8 Out of 10 Cats

8 Out of 10 Cats
Genre Comedy panel game
Directed by Chris Howe (series 1–3)
Barbara Wiltshire (series 3–7 and 9–)
Richard Valentine (series 6, 8–12 and 14–)
Presented by Jimmy Carr
Starring Sean Lock (2005–15)
Dave Spikey (2005–06)
Jason Manford (2007–10)
Jon Richardson (2011–15)
Rob Beckett (2016—)
Aisling Bea (2016—)
Narrated by John Pohlhammer
Theme music composer Mat Osman
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 20
No. of episodes 202 (as of 27 June 2017) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Richard Osman
Dominic English (series 1)
Ruth Phillips (series 3–)
Producer(s) Darren Smith (series 1–3)
Ruth Phillips (series 1–2)
Derek McLean (series 4–7)
Ruth Wallace (series 4–5)
Karen Murdoch (series 6–8)
Stu Mather (series 8–10)
Fiona McDermott (series 9)
Richard Cohen (series 11–)
Andrew Westwell (series 11–12)
Adam Hutchinson (series 13–)
Production location(s) BBC Television Centre (series 1–15)
Teddington Studios (series 16–17)
Pinewood Studios (series 16–)
Shepperton Studios (series 18)
MediaCityUK (Countdown editions)
Editor(s) Tim Ellison (series 1–10 and 13–)
Ian Birchall (series 1–4 and 9–11)
Steve Andrews (series 1–3, 5, 7, 9–11 and 13–)
Bex Murray (series 1, 4–11 and 13–)
Damon Tai (series 2–11 & 14–)
Tom Jarvis (series 7)
Matthew Jeffreys (series 7)
Ben Heather (series 12–)
David Frisby (series 12)
Nick King (series 12)
Jamie Shemeld (series 15–)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Zeppotron
Distributor Endemol UK
Release
Original network Channel 4 (2005–2015)
More4 (2016–2017)
E4 (2017–)
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Audio format Stereophonic
Original release 3 June 2005 (2005-06-03) – present
Chronology
Related shows 8 Out of 10 Cats: Uncut
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
External links
Official website

8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol UK) for E4. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 June 2005. The show is hosted by Jimmy Carr and the current team captains are Rob Beckett and Aisling Bea.

The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organisations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by Harris Poll. The title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".[1]

New and past episodes air across the Channel 4 network of channels, with past episodes also repeated on Dave. The show will also start to air on Comedy Central.

Overview

The show is hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr and features two teams, consisting of a regular team captain and two celebrity guests each. Sean Lock appeared as the first team captain from series 1 to 18; he was replaced by Rob Beckett at the beginning of series 19.[2] The opposing captain was originally Dave Spikey, who left after series 4 and was replaced by Jason Manford.[3] Manford departed following series 10, and was replaced by Jon Richardson for series 11 to 18.[4] From series 19, the opposing captain is Aisling Bea.[2]

Every week, the captains are joined by two celebrities. Often, topical celebrities appear on the show, for example Ruth Badger following her appearance on The Apprentice.

The show is currently recorded at Pinewood Studios, previously at BBC Television Centre, typically the day before transmission. However, in the past few years, due to Jimmy Carr's stand-up schedule, certain episodes are pretaped and broadcast later as "special" episodes dealing with a particular subject.[5]

2015 was the only year since the show began in 2005 in which a full series was not broadcast (although there have so far been no shows in 2018). Two Christmas Specials however were filmed for airing on 24 and 30 December 2015. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown however aired for a total of 24 episodes throughout 2015.

Current rounds

The current rounds featured on 8 Out of 10 Cats are:[6]

  • "What Are You Talking About?" – The polling organisation asked the public what they were talking about during the week. The teams have to try to guess the top three.
  • "Pick of the Polls" – The teams are given four pictures to pick from and are given a poll based on that picture.
  • "Believe It or Not" – The teams are given a statistic and try to guess if it is true or false.
  • "And the Winner Is..." – The teams are given a question from a poll and then they try to guess what came on top of that poll.
  • "The Poll with a Hole" – each team is given a statistic but it is missing one piece of salient information. The teams have to guess what that piece of information is.

Until series 8 there were four rounds during the game, but it has since been reduced to three. The points often do not add up correctly, as the show has to be edited to fit in its 26-minute slot. From series 9 there is a longer version of the show called 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut, broadcast a few days later.

Former rounds

These rounds only featured in series 1 and the Big Brother special shows:[6]

  • "Face Off" – The teams have to guess who from a list of famous people came top with respect to a particular topic.
  • "Word Association" – The teams view a clip illustrating a word and have to guess the top three things people thought of when they heard that word.
  • "What's the Poll?" – The teams are given five famous people, picture by picture, and they have to guess which poll they appeared on.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Since 2012, crossover episodes between 8 Out of 10 Cats and Countdown have aired. The show follows the format of Countdown, but is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with permanent contestants Sean Lock and Jon Richardson, as well as two other guest contestants.

