Which comedian and actor presents the Radio 4 Programme 'The Unbelievable Truth?
"constantly ""checking and re-checking things"", and describes himself as a worrier. Beyond the realm of film and television, Mitchell cites Evelyn Waugh among his favourite authors. He once claimed that he is ""not remotely interested in music"" but appeared on the radio programme ""Desert Island Discs"". Mitchell has revealed that he owns two CDs, Phil Collins's ""...But Seriously"" and Susan Boyle's ""I Dreamed a Dream"". Citations Bibliography David Mitchell (comedian) David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He is half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb."
"The Unbelievable Truth (TV series) The Unbelievable Truth is an Australian comedy television series on the Seven Network, based on a British radio show of the same name. The series is produced by members of The Chaser and Graeme Garden's Random Entertainment, and was first screened in October 2012. The show is hosted by Craig Reucassel with fellow Chaser members Julian Morrow and Andrew Hansen appearing in alternate episodes. The show features guests spinning lies about a given topic, while slipping in truths which they hope will be undetected by their fellow players. Craig Reucassel replaced Andrew Hansen for his"
"speech. The Unbelievable Truth (TV series) The Unbelievable Truth is an Australian comedy television series on the Seven Network, based on a British radio show of the same name. The series is produced by members of The Chaser and Graeme Garden's Random Entertainment, and was first screened in October 2012. The show is hosted by Craig Reucassel with fellow Chaser members Julian Morrow and Andrew Hansen appearing in alternate episodes. The show features guests spinning lies about a given topic, while slipping in truths which they hope will be undetected by their fellow players. Craig Reucassel replaced Andrew Hansen for"
"Colin Murphy (comedian) Colin Murphy is a comedian from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was born on 16 July 1968, in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland and now lives in south Belfast. He is best known for his television work hosting and co-writing ""The Blizzard of Odd"", ""The Unbelievable Truth"", and as resident panelist on ""The Blame Game"" for BBC Northern Ireland and ""The Panel"" for RTÉ. He has also acted in the film ""Divorcing Jack"" with Rachel Griffiths and David Thewlis. Murphy mainly tours in Ireland and usually hosts the comedy show in The Empire Bar, Belfast. He occasionally appears"
"BBC Radio 4, both as a guest in comedy panel shows, as well as in his own shows. Will Smith (comedian) William James Smith (born 8 June 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, screenwriter, novelist, actor and producer. As co-writer and co-producer of the HBO sitcom ""Veep"", he was among the recipients of two Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards, and has received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy. Though born in Winchester, Hampshire, Smith grew up in Jersey and was educated there at Victoria College. His"
"made several appearances on the BBC Radio 4 comedy program ""The Unbelievable Truth"". In 2011, Gilbert recorded a radio show for BBC Radio 2 called ""Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs"" with comedians Lloyd Langford, Greg Davies and Sarah Millican. Each show also featured live music from bands such as Athlete, Scouting for Girls, Kid British and The Hoosiers. It has since been repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Gilbert also fronts his own radio show, ""The Rhod Gilbert Radio Show"", broadcast by BBC Radio Wales on Saturdays between 11:30am and 1:30 pm, often co-hosted by Lloyd Langford or fellow"
"smiling. Hunter was nominated for the Perrier Award in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Edinburgh Festivals. He won the Writers' Guild Award for Comedy in 2006 for his show ""Pride & Prejudice... & Niggas."" Hunter made his TV debut on Channel 4's ""The 11 O'Clock Show"" in 1998. TV subsequent credits include: Hunter is one of the hosts of the ""E4 Laughs at Edinburgh"" podcast, showcasing the best comedy talent from the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He has had numerous appearances on the BBC Radio 4 comedy show ""The Unbelievable Truth"". He also appeared on ""Midweek"" (BBC Radio 4) on"
"Mark Dolan Mark Dolan (born 17 March 1974) is an English comedian, writer, and television presenter. Dolan was born in Camden, London. He attended the University of Edinburgh and performed in the acclaimed improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts. Dolan is well known as the host of Channel 4 show ""Balls of Steel"", which he presented from 2005 until the shows end in 2008. He is also the presenter of Channel 4 Radio’s satirical show ""The Weekly Show"", which is now in its second series, and the TV documentary series ""The World's (Something) And Me"", where he meets ""the world's most"
