
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2012 · TV Series · TV-MA · 47 min · ★ 7.3
A comedy panel show mash-up where a familiar words-and-numbers quiz is played with extra banter, joke answers, and playful distractions. Two teams compete through letters rounds, numbers puzzles, and a final anagram, while the host keeps things moving with quick jokes and guest appearances.
Based on Des chiffres et des lettres, 8 out of 10 Cats, Countdown
Also known as Cats Does Countdown · 8oo10cdc
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2013-04-12
- Network
- Channel 4
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 47 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (98 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic quiz format with extra jokes and a loose, cheeky vibe, especially if you like 8 Out of 10 Cats; Not for you if you prefer a straight, serious game show.
Pros: fun play-along quiz; sharp banter; lots of guest comedians | Cons: humour can be hit-or-miss; pacing sometimes slow; mash-up feels awkward
Themes
- letter
- game show
- mathematics
- celebrity
- puzzle
- spoof
- numbers
- panel show
- mash up
- celebrity panel
- celebrity game
Cast & crew

Jimmy Carr
as Self - Presenter

Jon Richardson
as Self - Team Captain

Sean Lock
as Self - Team Captain

Rachel Riley
as Self

Susie Dent
as Self

Robert Deaton
as Fabio

Joe Wilkinson
as Self

Dane Baptiste
as Self

Cariad Lloyd
as Self - Contestant

Elis James
as Self - Dictionary Corner
Directed by Richard Valentine
Episodes29 seasons · 161 episodes
Season 12 episodes
- S1E1Lee Mack, Rob Beckett, Rhod Gilbert, Tim Key47m
- S1E2Lee Mack, Richard Osman, Stephen Mangan, Henning Wehn47m
Season 25 episodes
- S2E1Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert, Danny Dyer47mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2Rhod Gilbert, Miles Jupp, Nick Helm47mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3Humphrey Ker, Sarah Millican, Rich Hall47m
- S2E4Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Abandoman47m
- S2E5Lee Mack, Bob Mortimer, Adam Hills, Alex Horne and The Horne Section47m
Season 36 episodes
- S3E1Rhod Gilbert, Kevin Bridges, Josie Long47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E2Miles Jupp, Aisling Bea, Nick Helm47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E3Kathy Burke, Josh Widdicombe, Dara Ó Briain47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E4Dara Ó Briain, Sharon Horgan, Adam Buxton47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E5Jack Dee, James Corden, Joe Lycett47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E6James Corden, Kevin Bridges, Peter Serafinowicz47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 47 episodes
- S4E1Roisin Conaty, Jonathan Ross, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E2Andrew Flintoff, Rhod Gilbert, Henning Wehn47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E3Josie Long, Rob Beckett, Vic Reeves47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E4Stephen Mangan, Jason Manford, Tim Key47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E5Jo Brand, Claudia Winkleman, Bill Bailey47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E6Bill Bailey, Josh Widdicombe, Jake Yapp47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E7Bob Mortimer, Richard Osman, Matthew Crosby47m
Season 53 episodes
- S5E1David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Phill Jupitus47mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E2David Baddiel, Trevor Noah, Joey Essex47mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E3Vic Reeves, Jo Brand, Adam Buxton47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 66 episodes
- S6E1David Mitchell, Katherine Ryan, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E2Roisin Conaty, Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett47mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E3Reginald D. Hunter, Aisling Bea, Holly Walsh47mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E4Romesh Ranganathan, Johnny Vegas, Josie Long47mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E5Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Jack Whitehall47mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E6Jason Manford, Sarah Millican, Jonathan Ross, Bill Bailey47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 717 episodes
