Would I Lie to You?/Recap/Series 6

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


Episode 1

Episode 1 (Aired 13 April 2012)

David's Team: Mel Giedroyc and Chris Tarrant

Lee's Team: Alexander Armstrong and Alex Jones

Home Truths

Alex: "I once lost Julian Lloyd Webber's cello because I was chatting up a parking attendant."
David's Team: True
Answer: True

Alexander: "I once prevented a burglar from breaking into my house by hiding behind the door and barking like two different dogs."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Mel: "This is Syd; we once posed as members of an orchestra to gain backstage access to meet our idol."
David: "This is Syd; last year she rescued me when a seaside donkey went haywire with me on its back."
Chris: "This is my dentist, Syd, and I had to drive her to A&E after biting her finger during a checkup."
Lee's Team: Mel
Answer: Mel

Quick-Fire Lies

Lee: "I can always remember all my ex-girlfriends' names and the order in which I went out with them because their initials happen to make the acronym, BERMUDA."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: Lie

Alex: "I can tell if someone is a good dancer just by the way they smile."
David's Team: True
Answer: Lie

Winners: David's Team (3-2)

Individual Liar of the Week: Alex Jones


Episode 2

Episode 2 (Aired 20 April 2012)

David's Team: Sanjeev Bhaskar and Richard Madeley

Lee's Team: Kate Humble and Miles Jupp

Home Truths

Richard: "One Christmas morning, I woke up stark naked in our shoe cupboard clutching nothing but two cans of fake snow."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: True

Miles: "Everytime I shower I must adhere to my strict system for drying myself."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: True

Kate: "Everytime I have a haircut I ask to keep the hair which I then take to London and scatter for pidgeons to make nests with."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Kate: "This is John, and when I was in Africa, he and I dressed up in a pantomime giraffe costume in order to get close-up shots of giraffes in the wild."
Lee: "This is John. Despite being total strangers, we were once forced to share a bed when we were double-booked into the same hotel room."
Miles: "John and I were paid to fight together in a supermarket dressed as gladiators."
David's Team: Lee
Answer: Miles

Quick-Fire Lies

David: "I like pens, and I like to know where my pens are. For this reason, I have a three-point pen policy."
Lee's Team: Lie
Answer: True

Winners: Lee's Team (3-2)

Individual Liar of the Week: Miles Jupp


Episode 3

Episode 3 (Aired 27 April 2012)

David's Team: Richard Bacon and Dale Winton

Lee's Team: Clare Balding and Miranda Hart

Home Truths

Dale: "As a child, rather than sleeping with a comfort blanket or teddy bear, I slept with a potato."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: Lie

Richard: "When I worked in McDonald's, my long-term girlfriend joined the queue to my till and when she got to the counter, she dumped me."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: True

This Is My...

Clare: "This is Robert and Will. They do my garden, and to avoid the embarrassment of me ever getting them mixed up, I call them both Barry."
Lee: "This is Robert and Will. I once used them to convince an audience I could teleport people."
Miranda: "This is Robert and Will. I was a judge at the Identical Twins of the Year Award, and they came third, but we had to disqualify them because it turns out they were two of triplets."
David's Team: Clare
Answer: Lee

Quick-Fire Lies

Lee: "Possession: This is my dibber. I donated it to the British Lawnmower Museum where it is now a permanent exhibit."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: True

Miranda: "I once embarrassed myself in front of the local vicar at Christmas."
David's Team: True
Answer: True

Rob: "When I'm in a play, as part of my nightly vocal warmup I perform sets of scales in the voice of a chimpanzee."
David's Team: True
Lee's Team: Lie
Answer: Lie

Winners: Lee's Team (4-2)

Individual Liar of the Week: Dale Winton


Episode 4

Episode 5 (Aired 4 May 2012)

David's Team: Rhod Gilbert and Sally Phillips

Lee's Team: Des O'Connor and Tess Daly

Home Truths

Des: "I once accidentally ate cat food for dinner three days running."
David's Team: True
Answer: True

Rhod: "I cannot go on airport travelators. The one and only time I did, I got so freaked out by how superhumanly fast I was walking I had to be taken to the sick bay to calm down."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Rhod: "This is Tony, he was my badminton doubles partner for five years."
Sally: "This is Tony, he is my uncle whose mobility scooter I drove into a pond and wrote off."
David: "This is Tony, an old neighbour of mine who got me to fall asleep when I was little by telling me stories of the war."
Lee's Team: Sally
Answer: Rhod

Quickfire Lies

Lee: Possession: "In Thailand, I paid £200 to have my portrait painted by a monkey. This is that portrait."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: Lie

Sally: "Because he swims at our local baths, my husband and I play a text game called 'I've Just Been In The Water With Trevor McDonald'. I'm currently winning 3-2."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: Lie

David: "On a wall in my flat is a mysterious red switch. I have no idea what it does because I have never pressed it and never want to."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: True

Winners: David's Team (5-1)

Individual Liar of the Week: Sally Phillips


Episode 5

Episode 5 (Aired 11 May 2012)

David's Team: Gabby Logan and Andy Hamilton

Lee's Team: Diane Parish and Dr Christian Jessen

Home Truths

Gabby: "When I want to remember something late at night, I pick up an object from my bedside table and throw it across the room."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: True

Andy: "I used to write and hand in homework for an imaginary classmate."
Lee's Team: Lie
Answer: True

Diane: "When I travel by tube, I like to see how many people I can make yawn by yawning myself. My record is nine people in one carriage."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Christian: "This is Kevin, he's the surgeon who operated on me to remove the piece of the Operation board game I swallowed."
Diane: "This was Kevin, but he's such a huge fan of Eastenders he changed his name by deed poll to Albert Square."
Lee: "This is Kevin, he has worked as my bum double."
David's Team: Lee
Answer: Lee

Quick-Fire Lies

Lee: "I shaved off a beard I had been growing for weeks because I didn't want David to think I was copying him."
David's Team: True
Answer: True

Christian: Possession: "This is my stuffed monkey, Elsie, who watches over me when I sleep."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: True

Winners: David's Team (4-2)

Individual Liar of the Week: Andy Hamilton


Episode 6

Episode 6 (Aired 18 May 2012)

David's Team: Greg Davies and Richard Osman

Lee's Team: Patsy Kensit and Bob Mortimer

Home Truths

Greg: "At school, I invented a game called Snorkel Parka Music Practice Room."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: True

Richard: "I once buried a badger with the Banker from Deal or No Deal."
Lee's Team: True
Answer: True

Patsy: "When I was younger, I was regularly paid to babysit Marvin, the neighbours' dog who had died and been stuffed."
David's Team: True
Answer: Lie

This Is My...

Richard: "This is Pauline, we met last year at a Snoop Dogg concert and bonded as we were the oldest two people there."
David: "This is Pauline, she was the Akela when I was in the cubs, and had to escort me from the scout hut when I asked too many questions when the police came in for a talk."
Greg: "This is Pauline, she is my mother, and she drove past me when I was having my first ever fight and cheered me on."
Lee's Team: David
Answer: Greg

Quick-Fire Lies

Bob: "I can break an apple in half with my bare hands."
David's Team: Lie
Answer: True

Winners: Lee's Team (4-1)

Individual Liar of the Week: Richard Osman