. ▁The ▁winner ▁is ▁the ▁pan ell ist ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁points . ▁A ▁perfect ▁score ▁is ▁ 2 0 ▁points ▁( by ▁hiding ▁all ▁five ▁of ▁their ▁truth s , ▁and ▁spot ting ▁the ▁five ▁truth s ▁in ▁all ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁players ' ▁rout ines ▁without ▁making ▁any ▁wrong ▁challeng es ), ▁plus ▁additional ▁points ▁for ▁" un intent ional " ▁truth s ▁revealed ▁during ▁the ▁mon olog ue . ▁However , ▁nobody ▁has ▁reached ▁this ▁score ▁yet , ▁and ▁in ▁fact ▁many ▁cont ests ▁have ▁been ▁am using ly ▁low ▁scoring , ▁with ▁most ▁pan ell ists ▁having ▁a ▁negative ▁number ▁of ▁points ▁due ▁to ▁high ▁number ▁of ▁guess es . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Re action ▁to ▁the ▁show ▁has ▁been ▁generally ▁positive . ▁Many ▁reviews ▁have ▁pra ised ▁Mitchell ' s ▁presentation ▁of ▁the ▁programme , ▁saying , ▁" M itch ell ' s ▁quick , ▁intellig ent ▁wit ▁gives ▁it ▁an ▁edge ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁otherwise ▁lack ." ▁Elizabeth ▁Mah oney ▁in ▁The ▁Guardian ▁ent h used : ▁" From ▁the ▁first ▁moments ▁of ▁its ▁pl ink y ▁pl on ky ▁theme ▁t une , ▁' The ▁Un bel iev able ▁Tr uth ' ▁is ▁a ▁delight   ... ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁format ▁isn ' t ▁about ▁how ▁convin cing ly ▁you ▁can ▁spin ▁a ▁tall ▁story , ▁but ▁how ▁well ▁you ▁can ▁s ne ak ▁incon gru ous ▁true ▁facts ▁into ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁silly ▁n ons ense . ▁The ▁pleasure ▁here   – ▁David