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** The 2018 series was pulled midway through its run, leaving three episodes unshown, for no stated reason whatsoever. It was replaced with more repeats.
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* 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.
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** 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 Creator/BarackObama, Creator/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.
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** 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 Creator/BarackObama, Creator/BillClinton, 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.
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** Lee was particularly beside himself when Ronnie Corbett's claim in the Quick Fire Lies round was a reference to the famous ''[[Series/TheTwoRonnies Two Ronnies]]'' sketch and insisted on trying to run a little of it with him, saying it was a boyhood dream to [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat ask Ronnie Corbett if he meant four candles or "handles for forks."]]
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** Lee was particularly beside himself when Ronnie Corbett's Creator/RonnieCorbett's claim in the Quick Fire Lies round was a reference to the famous ''[[Series/TheTwoRonnies Two Ronnies]]'' sketch and insisted on trying to run a little of it with him, saying it was a boyhood dream to [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat ask Ronnie Corbett if he meant four candles or "handles for forks."]]
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--->'''Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns'''': Burns''': All right, I will.
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** 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 Creator/BarackObama, Creator/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.
--->'''Harry Shearer as Smithers''': Sir, you have to tell them now.
--->'''Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns'''': All right, I will.
--->''(The audience laughs and Shearer's teammate, Sara Cox, can be seen shaking her hands and gasping with excitement at what just happened.)''
--->'''Lee''': ''(holding back a chuckle)'' Don't rush it, because I want to hear that again.
--->'''Harry Shearer as Smithers''': Sir, you have to tell them now.
--->'''Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns'''': All right, I will.
--->''(The audience laughs and Shearer's teammate, Sara Cox, can be seen shaking her hands and gasping with excitement at what just happened.)''
--->'''Lee''': ''(holding back a chuckle)'' Don't rush it, because I want to hear that again.
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* 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.
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** The BBC ''refused to broadcast the 2017 series'', for no reason whatsoever. They showed repeats in its place.
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** The BBC ''refused to broadcast the 2017 series'', for no reason whatsoever. They showed repeats in its place. It eventually turned up on Monday nights at the last possible moment (suggesting they actually had forgotten about it), whilst they continued to show sitcom repeats on the Friday.
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* ActorAllusion: Sometimes with a few of the lies written for the guests, such as [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Neil Morrissey]] claiming to have had an extension on his house made by a builder named Bob, or [[TheTwoRonnies Ronnie Corbett]] claiming to have asked for four candles in a hardware store.
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* ActorAllusion: Sometimes with a few of the lies written for the guests, such as [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Neil Morrissey]] claiming to have had an extension on his house made by a builder named Bob, or [[TheTwoRonnies [[Series/TheTwoRonnies Ronnie Corbett]] claiming to have asked for four candles in a hardware store.
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** Lee was particularly beside himself when Ronnie Corbett's claim in the Quick Fire Lies round was a reference to the famous ''[[TheTwoRonnies Two Ronnies]]'' sketch and insisted on trying to run a little of it with him, saying it was a boyhood dream to [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat ask Ronnie Corbett if he meant four candles or "handles for forks."]]
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** Lee was particularly beside himself when Ronnie Corbett's claim in the Quick Fire Lies round was a reference to the famous ''[[TheTwoRonnies ''[[Series/TheTwoRonnies Two Ronnies]]'' sketch and insisted on trying to run a little of it with him, saying it was a boyhood dream to [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat ask Ronnie Corbett if he meant four candles or "handles for forks."]]
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* MissingEpisode / EditedForSyndication: Series 2 episode 5 features a "Ring of Truth" question about Rolf Harris (introduced by a clip of Harris on ''Top of the Pops''), and is unlikely to be broadcast in its original form again in light of Harris' conviction for child sex offences in June 2014.
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* MissingEpisode / EditedForSyndication: MissingEpisode: Series 2 episode 5 features a "Ring of Truth" question about Rolf Harris (introduced by a clip of Harris on ''Top of the Pops''), and is unlikely to be broadcast in its original form again in light of Harris' conviction for child sex offences in June 2014.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Actors, particularly ones known for various comedy roles, are a common choice of guest. David Mitchell has been joined by [[PeepShow Sophie Chapman]], [[Series/GreenWing Guy Secretan]], [[Creator/KeeleyHawes DI Alex Drake]] and [[Series/DoctorWho Wilfred Mott]], whilst Lee's guests have included [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]], most of the ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' cast and [[Series/OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]].
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* MissingEpisode / EditedForSyndication: Series 2 episode 5 features a "Ring of Truth" question about Rolf Harris, Harris (introduced by a clip of Harris on ''Top of the Pops''), and is unlikely to be broadcast in its original format form again in light of Harris' conviction for child sex offences in June 2014.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Actors, particularly ones known for various comedy roles, are a common choice of guest. David Mitchell has been joined by [[PeepShow Sophie Chapman]], [[GreenWing Guy Secretan]], [[Creator/KeeleyHawes DI Alex Drake]] and [[Series/DoctorWho Wilfred Mott]], whilst Lee's guests have included [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]], most of the ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' cast and [[Series/OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Actors, particularly ones known for various comedy roles, are a common choice of guest. David Mitchell has been joined by [[PeepShow Sophie Chapman]], [[GreenWing [[Series/GreenWing Guy Secretan]], [[Creator/KeeleyHawes DI Alex Drake]] and [[Series/DoctorWho Wilfred Mott]], whilst Lee's guests have included [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]], most of the ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' cast and [[Series/OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]].
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** Creator/RogerMoore was announced as a guest on series 9, but did not appear at any of the recordings.