- S7E1Bill Bailey, Paul Foot, Sarah Millican, Rob Delaney, Romesh Ranganathan, Nina Conti47mAmazon Prime Video
- S7E2Kevin Bridges, Kathy Burke, Joe Lycett, Nick Helm47mAmazon Prime Video
- S7E3Rhod Gilbert, Sara Pascoe, Johnny Vegas, Joey Essex47mAmazon Prime Video
- S7E4Katherine Ryan, Rob Beckett, Greg Davies47mAmazon Prime Video
- S7E5Miles Jupp, Greg Davies, Holly Walsh47mAmazon Prime Video
- S7E6Vic Reeves, Lee Mack, Sara Pascoe, Alex Horne and the Horne Section47mAmazon Prime Video
- S7E7Bob Mortimer, Sarah Millican, Katherine Ryan, Alex Horne and the Horne Section47m
- S7E8Roisin Conaty, Sarah Millican, Rhod Gilbert, David O'Doherty47m
- S7E9Seann Walsh, Joe Wilkinson, Danny Dyer, Bill Bailey47m
- S7E10Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Rob Beckett, Vic Reeves47m
- S7E11Mel Giedroyc, Lee Mack, David O'Doherty, Adam Buxton47m
- S7E12Freddie Flintoff, Bill Bailey, Roisin Conaty, Rob Beckett47m
- S7E13Liza Tarbuck, Sarah Millican, Romesh Ranganathan, Phill Jupitus47m
- S7E14Bill Bailey, Joe Wilkinson, Isy Suttie, Joe Lycett47m
- S7E15Henning Wehn, Bill Bailey, Jessica Hynes, Tom Allen47m
- S7E16Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Horne & The Horne Section47m
- S7E17Greg Davies, Holly Walsh, Vic Reeves47m
Season 84 episodes
- S8E1Jason Manford, Roisin Conaty, Sam Simmons47mAmazon Prime Video
- S8E2Rob Beckett, Cariad Lloyd, Jamie Laing47mAmazon Prime Video
- S8E3Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe, Sam Simmons47mAmazon Prime Video
- S8E4Isy Suttie, Richard Osman, Alex Horne47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 95 episodes
- S9E1Vic Reeves, Aisling Bea, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime Video
- S9E2Bob Mortimer, Holly Walsh, Isy Suttie, Claudia Winkleman47mAmazon Prime Video
- S9E3Alex Brooker, Johnny Vegas, Sara Pascoe, Tom Allen, Claudia Winkleman, Rob Beckett47mAmazon Prime Video
- S9E4Rebecca Front, Kevin Bridges, Joe Lycett47mAmazon Prime Video
- S9E5Katherine Ryan, David Mitchell, Nick Helm47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 105 episodes
- S10E1Henning Wehn, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Tom Allen47mAmazon Prime Video
- S10E2Roisin Conaty, Nish Kumar, Adam Buxton47mAmazon Prime Video
- S10E3David O'Doherty, Natasia Demetriou, John Kearns47mAmazon Prime Video
- S10E4David Mitchell, Katherine Ryan, Brett Domino Trio47mAmazon Prime Video
- S10E5Claudia Winkleman, Johnny Vegas, Reginald D. Hunter, Sara Pascoe47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 117 episodes
- S11E1David Walliams, Jonathan Ross, Joe Lycett, Isy Suttie47mAmazon Prime Video
- S11E2Lee Mack, Catherine Tate, Miles Jupp, John Cooper Clarke47mAmazon Prime Video
- S11E3David Walliams, Jessica Hynes, Rhod Gilbert, Sam Simmons47mAmazon Prime Video
- S11E4Lee Mack, Bob Mortimer, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alex Horne47mAmazon Prime Video
- S11E5Richard Ayoade, Rob Beckett, Claudia Winkleman, Adam Riches47mAmazon Prime Video
- S11E6Danny Dyer, Joe Wilkinson, Gabby Logan, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime Video
- S11E7David Mitchell, Cariad Lloyd, Russell Howard, Sam Simmons47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 128 episodes
- S12E1Stephen Mangan, Noel Fielding, Fay Ripley, Brett Domino Trio47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E2Russell Howard, Roisin Conaty, Phil Wang, Nick Helm47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E3David O'Doherty, Johnny Vegas, Jamie Laing, Holly Walsh47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E4Joe Wilkinson, Jayde Adams, David Baddiel47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E5Joe Wilkinson, David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Tom Allen47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E6Jonathan Ross, Michelle Wolf, Johnny Vegas, Pappy's47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E7James Acaster, Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, John Cooper Clarke47mAmazon Prime Video