"Radio 4 programme ""I'm Suzy, and I'm a Phobic"", which was broadcast in January 2013. Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" from its inception in 1996 until its end in 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including ""QI"" and BBC Radio 4's ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his"
"to appear on the show at the time (a record since broken by fellow comedian Jack Whitehall). In November 2010, he was also a contestant on BBC Radio 4's ""The Unbelievable Truth"". Bridges is the son of Andy and Patricia Bridges and has a brother, John, who is ten years older. He grew up in the Hardgate area of Clydebank and attended St Mary's Primary and St Columba's High. He left school when he was 16. He later studied social sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. Bridges took part in the Soccer Aid 2014 charity football match in aid of Unicef"
"Michael McIntyre Michael Hazen James McIntyre (born 21 February 1976) is an English comedian, actor, and TV presenter. In 2012, he was reported to be the highest-grossing comedian in the world. In addition to stand-up, McIntyre has hosted his own BBC One comedy programme ""Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow"", has featured in three episodes of ""Live at the Apollo"" and, in 2011, was a judge on ""Britain's Got Talent"". He currently presents his own Saturday night series ""Michael McIntyre's Big Show"" on BBC One. McIntyre resides in Hampstead, London with his aromatherapist wife, Kitty, who is a daughter of the late"
"has hosted 20 series of ""The Unbelievable Truth"", a panel game on BBC Radio 4. The inaugural episode of ""Was It Something I Said?"", a panel comedy show that Mitchell hosts, was broadcast on Channel 4 in October 2013. He was a team captain on the Channel 4 comedy quiz show ""Best of the Worst"", opposite Johnny Vaughan. Mitchell has also hosted ten episodes of ""Have I Got News For You"". Mitchell hosted the panel show ""The Bubble"". He hosted the second week of Channel 4's ""FAQ U"", and appeared as himself in an episode of ""Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive"","
"is interesting if looked at ""in the right way"". At one extreme, ""QI"" is serious, intensely scientific, deeply mystical; at the other it is hilarious, silly and frothy enough to please the most indolent couch-potato."" On 28 December 2009, the BBC Radio 4 panel game ""The Unbelievable Truth"", hosted by frequent ""QI"" guest panellist David Mitchell, broadcast a New Year's Special which paid tribute to ""QI"". The show featured Fry, Davies and Lloyd on the panel, as well as Rob Brydon, another regular ""QI"" participant. In December 2010, panellists on ""QI"" made jokes during a discussion about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who"
"2011 Sony Radio Academy Awards. It won the category of ""Best Radio Panel Show"" in the British Comedy Guide's 2011 awards. In 2015 ""The Unbelievable Truth"" was nominated for the Rose d'Or in the ""Radio Game Show"" category. The show's accuracy was playfully rebuffed in an episode of the television programme ""QI"", itself having been forced to accept corrections at times, when Mitchell, one of the panellists on the subject of film and fame (Series F, Episode 11), found himself supplying answers based on information gathered from ""The Unbelievable Truth"". The answers received klaxons on ""QI"", causing Mitchell to acknowledge"
"Steve Punt Stephen Punt (born 15 September 1962) is a British writer, comedian and actor. Along with Hugh Dennis, he is part of comedy double act Punt and Dennis and presenter of BBC Radio 4 satirical news programme ""The Now Show"". He is also a writer and programme associate for various television panel game shows, including ""Would I Lie to You?"" and ""Mock the Week"", and is a writer for fellow comedians such as Rory Bremner and Jasper Carrott. Punt was educated at Whitgift School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read English. While at Cambridge, he joined Footlights,"
"making it one of Channel 4's highest rated shows of all time. Winner of 'Best Comedy Performance' at the RTS Awards – describing it as ""brilliantly visually realised, and a perfect parody of the genre""; the series received 'Best British Comedy Television Programme' award from BAFTA LA<ref name=""bafta/la""></ref> and the 'Best Music/Variety Program' at the Banff World Television awards and also received an Emmy nomination for International Comedy in 2009. Karl Lucas Karl John Lucas (born 29 March 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer, who has written for and appeared in a number of television, music videos and"
