Editing Panel show (section)

===United Kingdom===
{{Main|List of British game shows#Panel games|l1=List of British game shows: Panel games}}
Panel shows are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they have found continued success since the [[BBC]] adapted its first radio panel shows from classic parlor games.<ref name=TelegraphPopular/> Perhaps the earliest British panel show is the BBC radio adaptation of ''[[Twenty Questions]]'', which debuted on 28 February 1947. Panel shows can have decades-long runs in the UK: ''Twenty Questions'' lasted until 1976, while ''[[Just a Minute]]'' has remained on the air, and had [[Nicholas Parsons]] as host from 1967 until 2019. Other long-running games on radio include ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' since 1972, ''[[The News Quiz]]'' since 1977, ''[[My Word!]]'' from 1956 to 1988,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/|title=Home - BBC Programme Index|website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> and ''[[My Music (radio)|My Music]]'' from 1967 to 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/5604727/Steve-Race.html|title=Obituaries: Steve Race|date=22 June 2009|access-date=16 July 2018|website=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/steve-race-musician-and-broadcaster-best-known-for-his-association-with-the-programme-my-music-1715941.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/steve-race-musician-and-broadcaster-best-known-for-his-association-with-the-programme-my-music-1715941.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituaries: Steve Race: Musician and broadcaster best known for his association|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

The British version of ''[[What's My Line?]]'' may have been the first television panel show in the UK, with an original run from 1951 to 1963 and several remakes in later years. The word game ''[[Call My Bluff]]'' aired from 1965 to 2005, the charades show ''[[Give Us a Clue]]'' ran from 1979 to 1992, and the improv game ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' aired from 1988 to 1998. Current British panel shows have become showcases for the nation's top stand-up and improv comedians, as well as career-making opportunities for new comedians.<ref name="splitsiderguide" /> Regular comics on panel shows often go on to star in sitcoms and other TV shows.

The modern British panel show format of TV comedy quizzes started with ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', a loose adaptation of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[The News Quiz]]''. ''HIGNFY'', as the show is sometimes known, began airing in 1990, and has been the most-viewed show of the night, regularly attracting as much as a 20% [[Nielsen ratings#Ratings/share and total viewers|audience share]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Curtis|first=Beth|title=BBC One's 'HIGNFY', 'Graham Norton' lead Friday's primetime ratings|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a526666/bbc-ones-hignfy-graham-norton-lead-fridays-primetime-ratings.html|work=Digital Spy|access-date=6 April 2014|date=26 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Curtis|first=Beth|title='Have I Got News For You' leads Friday night ratings with 4.67m|website=[[Digital Spy]]|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a524880/have-i-got-news-for-you-leads-friday-night-ratings-with-467m.html|access-date=6 April 2014|date=19 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Liam |title=Have I Got News for You Leads Friday Night Ratings with 4.68M |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a538335/have-i-got-news-for-you-leads-friday-night-ratings-with-468m.html |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 April 2014 |date=14 December 2013 }}</ref> The show's success grew after its transfer from [[BBC Two]] to the flagship [[BBC One]] in 2000.

After ''HIGNFY'''s success, panel shows proliferated on British TV. Notable example include ''[[QI]]'' on various BBC channels since 2003, ''[[Mock the Week]]'' on BBC Two from 2005 to 2022, ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]'' on [[Channel 4]] since 2005, ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' on BBC One since 2007, and the annual special, ''[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]'' on Channel 4 since 2004. 

On the radio, ''[[The News Quiz]]'', ''[[Just a Minute]]'', ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' and ''[[The Unbelievable Truth (radio show)|The Unbelievable Truth]]'' are among the most popular and long-running panel shows, all of which air on BBC Radio 4.

British comedy panel shows feature mainly male guests. A 2016 study that analysed 4,700 episodes from 1967 to 2016 found that 1,488 of them had an all-male lineup, and [[Heresy (radio series)|only one]] an all-female cast. The proportion of women rose from 3% in 1989 to 31% in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Addley|first1=Esther|title=Study of UK comedy panel shows finds just one all-female episode|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/23/study-uk-comedy-panel-shows-finds-just-one-all-female-episode|access-date=23 December 2016|work=The Guardian|date=23 December 2016}}</ref>