- S12E8Joe Wilkinson, Chris Addison, Katherine Ryan, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 133 episodes
- S13E1Joe Lycett, Michelle Wolf, Adam Riches47mAmazon Prime Video
- S13E2Jonathan Ross, Lee Mack, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Jessie Cave47mAmazon Prime Video
- S13E3Stephen Mangan, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Bill Bailey47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 145 episodes
- S14E1Cariad Lloyd, Alan Carr, Kevin Bridges, Elis James, Jon Robins47mAmazon Prime Video
- S14E2Kathy Burke, Roisin Conaty, Johnny Vegas, Bob Mortimer, John Cooper Clarke47mAmazon Prime Video
- S14E3Jason Manford, Alan Carr, Katherine Ryan, Ivan Brackenbury47mAmazon Prime Video
- S14E4Vic Reeves, Sara Pascoe, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime Video
- S14E5Jason Manford, Joe Wilkinson, Lee Mack, Fay Ripley, Alex Horne47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 154 episodes
- S15E1Joe Wilkinson, Kevin Bridges, Jessica Knappett, John Cooper Clarke47mAmazon Prime Video
- S15E2Lee Mack, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alan Carr, Dane Baptiste, Sam Simmons47mAmazon Prime Video
- S15E3Alan Carr, Josh Widdicombe, Joe Wilkinson, Sara Pascoe, Bill Bailey47mAmazon Prime Video
- S15E4Johnny Vegas, Rhod Gilbert, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty, Tom Allen47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 168 episodes
- S16E1Katherine Ryan, Roisin Conaty, Jessica Hynes, Sara Pascoe, Lolly Adefope, and Morgana Robinson as "Natalie Cassidy"47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E2Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, John Cooper Clarke47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E3Miles Jupp, Alan Carr, Roisin Conaty, Ivan Brackenbury47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E4Rob Beckett, Claudia Winkleman, Nick Mohammed, Joe Wilkinson47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E5Phil Wang, Alan Carr, Harriet Kemsley, David O'Doherty, Joe Wilkinson47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E6Richard Ayoade, Jessica Knappett, Alex Horne47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E7Kevin Bridges, Joe Wilkinson, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Adam Kay47mAmazon Prime Video
- S16E8Roisin Conaty, Alan Carr, Joe Lycett, Spencer Jones47mAmazon Prime Video
Season 176 episodes
- S17E1Johnny Vegas, Lou Sanders, Brett Domino Trio47m
- S17E2Claudia Winkleman, Henning Wehn, Nick Helm47m
- S17E3Joe Wilkinson, Aisling Bea, Tom Allen47m
- S17E4David Mitchell, Sara Pascoe, Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou47m
- S17E5Michelle Wolf, Rob Beckett, Spencer Jones47m
- S17E6Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kelmsley, James Veitch47m
Season 187 episodes
- S18E1Miles Jupp, Rose Matafeo, Vic Reeves47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S18E2Victoria Coren Mitchell, James Acaster, Morgana Robinson47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S18E3Joe Wilkinson, Sara Pascoe, Sam Simmons47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S18E4Rob Beckett, Alan Carr, Sarah Millican, Nick Mohammed47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S18E5Sara Pascoe, Alan Carr, Tom Allen, Rosie Jones47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S18E6Harriet Kemsley, Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, Adam Buxton47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S18E7Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, Adam Riches47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
Season 196 episodes
