Panel shows have been a staple of British TV for over 25 years – from Mock the Week to Newsnight and Have I Got News For You – as a nation we’ve enjoyed tuning into debates and late night discussions from our living rooms.

But, until now, such shows have been predominantly fronted by men.

Take Mock the Week: of the seven comedians that appear on the show, three are permanently male comedians, and the other four are more often than not men, too. And then there’s Have I Got News For You: during its 28-year history, the show has been presented by 11 politicians, but just one – Ann Widdecombe – was a woman.

So you can imagine the commotion that’s been caused by the BBC’s decision to pick an all-female line-up for the first episode of its new lunchtime panel show, Politics Live.

The first episode aired on Monday, featuring MPs Amber Rudd and Emily Thornberry, along with journalists Camilla Tominey and Anushka Asthana and BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

However, some people took umbrage to the panel line-up, saying it was “too gimmicky” and “too PC” and even compared it to the chat show, Loose Women.

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