
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- TV panel show
- Channel 4
- 2012 - 2025
- 167 episodes (26 series)
The 8 Out Of 10 Cats regulars play the famous words and numbers quiz with the help of guests. Stars Jimmy Carr, Robert Deaton, Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Rachel Riley and more.
- Due to return for Series 27 (C4: 28)
- Series 24 (C4: 25), Episode 5 repeated Friday at 11:05pm on C4
Streaming rank this week: 640
Episode menu
Series 21 (C4: 22), Episode 4

Jimmy Carr hosts, as Lee Mack and Joe Wilkinson take on Jon Richardson and Jessica Knappett. Comedian Nigel Ng is in Dictionary Corner. Regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate.
Notes
Jon and Jessica won, 46 points to 39.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 28th January 2022
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Jimmy Carr | Host / Presenter |
Robert Deaton | Fabio |
Jon Richardson | Self |
Rachel Riley | Self |
Susie Dent | Self |
John Pohlhammer | Announcer |
Lee Mack | Guest |
Joe Wilkinson | Guest |
Jessica Knappett | Guest |
Nigel Ng | Self |
Jimmy Carr | Writer (Additional Material) |
Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
Lee Stuart Evans | Writer (Additional Material) |
Christine Rose | Writer (Additional Material) |
Andrew Bird | Writer (Additional Material) |
Will Ing | Writer (Additional Material) |
Neil Webster | Writer (Additional Material) |
James Farmer | Writer (Additional Material) |
Richard Valentine | Director |
Damian Eadie | Series Producer |
Jodie Krstic | Series Producer |
Hannah Duncombe | Producer |
Tom Baker | Producer |
Leo Gallagher | Producer |
Peter Gwyn | Executive Producer |
Ruth Phillips | Executive Producer |
Richard Cohen | Executive Producer |
Karen Murdoch | Edit Producer |
Lauren Wilkinson | Line Producer |
Michael Stranney | Edit Producer |
George Winfield | Editor |
Edward Gibbs | Editor |
Cas Casey | Editor |
Rudi Thackray | Production Designer |
Alan Hawkshaw | Composer |
Mat Osman | Composer |
Julia Smith | Lighting Designer |