Anyway, where were we? Oh yes, it's the Christmas special, 2023! Did St. Nicholas resurrect a partridge? What was the deal with King John's Christmas cards? And who are Timmy, Betty, and the King of Sicily, and what do they have to do with Ch

Episode 28: Did a magical platypus save some 19th century Christmas castaways?

Dec 14th, 2020 1h 15m

Who wants a Christmas present? Well, instead you’ve got this. Just in case you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse, we’re back with this year’s Yes or BS Christmas special! As always, the rules are simple: six facts, each as unbelievable as t

Episode 27: Did a 19th century presidential candidate circumnavigate the globe three times?

Apr 28th, 2020 1h 14m

Will Ant recover from his 6-0 defeat at the start of the series? (Unlikely.) Will Paul have a fact about a Victorian eccentric? (Very likely.) And will Ant really manage to go an entire season without a Roman history fact? (Impossible.) It’s ti

Episode 26: Was Frank Sinatra supposed to star in Die Hard?

Apr 21st, 2020 1h 9m

It’s fair to say Yes or BS covers quite a few knowledge bases each week, but seriously – where else would you find facts about Frank Sinatra, porridge oats and sentient octopuses all nestled up against one another? Or, for that matter, where wo

Episode 25: Was Noah’s Ark discovered during the Cold War?

Apr 14th, 2020 1h 11m

Yes or BS reaches its quarter century with one of the strangest and most eclectic episodes yet. (And that’s saying something.) Besides Noah’s Ark, this week we’re finding out about dinosaurs, classical music, Asian history, and humorously cru

Episode 24: Is there an asteroid named after a pet cat called ‘Mr Spock’?

Apr 7th, 2020 1h 5m

This week on Yes or BS, we’re covering everything from Star Trek to nuclear warfare. Never let it be said we’re not eclectic. Among the facts you’ll have to decipher this week is a tale about a group of Spanish guerrillas, who may or may not

Episode 23: Did the Ancient Saxons worship a god called Geoffrey?

Mar 31st, 2020 1h 1m

Season 4 of Yes or BS continues apace! This week Ant (@VoiceoverTony) and Paul (@HaggardHawks) cover another eclectic mix of topics, from the monsters of traditional Japanese folklore to the Frankish king Charlemagne’s lengthy wars against th

Episode 22: Did the world’s oldest vending machine dispense Ancient Roman holy water?

Mar 24th, 2020 1h 11m

We’re back! Another six rounds of absolute nonsense, courtesy of Ant (@VoiceoverTony) and Paul from Haggard Hawks (@HaggardHawks). In this opening episode, topics covered include Mesopotamian letters, the world’s most inbred monarch, and a ha

Episode 21: Did a pair of stranded donkeys spark a 19th century catchphrase? - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

Dec 29th, 2019 1h 18m

Happy Christmas everyone! Who needs a bumper crop of festive nonsense to go with all your roast parsnips and pigs in blankets? No one, that’s who. But too bad – you’re getting a bumper bonus episode of Yes or BS anyway!As always, here are six

Episode 20: Did a Victorian conservationist request his pet squirrel speak at his funeral?

Oct 22nd, 2019 1h 22m

We’ve made it. You’ve made it. WE’VE ALL MADE IT THIS FAR. It’s the Yes or BS Season 3 finale! And, as always, we’re going out with another bumper last-of-the-series episode... This week, Paul and Ant talk Wild West bandits, bizarre Victori

Episode 19: Did an ancient queen of England attend a fancy dress party dressed as a cockerel?

Oct 15th, 2019 1h 12m

A Lithuanian shipwreck. A 19th century ballooning hoax. And a queen of England dressed in a cockerel costume. It’s all here this week, in Episode 19 of Yes or BS!Also in this week’s episode, did Wimbledon, England, give its name to Wimbledon,

Episode 18: Does Viagra cure jet lag in hamsters?

Oct 8th, 2019 1h 5m

Is this the best-titled episode of Yes or BS yet? You bet your Viagra-powered hamster it is. Episode 18 kicks off with facts about sign language and the supposed miracles of a martyred English king, veers somewhere into classic 80s cinema, an

Episode 17: Was a swearing parrot removed from President Jackson’s funeral?

