''The Fake News Show'' is a British television

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show that has aired on

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as a pilot since 6 February 2017 and as a full series from 15 May 2017. It is hosted by

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with

Katherine Ryan Katherine Louisa Ryan (born 30 June 1983) is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, and actress based in the United Kingdom. She has appeared on many British panel shows, including as a regular team captain on ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' and '' Never ...

and

Richard Osman Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, novelist and comedian. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ''Pointless''. He has presented the BBC Two quiz sho ...

as the panellists. The series is produced by

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for Channel 4. The goal is for the two sort out various news stories and work out if they are true or not.

Format

The show's title is a reference to the concept of '

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', a term popularised by President

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during the

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. 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.

Episodes

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows: : – Indicates Richard's team won. : – Indicates Katherine's team won. : – Indicates the game ended in a draw.

Pilot (2017)

# The points system was changed after the pilot, which is why so many points were scored in this episode.

Series 1 (2017)

The first two episodes were broadcast on Monday nights, after which the show was moved to Sunday nights.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fake News Show, The 2017 British television series debuts 2017 British television series endings 2010s British comedy television series 2010s British game shows Channel 4 panel games British panel games English-language television shows