8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- TV panel show
- Channel 4
- 2012 - 2025
- 166 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.
- Returns on Friday 3rd January on C4 at 9pm with Series 26 (Channel 4: Series 27), Episode 1
- Christmas Special 2022 repeated tomorrow at 1:30am on 4seven
Streaming rank this week: 1,206
Episode menu
Series 23 (Channel 4: Series 24) - Best Bits
Jimmy Carr, Susie Dent and Rachel Riley host a compilation of best bits from the anarchic letters and numbers game, featuring Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Harry Hill, Bob Mortimer, Katherine Ryan, Joe Lycett, Rose Matafeo, Richard Ayoade, Chris McCausland, Miles Jupp, Lucy Beaumont, Alex Horne and Joe Wilkinson among others.
Notes
This episode is dedicated "in loving memory of comedy legend Sean Lock", 1963 - 2021.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 18th August 2023
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jimmy Carr | Host / Presenter |
| Robert Deaton | Fabio |
| Sean Lock | Self |
| Jon Richardson | Self |
| Rachel Riley | Self |
| Susie Dent | Self |
| John Pohlhammer | Announcer |
| Katherine Ryan | Guest |
| Bob Mortimer | Guest |
| Paul Foot | Guest |
| Joe Wilkinson | Guest |
| Joe Lycett | Guest |
| Richard Ayoade | Guest |
| Nick Mohammed | Mr Swallow |
| Harriet Kemsley | Guest |
| Rose Matafeo | Guest |
| Tom Allen | Guest |
| Lucy Beaumont | Guest |
| Harry Hill | Guest |
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Guest |
| Chris McCausland | Guest |
| Kerry Godliman | Guest |
| Rosie Jones | Guest |
| Alex Horne | Self |
| Joe Auckland (as The Horne Section) | Self |
| Will Collier (as The Horne Section) | Self |
| Ben Reynolds (as The Horne Section) | Self |
| Rob Madin (as The Brett Domino Trio) | Self |
| Steven Anderson (as The Brett Domino Trio) | Self |
| Mark Brown (as The Horne Section) | Self |
| Joe Stilgoe (as The Horne Section) | Self |
| Ed Sheldrake (as The Horne Section) | Self |
| Jimmy Carr | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Dominic English | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Lee Stuart Evans | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Fraser Steele | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Christine Rose | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Martin Trenaman | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Phil Kerr | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Will Ing | Writer (Additional Material) |
| James Farmer | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Michael Stranney | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Earl | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Matt Hulme (as Matthew Hulme) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Karl Minns | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Richard Valentine | Director |
| Barbara Wiltshire | Director |
| Damian Eadie | Series Producer |
| Jodie Krstic | Series Producer |
| Roberta Grady | Producer |
| Gareth Roy | Producer |
| Chloe Sibthorp | Producer |
| Peter Gwyn | Executive Producer |
| Richard Osman | Executive Producer |
| Ruth Phillips | Executive Producer |
| Richard Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Alex Gilman | Senior Producer |
| Karen Murdoch | Senior Edit Producer |
| George Winfield | Editor |
| Rudi Thackray | Production Designer |
| Roger Williams (as Roger Toakley-Williams) | Lighting Designer |
| Alan Hawkshaw | Composer |
| Mat Osman | Composer |