UK comedy panel shows have been improving the representation of women since the 1990s. The BBC has generally dragged its heels compared to other channels though https://strudel.org.uk/panelshows/
I was watching Have I Got News For You the other night and I found it funny that Paul Merton used "FR Leavis" as a punchline and nobody in the studio laughed except Ian Hislop.
Had to look up who FR Leavis was and still don't understand whether there was a specific reference hidden away there, other than it being very random.