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** In an example that expands beyond the series, a "This is My" guest from Series 8 was [[spoiler:John Duff Lowe, pianist for [[Music/TheBeatles the Quarrymen]] for two years, including their first recording session (the tapes of which he kept until 1981, when Music/PaulMcCartney bought them for £12000; they were later re-mastered and included on Volume 1 of ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''). As ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' alumnus Ricky Tomlinson told the ''Would I Lie to You?'' panel, Lowe left the Quarrymen before they became the Beatles to join Tomlinson's own band, the City Slickers.]]
** Alan Carr was originally going to be a team captain instead of Lee Mack.
** In an example that expands beyond the series, a "This is My" guest from Series 8 was [[spoiler:John Duff Lowe, pianist for [[Music/TheBeatles the Quarrymen]] for two years, including their first recording session (the tapes of which he kept until 1981, when Music/PaulMcCartney bought them for £12000; they were later re-mastered and included on Volume 1 of ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''). As ''Series/{{Brookside}}'' alumnus Ricky Tomlinson told the ''Would I Lie to You?'' panel, Lowe left the Quarrymen before they became the Beatles to join Tomlinson's own band, the City Slickers.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Actors, particularly ones known for various comedy roles, are a common choice of guest. David Mitchell has been joined by [[PeepShow Sophie Chapman]], [[GreenWing Guy Secretan]], [[KeeleyHawes [[Creator/KeeleyHawes DI Alex Drake]] and [[Series/DoctorWho Wilfred Mott]], whilst Lee's guests have included [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]], most of the ''MenBehavingBadly'' ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' cast and [[OneFootInTheGrave [[Series/OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]].
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* PromotedFanboy: Rob, Lee, and David, despite being successful comedians/comic actors in their own right, geek out quite shamelessly in the presence of a longer-established figure.
** Lee was particularly beside himself when Ronnie Corbett's claim in the Quick Fire Lies round was a reference to the famous ''[[TheTwoRonnies Two Ronnies]]'' sketch and insisted on trying to run a little of it with him, saying it was a boyhood dream to [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat ask Ronnie Corbett if he meant four candles or "handles for forks."]]
** One of Michael Aspel's "true" facts, shown in the series 2 ClipShow, was that he had received fanmail from then-host Angus Deayton.
** Lee was particularly beside himself when Ronnie Corbett's claim in the Quick Fire Lies round was a reference to the famous ''[[TheTwoRonnies Two Ronnies]]'' sketch and insisted on trying to run a little of it with him, saying it was a boyhood dream to [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat ask Ronnie Corbett if he meant four candles or "handles for forks."]]
** One of Michael Aspel's "true" facts, shown in the series 2 ClipShow, was that he had received fanmail from then-host Angus Deayton.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Omid Djalili's lie in Series 3 was that he was launching his own range of condiments, including Omid Djalili Picalili. The idea received such an enthusiastic response both on the programme and on Twitter that he later noted on his Twitter that he was seriously looking into getting some Djalili Picalili produced.
* DeletedScene: The compilation shows at the end of the series show a few turns that got cut out of the regular programmes. Clearly a ''lot'' of stuff gets taken out when editing the show down to 30 minutes, as the series 4 compilation show consists entirely of deleted scenes with no "best bits", and there's even more after that that never gets shown.
** The series recording Spring 2014 takes about 3 hours per show - approximately 1 hour per round. In the first and third rounds more questions are asked than will get shown, so to give options to which is the funniest and clean enough for broadcast.
* DeletedScene: The compilation shows at the end of the series show a few turns that got cut out of the regular programmes. Clearly a ''lot'' of stuff gets taken out when editing the show down to 30 minutes, as the series 4 compilation show consists entirely of deleted scenes with no "best bits", and there's even more after that that never gets shown.
** The series recording Spring 2014 takes about 3 hours per show - approximately 1 hour per round. In the first and third rounds more questions are asked than will get shown, so to give options to which is the funniest and clean enough for broadcast.
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* ActorAllusion: Sometimes with a few of the lies written for the guests, such as [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Neil Morrissey]] claiming to have had an extension on his house made by a builder named Bob, or [[TheTwoRonnies Ronnie Corbett]] claiming to have asked for four candles in a hardware store.
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* 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.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: The panellists have never seen what is on the card before they read from it - all of the lies must have their details made up on the spot.[[note]]In the case of the truths, the panellists have a meeting with the producers before the show and write down a couple of truths so they can generally expect what might show up there.[[/note]]
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show has not been scheduled consistently for two series running. Just when it looked like things might be improving with series 5, the BBC inexplicably decided to dump series 6 in an awful pre-watershed timeslot in the Spring with no promotion. (To add insult to injury, the show then missed a week for a filler documentary about the Queen's jubilee and got shunted to Wednesday for its last episode due to Euro 2012.)
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show has not been scheduled consistently for two series running. Just when it looked like things might be improving with series 5, the BBC inexplicably decided to dump series 6 in an awful pre-watershed timeslot in the Spring with no promotion. (To add insult to injury, the show then missed a week last episode went missing for a month due to Euro 2012 and a filler documentary about the Queen's jubilee and got shunted to Wednesday for its last episode due to Euro 2012.jubilee.)
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Actors, particularly ones known for various comedy roles, are a common choice of guest. David Mitchell has been joined by [[PeepShow Sophie Chapman]], [[GreenWing Guy Secretan]], [[KeeleyHawes DI Alex Drake]] and [[Series/DoctorWho Wilfred Mott]], whilst Lee's guests have included [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]], most of the ''MenBehavingBadly'' cast and [[OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]].
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