The Fake News Show
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| The Fake News Show | |
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| Genre | Comedy panel game |
| Directed by | Geraldine Dowd |
| Presented by | Stephen Mangan |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Richard Wilson |
| Producers | Mark Barrett Ed Ryland |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Hat Trick Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 6 February – 4 June 2017 |
The Fake News Show is a 5-episode British television comedy panel game show that has aired on Channel 4 as a pilot since 6 February 2017 and as a full series from 15 May 2017. It is hosted by Stephen Mangan with Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman as the panellists. The series is produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. The goal is for the two sort out various news stories and work out if they are true or not.[1]
The show's title is a reference to the concept of 'fake news', a term popularised by President Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Throughout the episode, the teams are presented with various popular or sensational news stories taken directly from well known media publishers, and they must then decipher if the information was factual or not. In the pilot episode, thousands of points were awarded for each correct answer and were referred to as 'clicks'. However, in subsequent episodes, only one point was awarded for each correct answer in order to avoid confusion.[2]