People who should be on "Would I Lie To You?"
by plwimsett | created - 20 Nov 2013 | updated - 05 Feb 2016 | PublicA game show hosted by Rob Brydon, basically involving truth and lies. There are always four celebrity guests on the show, with people including Charles Dance, Huw Edwards and Keeley Hawes. Have avoided Hollywood names here...
1. Hugh Laurie
Actor | House M.D.
Hugh was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Patricia (Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, a doctor, both of Scottish descent. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Son of an Olympic gold medalist in the sport, he rowed for the England youth team (1977) and for ...
A lie could be "He helped write the words of Blackadder II's theme tune.
2. Jeremy Paxman
Actor | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Jeremy Paxman is arguably Britain's most respected political journalist, renowned for his tough, rigorous interviewing of public figures. He was born in Leeds and educated at a prestigious private school, Malvern College. He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in English. He joined ...
A lie could be: He beat up Bamber Gascoigne to get the University Challenge job."
3. Tim Wonnacott
Self | The Great Antiques Hunt
Tim Wonnacott was born on March 12, 1951 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK.
A lie could be "He studied tapes of Terry-Thomas to get the voice right."
4. Phyllida Law
Actress | The Time Machine
Phyllida Law was born on May 8, 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and The Winter Guest (1997). She was previously married to Eric Thompson.
A lie could be "She based her role in Peter's Friends on Ermintrude the Cow."
5. David Jason
Actor | Only Fools and Horses
David Jason was born in Edmonton, London, in 1940. He has become one of Britain's most famous, versatile and respected actors, who is most famous for his role in Only Fools and Horses (1981) as Del Boy. He made his debut in the series in 1981 and was still playing the same role up to the Christmas ...
A lie could be "He was offered the job to sell Lubbly Jubbly juice drink."
6. Maggie Smith
Actress | Gosford Park
One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor ...
A lie could be "She was once asked by the Cats Protection League to attend an event as a cat, thanks to her role in Harry Potter."
7. Miriam Margolyes
Actress | The Age of Innocence
A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993), she received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role...
A lie could be "she insists that all autographed pictures show her in a bonnet."
8. June Brown
Actress | EastEnders
June Brown served in the Wrens and was classically trained at the Old Vic Drama School. She enjoyed a long career in the theatre, television and the cinema. The actor Nigel Hawthorne described her as "one of the most beautiful creatures I've seen on stage" after seeing her performance as Ibsen's "...
A lie could be "Her and Gretchlin Franklin were nicknamed 'the Teenagers'".
9. Michael Aspel
Actor | The War Game
Born in Battersea, London in 1933 during the war he was evacuated to Chard in Somerset. Retuning to London he attended Emmanuel School in Wandsworth where he was a member of the rowing club 8 and dreamed of being a cartoonist or a film star but ended up as being the teaboy for Collins the ...
A lie could be "He owned the cat in the Goodies' Kitten Kong."
10. Roger Moore
Actor | Moonraker
Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down.
Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. His ...
A lie could be "The first five agents he had wanted him to change his name as they found it 'too rude'".
11. Tony Blackburn
Actor | Kill Keith
Born in the town of Guildford, Surrey in 1943, Tony was educated at Millfield Public School in Somerset and Bournemouth College. The son of a doctor from Lilliput near Poole, Dorset, he made his first appearance in public with the Jan Ralfini Dance Orchestra at the Bournemouth Pavilion while still ...
A lie could be "He and Fluff once hijacked an event, which was meant to be attended by Smashy and Nicey."
12. Mark Gatiss
Actor | The League of Gentlemen
Mark Gatiss is an accomplished author, actor and playwright. Originally from Sedgefield, County Durham, he graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA (honors) in Theatre Arts.
He was one-quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen (1999), and became heavily involved in ...
A lie could be "He was asked to join the real life Diogenes Club."
13. Judi Dench
Actress | Skyfall
Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the ...
A lie could be "As part of her training to play M, she followed around Cubby Broccoli secretly for a month".
14. Benedict Cumberbatch
Actor | The Imitation Game
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold ...
A lie could be "He was asked to president of US's version of Weight Watchers, called "The Cumbersomes".
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