- S19E1Harry Hill, Rose Matafeo, Alex Horne47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S19E2Joe Wilkinson, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, The Brett Domino Trio47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S19E3Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, David O'Doherty47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S19E4Miles Jupp, Sophie Duker, Lee and Dean47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S19E5Kevin Bridges, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Spencer Jones47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
- S19E6Harriet Kemsley, Chris McCausland, Nick Helm47mAmazon Prime VideoBritBox
Season 203 episodes
- S20E1Kerry Godliman, Joe Wilkinson, Mr Swallow47m
- S20E2Tom Allen, Rosie Jones, Adam Riches47m
- S20E3Daisy May Cooper, Richard Ayoade, Ivo Graham, Adam Buxton47m
Season 216 episodes
- S21E1Katherine Ryan, Joe Lycett, Johnny Vegas, Christopher Bliss47m
- S21E2Paul Foot, Angela Barnes, John Cooper Clarke47m
- S21E3Harriet Kemsley, Joe Lycett, Mat Ewins47m
- S21E4Sara Pascoe, Richard Ayoade, Nick Helm47m
- S21E5Lucy Beaumont, Roisin Conaty, Joe Wilkinson, Bec Hill47m
- S21E6Joe Wilkinson, Lee Mack, Katherine Ryan, Brett Domino47m
Season 226 episodes
- S22E1Roisin Conaty, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jon Richardson, Rob Beckett47m
- S22E2Jack Dee, Tom Allen, Jon Richardson, Judi Love47m
- S22E3Roisin Conaty, Asim Chaudhry, Jon Richardson, Josh Widdicombe47m
- S22E4Lee Mack, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Jessica Knappett47m
- S22E5Sarah Millican, Nish Kumar, Jon Richardson, Maisie Adam47m
- S22E6Sean Lock, Harry Hill, Jon Richardson, Rosie Jones47m
Season 236 episodes
- S23E1Jon Richardson, Lucy Beaumont, Richard Ayoade, Joe Wilkinson45m
- S23E2Alan Carr, Harriet Kemsley, Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam45m
- S23E3Jon Richardson, Jo Brand, Joe Wilkinson, Jamali Maddix45m
- S23E4Jon Richardson, Chris McCausland, Richard Ayoade, Sara Pascoe45m
- S23E5Jon Richardson, Nabil Abdulrashid, Roisin Conaty, Joe Wilkinson45m
- S23E6Jonathan Ross, Russell Kane, Alan Carr, Judi Love45m
Season 242 episodes
- S24E1Jonathan Ross, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty, Ahir Shah47m
- S24E2Sarah Millican, Phil Wang, Tom Allen, Roisin Conaty47m
Season 255 episodes
- S25E1Harriet Kemsley, Lee Mack, Munya Chawawa, David O'Doherty47m
- S25E2Joe Wilkinson, Rob Beckett, Sarah Millican Jamali Maddix47m
- S25E3Rob Brydon, Katherine Parkinson, Jon Richardson, Babatunde Aléshé48m
- S25E4Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Judi Love, Joe Lycett47m
- S25E5Jon Richardson, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty47m
Season 265 episodes
- S26E1Dan Tiernan, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, John Kearns47m
- S26E2Sarah Millican, Tom Allen, Joe Wilkinson, Rosie Jones, Mr Swallow48m
- S26E3Alan Carr, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Gary Delaney, Don Rodolfo47m
- S26E4Katherine Ryan, Richard Ayoade, Laura Smyth, Mat Ewins47m
- S26E5Richard Ayoade, Kemah Bob, Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam, Sarah Keyworth47m
Season 276 episodes
- S27E1Sarah Millican, Josh Widdicombe, Alan Carr & Thanyia Moore47m
- S27E2Rosie Jones, Joe Wilkinson, Phil Wang & Dr John Cooper Clarke47m
- S27E3Guz Khan, Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson & Alasdair Beckett-King47m
- S27E4Big Zuu, Danny Dyer, Helen Bauer & Mat Ewins47m
- S27E5Amy Gledhill, Richard Ayoade, Guz Khan & Sam Campbell47m
- S27E6Episode 6
Season 285 episodes
- S28E1Bob Mortimer, Tom Allen, Richard Ayoade, Harriet Dyer & Ian Smith48m
- S28E2Joe Wilkinson, Josh Widdicombe, Rhod Gilbert, Thaniya Moore & Frankie Monroe47m
- S28E3Joe Wilkinson, Alex Brooker, Kevin Bridges, Judi Love & Brian Butterfield47m
- S28E4Roisin Conaty, Phil Wang, Joe Wilkinson, Lou Sanders & David O'Doherty47m
- S28E5Lucy Beaumont, Rob Brydon, Joe Wilkinson & Huge Davies47m
Season 293 episodes
- S29E1Judi Love, Rob Beckett, Katherine Parkinson & Spencer Jones48m
- S29E2Roisin Conaty, Rob Beckett, Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Lou Wall47m
- S29E3Judi Love, Rob Beckett, Miles Jupp & Róisín and Chiara47m