"The Unbroadcastable Radio Show The Unbroadcastable Radio Show was a monthly live comedy show performed at the Comedy Store, Manchester. The show took the format of the recording of a radio show, featuring topical comedy written up to (and occasionally during) the day of performance. The show has been nominated for ""Best Writing"" and ""Best Touring Show"" at the North West Comedy Awards. It has also been featured in the Liverpool and Ludlow Comedy Festivals. The show is currently in development with the BBC comedy unit. John Warburton and Toby Hadoke performed on BBC Radio 4's 28 Acts in 28"
"Fat Quiz of the Year"" on Channel 4 since 2004. On the radio, ""The News Quiz"", ""Just a Minute"", ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"" and ""The Unbelievable Truth"" are among the most popular and long-running panel shows, all of which air on BBC Radio 4. British comedy panel shows feature mainly male guests. A 2016 study that analyzed 4,700 episodes from 1967 to 2016 found that 1,488 of them had an all-male lineup, and only one an all-female cast. The proportion of women rose from 3% in 1989 to 31% in 2016. Australian panel shows include advertising-focused ""The Gruen"
"Nish Kumar Nishant Kumar (born 26 August 1985) is a British stand-up comedian, actor, and radio presenter. He hosts ""The Mash Report"" on BBC Two, and has hosted BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show ""Newsjack"". He has also appeared as a guest on ""Have I Got News for You"", ""Mock the Week"", ""Virtually Famous"", """", ""Russell Howard's Stand Up Central"", ""Sweat the Small Stuff"", ""QI"", ""Live from the BBC"", ""The Alternative Comedy Experience"" and is a frequent guest on ""The Bugle"". Kumar was born in Wandsworth, London, and read English with History at Durham University. He is of Indian"
"live astronomy series in January 2011 – co-presented with physicist-turned-comedian Dara Ó Briain and featuring chat show host Jonathan Ross – linked to events across the United Kingdom. A second and a third series featuring a variety of guests ran in January 2012 and January 2013. Since November 2009 Cox has co-presented a BBC Radio 4 ""comedy science magazine programme"", ""The Infinite Monkey Cage"" with comedian Robin Ince. Guests have included comedians Tim Minchin, Alexei Sayle, Dara Ó Briain, and scientists including Alice Roberts of the BBC show ""The Incredible Human Journey"", and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Cox also appeared"
"Great Britain Award and was made a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK. Jon Holmes Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1969) is a British comedian, writer, presenter and broadcaster known for his work on such programmes as ""The Now Show"", ""Listen Against"" (for BBC Radio 4), along with both music and speech radio. He has appeared on numerous television programmes. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Holmes was raised in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Holmes was adopted when he was aged one month. He attended Canterbury Christ Church College, where he graduated with a joint degree in English with Radio, Film and Television. While at university"
"Richard Osman Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, comedian and director, best known for being the creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ""Pointless"". He also presents the BBC Two quiz shows ""Two Tribes"" and ""Richard Osman's House of Games,"" and is a team captain on the comedy panel shows ""Insert Name Here"" and ""The Fake News Show"". Osman has gained recognition for his appearances on a wide variety of British panel shows. Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK,"
"Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author based in the United Kingdom. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show ""The Graham Norton Show"" and an eight-time award winner, overall. Originally shown on BBC Two before moving to other slots on BBC One, it succeeded ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"" in BBC One's prestigious late-Friday-evening slot in 2010. He also presents on BBC Radio 2 and is the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest, which"
"in 2015 that his ex-boyfriends often resented the role they had to play in the public eye as his partner. Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author based in the United Kingdom. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show ""The Graham Norton Show"" and an eight-time award winner, overall. Originally shown on BBC Two before moving to other slots on BBC One, it succeeded ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"" in BBC One's prestigious late-Friday-evening slot in"
"the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. He received the honour from Princess Anne during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2015. James Corden James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television host. He hosts ""The Late Late Show with James Corden"", a late-night television talk show on CBS. Along with Welsh actress Ruth Jones, Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom ""Gavin & Stacey"" (2007–2010) for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured on the UK No.1 single"
