Puzzle Panel - Panellists

Panellists

Regular panellists included:

• David J. Bodycombe, puzzle devisor
• Victor Bryant, mathematician
• Geoffrey Durham, magician
• Rob Eastaway, author and lecturer
• Val Gilbert, Daily Telegraph crossword editor
• William Hartston, newspaper columnist
• Paul Lamford, Backgammon champion and writer
• Don Manley, crossword writer
• Prof. Angela Newing, research scientist
• Prof. David Singmaster, mathematician and puzzle collector

Other panellists included:

• Johnny Ball, TV presenter and maths populariser
• Philip Carter, prolific author of IQ puzzle books
• Prof. Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician and presenter of BBC Four's Mind Games
• Richard Vranch PhD., performer

In the last two programmes of the 2005 series, a couple of listeners were invited to join the panel. Programme five's guest, Stephen Buxton, was a regular Panel Beater contributor, and programme six's guest, Jenny Murray, was a member of the public who regularly answered the Listener's Puzzle correctly.