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On Friday 21 February 2025, BBC One broadcasts Would I Lie to You?!

Season 18 Episode 7 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Would I Lie to You?” promises to be another entertaining installment of the beloved comedy panel show. Hosted by Rob Brydon, this episode features the quick-witted team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell, who are always ready to challenge each other and their guests.

This week’s lineup includes a mix of intriguing celebrity guests. John Cooper Clarke, known for his sharp wit and poetry, brings a unique flair. Lucia Keskin, a rising star in comedy, adds her own brand of humor. Kadiff Kirwan, recognized for his acting and comedic talent, is sure to keep things lively. Lastly, Sara Pascoe, a familiar face in the comedy scene, rounds out the guest list with her clever insights.

As always, the format revolves around the guests sharing extraordinary stories about themselves. The challenge...

Prepare for an evening of outrageous anecdotes and masterful deception as “Would I Lie to You?” returns with a star-studded lineup. Host Rob Brydon presides over the comedic chaos, with team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell ready to pounce on any hint of a fib. This week’s guests – John Cooper Clarke, Lucia Keskin, […]

Would I Lie to You?: John Cooper Clarke, Lucia Keskin, Kadiff Kirwan, Sara Pascoe...

This week, “Would I Lie to You?” returns with another exciting episode that promises plenty of laughs and surprises. Hosted by the charming Rob Brydon, the show brings together a lively mix of celebrity guests who share their fascinating stories. The challenge lies in figuring out whether these tales are true or just clever fabrications.

Team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell are back, ready to engage in their usual banter and quick wit. Their chemistry adds a fun dynamic to the show, making it a favorite among fans. This episode features an impressive lineup of guests, including the legendary poet John Cooper Clarke, comedian Lucia Keskin, actor Kadiff Kirwan, and the ever-hilarious Sara Pascoe. Each guest will bring their own unique flair, making the guessing game even more entertaining.

As the stories unfold, the audience can expect plenty of twists and turns. The banter between the captains and their...

Following the global success of Cunk on Earth, pioneering documentary-maker Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan) will return with her most ambitious quest to date; venturing right up the universe and everything, to examine life itself.

“What’s the point of it all?” is a question humans have been asking themselves since the dawn of time. But as we cling to our dying planet, working round the clock while we’re slowly being replaced by machines, now more than ever, people are desperately looking to make sense of their lives – before someone invents a computer that makes sense of it for them.

This one off special will see Philomena Cunk tackle some of the most complex concepts to have ever been discovered, including Quantum Physics, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hedonism – and at least four other isms – as well as exploring subjects from the big bang to biology, morals to meditation and art to artificial intelligence.

British actress and comedian Diane Morgan is returning to Netflix in January with Cunk on Life, a new one-off special centered on her comedic documentarian character, Philomena Cunk.

Set to premiere outside of the UK and Ireland on January 2, the special sees Cunk return with her most ambitious quest to date; venturing right up the universe and everything, to examine life itself.

“What’s the point of it all?” is a question humans have been asking themselves since the dawn of time. But as we cling to our dying planet, working round the clock while we’re slowly being replaced by machines, now more than ever, people are desperately looking to make sense of their lives — before someone invents a computer that makes sense of it for them.

Cunk on Life will see Philomena tackle some of the most complex concepts to have ever been discovered, including Quantum Physics, Existentialism,...

Max has launched an in-app feature to live stream HBO’s linear channels programming. Subscribers will now be able to experience a live feed on the app while also having the option to rewind, restart, skip ahead and move through different content channels at their preference.

A small group of adult subscribers within the the ad-free and ultimate ad-free account tiers will now see the “Channels” feature displayed on their homepage.

Among the available channels are HBO, HBO 2, HBO Signature, HBO Comedy, HBO Zone and more.

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After the show’s midseason finale, the trailer for Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star”s remaining episodes dropped — the show will return on Monday, Jan. 20.

The 30-second preview teases an asteroid warning that could mean the end of the world as the crew of firefighters must band together.

“9-1-1: Lone Star” is a spinoff of the original “9-1-1” — which now airs...

