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8 Out of 10 Cats was a British comedy panel show currently airing on E4. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 June 2005. The show was hosted by Jimmy Carr and the last team captains were Rob Beckett and Katherine Ryan. [1]
The original lineup featured host Jimmy Carr with team captains Sean Lock and Dave Spikey. Spikey was replaced by Jason Manford from the fifth series onwards, who was in turn replaced by Jon Richardson in the eleventh series. For the nineteenth series, both captains were replaced by Aisling Bea and Rob Beckett, although the previous captains remained as regulars on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the show moved to More4. It moved to E4 for the following series, with Beckett remaining as captain while Bea was replaced by various guest captains. From Series 22 (2020), Katherine Ryan became a permanent team captain.
As of 17 January 2021, [update] 232 episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats have aired, concluding the twenty-second series.
Series | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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First released | Last released | Network | |||
1 | 11 | 3 June 2005 | 12 August 2005 | Channel 4 | |
2 | 7 | 10 February 2006 | 24 March 2006 | ||
3 | 9 | 26 May 2006 | 18 August 2006 | ||
4 | 9 | 20 October 2006 | 15 December 2006 | ||
5 | 7 | 15 June 2007 | 30 August 2007 | ||
6 | 6 | 13 June 2008 | 18 July 2008 | ||
7 | 15 | 4 September 2008 | 26 December 2008 | ||
8 | 8 | 5 June 2009 | 24 July 2009 | ||
9 | 8 | 8 January 2010 | 21 August 2010 | ||
10 | 8 | 11 June 2010 | 23 December 2010 | ||
Special | 5 March 2011 | ||||
11 | 11 | 17 June 2011 | 26 August 2011 | ||
12 | 12 | 23 September 2011 | 23 December 2011 | ||
Special | 23 March 2012 | ||||
13 | 11 | 27 April 2012 | 6 July 2012 | ||
14 | 12 | 8 October 2012 | 24 December 2012 | ||
15 | 12 | 18 January 2013 | 9 September 2013 | ||
16 | 11 | 4 October 2013 | 29 December 2013 | ||
17 | 11 | 17 February 2014 | 20 August 2014 | ||
18 | 12 | 6 October 2014 | 23 December 2014 | ||
Specials | 2 | 24 December 2015 | 29 December 2015 | ||
19 | 12 | 8 November 2016 | 1 February 2017 | More4 | |
20 | 12 | 16 May 2017 | 1 August 2017 | E4 | |
21 | 12 | 24 March 2019 | 6 January 2020 | ||
22 | 12 | 7 January 2020 | 17 January 2021 |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Dave's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | 1 | 10 February 2006 | Zoe Ball and Scott Capurro | Sally Lindsay and Ben Miller | 6–7 | N/A |
13 | 2 | 17 February 2006 | Jade Goody and Reginald D. Hunter | Ed Byrne and Paddy McGuinness | 7–6 | N/A |
14 | 3 | 24 February 2006 | Kelly Osbourne and Vic Reeves | Richard Madeley and Neil Morrissey | 4–9 | N/A |
15 | 4 | 3 March 2006 | Chris O'Dowd and Meera Syal | Alan Carr and Sally Phillips | 7–7 | N/A |
16 | 5 | 10 March 2006 | Les Dennis and Krishnan Guru-Murthy | Frankie Boyle and Chantelle Houghton | 8–5 | N/A |
17 | 6 | 17 March 2006 | Lauren Laverne and Christian Slater | Rob Rouse and Johnny Vegas | 11–4 | 2.11 |
18 | 7 | 24 March 2006 | Jessica Stevenson and Carol Thatcher | Alan Carr and Ulrika Jonsson | 6–9 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Dave's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | 1 | 26 May 2006 | David Baddiel and Ruth Badger | Alan Carr and Ulrika Jonsson | 6–9 | 2.91 |
20 | 2 | 2 June 2006 | Debra Stephenson and David Walliams | Frankie Boyle and Bez | 5–7 | 2.73 |
21 | 3 | 9 June 2006 | Peter Serafinowicz and Johnny Vegas | Reginald D. Hunter and Jayne Middlemiss | 4–8 | 2.65 |
