It is hosted by Stephen Mangan with Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman as the panellists.

[1] The show's title is a reference to the concept of 'fake news', a term popularised by President Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Throughout the episode, the teams are presented with various popular or sensational news stories taken directly from well known media publishers, and they must then decipher if the information was factual or not.

In the pilot episode, thousands of points were awarded for each correct answer and were referred to as 'clicks'.

However, in subsequent episodes, only one point was awarded for each correct answer in order to avoid confusion.