History Trivia / WouldILieToYou

* Apart from David Mitchell & Victoria Coren Mitchell, five other married or engaged couples have appeared (separately) on the show at different points: Ade Edmondson & Jennifer Saunders, Marcus Brigstocke & Rachel Parris, Vernon Kay & Tess Daly, Charlie Brooker & Konnie Huq, and Joe Swash & Stacey Solomon. There are two cases of parent and child both appearing on the show (Danny & Dani Dyer, and Martin & Roman Kemp), and one of brother & sister (Russell and Kerry Howard). There are five double acts that have both appeared on the show: Mitchell & Webb, Baddiel & Skinner, Reeves & Mortimer, Mel & Sue and Armstrong & Miller.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A myth persists that Angus Deayton was fired from the show because of his comments about Jimmy Savile in the final episode of Series 1 (this being several years before his death and posthumous outing as a serial child molester). The show was censured after complaints, and this led to the BBC promising to cut the jokes out of all future broadcasts (although the point ended up being moot, as the series was never repeated), but they had nothing whatsoever to do with Deayton's dismissal, which happened over 18 months later (they were pre-scripted jokes read off an autocue, so he would never have been held personally responsible for them). The actual reasons why Deayton either decided to or was prompted to leave the show have never been publicly discussed.

** One of Michael Aspel's "true" facts, shown in the series 2 ClipShow, was that he had received fanmail from then-host Angus Deayton.

* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Or perhaps more "So Kids In General Can Watch"; the 2016 Children in Need special featured four children in place of the usual celebrity guests, and the jokes and topics were a bit more kid-friendly than usual.

* OldShame: Nick Hewer has described wearing the "cuddle jumper"[[note]]an oversized, two headed jumper, which Rob allegedly wore with his wife[[/note]] with Rob Brydon as the most embarrassing experience of his life, and he regrets agreeing to do the show as a result.

* OldShame: Nick Hewer regrets his appearance in this programme, and claims he has never felt more embarrassed. Of course, his attempts to maintain his trademark sternness led a masterfully ComicallySerious performance.

* {{Blooper}}: During the "This Is My..." round of Series 14, Episode 7, in one shot a timecode clock appears during a shot of the mystery guest.

* In Series 11 Episode 8, David Mitchell says (as part of a claim) that in a Series 1 episode he claimed to only have one album (the full, [[spoiler:true]] story being that in the ten years since he's only brought one more). The original claim was never broadcast.

** The 2018 series was pulled midway through its run, leaving three episodes unshown, for no stated reason whatsoever. It was replaced with more repeats.
** The 2019 series was interrupted due to the 2019 General Election and the political parties' leaders televised debates.

** Creator/RogerMoore was announced as a guest on series 9, but did not appear at any of the recordings.

* TheCastShowoff: Rob will take any opportunity he can to start doing one of his impressions. Lampshaded in one episode where David Mitchell claims that the guest of the week owns a parrot that keeps complimenting him on his shoes; after pressing David for an impersonation of the parrot and being incredibly unimpressed with the (admittedly terrible) effort that David produces, Rob proceeds to offer his own impression of a parrot in what David can only assume is a roundabout way of Rob giving himself an excuse to do a parrot impression:

* AwesomeDearBoy: Many guests have professed to already being big fans of the show prior to appearing.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A myth persists that Angus Deayton was fired from the show because of his comments about Jimmy Savile in the final episode of Series 1 (this being several years before his death and posthumous outing as a serial child molester). The show was censured after complaints, and this led to the BBC promising to cut the jokes out of all future broadcasts (although the point ended up being moot, as the series was never repeated), but they had nothing whatsoever to do with Deayton's dismissal, which happened over 18 months later (they were pre-scripted jokes read off an autocue, so he would never have been held personally responsible for them).

* TheCastShowoff: Rob will take any opportunity he can to start doing one of his impressions. Lampshaded in one episode where David Mitchell claims that the guest of the week owns a parrot that keeps complimenting him on his shoes; after pressing David for an impersonation of the parrot and being incredibly unimpressed with the (admittedly terrible) effort that David produces, Rob proceeds to offer his own impression of a parrot in what David can only assume is a roundabout way of giving himself an excuse to do a parrot impression:

** Shown a few times with everyone reacting to Creator/HarryShearer when he came on the show. After Shearer read a fact about how he had to judge who had the best [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] impression between UsefulNotes/BarackObama, UsefulNotes/BillClinton, and [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]], Rob Brydon and Jason Manford immediately become excited at the prospect, with Rob saying that it's one of the best things that's ever happened to the show. Later, when Shearer is asked to tell if it was true or false, Shearer frames the reveal as a conversation between Mr. Burns and Smithers.