
Investigative documentary. Scientists use new technology on three British contributors to discover what our world would look like if we couldn't lie.
Deception is an integral part of human nature and it is estimated we all lie up to nine times a day. But what if we created a world in which we couldn't lie? In a radical experiment, pioneering scientists from across Europe have come together to make this happen.
Brand new technology is allowing them to rig three British people to make it impossible for them to lie undetected. Then they will be challenged to live for a whole week without telling a single lie. It is a bold social experiment to discover the role of deception in our lives - to investigate the impact lying has on our mental state and the consequences of it for our relationships, and to ask whether the world would be a better or worse place if we couldn't lie.
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00:02Seinabo Sey
Easy
00:03Clean Cut Kid
Vitamin C
00:05Years & Years
Without
00:09R I T U A L
Amen
00:18Everything Is Recorded
Close But Not Quite
00:26Sody
Let Go
00:31The xx
A Violent Noise
00:33Bebe Rexha
Gateway Drug (Explicit)
00:35alt‐J
3WW
00:36alt‐J
3WW
00:38Rita Ora
Your Song
00:40Jess Glynne
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
00:42Daughter
Mothers
00:47Frances
When It Comes To Us
00:50SOAK
Blud
00:54Jonas Blue
Perfect Strangers
00:54London Grammar
Different Breeds
00:56Haim
Honey & I
00:58Låpsley
Hurt Me
00:58The xx
I Dare You
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Vicki Cooper |
| Director | Vicki Cooper |
| Producer | Suzannah Wilkinson |
| Executive Producer | Jonathan Taylor |
| Editor | John Rosser |
| Narrator | Lola Buckley |
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