8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Monday, April 20 on E4 Extra (31)
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Season 26, Episode 5
Jimmy Carr hosts a combination of the comedy panel show and the long-running words and numbers quiz, as Richard Ayoade and Kemah Bob take on Jonathan Ross and Maisie Adam. Sarah Keyworth joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner while Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon fills in for Rachel Riley taking care of the letters and numbers
Comedy
Game Show/Quiz/Contest
Movie/Drama
Show/Game Show
Cast & Crew
Jimmy Carr
(Host)
Susie Dent
(Contributor)
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
(Contributor)
Richard Ayoade
(Panellist)
Kemah Bob
(Panellist)
Jonathan Ross
(Panellist)
Maisie Adam
(Panellist)
Richard Cohen
(Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips
(Executive producer)
Jodie Krstic
(Series producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
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.
Susie Dent
(Contributor)
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon
(Contributor)
Richard Ayoade
(Panellist)
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born Richard Ellef Ayoade on June 12, 1977, in London. His mother is Norwegian, his father Nigerian, and Richard is their only child. The family left the capital when he was young and settled in Ipswich. He was interested in film from an early age, and wrote plays and sketches while still at school before landing a place at Cambridge to study law, where he met David Mitchell and joined the famous Footlights group. On leaving university he spent two years writing for TV sketch shows and attempting to become a stand-up comedian.
Career:
Ayoade's breakthrough came when he and Matthew Holness created fictional horror author Garth Merenghi; a stage show featuring the character won the Perrier Award, which was followed by the Channel 4 series Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Ayoade went on to appear in The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Bunny and the Bull, and The IT Crowd. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the acclaimed Submarine (which he also wrote, adapting it from the novel by Joe Dunthorne), and has since directed The Double as well as numerous music videos for acts such as the Arctic Monkeys, Super Furry Animals, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian. He's was a team captain on Channel 4 panel show Was It Something I Said? and took over as host of Gadget Man from Stephen Fry.
Quote:
"I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'"
Trivia:
Here's Ayoade's tips for aspiring directors: "Try not to get depressed. You need to be healthy so don't get a cold. Get comfortable shoes because you don't sit down for two months."
Kemah Bob
(Panellist)
Jonathan Ross
(Panellist)
Best Known For:
His cheeky celebrity interviews.
Early-life:
Jonathan Stephen Ross was born on November 17, 1960, in Camden, London. He is one of six children born to a lorry driver and his film extra wife (Martha Ross had a bit part in EastEnders for over 20 years). Jonathan appeared in TV ads as a child, but after completing a degree in modern European history at the University of London, he began his TV career as a researcher on such shows as Loose Talk and Soul Train.
Career:
In 1987, Ross and his friend Alan Marke devised a format inspired by Late Night with David Letterman, and after struggling to find a suitable host, Ross stepped in. The resulting show, The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross, made him a star. Other major projects include his chat shows Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and The Jonathan Ross Show, and his stint as the reviewer of the BBC's Film programme. He's also a massive comic book fan; his first foray into the genre, Turf, was published in 2010. But he's also hit the headlines for various controversies over the years, including the notorious Sachsgate, which involved a prank call made by him and Russell Brand to actor Andrew Sachs in 2008.
Quote:
'People like coming on my show because they know they'll have fun and they know I'm going to be respectful to them. I'm never, you know, mean-spirited.'
Trivia:
He's been married to screenwriter and author Jane Goldman since 1988. They have three children.
Maisie Adam
(Panellist)
Richard Cohen
(Executive producer)
Ruth Phillips
(Executive producer)
Jodie Krstic
(Series producer)
