Series 32 - 5. Sugar, Saints, Spiders and Heavy Metal

About this episode

David Mitchell hosts a comedic panel game where comedians tell lies and compete to smuggle truths past each other.

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents. Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons and Tony Hawks are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as sugar, saints, spiders and heavy metal. The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith Producer: Jon Naismith A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4

People in this episode

Host: David Mitchell

Guests: Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons, Tony Hawks

Topics covered

• comedy
• panel game
• lies
• truth
• entertainment
• competition

Keywords

• comedy
• panel game
• David Mitchell
• Holly Walsh
• Henning Wehn
• Zoe Lyons
• Tony Hawks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4, Graeme Garden, Jon Naismith, A Random Entertainment

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