Puzzle Panel

Puzzle Panel is a light-hearted, though cerebral, panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1998. It is written and presented by puzzle columnist for The Guardian, Chris Maslanka .

In each half-hour programme, the panellists bring along one puzzle with which to test the mental mettle of the other two panellists and the host. Essentially, it is just for fun and no points are scored. Another puzzle, the Panel Beater, is contributed by a listener. There is also a prize available for solving a competition puzzle.

Panellists

Regular panellists have included:

• Johnny Ball, maths populariser
• David J. Bodycombe, puzzle devisor
• Victor Bryant, mathematician
• Geoffrey Durham, magician
• Rob Eastaway, cricket statistician
• Val Gilbert, Daily Telegraph crossword editor
• William Hartston, newspaper columnist
• Don Manley, crossword writer
• Prof. Angela Newing, research scientist
• Prof. David Singmaster, mathematician and puzzle collector