22 | 4 | 16 June 2006 | Edith Bowman and Julian Clary | Dave Johns and Sally Lindsay | 8–4 | 3.58 |
23 | 5 | 23 June 2006 | Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Vic Reeves | David Walliams and Louis Walsh | 3–6 | 3.58 |
24 | 6 | 30 June 2006 | Germaine Greer and Phill Jupitus | Fiona Allen and Jason Manford | 6–7 | 3.41 |
25 | 7 | 7 July 2006 | Emo Philips and Alex Zane | Trisha Goddard and Justin Moorhouse | 3–6 | 3.38 |
26 | 8 | 14 July 2006 | Eamonn Holmes and Vic Reeves | Joan Rivers and Holly Willoughby | 8–4 | 3.97 |
27 | 9 | 18 August 2006 [fn 1] | Dom Joly and Lea Walker | Grace Adams-Short and Jason Manford | 6–6 | 5.28 |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Dave's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 | 1 | 20 October 2006 | Nikki Grahame and Rich Hall | Boy George and Lee Mack | 5–6 | N/A |
29 | 2 | 27 October 2006 | Scott Capurro and Kirsty Gallacher | Jason Manford and Piers Morgan | 5–5 | N/A |
30 | 3 | 3 November 2006 | Duncan Bannatyne and Trisha Goddard | Frankie Boyle and Jonathan Ross | 8–4 | N/A |
31 | 4 | 10 November 2006 | Rhys Thomas and Louis Walsh | Reginald D. Hunter and Sally Lindsay | 6–6 | N/A |
32 | 5 | 17 November 2006 | Ulrika Jonsson and Michael McIntyre | Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Johnny Vegas | 8–4 | N/A |
33 | 6 | 24 November 2006 | Lee Mack and Bill Oddie | Fiona Allen and Griff Rhys Jones | 2–8 | N/A |
34 | 7 | 1 December 2006 | John Barrowman and Vic Reeves | Chris Addison and Jade Goody | 4–6 | N/A |
35 | 8 | 8 December 2006 | Alan Carr and David Gest | Joan Rivers and Alex Zane | 4–5 | N/A |
36 | 9 | 15 December 2006 [fn 2] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jason's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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37 | 1 | 15 June 2007 | Katie Hopkins and Vic Reeves | Danny Dyer and Johnny Vegas | 6–4 | 2.20 |
38 | 2 | 22 June 2007 | Konnie Huq and Rhys Thomas | Griff Rhys Jones and David Walliams | 3–7 | 3.03 |
39 | 3 | 29 June 2007 | Frankie Boyle and Gok Wan | Alexa Chung and Joan Rivers | 5–4 | 2.85 |
40 | 4 | 6 July 2007 | Alun Cochrane and Greg Rusedski | Trisha Goddard and Glenn Wool | 4–7 | 3.36 |
41 | 5 | 13 July 2007 | Stewart Lee and Liza Tarbuck | Alan Cumming and Susie Essman | 5–5 | 4.01 |
42 | 6 | 20 July 2007 [fn 3] | Chris Addison and Peaches Geldof | David Walliams and Alex Zane | 4–4 | 3.48 |
43 | 7 | 30 August 2007 [fn 1] | James Corden and Gerry Stergiopoulos | Charley Uchea and Danny Wallace | 8–6 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jason's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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44 | 1 | 13 June 2008 | Raef Bjayou and Vic Reeves | Jodie Kidd and David Walliams | 5–7 | 3.02 |
45 | 2 | 20 June 2008 | Theo Paphitis and Mike Wilmot | John Bishop and Kelly Osbourne | 5–5 | 2.65 [nb 1] |
46 | 3 | 27 June 2008 | Vanessa Feltz and Lee Mack | Frankie Boyle and Matt Littler | 5–5 | 3.03 [nb 2] |
47 | 4 | 4 July 2008 | Phill Jupitus and Claudia Winkleman | Gabby Logan and Mark Watson | 3–7 | 2.98 |
48 | 5 | 11 July 2008 | Konnie Huq and Johnny Vaughan | Duncan James and Johnny Vegas | 4–6 | 3.18 |
49 | 6 | 18 July 2008 | David Baddiel and Chris Moyles | Michael McIntyre and June Sarpong | 4–6 | 3.23 |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jason's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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65 | 1 | 5 June 2009 | Johnny Vegas and Alex Zane | Ulrika Jonsson and Jack Whitehall | 5–5 | 2.29 |
