8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Comedy2012Rated 7.9
Two teams of comedians play the letters and numbers game Countdown, with a host who invents a gag for every timed round and a conundrum at the end worth ten points.
Starring Jimmy Carr, Rachel Riley, Jon Richardson
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Is it for me?
Comedy-panel people who like their word games naughty but harmless will land here. Before each ad break a Teatime Teaser anagram sounds filthy, and the answer is usually clean. During the thirty-second word round Jimmy Carr ices a huge cake or peers through binoculars with a straight face. A guest in Dictionary Corner follows each numbers round with a poem or song.
Before you start
Every episode is self-contained, so you can start anywhere; some later series add bonus rounds where the panel does comic challenges.
30 seasons, 165 episodes, 60 min each, about 165 hours so far
This show
Two teams of comedians play the letters and numbers game Countdown, with a host who invents a gag for every timed round and a conundrum at the end worth ten points.
Starring Jimmy Carr, Rachel Riley, Jon Richardson
Is it for me?
Comedy-panel people who like their word games naughty but harmless will land here. Before each ad break a Teatime Teaser anagram sounds filthy, and the answer is usually clean. During the thirty-second word round Jimmy Carr ices a huge cake or peers through binoculars with a straight face. A guest in Dictionary Corner follows each numbers round with a poem or song.
Before you start
Every episode is self-contained, so you can start anywhere; some later series add bonus rounds where the panel does comic challenges.
30 seasons, 165 episodes, 60 min each, about 165 hours so far
- E01Rob Beckett, Rhod Gilbert, Tim Key, Lee MackAired Fri 12 Apr
- E02Richard Osman, Stephen Mangan, Henning Wehn, Lee MackAired Fri 19 Apr
- S01E01Rob Beckett, Rhod Gilbert, Tim Key, Lee Mack12 Apr 2013
- S01E02Richard Osman, Stephen Mangan, Henning Wehn, Lee Mack19 Apr 2013