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Episode 1
Episode 1 (Aired 10 August 2009)
David's Team: Jo Brand and Larry Lamb
Lee's Team: Russell Howard and Carol Vorderman
Home Truths
- Carol: "On Countdown, if I worked out the number puzzle before the time was up, I used to play a little game." noteDavid's Team: LieAnswer: TrueLarry: "I used to run a market stall that only sold hats for dogs."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: LieRussell: "I used to put my underpants on my head to cure my acne."David's Team: TrueAnswer: True
Ring of Truth
- "Liam Gallagher once ordered a trampoline from hotel room service, claiming, 'I like to bounce.'"Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: True
This Is My…
- Jo: "This is Liz, and when she was a baby, I accidently dropped her in a pond."David: "This is Liz, and together we are writing a guide to the castles of Britain."Larry: "This is Liz, who taught me basic bar skills before I went to work in The Queen Vic."Lee's Team: LarryAnswer: Jo
Quick-Fire Lies
- David: "Possession: This is a letter, rejecting me from a job at McDonald's."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: LieLee: "I once picked up a hitchhiker and scared him so much he cried."David's Team: LieAnswer: True
Winners: Draw (5-5)
Individual Liar of the Week: Jo Brand
Episode 2
Episode 2 (Aired 17 August 2009)
David's Team: Fern Britton and Stephen Mangan
Lee's Team: Reginald D. Hunter and Ken Livingstone
Home Truths
- Reginald: "The D in my name stands for 'Delicious.'"David's Team: LieAnswer: LieStephen: "I once guessed the exact number of sweets in a Mini Cooper and was awarded a prize [of £100] by Britain's tallest man."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: TrueKen: "I was the first person in the world to breed the Congalese Frog, Hymenochirus Curtipes, in captivity."David's Team: TrueAnswer: True
Ring of Truth
- "The Archbishop of Canterbury once endorsed a Cockney version of the Bible."David's Team: LieAnswer: True
This Is My...
- Stephen: "This is Gordon. Gordon and I were in a prog-rock band called Aragon, and we recorded an album called 'The Wizard's Dream'."David: "This is Gordon; he works in my local pet shop, and recently sold me a hamster that died the very next day."Fern: "This is Gordon; he's the subject of my life drawing class, and I have painted him naked three times."Lee's Team: StephenAnswer: Stephen
Quick-Fire Lies:
- Lee: "Last year I was ordered to leave Blackpool Tower after I threw a sausage roll off the top."David's Team: LieAnswer: LieDavid: "As a child, at my grandparents' house, I had a little bell that I would ring if I wanted anything."Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: TrueFern: "Possession: This is my tea cosy. I take it absolutely everywhere with me because I can't stand a cold teapot."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: True
Winners: Draw (5-5)
Individual Liar of the Week: Fern Britton
Episode 3
Episode 3 (Aired 24 August 2009)
David's Team: Marcus Brigstocke and Jamelia
Lee's Team: Jimmy Carr and Terry Christian
Home Truths
- Jimmy: "Prince Philip told me I was a funny-looking fellow when I was a ball boy at Wimbledon."David's Team: LieAnswer: LieJamelia: "I once stole some toilet paper from George Michael's house."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: TrueMarcus: "I worked as a podium dancer at the Ministry of Sound."Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: True
Ring of Truth
- "Jodie Marsh has a degree in golf course management from the University of Birmignham."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: Lie
This Is My…
- Terry: "This is my mate, Steve, and we were actually questioned by police who mistook us both for jewel thieves."Lee: "This is Steve; we own a greyhound together that's come last in every race."Jimmy: "This is Steve; we were at primary school together; we didn't see each other for 20 years, and then met up in a hotel when he brought me room service."David's Team: JimmyAnswer: Terry
Quick-Fire Lies
- David: "I read 1984 from cover to cover in WHSmith so I didn't have to buy a copy."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: LieTerry: "Possesion: this is some of my hair collection that I gathered from guests who appeared on 'The Word'."David's Team: LieAnswer: Lie
Winners: Lee's Team (6-4)
Individual Liar of the Week: Terry Christian
Episode 4
Episode 4 (Aired 31 August 2009)
David's Team: Claudia Winkleman and Jason Manford