66 | 2 | 12 June 2009 | Jeremy Clarkson and James McQuillan | David Walliams and Holly Walsh | 2–7 | 2.64 |
67 | 3 | 19 June 2009 | Josie Long and Jamelia | Mark Watson and Claudia Winkleman | 4–4 | 2.45 |
68 | 4 | 26 June 2009 [fn 6] | Tom Felton and Richard E. Grant | Alan Cumming and Lauren Laverne | 4–2 | 2.21 |
69 | 5 | 3 July 2009 | Yvette Fielding and David Walliams | Reginald D. Hunter and Phil Spencer | 5–4 | 2.45 |
70 | 6 | 10 July 2009 | Reginald D. Hunter and Kelly Osbourne | Terry Christian and Isy Suttie | 4–6 | 2.40 |
71 | 7 | 17 July 2009 [fn 7] | Kevin Bridges and Patrick Kielty | Rhod Gilbert and Shappi Khorsandi | 3–7 | 2.94 |
72 | 8 | 24 July 2009 [fn 8] | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.04 |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jason's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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73 | 1 | 8 January 2010 | Shappi Khorsandi and Claudia Winkleman | Charlie Clements and Jamelia | 5–5 | 3.79 [nb 5] |
74 | 2 | 15 January 2010 | Josie Long and Fay Ripley | Peter Jones and Jack Whitehall | 3–6 | 2.76 |
75 | 3 | 22 January 2010 [fn 9] | Gabby Logan and Johnny Vaughan | John Bishop and Denise Lewis | 4–5 | 2.57 |
76 | 4 | 29 January 2010 | Stephen Baldwin and Alun Cochrane | Michael Ball and Jodie Kidd | 3–6 | 3.48 |
77 | 5 | 5 February 2010 | Greg Davies and Holly Walsh | Fern Britton and David Walliams | 4–7 | N/A |
78 | 6 | 12 February 2010 [fn 10] | David O'Doherty and Carol Vorderman | John Bishop and Peter Serafinowicz | 4–5 | 1.81 |
79 | 7 | 19 February 2010 | Janice Dickinson and Rhod Gilbert | Lauren Laverne and David Walliams | 4–6 | 2.16 |
80 | 8 | 21 August 2010 [fn 11] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jason's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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81 | 1 | 11 June 2010 [fn 12] | Peter Shilton and Jack Whitehall | Helen Chamberlain and Paddy McGuinness | 4–7 | 1.73 |
82 | 2 | 9 September 2010 [fn 1] | Brian Belo and Jarred Christmas | Charlie Brooker and Josie Gibson | 3–4 | N/A |
83 | 3 | 17 September 2010 | Jack Dee and Dr. Christian Jessen | Jack Whitehall and Jamelia | 5–5 | 1.61 |
84 | 4 | 24 September 2010 | Sarah Millican and Johnny Vaughan | Jon Richardson and Louie Spence | 4–5 | 1.51 |
85 | 5 | 1 October 2010 | Stephen Mangan and Mark Watson | Vanessa Feltz and Daniel Sloss | 4–6 | 1.68 |
86 | 6 | 8 October 2010 [fn 13] | Uri Geller and Holly Walsh | Tim Minchin and Jack Osbourne | 3–5 | 1.77 |
87 | 7 | 15 October 2010 [fn 14] | Russell Kane and Carol Vorderman | Rufus Hound and Myleene Klass | 4–4 | 1.69 |
88 | 8 | 23 December 2010 [fn 15] | Christopher Biggins and Jack Dee | Lorraine Kelly and Josie Long | 3–4 | 1.51 |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | David Walliams' Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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89 | 1 | 5 March 2011 [fn 16] | Victoria Coren and Josh Widdicombe | Jon Richardson and Jamelia | 3–8 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jon's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
113 | 1 | 23 March 2012 [fn 20] | Russell Kane and Rachel Riley | Example and Mark Watson | 2–0 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jon's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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125 | 1 | 8 October 2012 | Heston Blumenthal and Katherine Ryan | Hannah Cockroft and Josh Widdicombe | 3–4 | 1.47 |
