Susie Dent
- English
- Actor, academic and television personality
Press clippings
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains Series 6 guests revealed
Dara O Briain, Layton Williams, Susie Dent, Emily Atack, Sam Campbell, Al Murray and Lucy Beaumont are amongst the guests taking part in Series 6 of Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains, which starts on Comedy Central on Monday 28th October.
British Comedy Guide, 17th October 2024Phil Wang and Susie Dent to host Unspeakable for Radio 4
Radio 4 has ordered a series of word-based panel show Unspeakable, hosted by Phil Wang and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown lexicographer and etymologist Susie Dent, to air later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd July 20248 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown production to be paused
Channel 4 reportedly has no plans to film any more episodes of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2024, but it does still have one already-recorded series to show later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 8th May 2024Radio 4 announces a raft of new comedy series
Frank Skinner, Catherine Bohart, Randy Feltface, Christian Brighty, Lorna Rose Treen, Jim Smith, Geoff Norcott, Stuart Mitchell, Sunil Patel, Paul Merton and David Sedaris are amongst those who have got BBC Radio 4 series coming up in 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2024Kurupt FM wins at British Podcast Awards
The Kurupt FM Podkast has won in the Best Comedy category at the British Podcast Awards. Other winners include Rule Of Three, The Rob Auton Daily Podcast and Shagged. Married. Annoyed.
British Comedy Guide, 12th July 20208 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown review
A champagne-fuelled joy.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 13th July 2018TV: 8 Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown All-Female Edition
Never mind coming a long way since women got the vote, we've come a long way since a few years ago when women were seen as token females on quiz shows and TV decided that a woman should be on every panel.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th July 2018Katherine Ryan to host 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown special
Katherine Ryan is to host a special female-only episode of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2018Preview - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
These days, when watching Cats Does Countdown, you sometimes expect that one of the regulars will be missing, but annoying tonight we're missing two.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 22nd September 2017Jimmy Carr is your host for this enduring takeover of the afternoon quiz show format by the near-the-knuckle satire show. Alan Carr is the big-name guest, but there should be some good stuff from Cariad Lloyd and Kevin Bridges as well. Joining staunch good sport Susie Dent in the dictionary corner, meanwhile, are Radio X's weekend double act Elis James and John Robins, who seem likely to find just the right tone.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 18th August 2017