduation he spent 18 months travelling around Australia before working as a qualitative researcher for various market research agencies in London. He got into professional comedy in 2002, after being nagged into taking a comedy course by his girlfriend. Within 18 months, he had won several different talent competitions.
Career: Gilbert was nominated for the Perrier Newcomer award for his first solo show in 2005 at Edinburgh entitled 1984. He has since performed worldwide, and was the first Western comedian to appear in Taiwan. He has featured several times on shows such as Mock the Week, Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Other TV projects include Live at the Apollo, Ask Rhod Gilbert and Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience. He also presents a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales and became the presenter of Never Mind the Buzzcocks in September 2014.
Quote: 'In the Bible, God made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. That's a pretty good summer for us in Wales. That's a hosepipe ban waiting to happen. I was eight before I realised you could take a cagoule off.'
Trivia: Gilbert claims to have been so shy during his early days at university that he felt unable to eat in the students' canteen or befriend the guy living in the room next door.
Nick Grimshaw (Panellist)
Born: August 14, 1984 in Oldham
Best Known For: Being a Radio 1 DJ and a judge on The X Factor.
Early-life: Born Nicholas Peter Grimshaw in Oldham on August 14, 1984. He studied Communication and Media Studies at the University of Liverpool. In 2007 he joined Radio 1 to present the youth strand Switch. From August 2008 to May 2009, he hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show, and went on to present the 10pm-midnight slot on the station from June 2009.
Career: Grimshaw's big break came in July 2012 when it was announced he would be replacing Chris Moyles as host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. On TV, Grimshaw has hosted Freshly Squeezed, Style the Nation and The Music Show on Channel 4. In 2013, he filmed cameo roles in EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Home and Away. He has appeared as a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2015, he became a judge on The X Factor.
Quote: 'I can't bear the early mornings.'
Trivia: In 2014, Grimshaw completed a 12-hour bike ride to raise money for Sport Relief.
Rob Delaney (Panellist)
Born: January 19, 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts
Best Known For: Being a comedian and actor.
Early-life: Rob was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1977. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in musical theatre. During this time, he was an alcoholic. In 2002, he blacked out while driving and drove his car into a building. He broke his left wrist and right arm.
Career: Delaney went on to work on the LA comedy circuit for a few years and landed a couple of minor TV and movie roles. He raised his public profile when he started publishing material on Twitter. This led to him becoming the first comedian to win the Funniest Person on Twitter Award at a ceremony hosted by Comedy Central in 2012. He has more than 1.3 million Twitter followers. In 2015, he co-created the Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan. They also star in the show. He moved to London in 2014 and since then he has appeared on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. His memoir Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. was published in 2013.
Quote: On his stand-up: 'I hope when I talk about something awful that I'm enjoying myself enough and appear to be coming at it from reasonable mental health, so you don't feel like you're watching someone unravel in a dangerous way onstage.'
Trivia: Delaney supports the Boston Red Sox.
Christopher Barbour (Producer)
Barbara Wiltshire (Director)
Richard Cohen (Series producer)
Rachel Ablett (Executive producer)
Peter Holmes (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)

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