Lee's Team: Miranda Hart and Clive Anderson
Home Truths
- Claudia: "I once put nail polish remover in my fish tank to give my goldfish more energy."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: TrueClive: "I once had my wallet stolen by a walrus."David's Team: LieAnswer: LieMiranda: "One of my best friends at school was a little man I'd made from a slice of toast that I always kept in my bag."David's Team: TrueAnswer: Lie
Ring of Truth
- "David Beckham gave a copy of his own autobiography to Nelson Mandela as a Christmas present."Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: True
This Is My…
- Miranda: "This is Owen, and he stopped me attending his yoga classes because I couldn't stop laughing."Lee: "This is Owen; he's a professional juggler, and he's teaching me to juggle."Clive: "He is my builder. In fact, he was working on my roof once and fell through it while I was watching television."David's Team: CliveAnswer: Lee
Quick-Fire Lies
- David: "I was thrown out of a nightclub for refusing to stop dancing on a table."Lee's Team: LieAnswer: LieJason: "I once put out a fire using my neighbour's milk."Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: TrueClaudia: "Possession: In here is my pet cat from when I was little, and my dad had her stuffed for me when she died."Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: Lie
Winner: Lee's Team (7-3)
Individual Liar of the Week: Claudia Winkleman
Episode 5
Episode 5 (Aired 7 September 2009)
David's Team: Kelvin MacKenzie and Jack Whitehall
Lee's Team: Christine Bleakley and Frankie Boyle
Home Truths:
- Christine: "Anton du Beke and I danced our way out of a parking ticket."David's Team: LieAnswer: LieJack: "Every Christmas, my dad makes the whole family stand up to watch the Queen's speech."Lee's Team: TrueAnswer: TrueFrankie: "When I was a child, I was scared that my entire life was a book, being read by a bear, and one day the bear would close the book, and my life would end."David's Team: TrueAnswer: Lie
Ring of Truth:
- "Mick Jagger has been asked by a company if they can sell his ashes in collectible egg timers when he dies."David's Team: TrueAnswer: True
This Is My…
- Kelvin: "This is Terry and he built the nuclear bunker in my garden."David: "This is Terry and he's the policeman who was called out when I was caught trying to break into the window of my own flat."Jack: "This is Terry 'The Mean Machine' Frazier and he is teaching me to wrestle."Lee's Team: KelvinAnswer: Jack
Quick-Fire Lies
- Lee: "If you give me any date before the year 2000 I can instantly tell you what day of the week it was."David's Team: LieAnswer: LieChristine: "A Coronation Street star once made me remove all the red M&Ms from a bowl for him."David's Team: LieAnswer: True
Winner: Draw (5-5)
Individual Liar of the Week: Kelvin MacKenzie
Episode 6
Episode 6 (Aired 14 September 2009)
David's team: Dave Gorman and Davina McCall
Lee's team: Omid Djalili and Janet Street-Porter
Home truths
- Janet: "I wrote my will on a bit of cardboard when I thought the plane I was in was going to crash."David's team: TrueAnswer: TrueDavina: "I have two red chillies tattooed on my back, but I'm having them covered because they look like carrots."Lee's team: LieAnswer: TrueOmid: "I am launching my own range of condiments, including Ohmid Djalili Picalili."David's team: LieAnswer: Lie
Ring of truth:
- "Mike Tyson once rented a hotel suite for his eight favourite pigeons."Lee's team: TrueAnswer: True
This is my…
- Lee: "This is Sadie; she's my children's nanny, and the first time I met her I ran over her foot."Omid: "This is Sadie. I employ her to massage my dog."Janet: "Sadie came to my sixtieth birthday party, and pretended to be a waitress so she could lick Daniel Craig's plate."David's team: JanetAnswer: Janet
Quick-fire lies
- David: "The screensaver on my phone is a photo of my living room carpet."Lee's team: LieAnswer: TrueLee: "Possession: This is my wallmap of the UK. I have marked every service station I have ever visited on it."David's team: LieAnswer: Lie
Winners: David's team (7-3)
Individual Liar of the Week: Davina McCall
Episode 7
Episode 7 (Aired 21 September 2009)
David's team: Ronni Ancona and Sir Chris Hoy
Lee's team: Gabby Logan and Danny Wallace
- Chris: "I have been approached by NASA to be the first man to cycle on the moon."Lee's team: LieAnswer: LieGaby: "When I present a show for the first time, I like to wear red underwear."David's team: LieAnswer: TrueDanny: "Whenever someone recognises me, but can't place me, I tell them I'm part of the Olympic Cycling Team."David's team: LieAnswer: Lie
