Recap / Would I Lie To You Series 13

Episode 1

Episode 1 (Aired 18 October 2019)

David's Team: Gabby Logan and John Simm

Lee's Team: Chris McCausland and Angela Scanlon

Home Truths

Chris: "For a whole month I thought my neighbour was ignoring me, and he thought I was ignoring him, until he found out I was blind and I found out he was deaf."^note Due to Chris being blind and unable to read Braille, Lee read the card on Chris's behalf.

David's Team: True

Answer: True

John: "I once stripped naked, then accidentally climbed into bed with my father-in-law."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

This Is My...

John: "This is Richard. He's the stunt horse rider who galloped me through a moonlit forest so I wouldn't miss the Man United-Bolton game."

Gabby: "This is Richard. He is the flight attendant who persuaded me that I wasn't dying but I had trapped wind."

David: "This is Richard. He came to my aid at the local tip when I lost my specs in his great big skip."

Lee's Team: John

Answer: Gabby

Quick-Fire Lies

Angela: "I once chatted to an old man because I felt sorry for him, only to find out he was a global megastar."^note Angela claims it was Steven Spielberg.

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Winners: Draw (2-2)

Episode 2

Episode 2 (Airs 25 October 2019)

David's Team: Victoria Coren Mitchell and Greg James

Lee's Team: Clare Balding and Asim Chaudhry

Home Truths

Greg: "To help me relax, there's nothing I like more than spending up to four hours in what I like to call one of my special baths."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Asim: "To make sure I went down as an all-time school legend, I deliberately scored a spectacular own goal in our end of term cup final."

David's Team: True

Answer: Lie

Clare: "I have a Possession: This is Dexter, and when I judged a 'dogs who look like celebrities' competition, he was the winner." ^note Dexter is a dog who appears with a female handler. Clare claims the dog looked like Denis Healey.

David's Team: True

Answer: True

This Is My...

Victoria: "This is Stuart. He once laughed so much at something I said on Only Connect, he passed out."

Greg: "This is Stuart. When I opened his butchers shop, he paid me in sausages."

David: "This is Stuart. He's the lollipop man whose lollipop I held when he was suddenly called away on non-lollipop related business."

Lee's Team: Victoria

Answer: Victoria

Quick-Fire Lies

David: "Victoria doesn't know this, but on those very rare occasions that she does something I find irritating, I get my own back by sneaking upstairs and moving her bookmarks."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Winners: Lee's Team (3-2)

Episode 3

Episode 3 (Aired 1 November 2019)

David's Team: Miles Jupp and Samson Kayo

Lee's Team: Liz Carr and Anneka Rice

Home Truths

Anneka: "I once dumped my boyfriend on a plane, then parachuted straight out of the door to avoid dealing with the aftermath."

David's Team: True

Answer: Lie

Miles: "I have just signed a publishing deal for my gritty debut crime novel featuring the exploits of detective duo Nice and Spicy."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Liz: "This is Roy. Roy used to play the Lottery every week till I convinced him not to, and that week his numbers came up."

Anneka: "This is Roy. I like to paint him naked in my kitchen."

Lee: "This is Roy. I once spent the night in his petrol station wearing nothing but my wife's dressing gown."

David's Team: Anneka

Answer: Anneka

Quick-Fire Lies

David: "Last month, I had a frightening dream in which I was locked in the stocks of a medieval town. When I awoke, I was disturbed to discover that my arms were through the leg holes of my pyjama bottoms."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Samson: "I once got stopped at customs for carrying a suitcase full of biscuits."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Liz: "I had to retake one of my first-ever scenes in Silent Witness because I looked far too happy to be watching an anthrax attack."

David's Team: True

Answer: True

Winners: Draw (3-3)

Episode 4

Episode 4 (Aired 8 November 2019)

David's Team: Claudia Winkleman and Guz Khan

Lee's Team: Lucy Worsley and Greg Davies

Home Truths

Greg: "While on a camping holiday in France, I invented a game my family and I couldn't stop playing. We call this game Milky Cow."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Guz: "When I worked in a school, I locked another teacher in a cupboard to teach him a lesson."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

This Is My...

Guz: "This is Lumboo, and when I work away from home, he sleeps in the same room as me to protect me from ghosts."

Claudia: "This is Lumboo, and despite his car being the only one in an otherwise empty car park, I still managed to hit it."

David: "This is Lumboo, and whilst strolling through ancient Rome in his virtual reality headset, I tripped over a footstool and fell into a fireplace."

Lee's Team: Claudia

Answer: Guz

Quick-Fire Lies

Lee: "Ahead of a forthcoming beach holiday, I've been practising my snorkelling in the bath. Last week, I managed to stay under for the entirety of The Archers."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Lucy: "Once, while trying to bring history to life, I reduced a child to tears."

