There is an article in this month's Word magazine about panel show/panel game hosts and which are the best. Here is a list of the ones they mention and their ratings out of 10 (article written by Nige Tassell).

Charlie Brooker from You Have Been Watching - 8

Rob Brydon from Would I Lie To You? - 9

Jimmy Carr from 8 Out of 10 Cats - 7

Victoria Coren from Only Connect - 7

Stephen Fry from QI - 9

Dara O'Briain from Mock the Week - 8

Sue Perkins from The Big Food Fight Quiz - 7

John Sergeant from Argumental - 7

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer from Shooting Stars - 8

This list is of course not definitive. After all, there is no mention of hosts of radio panel show hosts like Nicholas Parsons and Sandi Toksvig, or former panel show hosts like Angus Deayton and the late Humphrey Lyttelton.

For me, my favourite panel show hosts are Fry and Humph - probably Humph nudging top. Who is your favourite?

It's going to be hard to beat Fry isn't it.

Rob Brydon 9!

No chance.

Victoria Coren and 'Only Connect'? What has this got to do with anything? What has the show got to do with anything?

Surely the best have to be Vic and Bob simply because the whole show was based around them.
I think another legend of panel hostery is Nick Hancock.

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Victoria Coren and 'Only Connect'? What has this got to do with anything? What has the show got to do with anything?

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I agree. It isn't even a comedy show.

Quote: Ian Wolf @ November 7 2009, 8:19 PM GMT

This list is of course not definitive. After all, there is no mention of hosts of radio panel show hosts like Nicholas Parsons and Sandi Toksvig, or former panel show hosts like Angus Deayton and the late Humphrey Lyttelton.

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Humphrey Lyttelton 10

Sandi Toksvig 4

Simon Amstell or Angus Deaton. Amstell edges it.

"And an extra point for being so clever!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmYIghXhgdM

Beat that, although he looks well old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgrZs4GXv4

Runs London, thumps muggers and is an erudite wit.

Huzzah for London's modern Batman.

Except it would surely be "Biffs up oiks," or "Thrashes the cads."

Though I see you have a BozzerJohnson avatar.

As any ful knos

You could just ask me to rewrite them?