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name: "Peter Holmes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-holmes-1983363"
fi1m_id: "peter-holmes-1983363"
imdb_id: "nm0392002"
tmdb_id: 1983363
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T16:37:58.992507+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Peter Holmes

## Identity

Peter Holmes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-holmes-1983363
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-holmes-1983363
- **IMDb ID:** nm0392002
- **TMDB ID:** 1983363
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1983363

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1983363

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Would I Lie to You?*](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md) (85)

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## Fi1m on Peter Holmes

> Peter Holmes understands how little a good comedy game needs explaining. His *Would I Lie to You?* gives performers a reason to question and interrupt one another, and we rate the warm, argumentative programme that results.

A personal story is offered, and the people opposite begin looking for reasons not to believe it. In *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), Peter Holmes makes that small exchange enough to sustain a comedy programme we readily recommend. The opposing team must decide whether the story is true, which gives every question and interruption a purpose. David Mitchell and Lee Mack, as captains, have something to argue over, with Rob Brydon hosting. We need little explanation before we can join in.

Holmes came to formats through writing, with credits on the catalogue parody *Unnovations* (2001) and the sketch series *Spoons* (2005). The move to creating *Would I Lie to You?* shifted the emphasis from written material to a game in which performers could question one another. He has also served as its executive producer, working through Zeppotron. His later executive-production credits include *Frankie Boyle’s New World Order* (2017).

We laughed at the questioning in *Would I Lie to You?*, because the objections can be as funny as the account being challenged. Holmes’s useful decision is to make listening part of the game: a participant needs to hear a story before trying to pick it apart. Mitchell, Mack and Brydon supply the company that makes the programme worth returning to even when a round is thin. Holmes also shares the work with director Barbara Wiltshire and fellow executive producer Ruth Phillips.

The temptation with a creator’s credit is to attribute every successful exchange to the person who devised the rules. We would stop short of that, but Holmes deserves credit for a game that gives funny people something useful to do together. Thin stories can still take too long to resolve, and even good company cannot make every round equally rewarding. Start with *Would I Lie to You?* for a relaxed half-hour, allowing a little patience for the anecdotes that do not warrant quite so many questions.

## Biography

Peter Holmes is a British television producer and writer. He created the comedy panel show *Would I Lie to You?*, which premiered in 2007 on BBC One, and has served as its executive producer across many episodes.

Holmes is a company director at production company Zeppotron. His other credits as executive producer include *Frankie Boyle's New World Order* (2017–2022) and *Late Night Mash* (2021–2022). He has received one BAFTA Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), Fi1m 85, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Them From That Thing* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), series, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md)
- *Rex the Runt* (1998), series, as Ace (voice) · Writer
- *The Friend Ship*, series, Executive Producer

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