David's Team: True

Answer: True

Winners: David's Team (3-2)

Episode 5

Episode 5 (Aired 20 December 2019)

David's Team: Sue Johnston and Jay Blades

Lee's Team: Alice Levine and Bob Mortimer

Home Truths

Alice: "I once fled a swimming pool after accidentally assaulting an old man."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Jay: "Possession: This lives in my workshop, and I watered it every day for a month before someone pointed out that it was plastic." ^note It's a pot of white flowers.

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Sue: "This is Francis, and together we hid a body in a coffin to spook the cast of Brookside."

Jay: "This is Francis, and we got a speeding ticket together whilst test driving a motorised sofa."

David: "This is Francis, and he told me to tone it down a bit when I got a tad too bouncy on his bouncy castle."

Lee's Team: Sue

Answer: Sue

Quick-Fire Lies

Bob: "I once masterminded a daring heist on a campsite tuck shop."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Winners: Lee's Team (4-0)

Episode 6 (Christmas Special)

Episode 6 - Christmas Special (Aired 26 December 2019)

David's Team: Stephen Merchant and Liz Bonnin

Lee's Team: Sharon Osbourne and Dr. Ranj Singh

Home Truths

Stephen: "I once concealed a serious injury because I didn't want a builder to think I wasn't one of the boys."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

Sharon: "I once sacked a member of my staff because he showed absolutely no sense of humour during a house fire."

David's Team: True

Answer: True

This Is My...

Stephen: "Well, this is Nolan, and we once caused a genuine accident whilst filming a fake one for You've Been Framed."

Liz: "This is my old friend Nolan. When we were at school together, he refused to remove a spider from under my desk until I agreed to pay him a fee."

David: "This is Nolan, and I once spent New Year's Day comforting his drunk sheep."

Lee's Team: Liz

Answer: Stephen

Quick-Fire Lies

Stephen: "One New Year's Eve, a group of strangers used me as a living landmark."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

Lee: "Possession: This is Big Bertha. Every Christmas morning, I use it to wake my wife from her peaceful slumber by honking it in her face." ^note It's a hunting horn.

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Winners: David's Team (3-2)

Episode 7

Episode 7 (Aired 17 January 2020)

David's Team: Richard Osman and Jennifer Saunders

Lee's Team: Joe Sugg and Steph McGovern

Home Truths

Richard: "Last year, during a detox weekend at a health spa, I slipped three emergency chocolate bars into a plastic bag and hid them in the cistern of my loo."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Jennifer: "I once broke into a convent and stole food from some nuns."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

This Is My...

Joe: "This is Matt. After I made his life hell on the Strictly tour, he took revenge by gelling my hair with Marmite."

Steph: "This is Matt. Together we once threw some knickers at Jennifer Saunders."

Lee: "This is Matt, and when he broke both his arms, I used to pop round his house and scratch his itches with a knitting needle."

David's Team: Steph

Answer: Steph

Quick-Fire Lies

Richard: "To avoid being disturbed backstage on Pointless, I have a fake name on my dressing room door."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Joe: "To prove I could handle owning my dream pet, I first had to look after a series of other creatures each one bigger than the last." ^note Joe claims his dream pet was a lizard.

David's Team: True

Answer: True

Jennifer: "I deliberately bump into people who are walking around staring at their phones, because I think they need to be taught a lesson."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: Lie

Winners: David's Team (5-1)

Episode 8

Episode 8 (Aired 24 January 2020)

David's Team: Geoff Norcott and Esme Young

Lee's Team: Vicki Pepperdine and Tom Allen

Home Truths

Tom: "I have a folder on my laptop containing flattering photos of me that I have asked my family to give to the police should I ever go missing."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Esme: "I once spent a pleasant afternoon riding around topless on a motorbike."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

This Is My...

Tom: "This is Eamonn, and after a night out on the tiles with me, he was unable to walk for two days."

Vicki: "This is my neighbour Eamonn, and for about a month, we each thought we were conversing with an owl, when, in reality, we were each hooting at the other."

Lee: "This is Eamonn. He caught me climbing out of the boot of my car after I'd smuggled myself into his safari park."

David's Team: Tom

Answer: Tom

Quick-Fire Lies

Geoff: "I once crashed my car, because I was driving cross-legged."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

David: "I once got so drunk, I whipped out my laptop, thought, what the hell, and ordered myself a Latin phrase book."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

Winners: David's Team (3-2)

Episode 9

Episode 9 (Aired 31 January 2020)

David's Team: Jo Brand and Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Lee's Team: Simon Day and Henning Wehn

Home Truths

Jo: "I once ignored a fireman's order to evacuate a building because I assumed he was just a bloke in fancy dress."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Henning: "I consider myself a train vigilante and enjoy clamping down on passengers who break my strict code of conduct." ^note Kiri thinks Henning said "trained" instead of "train", as did most of the panel and studio audience, leading to Henning changing "train" to "choo-choo" when asked by Rob to read his statement again.