126 | 2 | 15 October 2012 | Nicola Adams and Nick Helm | Rob Beckett and Jason Biggs | 5–2 | 1.44 |
127 | 3 | 22 October 2012 | Micky Flanagan and Stephen Mangan | Natalie Cassidy and Humphrey Ker | 5–1 | 1.54 |
128 | 4 | 29 October 2012 | Joe Lycett and Louie Spence | David O'Doherty and Rachel Riley | 7–2 | 1.32 |
129 | 5 | 5 November 2012 | John Hannah and Bobby Mair | Holly Walsh and Example | 4–6 | 1.60 |
130 | 6 | 12 November 2012 | Alice Levine and Louis Smith | Tony Law and Carol Vorderman | 3–3 | 1.70 [nb 18] |
131 | 7 | 19 November 2012 | Vernon Kay and Henning Wehn | Lorraine Pascale and Johnny Vegas | 4–4 | 1.54 |
132 | 8 | 26 November 2012 | Melanie C and Andrew Maxwell | Tess Daly and Joe Wilkinson | 4–5 | 1.36 |
133 | 9 | 10 December 2012 | Stephen Graham and Katherine Ryan | Micky Flanagan and Mel Giedroyc | 6–4 | 1.33 |
134 | 10 | 17 December 2012 [fn 24] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
135 | 11 | 17 December 2012 [fn 25] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
136 | 12 | 24 December 2012 [fn 15] | Stephen Mangan and Sarah Millican | Bruno Tonioli and Joe Wilkinson | 3–7 | 2.93 [nb 19] |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jon's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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137 | 1 | 18 January 2013 | Jack Dee and Claudia Winkleman | David O'Doherty and Josh Widdicombe | 4–3 | 2.89 [nb 20] |
138 | 2 | 25 January 2013 | Richard Bacon and Henning Wehn | Gemma Collins and Katherine Ryan | 2–5 | 1.91 |
139 | 3 | 1 February 2013 | Tina Malone and Joe Wilkinson | Chris Ramsey and Rachel Riley | 3–4 | 1.90 |
140 | 4 | 8 February 2013 | Kian Egan and Tony Law | Tess Daly and Stephen Mangan | 3–4 | 1.74 |
141 | 5 | 15 February 2013 | Paul Foot and Jamelia | Krishnan Guru-Murthy and David O'Doherty | 2–4 | 1.94 |
142 | 6 | 22 February 2013 | Danny Dyer and Miles Jupp | Alex Jones and Joe Wilkinson | 3–2 | 1.94 |
143 | 7 | 1 March 2013 | Jack Dee and Matt Edmondson | Rob Beckett and Victoria Coren | 4–3 | 2.15 [nb 21] |
144 | 8 | 8 March 2013 | Denise van Outen and Henning Wehn | Nick Helm and Vernon Kay | 5–2 | 1.64 |
145 | 9 | 22 March 2013 | Greg Rutherford and Jimeoin | Nancy Dell'Olio and Joe Wilkinson | 1–3 | 1.73 |
146 | 10 | 29 March 2013 | Chris Ramsey and Carol Vorderman | Susan Calman and Mel Giedroyc | 3–1 | 1.67 |
147 | 11 | 5 July 2013 [fn 26] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
148 | 12 | 9 September 2013 [fn 27] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jon's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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160 | 1 | 17 February 2014 | Paul Hollywood and Joe Wilkinson | Rob Beckett and Dawn O'Porter | 2–4 | 1.74 [nb 26] |
161 | 2 | 24 February 2014 | Deborah Meaden and Seann Walsh | Steve Jones and David O'Doherty | 3–3 | 1.42 |
162 | 3 | 3 March 2014 | Roisin Conaty and Jerry Springer | Jack Dee and Example | 4–2 | 1.56 [nb 27] |
163 | 4 | 10 March 2014 | Mel Giedroyc and Johnny Vegas | Aisling Bea and Kym Marsh | 3–3 | 1.47 |
164 | 5 | 17 March 2014 | Jo Brand and Krishnan Guru-Murthy | James Acaster and Ronan Keating | 3–2 | 1.28 |
165 | 6 | 24 March 2014 | Dr. Christian Jessen and Joe Wilkinson | Aisling Bea and Lethal Bizzle | 3–4 | 1.30 |
166 | 7 | 1 April 2014 | Phil Spencer and Henning Wehn | Fern Brady and Carol Vorderman | 2–5 | 0.90 |
167 | 8 | 7 April 2014 | Alex Jones and Katherine Ryan | Spencer Matthews and Josh Widdicombe | 3–4 | 1.31 |
168 | 9 | 14 April 2014 | Kate Humble and Henning Wehn | Rob Beckett and Alex Brooker | 3–1 | 1.51 |
