8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2012 Specials

As part of a special evening of programming in which a number of Channel 4's most popular programmes crossed into each others' territories, Jimmy Carr hosted an edition of cerebral quiz show Countdown, with Sean Lock and Jon Richardson playing the game. No one realised back then that it'd spawn this long-running show.

2013 Specials

Jimmy Carr, Jon Richardson and Sean Lock hijacked an episode of Deal or No Deal for the Channel 4 Mash Up 2013, before returning to more games of Countdown.

Series 1 (C4: 2) (2013)

The first full series of comically-charged editions of the words and numbers game, for summer 2013, including an 80s special.

Series 2 (C4: 3) (2014)

Guests in this series included Rhod Gilbert, Kevin Bridges, Sharon Horgan and James Corden.

Series 3 (C4: 4) (2014)

Guests included Jonathan Ross, Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Jason Manford and Stephen Mangan.

Series 4 (C4: 5) (2014)

The boys return for a further 3 episodes during September 2014, and a Christmas special.

Series 5 (C4: 6) (2015)

Another run of games for January and February 2015.

Series 6 (C4: 7) (2015)

The longest series yet. Joe Wilkinson was missing for this series. Jon Richardson also missed many episodes, so many of the shows feature guest team captains.

Series 7 (C4: 8) (2016)

A short run of the series early in 2016.

Series 8 (C4: 9) (2016)

The show returned for another series in March 2016.

Series 9 (C4: 10) (2016)

Guests in this series include David Mitchell, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, Roisin Conaty, Victoria Coren-Mitchell, David O'Doherty, Nish Kumar, Henning Wehn, Adam Buxton, Natasia Demetriou, and John Kearns.

Series 10 (C4: 11) (2016)

Another run of episodes for late Summer/early Autumn 2016.

Series 11 (C4: 12) (2017)

The first series for 2017.

Series 12 (C4: 13) (2017)

The teams are back for more games in Spring 2017.

Series 13 (C4: 14) (2017)

More words and numbers for the latter half of 2017.

Series 14 (C4: 15) (2018)

A new series for 2018.

Series 15 (C4: 16) (2018)

Katherine Ryan hosted a special all-female edition of the show to begin this series.

Series 16 (C4: 17) (2019)

Series 16 ran from the second week of January.

Series 17 (C4: 18) (2019)

There was eight episodes in this series.

Series 18 (C4: 19) (2020)

Six episodes to start off 2020.

Series 19 (C4: 20) (2020)

Five episodes shown in the summer of lockdown.

Christmas Special 2020

Jon Richardson and Sarah Millican face off against Sean Lock and David Mitchell.

Series 20 (C4: 21) (2021)

Six episodes to start off 2021.

Christmas Special 2021

Jon Richardson and Sarah Millican take on Lee Mack and Jason Manford.

Series 21 (C4: 22) (2022)

Six episodes to start off the year.

Series 22 (C4: 23) (2022)

Six episodes shown between July and September.

Christmas Special 2022

Jon Richardson and Jack Dee to take on Lee Mack and Rose Matafeo.

Series 23 (C4: 24) (2023)

A set of episodes for 2023, split into chunks many months apart.

Christmas Special 2023

Jon is joined by Roisin Conaty as they face Joe Lycett and Danny Dyer.

Series 24 (C4: 25) (2024)

A series beginning at the start of 2024.

Series 25 (C4: 26) (2024)

Another round of episodes from Jimmy & Co.

Series 26 (C4: 27) (2025)

A new series starting at the beginning of 2025.

Series 27 (C4: 28) (2025) New