How we work

Real examiner. Real instrument. Still entertainment.

What we will and will not do on an entertainment booking, so nobody finds out the hard way in the edit.

It is entertainment, and we say so

Everything here is booked for entertainment. We do not issue written reports, we do not certify outcomes, and nothing from an entertainment booking should be described on screen as proof.

That is not a disclaimer buried in a contract. It is how we talk about the work from the first phone call, because a production that oversells the result is the one that gets a complaint.

The examiner and the kit are real

Trained examiners, working instruments — Stoelting analogue units where a period look is wanted, Lafayette LX6 digital otherwise. The contributor is properly wired and the questions are properly run.

That is the whole appeal. An audience can tell the difference between a real instrument and a prop, and the moment only lands if the examination is genuine.

Contributor welfare

Contributors know what is going to happen before they sit down. No ambush questions, no subject sprung on them at the last minute.

We expect a duty-of-care plan with named aftercare the contributor can reach after transmission. The examiner will flag any welfare concern immediately, and will not proceed if it is not addressed.

Questions are agreed in advance

You send the questions, we tell you which will work on the instrument and which will not. Vague or compound questions produce nothing usable, so we would rather fix them at the brief stage than on the day.

The examiner will not add a question on the floor that the contributor has not seen.

Bookings we turn down

We decline where a contributor is not fit to take part, where the format depends on humiliating someone, or where the production intends to present the result as though it were evidence.

If you need a polygraph for a legal, workplace or private matter, that is different work and it goes through liedetectortest.com instead.

Need it in writing?

Ask and we will send the policy with our insurance and examiner credentials, in a form your compliance team can sign off.

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