The award-winning BBC Comedy series ‘Things You Should Have Done’ has been renewed for a second series on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. Created by Lucia Keskin, this six-part series continues the offbeat story of a dysfunctional family. The show follows Chi, a self-proclaimed stay-at-home daughter, as she works through a list of tasks left […]

BBC Comedy ‘Things You Should Have Done’ Returns for Series 2...

Lucia Keskin will be best familiar with audiences for her brilliant videos on social media, with a series of viral clips that has given her a platform to showcase her comedic flair. Still just 23 years old, she has written her own sitcom for the BBC, entitled Things You Should Have Done, where she also takes on the leading role.

Ahead of the show’s launch, on BBC Three on February 29 – we had the pleasure in speaking to the talented performer on Zoom, complete with her two dogs, as we discuss the genesis for the project, and how she managed to get a comedy about a young woman losing both her parents to a car crash, off the ground. She speaks about the art of collaboration, her future ambitions – and on the stigma of social media.

Watch our interview with Lucia Keskin here:

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Stay-at-home daughter Chi is suddenly forced to...

Sitcom Things You Should Have Done is heading to BBC Three, and here’s the trailer for the new show.

Sadly, new comedy on television is becoming rarer and rarer, as budgets tighten and production companies become ever more risk averse. Currently, Mrs Brown’s Boys and Not Going Out stand as the only two studio audience sitcoms still on the air, and even then, Not Going Out has not yet officially been recommissioned.

BBC Three has long been a champion of new comedy, from Sean Lock’s wonderful 15 Storeys High to Gavin And Stacey, Him & Her and Back To Life.

Now, it is home to new sitcom Things You Should Have Done. According to the BBC Media Centre, the synopsis reads as follows:

Self-confessed stay-at-home-daughter, Chi (Lucia Keskin), is suddenly forced to fend for herself when her parents die. Chi will inherit the house on condition she completes...

David Mitchell is returning to the BBC for genre-bending detective comedy Ludwig, which features on a five-strong comedy slate alongside Hulu co-production Dinosaur and a show from The Duchess star Michelle de Swarte.

Unveiling his first major comedy slate at this afternoon’s BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff, the corporation’s Comedy Director Jon Petrie said the shows reflect “the depth and range of our offerings which champion British creativity.”

The slate is led by Ludwig, Peep Show star Mitchell’s first BBC project since Upstart Crow, which follows the eponymous protagonist as he takes on the identity of his brother, Dci James Taylor, who has disappeared off the face of the earth. Mitchell’s Ludwig lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living under his nom-de-plume, and he struggles to adapt to being a twin who happens to be a successful Dci leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team.

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is expected to be one of the most-watched TV events of all time… but it won’t be watched on the U.K.’s Channel 5.

Instead of airing live coverage of the monarch’s historic funeral, the British broadcaster opted to show the 2017 film, “The Emoji Movie”.

The only major broadcaster in the UK to not carry the Queen’s funeral live on Monday, Channel 5 opted for children’s counterprogramming with a lineup that includes “The Emoji Movie”, “Stuart Little”, “Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs”, and “Sing”.

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Featuring a voice cast that includes Anna Faris, James Corden, Maya Rudolph, and Jennifer Coolidge, the critically panned “Emoji Movie” holds a six per cent “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

On this National Day of Nourning in the U.

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and it’s important to ensure there are always some options available, especially when the only other thing going on is a funeral. That’s why Britain’s Channel 5 is doing its TV-watching constituents a true national service by broadcasting The Emoji Movie and other children’s flicks during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

As expected, there will be wall-to-wall coverage of the Queen’s funeral in England (and elsewhere) today, Sept. 19. Even stations that aren’t necessarily airing the funeral proceedings,...

Paramount Global-owned network Channel 5 was the only U.K. public service broadcaster not to show any royal-related coverage on Monday (Sept. 19) while Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral was taking place in London.

While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV broadcast the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 instead broadcast “The Emoji Movie,” inspiring much mirth on social media.

“No way every channel’s showing the funeral and Channel 5 s showing ‘The Emoji Movie,'” tweeted one viewer while another wrote: “I can’t stop thinking about ‘The Emoji Movie’ on Channel 5 when the funeral is on.”

no way every channels showing the funeral and channel 5 is showing The Emoji Movie...