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The Brains Trust was a BBC radio discussion program that premiered in 1941 during World War II. The show featured a rotating panel of prominent intellectuals, including figures like Julian Huxley, Cyril Joad, and Mortimer Wheeler, who answered questions submitted by listeners on a wide range of topi...

Insiders is an Australian Sunday morning political panel and interview program broadcast on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Premiering in 2001, the show is currently hosted by journalist David Speers, succeeding founding host Barrie Cassidy. It provides analysis of the week's federal...

Radio Star is a South Korean television talk and variety program broadcast by MBC since 2007. A panel of hosts interviews groups of celebrity guests, commonly including actors, musicians, comedians, athletes, and television personalities. The program is distinguished by direct, teasing questions and...

Washington Week is a PBS weekly political journalism program that premiered in 1967, making it one of the longest-running public affairs shows on American television. The series features a rotating panel of prominent reporters and journalists who provide analysis and context for major news stories o...

Real Time with Bill Maher is an HBO talk show that began airing in 2003. The program features a panel discussion of current events, primarily focusing on politics and media, with guests including journalists, professors, and politicians. It evolved from the earlier series *Politically Incorrect*, em...

On n'est pas couché was a French late-night talk show created and presented by Laurent Ruquier on France 2 from 2006 to 2020. The program brought together authors, performers, politicians, and other public figures for interviews about current affairs, culture, and their recent work, often followed b...

Planet America is an Australian television program devoted to politics and public life in the United States. Presented by Chas Licciardello and John Barron and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2012, it combines news analysis, historical context, interviews, polling discussi...

Any Questions? is a BBC Radio 4 political panel discussion programme first broadcast in 1948, making it one of the oldest surviving shows on British radio, in which public figures answer questions from a travelling live audience.

Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher was an American late-night political comedy and discussion program hosted by Bill Maher. It premiered on Comedy Central in 1993, moved to ABC in 1997, and ended in 2002. Each episode brought together a mixed panel of entertainers, political figures, journalists,...

Irish late-night panel and entertainment show that aired on RTÉ Two from 2006 to 2010, hosted by Ardal O'Hanlon, blending celebrity chat with topical discussion.

Balderdash & Piffle is a BBC Two series presented by Victoria Coren that investigated the etymology of English words and invited viewers to submit historical evidence to help revise entries in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled is a British comedy discussion program presented by Alan Davies and originally broadcast on Dave. Episodes place Davies and several comedian guests around a table for an informal conversation without a conventional quiz, competition, or fixed subject. The largely unscrip...

The McLaughlin Group is an American syndicated political commentary television program that debuted in 1982. Created and hosted by journalist John McLaughlin until his death in 2016, the show features a roundtable format where a panel of pundits from across the political spectrum debate current even...

The Project was an Australian television news and panel program that premiered on Network Ten in 2009 under the title The 7PM Project. It combined reports and interviews about current affairs with discussion and comedy from a changing group of hosts, journalists, and guests. The format was designed...

The Daily Politics was a BBC Two weekday political magazine programme running from 2003 to 2019, presented chiefly by Andrew Neil and covering Westminster news, interviews, and live parliamentary debate.

Grumpy Old Women is a British BBC Two series that combines documentary-style interviews, panel discussion, and observational comedy. Its contributors, generally middle-aged women, talk about everyday frustrations and changes in modern life in a deliberately candid and humorous style. The programme d...

The Panel was an Australian comedy and discussion program broadcast by Network Ten from 1998 to 2004. Hosted by Rob Sitch and produced by Working Dog Productions, it brought together comedians and guests to discuss current events, popular culture, and public figures in an informal studio setting. Th...

Studio 10 is an Australian weekday morning television program broadcast by Network 10. It combines a panel format with interviews and segments about current affairs, entertainment, lifestyle, food, and popular culture. The program is intended for daytime viewers and has used different presenting lin...

The Real was an American syndicated daytime talk show that premiered in 2013 through Fox Television Stations. It used a panel of women hosts to discuss relationships, family matters, culture, current issues, and entertainment. The program was presented as a conversational format aimed at a broad, di...

Jeremy Vine is a Channel 5 weekday daytime discussion programme hosted by Jeremy Vine, launched in 2017 as a successor to his BBC One slot, covering topical news debates with studio guests and viewer contributions.

The Wright Stuff was a British weekday morning discussion program broadcast on Channel 5 and hosted by Matthew Wright. It ran from 1999 until 2018 and combined discussion of current affairs with debates involving invited guests and viewers who contacted the program. Its format was aimed at a general...

The Talk was an American daytime talk show broadcast by CBS from 2010 until 2024. Its format combined a panel of female co-hosts discussing current events, entertainment, family matters, and personal experiences, with interviews and studio segments. The presenting lineup changed over time, while the...

Love Island: Aftersun is a British companion panel show associated with the ITV2 reality series Love Island. It is presented during the run of each Love Island UK series and discusses events from the villa, including relationships, arguments, and developments from the preceding week. The programme f...

Loose Women is a British daytime panel and magazine program that first aired on ITV in September 1999. A rotating group of female presenters discusses current affairs, social questions, celebrity and entertainment news, and experiences from their own lives. The program is built around conversation r...