8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown


10:00 pm - 11:05 pm, Monday, March 16 on E4 Extra (31)

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Season 16, Episode 8

Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy words-and-numbers quiz, with Sean Lock and Roisin Conaty taking on guest captain Alan Carr and Joe Lycett. Susie Dent is joined by Spencer Jones in Dictionary Corner, while Rachel Riley looks after the numbers and letters


Comedy Game Show/Quiz/Contest Movie/Drama Show/Game Show

Cast & Crew

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Rachel Riley (Contributor)
Susie Dent (Contributor)
Sean Lock (Team captain)
Alan Carr (Team captain)
Joe Lycett (Panellist)
Roisin Conaty (Panellist)
Spencer Jones (Contributor)
Jordan Read (Series producer)
Richard Cohen (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)
Richard Osman (Executive producer)

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Jimmy Carr (Host)
Born: September 15, 1972 in Slough
Best Known For: His stand-up comedy
Early-life: James Anthony Patrick Carr was born in Slough on September 15, 1972, one of three sons of Irish immigrants. His parents split in 1994, though the marriage didn't end until the death of his mother in 2001. Jimmy did well at school and studied political science at Cambridge before moving into advertising. He landed a job in the marketing department of Shell Oil, but felt unfulfilled. When the company offered him voluntary redundancy, he took it, and decided to pursue a career in comedy.
Career: Carr began performing on the stand-up circuit, doing up to 300 shows a year for three years, before taking his act to the Edinburgh festival in 2002. This brought him to the attention of TV bosses, and before long he was presenting series such as Your Face or Mine and Distraction. Since then, he's rarely been off TVscreens, hosting the first run of the Friday Night Project, 8 Out of 10 Cats and numerous Channel 4 list shows. He's also made a move into acting, appearing in Alien Autopsy, Confetti, Stormbreaker and Telstar. He is one of Britain's busiest comics and his DVDs are big sellers.
Quote: 'I'm not being condescending, I'm too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn't understand.'
Trivia: In February 2007, Carr was the first major comedian to perform in the virtual reality world Second Life.
Rachel Riley (Contributor)
Born: January 11, 1986 in Rochford, Essex
Best Known For: Countdown.
Early-life: Rachel Annabelle Riley was born in Rochford, Essex, on January 11, 1986. She studied mathematics at Oriel College, Oxford.
Career: Riley's big break came in 2008 when she was chosen from more than 1,000 applicants to replace Carol Vorderman on Countdown. She presented her first show alongside Jeff Stelling in January 2009, and reached her 1,000th episode in June 2013. Away from the numbers and letters on Countdown, she began co-hosting The Gadget Show alongside Jason Bradbury in June 2013. She was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 and was the fifth celebrity to be eliminated.
Quote: 'I don't want girls to aspire to being famous for the sake of being famous. If I was only known for wearing a dress, that wouldn't have any value for me.'
Trivia: Riley won £36,000 for charity on a celebrity edition of The Bank Job. She supports Manchester United.
Susie Dent (Contributor)
Sean Lock (Team captain)
Born: April 22, 1963 in Chertsey, Surrey
Best Known For: His razor sharp wit on various comedy panel shows.
Early-life: Born in Woking, Surrey, on April 22, 1963. He is one of four children and admits that finances were tight - his father was made redundant several times. He does, however, credit his parents with giving him a strong work ethic. Sean left school in 1981 and began working on building sites, but being exposed to sunlight all day every day led him to develop skin cancer. He made a full recovery and moved into comedy.
Career: Lock's first professional TV appearance was in 1993, when he appeared in a supporting role alongside Rob Newman and David Baddiel on their signature TV show Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. He toured with the duo as their support act and, as a result, became the first comedian to perform at Wembley Arena. He script-edited the 1998 BBC Two series Is It Bill Bailey? and had his own show on BBC radio, 15 Minutes of Misery. It was later expanded into the half-hour series, 15 Storeys High. He's now a team captain on the panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats. Other game show appearances have come in the likes of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Have I Got News for You, QI, and They Think It's All Over. He also hosted his own entertainment show on Channel 4 called TV Heaven, Telly Hell.