Other specials

On 4 January 2013, a special episode of Deal or No Deal featuring Carr as host alongside Richardson and Lock aired during another Channel 4 "mash-up night", the story behind it being that Noel Edmonds had been driven to leave when Derren Brown was playing, and was getting all the boxes from lowest to highest. Noel ran away with the £250,000 box, saying that he "spent it all on his shirt". The backstage personnel then took out a hammer and smashed the 'break glass for Jimmy Carr' box, which produced a horn, which was used to call Carr to the set.

Joe Wilkinson guest starred as the Banker's assistant. Guests were Nicola Adams, Rob Beckett, Gemma Collins, Mia Cross, Corinne Davies, Susie Dent, Matt Forde, John Fothergill, Stephen Frost, Nick Helm, Elis James, Dave Johns, Tony Law, Alice Levine, Mark Olver, Rachel Riley, John Robins, Katherine Ryan, Nong Skett, Andy Smart and Holly Walsh.

Podcasts

A series of podcasts have also been released on iTunes, with material directly from the show for several episodes. Each podcast is typically the "What Are You Talking About" round from that episode.

Cast

Role Series
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Presenter Jimmy Carr
Team captains Sean Lock Rob Beckett
Dave Spikey Jason Manford Jon Richardson Aisling Bea

Episodes

Original series

The coloured backgrounds and the numbers in the winner column denote the result of each of the series:

     1 – Indicates Sean's/Rob's team won.
     2 – Indicates Dave's/Jason's/Jon's/Aisling's team won.
     draw – Indicates the series ended in a draw.
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesWinner
13 June 20055 August 2005102
210 February 200624 March 20067draw
326 May 200614 July 200692
420 October 20068 December 200682
515 June 200720 July 200761
613 June 200818 July 200862
74 September 200827 November 2008141
85 June 200917 July 200972
98 January 201019 February 201072
1017 September 201015 October 201052
1117 June 201119 August 201110draw
1223 September 201125 November 201110draw
1327 April 201222 June 201292
148 October 201210 December 20129draw
1518 January 201329 March 201310draw
164 October 201329 November 201391
1717 February 201414 April 201492
186 October 20141 December 201491
198 November 201618 January 201782
2016 May 201718 July 2017101

Specials

DateEntitleSpecial Guests
12 August 2005Big Brother 6 Special–
18 August 2006Big Brother 7 Special–
15 December 2006The Best of Series 4–
30 August 2007Big Brother 8 Special–
5 September 2008Big Brother 9 Special–
26 December 2008The Best of Series 7–
24 July 2009The Best of Series 8–
11 June 2010Footy World Cup Special–
21 August 2010The Best of Series 9–
9 September 2010Big Brother 1–11 Special–
23 December 2010Christmas Special–
5 March 201124 Hour Panel People Comic Relief Special–
26 August 2011The Best of Series 11–
9 December 2011The Best of Series 12–
23 December 2011Christmas Special–
29 June 2012The Best of Series 13 (Part 1)–
6 July 2012The Best of Series 13 (Part 2)–
17 December 2012The Best of Series 14 (Part 1)–
17 December 2012The Best of Series 14 (Part 2)–
24 December 2012Christmas Special–
4 January 20138 Out of 10 Cats does Deal or No DealSean Lock, Jon Richardson
5 July 2013The Best of Series 15 (Part 1)–
9 September 2013The Best of Series 15 (Part 2)–
6 December 2013The Best of Series 16–
29 December 2013Christmas SpecialHolly Willoughby, Alan Davies, Henning Wehn, Roisin Conaty, Nick Helm, Joe Wilkinson
13 August 2014The Best of Series 17 (Part 1)–
20 August 2014The Best of Series 17 (Part 2)–
8 December 2014Jimmy, Sean & Jon's Best Bits–
15 December 2014The Best of Series 18–
23 December 2014Christmas SpecialRoisin Conaty, Freddie Flintoff, Jonathan Ross and Ricky Wilson
24 December 2015Christmas SpecialPeter Andre, Seann Walsh, Roisin Conaty and Joe Lycett
29 December 2015End of Year SpecialJoey Essex, Romesh Ranganathan, Isy Suttie and Richard Osman
21 December 2016Christmas Special–
4 January 2017New Year Special–
25 January 2017The Best of Series 19 (Part 1)–
1 February 2017The Best of Series 19 (Part 2)–
25 July 2017The Best of Series 20–

DVD

8 Out of 10 Cats: Claws Out is a ninety-minute collection of highlights from the first few series which features deleted scenes considered too offensive to be aired. It was released on 20 November 2006.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Trivia for 8 Out of 10 Cats". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 Baillie, Katie (12 October 2016). "8 Out of 10 Cats is coming back and there are two new team captains". Metro. DMG Media.
  3. ↑ "8 Out of 10 Cats – Production Details". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "sro audiences". www.sroaudiences.com.
  5. ↑ "Free audience tickets for 8 OUT OF 10 CATS taping at ELSTREE STUDIOS from SRO Audiences". www.sroaudiences.com.
  6. 1 2 "About 8 Out of 10 Cats". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  7. ↑ "DVD details for 8 Out of 10 Cats". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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