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8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: Series 1

2 episodes Premiered Apr 12, 2013 Updated Jul 21, 2026

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Lee Mack, Rob Beckett, Rhod Gilbert, Tim Key

Apr 12, 2013 · 47 min

Jimmy Carr hosts as Jon Richardson and Rhod Gilbert take on Lee Mack and Rob Beckett. Tim Key is in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent, and Rachel Riley is assisted by Joe Wilkinson

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Lee Mack, Richard Osman, Stephen Mangan, Henning Wehn

Apr 19, 2013 · 47 min

Jimmy Carr hosts the famous words and numbers quiz as 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain Jon Richardson alongside actor Stephen Mangan take on Lee Mack and 'Pointless' boffin Richard Os