"James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he would retire from regular presenting duties on the programme and would, instead, be its 'Special Correspondent' with 'responsibility for charting the course of the constitutional changes at the heart of the UK political debate', as well as the BBC News's Books Editor, contributing a book review to"
"2009 and 2010, and took part in the Cheltenham Science Festival in 2011 and 2014. He also is a great supporter of the yearly festival ""Pestival"" which showcases science, music and comedy, a regular attendee of the Latitude Festival. Ince was the invited speaker for the British Humanist Association 2012 Voltaire Lecture, entitled ""The Importance of Being Interested."" Ince was also lead singer in alternative rock combo TheReg from 1992–1994. Robin Ince Robin Ince (born 20 February 1969) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show ""The Infinite Monkey Cage"" with"
"Susan Calman Susan Grace Calman (born 6 November 1974) is a Scottish comedian, television presenter, writer and panellist on a number of BBC Radio 4 shows including ""The News Quiz"" and ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". She has written and starred in two series of her radio sitcom ""Sisters"", two series of stand-up show ""Susan Calman is Convicted"" and a series of stand-up show ""Keep Calman Carry On"", all on BBC Radio 4. She was one of the relief presenters for Fred MacAulay on his BBC Radio Scotland show ""MacAulay and Co"" which ran until March 2015. Other television"
"Simon Lipson Simon Lipson is an actor, writer, comedian and impressionist from England. His radio career has included being lead impressionist on BBC Radio 5 Live's ""The Game's Up,"" regular presenter and impressionist on ""Interesting...Very Interesting"", Radio 4's ""Dead Ringers"", a regular panelist on BBC Radio 2's ""And This is Them"" and a frequent guest on Radio 4's ""Loose Ends."" His TV appearances have included BBC1's ""The Stand Up Show"" and ""Auntie's Sporting Bloomers,"" Channel 4's ""100 Greatest Cartoons"" and ""100 Funniest Moments"" and ITV's ""Talking Telephone Numbers"" and ""Celebrity Squares"". Lipson has performed three solo shows at the Edinburgh"
"the panel. The show ran for two series. Langford had been a guest comedian on ""The Jon Richardson Show"". He co-hosted the radio show ""Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs"" and played Rhod Gilbert's brother on pilot sitcom ""Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl"". He sometimes co-hosts Gilbert's weekly show on BBC Radio Wales. Langford has appeared several times on the BBC Radio comedy panel ""The Unbelievable Truth"" and is a co-writer and performer on the BBC Radio Wales sketch show ""Here Be Dragons"" The show won the 2014 Sony Award - Bronze for Best Comedy. and he has also penned jokes"
"Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra. Before television, radio was one of the main ways to enjoy comedy, The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour being among the most popular early shows. On television there are comedy talk shows where comedians make fun of current news or popular topics. Such comedians include Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Graham Norton, Daniel Tosh, Chris Hardwick, Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, and Chelsea Handler. There are sketch comedies, such as [[Kids In The Hall and [[Monty Python]] who created their sketch comedy show ""[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]"" (a [[BBC]] show that influenced ""[[Saturday Night"
"A Field and 4 At The Fringe. 4 Stands Up 4 Stands Up is a BBC radio comedy show which has run since December 2007. The programme, which is broadcast on Thursdays at 6:30 pm on BBC Radio 4, contains stand up material from three comedy acts each show, with additional material from the show's host. The host remains consistent throughout the series, and the role has so far been filled by Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison. The programme is currently in its third series, and falls within a family of comedy programmes produced for BBC Radio 4,"
"Robin Ince Robin Ince (born 20 February 1969) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show ""The Infinite Monkey Cage"" with physicist Brian Cox. Starting at York House prep school at Redheath in Hertfordshire, from the age of thirteen, Ince was educated at Cheltenham College, a boarding independent school for boys in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, followed by Royal Holloway, University of London, from which he graduated in English and Drama in 1991. In 1990, Ince first appeared at Greyfriars Kirkhouse at the Edinburgh Festival where Eddie Izzard"