169 | 10 | 13 August 2014 [fn 29] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
170 | 11 | 20 August 2014 [fn 30] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Sean's Team | Jon's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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183 | 1 | 24 December 2015 [fn 15] | Peter Andre and Seann Walsh | Roisin Conaty and Joe Lycett | [fn 17] | 2.45 [nb 29] |
184 | 2 | 29 December 2015 [fn 34] | Joey Essex and Romesh Ranganathan | Isy Suttie and Richard Osman | [fn 17] | 1.74 |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Rob's Team | Aisling's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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185 | 1 | 8 November 2016 | Jayde Adams and Paisley Billings | Jamie Laing and Joe Wilkinson | 2–5 | 0.397 |
186 | 2 | 15 November 2016 | Roisin Conaty and Cathy Newman | Joey Essex and Nish Kumar | 2–4 | 0.359 |
187 | 3 | 22 November 2016 | Desiree Burch and Thomas Turgoose | Fred Sirieix and Sara Pascoe | 2–4 | 0.390 |
188 | 4 | 29 November 2016 | Joe Wilkinson and Melanie C | Jessica Knappett and Tom Allen | 3–2 | 0.336 |
189 | 5 | 6 December 2016 | Dane Baptiste and Alex Jones | Craig Revel Horwood and Katherine Ryan | 4–1 | 0.407 |
190 | 6 | 13 December 2016 | James Acaster and Chris Kamara | Tom Davis and Tiff Stevenson | 1–3 | 0.400 |
191 | 7 | 21 December 2016 [fn 15] | Joe Wilkinson and Carrie Fisher | Brad Simpson, James McVey and Roisin Conaty | 2–2 | 0.594 |
192 | 8 | 4 January 2017 [fn 35] | Jamali Maddix and Rick Edwards | Kate Humble and Joe Lycett | 2–3 | 0.512 |
193 | 9 | 11 January 2017 | Alex Brooker and Gabby Logan | Ellie Simmonds and David O'Doherty | 3–4 | N/A |
194 | 10 | 18 January 2017 | Michelle Wolf and Jermaine Jenas | Denise van Outen and Sam Simmons | 1–5 | 0.419 |
195 | 11 | 25 January 2017 [fn 36] | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.332 |
196 | 12 | 1 February 2017 [fn 37] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
No. overall | No. in series | Original air date | Rob's Team | Katherine's Team | Scores | UK viewers (millions) [3] |
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221 | 1 | 7 January 2020 | Tom Allen and Sophie Hermann | Sophie Duker and Richard Osman | 3–4 | 0.496 |
222 | 2 | 14 January 2020 | Joe Swash and Maisie Adam | Jamali Maddix and Angela Scanlon | [fn 17] | 0.345 |
223 | 3 | 21 January 2020 | Phil Wang, Spencer Matthews and Vogue Williams | Nadine Coyle and Kerry Godliman | [fn 17] | 0.374 |
224 | 4 | 28 January 2020 | Harriet Kemsley and Gemma Collins | Jordan Stephens and Fin Taylor | 2–3 | N/A (<0.340) [a] |
225 | 5 | 4 February 2020 | Joel Dommett and Rosie Jones | Ovie Soko and Catherine Bohart | 4–3 | N/A (<0.317) [a] |
226 | 6 | 11 February 2020 | Jessica Knappett and Jamie Laing | Rose Matafeo and Geoff Norcott | 5–3 | 0.392 |
227 | 7 | 18 February 2020 | Darren Harriott and Thomas Skinner | Sarah Keyworth and Stacey Solomon | [fn 17] | 0.408 |
228 | 8 | 6 December 2020 [fn 15] [fn 43] | Tom Allen and Liam Charles | Scarlett Moffatt and Maisie Adam | 2–4 | 0.661 [b] |
229 | 9 | 13 December 2020 [fn 43] | Ed Gamble, Donna Preston and Verona Rose | Sara Barron and Ranj Singh | [fn 17] | 0.602 |
230 | 10 | 20 December 2020 [fn 43] | Paisley Billings and Josh Jones | Tom Read Wilson and Kiri Pritchard-McLean | [fn 17] | 0.501 |
231 | 11 | 10 January 2021 [fn 44] | N/A | N/A [4] | N/A | N/A (<0.336) [a] |
232 | 12 | 17 January 2021 [fn 45] | N/A | N/A [5] | N/A | N/A (<0.403) [a] |
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