You Calling Me A Liar?

Rob Brydon appears to have found his niche as a game show host or panellist. You see him here, you see him there, you see him everywhere. In ‘Would I Lie To You?’ (BBC1), a chop-shop gluing together of ‘What’s My Line?’ and ‘Call My Bluff’, he hosts the proceedings with a high degree of panache; he allows team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell to engage in entertaining and witty banter without trying to hog the limelight. Mack and Mitchell have well proven comedy bones; both are on-their-feet thinkers and able to, in the Irish phrase, ‘take a slagging’. Mack is great as the professional Northerner (and, for 'thetvreviewguy', can do very little wrong) while Mitchell is perfect at playing the nice posh fellow. BBC Comedy scores a lot of hits and this is definitely one of them; perfect Friday night entertainment with a glass of wine, or in ‘thetvreviewguy’s case, a can of Lidl special. Putting funny people together in the same room should produce good results and ‘Would I Lie To You?’ hits the right humour buttons; solid, really good, light entertainment. Laughter really is the best therapy so book yourself a free session and tune in.