The BBC Academy Podcast - TV Fast Train: Never Mind the Panel Shows

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Long live the comedy panel show….love them or loathe them audiences never tire of watching them.
Mutating from the satirical edge of Have I Got News For You to the anarchy of Celebrity Juice this genre boasts a longevity hard to rival.
This session unpicks the appeal of panel shows from the classic formats to the noisy new kids on the block. Our expert panellists, all comedy connoisseurs, reveal their secrets for cracking the format. The panel are Nick Martin, series producer HIGNFY, Dan Baldwin, MD Talkback and Marc Haynes, TV comedy writer. In the chair is Warren Prentice.

Published on Wednesday, 16th May 2012.

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