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  • noun A person who appears on a panel, either as a member of a committee or jury, or as part of a panel game.

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  • noun a member of a panel

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Examples

  • The TV panellist is comedian Russell Howard, he's funny.

    The Graham Norton Show: Safe on the sofa Sam Wollaston 2010

  • Freud had a famously varied career which included stints as a politician, chef, restaurateur, food writer, horse racing pundit, children's writer, and dog food advertiser, but he was perhaps best known as a panellist on

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • "There is nothing to 'understand' about this!" the former editor of the Sun shouted, as a youthful fellow panellist referred to deep alienation among his peers in London's poorest areas.

    From top to bottom we need a new ethic of responsibility | Observer editorial 2011

  • ✒BBC Radio 4 was largely insulated from the BBC's cuts last week, but if it ever finds itself short of a panellist on Just A Minute, it could always turn to BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten.

    Media Monkey's Diary 2011

  • Wise would clearly be a regular on Thought for the Day, a panellist on Sunday Morning Live; Songs of Praise would regularly broadcast from his church.

    Holy smoke: religion and television's uneasy pact 2011

  • Cole, meanwhile, has reportedly already entered the next stage of her career, becoming a glamorous pawn in a ratings war between BBC1 and ITV.This weekend the 27-year-old singing star and talent show panellist was reportedly choosing between high-profile roles on Saturday night television shows for BBC1 or ITV1, although probably for a reduced fee.

    Cheryl Cole ponders switch to BBC after X Factor sacking 2011

  • That may be changing now, thanks to his new-found status as a particularly vociferous panellist on Mock The Week.

    This week's new live comedy 2011

  • Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty who was also a panellist on the programme, offered qualified support for the substance of Clarke's original remarks.

    Kenneth Clarke delays announcement of sentencing reforms 2011

  • Later that year a panellist at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival claimed that coverage of Harry's tour of duty had been used by the Taliban as a propaganda tool for recruitment.

    Don't show Prince Harry kidnap drama, says army chief Mark Sweney 2010

  • The Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson memorably dispatched this slur on Question Time recently, where she explained to a reactionary fellow panellist that if she had agreed to pick her up a Mars from the canteen but returned with a Twix because they had sold out, she would still have one chocolate bar.

    AV referendum: The Dave and Dr No show | Editorial 2011

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