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• David Mitchell's reaction upon finding out that the story about British radio and television presenter Mike Read doing a 10-minute political rap at the Conservative Party Conference was true.

David: How are [the Tories] ever going to get back into office? Are they trying? It it match-fixing? Is someone bribing them to be terrible at politics? Mike Read! Ten minutes! Rapping?! What the fuck is that?! [goes briefly incoherent] The reason Tony Blair can start wars for no- you know, without asking people - is that there's no opposition! It's their fault! It's Mike Read's fault! The deaths of our servicemen are on his conscience! Angus Deayton: I do hope Mike Read is watching this.

• Stephen Mangan successfully convincing Lee's team that he had nicknames for both his big toes.
• Lee, when he was claiming his "Possession" was a coconut that nearly killed him:

Trisha Goddard: I'm suspicious because you're not allowed to bring any fruits or vegetables from foreign countries in-- Lee: Well, you've made the classic mistake there, Trisha, because a coconut isn't a fruit or a vegetable. It is in fact a seed.

• Jimmy Carr straight-up admitting he'd lost his virginity at 26. He did it as a Truth/Lie, but didn't in fact feel the need to justify it like some others would.
• Greg Davies hardly said anything that wasn't great, but his Moment Of Awesome came when he managed to convince Lee's team that his statement (which they were sure was a lie) was true simply by saying "This is true" with as much conviction as possible.

Greg [turning to his captain]: Do you feel, David, any genuine sense of competition in this game? David: Yes, I do, yeah. Greg: Then I think you're going to like me very much. It was a lie.

• It's something very minor, but when David says that peacocks are very posh animals Lee corrects him saying that people do farm peacocks and that these are found in very rural places (which is, by the way, true): for a moment it seems that David is going to explode, but then he stops and realises that he doesn't actually know. He then goes off with a rant anyway, but...

David: No, no, peacocks are in very posh places and very formal places. Lee: In very rural places, generally. David: No, no, it's not like, you don't farm peacocks! Lee: Yes they do. People do farm peacocks. David: No but no wha... *beat* *raises arms* Okay!

• Bob Mortimer demonstrating breaking an apple in two with his bare hands.
  • Viewers who have seen Shooting Stars will have known his story was true from the start, because he once did the same thing on that show, but with a coconut!