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Simon: "Before being allowed out to play, my mum used to write my address on my forehead in felt-tip pen."

David's Team: True

Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Jo: "Well, this is Christina. I once borrowed her car, then later watched in horror as a Frenchman crushed it with his lorry."

Kiri: "This is Christina, and my dog ate the tip of her finger."

David: "This is Christina. When my list of implausible things that have happened to me that I could talk about on Would I Lie To You? blew away, she returned it to me."

Lee's Team: Kiri

Answer: Jo

Quick-Fire Lies

Lee: "I've devised a simple mnemonic to help me remember everything I need to pack when going on holiday. I won't leave the house until I've ticked off everything on my flip-flop list."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Winners: David's Team (3-2)

Episode 10

Episode 10 (Aired 7 February 2020)

David's Team: Dani Dyer and Fred Sirieix

Lee's Team: Oti Mabuse and James Acaster

Home Truths

Dani: "I once thought a slug was trying to send me a message."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: True

James: "I once had to break into my own flat halfway through a haircut."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True

This Is My...

Oti: "This is Jake and, on the German version of Strictly, I knocked his tooth out with a high kick."

James: "This is Jake. When he split up with his girlfriend, everyone blamed me instead of him."

Lee: "This is Jake. I once knocked him into a grave with a Frisbee."

David's Team: James

Answer: James

Quick-Fire Lies

David: "Last winter, I watched in horror as the tube train door trapped the pom-pom of my bobble hat and carried it off into the darkness of the Underground."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Lee: "After asking a friend how he kept his dog's coat looking so lustrous, I have now taken to washing my own hair with dog shampoo."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Fred: "I hate using towels, so instead I dry myself every day with a hairdryer."

Lee's Team: True

Answer: Lie

Winners: Draw (3-3)

Episode 11 (Unseen Bits)

Unseen Bits (Aired 14 February 2020)

Home Truths

Asim Chaudhry: "I once ruined a date when I punched myself in the face."

David's Team: True

Answer: True

Bob Mortimer: "Not a lot of people know this, but I am a qualified dog masseur."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

David: "My weekday breakfast regime is always as follows - Monday, cornflakes, Tuesday, cornflakes, Wednesday, cornflakes, Thursday, cornflakes, and on Friday, jazzy cornflakes."^note David claims that "jazzy cornflakes" are what he calls cornflakes with chocolate milk.

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Clare Balding: "After accidentally spilling red wine on my dress on the way to Ascot, I deliberately spilt more wine on it and pretended it was part of the pattern."

David's Team: True

Answer: Lie

Sue Johnston: "I once taped over a rare recording of one of the Beatles' biggest hits."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Dr. Ranj Singh: "I once revived a tortoise by giving it the kiss of life."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Lee: "Possession: This is the mug I use to silently signal to my wife if I think a tradesman is trustworthy or not."^note It's a white mug with smiley face on one side and a frowning face on the other side.

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Claudia Winkleman: "Possession: The object in this box is on display in my bathroom, but I'm too scared to touch it. For that reason, David will now reveal it."^note It's a large dead tarantula in a small box.

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Episode 12 (More Unseen Bits)

More Unseen Bits (Aired 21 February 2020)

Home Truths

Victoria Coren Mitchell: "I was once unable to wave at Prince Charles because I was holding a wounded seagull."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: True

Greg Davies: "I was once dragged into the headmaster's office after I was caught leaning out of a window and firing a Creme Egg into my friend's mouth with a catapult."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Lee: "Because I'm so scared of cutting my fingernails, once a month, I'll have a large glug of Night Nurse and ask my wife to do it while I'm asleep."

David's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Claudia Winkleman: "To give myself 15 minutes' peace, I once put my child on one end of a seesaw and a bag of potatoes on the other."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: "I always answer the front door with a spanner in my hand, so if it's someone I don't want to talk to, I can tell them that I'm busy fixing the sink."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Liz Bonnin: "I once had to present a segment of Blue Planet Live with one arm hidden behind my back because my hand was stuck in a tube of Pringles."

Lee's Team: Lie

Answer: Lie

Lee: "11 years ago, I did a very bad thing in the kitchen. The time has finally come to confess all to my wife."^note Lee claims to have broken his wife's best terracotta cooking pot.

David's Team: Lie

Answer: True