Ring of Truth
- "Prince Charles became a member of the magic circle when he auditioned using his cup and balls trick."David's team: TrueAnswer: True"Gary Barlow has a microphone installed in his downstairs bathroom to record new song ideas, as it's where he feels the most creative."Lee's team: LieAnswer: Lie
This is my…
- Ronnie: "This is Silvan, and he designed a household robot that speaks with my voice."Chris: "This is Silvan, and he is my masseur, and he was also the guitarist in Simply Red."David: "This is Silvan, and he's my next-door neighbour, and I promised I'd get him on tv, after he complained about an all-night party in my flat."Lee's team: ChrisAnswer: Chris
Quick-fire lies
- Lee: "I can't eat custard creams because they remind me of Spencer Whitfield who bullied me at school."David's team: LieAnswer: LieDavid: "The only concert I have ever been to was by Shirley Bassey."Lee's team: LieAnswer: TrueGaby: "Possession: These are some of the birthday cards I've posted to my pets."David's team: LieAnswer: Lie
Winners: Draw (5-5)
Individual Liar of the Week: Gabby Logan
Episode 8
Episode 8 (Aired 28 September 2009)
David's team: Reece Shearsmith and Trinny Woodall
Lee's team: Michael Ball and Charlie Brooker
- Micheal: "I have a three-part ritual I have to adhere to before I go on stage."David's team: LieAnswer: TrueTrinny: "Marks & Spencers manikins are based on my body."Lee's team: LieAnswer: LieReece: "For a summer, I worked at a funeral director's that offered themed funerals."Lee's team: LieAnswer: LieCharlie: "For six years, I pretended to a girlfriend that I was partially deaf."David's team: TrueAnswer: True
Ring of truth
- "Christina Aiguilera once followed a strict diet where every meal had 4 food items: 1 crunchy, 1 soft, 1 hot, 1 cold."Lee's team: TrueAnswer: True
This is my…
- Charlie: "This is Donna who's teaching me basic home maintenance."Lee: "This is Donna and she saved my life when she threw me a lifebelt after I fell off my boat."Michael: "This is Donna; she has been my no. 1 super fan since she was 17 - she even has a toilet seat cover with my face on it."David's team: LeeAnswer: Micheal
Quick-fire lies
- David: "Three members of the cabinet subscribe to my twitter feed."Lee's team: LieAnswer: LieLee: "For a year, I kept my car running by cracking my egg into it every day."David's team: LieAnswer: True
Winners: Lee's team (9-2)
Individual Liar of the Week: Michael
Episode 9 (Best Of & Unseen Bits)
The Best of Series 3 & Unseen Bits (Aired 17 December 2009)
Home Truths
- Carol Vorderman: "On Countdown, if I worked out the number puzzle before the time was up, I used to play a little game." [Previously seen footage from episode 1]Reginald D. Hunter: "The D in my name stands for 'Delicious.'" [Previously seen footage from episode 2]Terry Christian: "I won a junior One Man and His Dog Event when I was fourteen." [New footage from episode 3]David's team: LieAnswer: Lie
Ring of Truth
- "When interviewing office staff, Simon Cowell asks every candidate to give him 10 uses for a kettle." [New footage from episode 1]David's team: LieAnswer: Lie"Mick Jagger has been asked by a company if they can sell his ashes in collectible egg timers when he dies." [Previously seen footage from episode 5]
This is my…
- Lee: "This is Sadie; she's my children's nanny, and the first time I met her I ran over her foot."Omid Djalili: "This is Sadie. I employ her to massage my dog."Janet Street-Porter: "Sadie came to my sixtieth birthday party, and pretended to be a waitress so she could lick Daniel Craig's plate."[Previously seen footage from episode 6]
Quick-Fire Lies
- David: "As a child, at my grandparents' house, I had a little bell that I would ring if I wanted anything." [Previously seen footage from episode 2]noteLee: "If you give me any date before the year 2000 I can instantly tell you what day of the week it was." [Previously seen footage from episode 5]Jo Brand: "I have told my children that every time they lie, a puppy dies somewhere." [New footage from episode 1]Lee's team: TrueAnswer: LieClaudia Winkleman: "Possession: In here is my pet cat from when I was little, and my dad had her stuffed for me when she died." [Previously seen footage from episode 4]Fern Britton: "I have made a CD of the sound of my kettle boiling and I use it when trying to get to sleep." [New footage from episode 2]Lee's Team: LieAnswer: Lie
Individual Liar of the Week: Fern Britton