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** There have been two ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks''-alikes. Creator/{{SBS}}'s ''Series/{{Rockwiz}}'' is considered the more musically credible; it has the feel of a stage show that just happens to be on TV, being filmed in an actual pub and with the scores displayed on cardboard placards. It is trumped in popularity by [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]'s ''Series/SpicksAndSpecks'', which is closer to ''Buzzcocks'' in format but (being hosted by Adam Hills) with a more positive attitude and less likely to go OffTheRails.

** This series was later revived and extended to an hour-long show by Creator/CBS as ''Series/AfterMidnight,'' now hosted by stand-up comic Taylor Tomlinson.

* ''Series/WouldILieToYou'', hosted in the first two seasons by Angus Deayton, currently hosted by Rob Brydon, with team captains Creator/LeeMack and Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}}. Slightly more emphasis on the ''game'' part of panel game, the contestants read out a card that either contains an unlikely truth about themselves or a lie made up by the researchers of the show, and they have to defend it as true, while the other team prods them for additional facts and then says whether it's the truth, or a lie. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6JH-3o17qI A video link]] explains it better than that description.) There are also various other rounds, such as each member of one team claiming to know a mystery guest. It's one of the best panel shows on today, with very little scripted material, lots of funny stories and plenty of good-natured ribbing.

** ''Waku Waku'', a classic charity show with a focus on wildlife trivia. Although it was extremely popular for quite a number of seasons, it was cancelled well over a decade ago. It's the one panel show that all others take their cues from.

* ''Animal Crack-Ups'' was a short-lived[[note]]Read: One season, in the "kids aren't even watching" timeslot[[/note]] Saturday-morning game show on Creator/ABC in [[TheEighties the mid-80s]], in which celebrities answered trivia questions about animals with the winner getting a cash donation to the wildlife-based charity of their choice.

* ''The 99p Challenge'' is a radio panel show that offers up a prize of 99 pence [[RidiculousExchangeRates (currently equivalent to US$50,000)]] to its winners.

* Creator/ComedyCentral's ''Series/AtMidnight'' was a U.S., four-nights-a-week take on the concept themed around internet and pop culture. Although obscured by its use of elements associated with American quiz shows (consisting of three solo guests, some rounds played on buzzers, and a Final Series/{{Jeopardy}}-like endgame played between the top two scorers... or all three [[ThePointsMeanNothing if Chris Hardwick feels like it]]), it still carried all of the hallmarks of a British-style panel game (including a focus on rapidly-changing subjects and recurring segments, and points that wildly fluctuated on the host's whim).

* ''Radio/JustAMinute'', which, over the years, has placed more and more emphasis on joke-telling than on trying to speak for a minute without repetition, hesitation, or deviation, with the panel now generally composed of stand-up comedians (the original regulars included columnist Clement Freud and comic actors (but not stand-up comedians) Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo, and Kenneth Williams). Host Nicholas Parsons did insist that it was the contributions and not the point-scoring that is most important, but this has not stopped many panelists over the years from taking the "game" aspect very seriously.

** ''WebVideo/CitationNeeded'' has Tom pull up a Wikipedia article pulled up, and the other three panelists who can't see the article have to guess the details, and get points for answering questions Tom makes about the article. Because all four of them are quite geeky and still intelligent, a lot of educational joking ensues.

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* WebVideo/CitationNeeded is Creator/TomScott's take on the format: He has a Wikipedia article pulled up, and three panelists (Chris Joel, Gary Brannan, and Matt Gray) who can't see the article and have to guess the details. Because all four of them are quite geeky and still intelligent, a lot of educational joking ensues.

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* Creator/ComedyCentral's ''Series/AtMidnight'' was a U.S., four-nights-a-week take on the concept themed around internet and pop culture. Although obscured by its use of elements associated with American quiz shows (consisting of three solo guests, some rounds played on buzzers, and a Final Series/{{Jeopardy}}-like endgame played between the top two scorers--or all three [[ThePointsDontMatter if Chris Hardwick feels like it]]), it still carried all of the hallmarks of a British-style panel game (including a focus on rapidly-changing subjects and recurring segments, and points that wildly fluctuated on the host's whim).

* Creator/ComedyCentral's ''Series/AtMidnight'' was a U.S., four-nights-a-week take on the concept themed around internet and pop culture. Although obscured by its use of elements associated with American quiz shows (consisting of three solo guests, and some rounds played on buzzers), it still carried all of the hallmarks of a British-style panel game (including a focus on rapidly-changing subjects and recurring segments, and points that wildly fluctuated on the host's whim).

* ''Radio/JustAMinute'', which, over the years, has placed more and more emphasis on joke-telling than on trying to speak for a minute without repetition, hesitation, or deviation, with the panel now generally composed of stand-up comedians (the original regulars included columnist Clement Freud and comic actors (but not stand-up comedians) Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo, and Kenneth Williams). Host Nicholas Parsons does insist that it is the contributions and not the point-scoring that is most important, but this has not stopped many panelists over the years from taking the "game" aspect very seriously.

* ''The Museum of Curiosity'', which has been described as a sister show to ''Series/{{QI}}''.

* ''Series/{{QI}}'', themed around general [[strike:knowledge]] ignorance, has become one of the biggest. (And funniest.) Notable for having no captains but a regular panelist in Alan Davies, who acts as a foil to host Stephen Fry and keeps things from getting too serious.

** As of Series 22, the team captains are now Rob Beckett and Katherine Ryan though Sean and Jon are the team captains on the spinoff hybrid series 8 out of 10 Cats does Series/{{Countdown}} with Jimmy also serving as the host.