Quote: 'I started doing panel shows, and I found that people liked me on them. They're fun. They're well-paid. And you don't have to spend six months writing them.'
Trivia: Bizarrely, in the 1970s, Lock appeared on the BBC's Nationwide with Uri Geller - where he was taught the art of spoon-bending.
Alan Carr (Team captain)
Born: June 14, 1976 in Northampton
Best Known For: His stand-up and chat shows.
Early-life: Alan Carr was born in Northampton on June 14, 1976. The son of former Northampton Town player and manager Graham Carr, he has a younger brother. Alan attended Weston Favell School before getting a job at a call centre. He was advised to go into comedy by a colleague who overheard his witty remarks about the people he had to speak to on the telephone. He took the leap and soon began attracting critical acclaim.
Career: Carr made his TV debut as a guest on the ITV lunchtime show Today with Des and Mel. He came to true prominence on Channel 4's The Sunday Night Project with Justin Lee Collins. He makes regular guest appearances on panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind The Buzzcocks and has featured as a panellist on Channel 4's annual Big Fat Quiz of the Year, a staple of the Christmas TV schedules. He has also fronted his own game show, Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong, written his autobiography, and continues to perform stand-up. His Channel 4 show Chatty Man attracts some of the biggest names in showbiz and has been a staple of the Channel 4 schedule since 2009. He also presented a weekly programme on Radio 2 for three years, and fronted game show The Singer Takes It All. In 2016, he hosted Alan Carr's Happy Hour, which was a spin off of Chatty Man.
Quote: 'Just because you're gay and on the telly doesn't mean you're a role model. I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. If you find me funny, good.'
Trivia: His assorted awards include a 2013 Entertainment Performance Bafta.
Joe Lycett (Panellist)
Roisin Conaty (Panellist)
Born: March 26, 1979 in London
Best Known For: Being a comedian and starring in Man Down.
Early-life: Roisin was born in London on March 26, 1979. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In the same year, she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three and performed alongside other female comedians for charity on Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues on Sky One.
Career: Conaty stars in the BBC's hidden camera series Impractical Jokers and she has appeared as a guest on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2013, she began playing Jo in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.
Quote: 'I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to look mad.'
Trivia: Conaty also performs as one half of female double act The Cakes with Caroline Ginty.
Spencer Jones (Contributor)
Jordan Read (Series producer)
Richard Cohen (Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips (Executive producer)
Richard Osman (Executive producer)
Born: November 28, 1970 in Billericay
Best Known For: Pointless.
Early-life: Richard Thomas Osman was born in Billericay on November 28, 1970, but grew up in West Sussex. He was raised by his single mum after his father left home - they didn't see each other for 20 years. Richard studied politics and sociology at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his future Pointless colleague Alexander Armstrong was reading English literature. He claims that one of his proudest moments came when his mum and grandfather watched his graduation.
Career: Osman has worked behind the scenes as an executive producer on a number of TV programmes, including Deal or No Deal, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and 10 O'Clock Live. As the UK creative director of TV production company Endemol, he pitched the quiz Pointless to the BBC. As a way of explaining the rules, he played the co-host during a run-through. He was asked to do the role for real when the show was commissioned. Pointless started on BBC Two in 2009 and was an immediate hit. It quickly made the switch to BBC One. Since being in the spotlight on Pointless, he has made guest appearances on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You? He also guest presented an episode of The One Show alongside Alex Jones.
Quote: 'Whenever I turn up to pub quizzes now, I see people going: ‘Urgh, that's the guy who knows everything.''
Trivia: He is the younger brother of Mat Osman, bassist with Suede, and suffers from nystagmus, a condition that results in uncontrolled movement of the eyes.