Oct 1st, 2019 1h 8m

We’re halfway through Season 3 of Yes or BS already, and we’re reaching the milestone with facts about palaeontology, psychology, literature, and swearing parrots. Is déjà-vu caused by a misfired fight-or-flight impulse? Was the first automat

Episode 16: Was the parking sign invented for the 1928 Olympics?

Sep 24th, 2019 1h 18m

Season 3 of Yes or BS continues apace – and things are as eclectic as ever... Is there a gigantic corpse-filled mausoleum hidden under one of Britain’s most famous buildings? Was an international rowing race really interrupted by a flock of d

Episode 15: Did Mozart hold an elaborate funeral for his pet starling?

Sep 17th, 2019 1h 21m

Yes, we’re back! Season 3 of Yes or BS kicks off with this bumper episode covering everything from Ancient Roman embassies to, er, Walt Disney’s Dumbo. Did a former British Navy lieutenant-general unsuccessfully enter 28 parliamentary electio

Episode 14: Did London’s biggest theatre once host a revolving horse race? – WITH THE ENDLESS KNOT

Aug 27th, 2019 1h 2m

Surprise! Ahead of Season 3 of Yes or BS arriving this September, here’s something a bit special – our very first team episode, featuring the brilliant Aven and Mark from The Endless Knot! For one week only, Ant and Paul are are working toget

Episode 13: Was the teabag invented by accident?

Apr 16th, 2019 1h 14m

It’s the last episode of Season 2 of Yes or BS, so we’re going out in style with a bumper episode revisiting some previous, er... glories?So. Is there a giant Buddha statue carved into a Chinese mountainside? Did a German performance artist t

Episode 12: Did a 12-year-old boy once pass himself off as the Prime Minister?

Apr 9th, 2019 1h 8m

In the penultimate episode of Season 2, the Yes or BS facts on offer cover everything from an ancient Tang Dynasty credit card to a mysterious 100-mile chain of cloven footprints and a political treaty the covers the weaponization of the moon.

Episode 11: Did hyperinflation in the 1920s drive German accountants insane?

Apr 2nd, 2019 1h 7m

We’ve reached the halfway point in Season 2 of Yes or BS, and things are just as eclectic as ever... This week, Ant and Paul decide whether there was once a Nigerian terracotta army, whether Florence Nightingale’s protégé used carbolic acid to

Episode 10: Did a Holy Roman Emperor once ride a donkey into battle?

Mar 26th, 2019 57m 4s

This week on Yes or BS, Ant and Paul have to decide whether a double decker bus once jumped the gap in Tower Bridge, and whether JS Bach once investigated a haunting at Weimar Cathedral. This game really does get stranger as the weeks go by...

Episode 9: Did clay pigeon shooting replace real pigeon shooting at the Olympics?

Mar 19th, 2019 56m 14s

Did a Polish composer leave his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company? And did a Brazilian explorer really think the Amazon river was 1/25th its actual size because he took a wrong turn at Manaus? Paul and Ant take on six more rounds of unbeli

Episode 8: Did CS Lewis have a narcoleptic cat?

Mar 12th, 2019 56m 42s

We’re back! And more eclectic than ever... In this, the first episode from Season 2 of Yes or BS, Paul and Ant talk Hadrian’s Wall, ghost ships, The Blob, and whether or not CS Lewis had a narcoleptic cat.

Episode 7: Did Tony the Tiger sing on The Grinch soundtrack? — CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Dec 22nd, 2018 1h 8m

Happy Christmas from Yes or BS! Ahead of Season 2 in the New Year, Ant and Paul discuss Japan’s festive fondness for Beethoven, the financial nightmare that was Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and what connects Dr Seuss to Kellogg’s Frostie

Episode 6: Did a Scottish eccentric open a museum dedicated to himself?

Oct 30th, 2018 50m 16s

Did a 19th century Scottish poet open a museum to himself? And do possums realise they’re playing dead? More believable unbelievables in the Season 1 finale of Yes or BS...