8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown is a British comedy panel show broadcast on Channel 4, as a crossover between 8 Out of 10 Cats and Countdown.
From Cats, the show took its host, Jimmy Carr and then regular team captains, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson, with Susie Dent and Rachel Riley reprising their Countdown roles. Since Lock's death in 2021, his team has been captained by a guest.
Comedian Joe Wilkinson also regularly appears, usually as Riley's assistant.
Number of appearances per panellist
editThis table only includes appearances made as a contestant, not those made in Dictionary Corner, or Joe Wilkinson's various as Riley's assistant.
The number in brackets is the number of the appearances in which they were a guest team captain, the first number remains the total.
As of 29 June 2023
| Name | OE* | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Lock | Captain | Captain | |||||||||
| Jon Richardson | |||||||||||
| Clarke Carlisle | 1 | ||||||||||
| Joe Wilkinson | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lee Mack | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Rob Beckett | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rhod Gilbert | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Richard Osman | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Stephen Mangan | 1 | 1 | {{CNone|}} | ||||||||
| Jason Manford | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Miles Jupp | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Humphrey Ker | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sarah Millican | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chris Ramsey | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bob Mortimer | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Adam Hills | 1 | ||||||||||
| David O'Doherty | 1 | ||||||||||
| Henning Wehn | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Bridges | 2 | ||||||||||
| Aisling Bea | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kathy Burke | 1 | ||||||||||
| Josh Widdicombe | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dara Ó Briain | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sharon Horgan | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jack Dee | 1 | ||||||||||
| James Corden | 2 | ||||||||||
| Roisin Conaty | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jonathan Ross | 1 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Flintoff | 1 | ||||||||||
| Josie Long | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jo Brand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Claudia Winkleman | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bill Bailey | 1 | ||||||||||
| David Mitchell | 1 | ||||||||||
| Trevor Noah | 1 | ||||||||||
| David Baddiel | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jon O'Neill | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vic Reeves | 1 | ||||||||||
- denotes the original episodes as part of Channel 4's 30th anniversary special "mash-up night" before a full series was commissioned