Would I Lie to You? (game show)
Would I Lie to You? (informally abbreviated as WILTY) is a British comedy game show aired on BBC One, made by Zeppotron for the BBC. It was first broadcast on 16 June 2007, starring David Mitchell and Lee Mack as team captains. The show was originally presented by Angus Deayton, and since 2009 has been hosted by Rob Brydon. Background. The show was presented by Angus Deayton in 2007 and 2008, with Rob Brydon (who had appeared as a guest panellist in the second series) taking over as host in 2009. The team  captains are comedians David Mitchell and Lee Mack. As revealed by Lee Mack on "" on 19 September 2014, Alan Carr was a team captain in the pilot but subsequently turned down an offer to appear on later shows. For each show, two celebrity guests join each of the team captains. The teams compete as each player reveals unusual facts and embarrassing personal tales for the evaluation of the opposing team. Some of these are true, some are not, and it is the panellists' task to decide which is which. The first series was recorded at Fountain Studios in Wembley during  March and April 2007 and aired at 21:55 between 16 June and 28 July 2007 on BBC One (missing a week for coverage of the Concert for Diana memorial event). Filming for the second series took place between 15 November and 18 December 2007. The second series was filmed at BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, because Fountain Studios were being used for "The X Factor". The second series aired at 21:00 between 11 July 2008 and 29 August 2008 on BBC One, and contained eight shows, an increase of two from series one. A compilation episode featuring  some previously unaired material was aired on 19 September 2008 at 21:30 on BBC One. Filming of a third series of eight episodes took place at Pinewood Studios during March and April 2009, and was broadcast between 10 August 2009 and 29 September 2009 on BBC One at 22:35. A compilation episode was also recorded. The airdate was 17 December 2009, due to the addition of "Match of the Day" to the BBC One schedule. Filming of a fourth series of eight episodes took place at Pinewood Studios again during April and May 2010, and was broadcast between 23 July  2010 and 10 September 2010 on BBC One at 22:35. The compilation episode aired on 17 September 2010. The fifth series was filmed during March 2011 and started airing from 9 September at 21:30. The sixth series of the show was recorded in March 2012 and began its broadcast on 13 April 2012. This series was aired in a pre-watershed slot, at 20:30, for the first time. Series 15 is airing on Fridays at 20:00 or 20:30. Format. Rounds. In all rounds, the scoring system is the same: teams gain a point for correctly guessing whether a statement is  true or not, but if they guess incorrectly the opposing team gets a point. Prior to the sixth series, it was impossible for viewers to follow the scores until they were read out at the end of each round, as some questions are edited out. However, from the sixth series the scores were re-recorded to reflect what had made the edit and not the whole recording. Cast. Guest appearances. The following have all appeared multiple times as one of the guest panelists on the show, including any as-yet unbroadcast episodes of Series 16 (not including the 2011 Comic  Relief special). 11 appearances 10 appearances 9 appearances 7 appearances 6 appearances 5 appearances 4 appearances 3 appearances a. Including an appearance where he substituted for Lee Mack as captain Ratings. The first show of Series 1 had 3.8 million viewers, a 19% audience share at the time it was broadcast. The first show of Series 2 had 3 million viewers and a 14% audience share. Later episodes indicated ratings of 2.7 - 3.2 million, with the final show of the series getting 3.3 million viewers and a 15% audience share. The first show of Series 3 had 2.8 million viewers , the lowest number for a series opener so far; however, this equated to a 17% audience share. The final show attracted only 2.5 million viewers, but with a 19% audience share overall. The first show of series 4 had 3.12 million viewers and a 19.7% audience share, the best performance for a series opener since series 1. The series 5 premiere had the show's highest ratings to date, with 4 million viewers and a 17.2% audience share. Series 6 began with an audience share of 14.9% and peak viewing figures of 3.53 million. These figures were above the seventh  series figures of 2.83 million / 12.8% audience share, although these rose to 3.17 million by the end of the series with a 14.7% share. Awards and nominations. The show came second place in the British Comedy Guide's 2010 awards for the category "Best British TV Panel Show", losing out to "QI". The following year, it won the same category. It also won the category in 2013, and also won the "Comedy of the Year 2013" award, making it the first non-scripted show to do so. It won the "Panel Show" category for the third time at the 2014  awards, and again in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The show won the British Comedy Award for "Best British TV Panel Show" in 2010. It was nominated in the same category at the following year's ceremony, but lost to "Shooting Stars". It won the award twice in a row at the 2013 and 2014 ceremonies. The programme has been nominated for the BAFTA for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme five times, but has yet to win. Mitchell and Mack were also both nominated for the Best Entertainment Performance award at the 2019 ceremony; Mack took home the prize . Mack received another nomination in the same category in 2020. Mitchell received another nomination in the same category in 2021. International broadcasts. The show airs on ABC TV in Australia and TVNZ 2 in New Zealand and began screening on BBC UKTV in Australia and New Zealand from November 2014. It is available to stream on Britbox in the US and Canada. Episodes. The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the series: Appearances in other media. An additional 10-minute feature, entitled ""Mam, Would I Lie To You?"" was broadcast on the ITV show "Ant & Dec's Saturday  Night Takeaway" on 13 March 2021. This edition was hosted by Ant and Dec and featured a team of Lee Mack, Stephen Mulhern and Michelle Visage playing two rounds of a slightly altered "This is My..." where the panellists had to guess which of the three children was the child of an audience member by the story given. Zeppotron and the BBC were thanked in the programme's credits for use of the "WILTY" brand and format.