In 2012, two of Channel 4's most popular quizzes - the topical hit 8 Out Of 10 Cats and the cerebral words-and-numbers game Countdown - came to metaphorical blows as the anarchic comedians of the former took on the brainbox format of the latter.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown has yet to start airing Season 26
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series Guide
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Jon Richardson, Dan Tiernan, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, John Kearns 19th Jul '24 - 9:00pm
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Sarah Millican, Tom Allen, Joe Wilkinson, Rosie Jones, Mr Swallow 26th Jul '24 - 9:00pm
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Alan Carr, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Gary Delaney, Don Rodolfo 2nd Aug '24 - 9:00pm
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Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Richard Ayoade, Laura Smyth, Mat Ewins 9th Aug '24 - 9:00pm
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Richard Ayoade, Kemah Bob, Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam, Sarah Keyworth 16th Aug '24 - 9:00pm
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Harriet Kemsley, Lee Mack, Munya Chawawa, David O'Doherty 12th Jan '24 - 9:00pm
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Rob Beckett, Joe Wilkinson, Sarah Millican, Jamali Maddix 19th Jan '24 - 9:00pm
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Rob Brydon, Katherine Parkinson, Jon Ricardson and Babatunde Aléshé 26th Jan '24 - 9:00pm
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Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican, Judi Love, Joe Lycett. 2nd Feb '24 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Joe Wilkinson, Asim Chaudhry, Lucy Pearman 9th Feb '24 - 9:00pm
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Jonathan Ross, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty, Ahir Shah 6th Jan '23 - 9:00pm
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Alan Carr, Harriet Kemsley, Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam 11th Aug '23 - 9:00pm
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Jon Richardson, Jo Brand, Joe Wilkinson, Jamali Maddix 18th Aug '23 - 9:00pm
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Jon Richardson, Chris McCausland, Richard Ayoade, Sara Pascoe 25th Aug '23 - 9:00pm
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Jon Richardson, Nabil Abdulrashid, Roisin Conaty, Joe Wilkinson 1st Sep '23 - 9:00pm
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Jonathan Ross, Russell Kane, Alan Carr, Judi Love 8th Sep '23 - 9:00pm
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Christmas Special 2023 21st Dec '23 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jon Richardson, Rob Beckett 29th Jul '22 - 9:00pm
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Alan Carr, Harriet Kemsley, Jonathan Ross, Maisie Adam, Huge Davies 5th Aug '22 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Asim Chaudhry, Jon Richardson, Josh Widdicombe 12th Aug '22 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, Joe Wilkinson, Jon Richardson, Jessica Knappett 19th Aug '22 - 9:00pm
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Sarah Millican, Nish Kumar, Jon Richardson, Maisie Adam 26th Aug '22 - 9:00pm
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Jonathan Ross, Russell Kane, Alan Carr, Judi Love, Josh Jones 2nd Sep '22 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Rob Beckett, Huge Davies 7th Jan '22 - 9:00pm
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Jack Dee, Tom Allen, Judi Love, John Cooper Clarke 14th Jan '22 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Asim Chaudhry, Josh Widdicombe, Bill Bailey 21st Jan '22 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, Joe Wilkinson, Jessica Knappett, Nigel Ng 28th Jan '22 - 9:00pm
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Sarah Millican, Nish Kumar, Maisie Adam, David O'Doherty 4th Feb '22 - 9:00pm
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Sean Lock, Harry Hill, Jon Richardson, Rosie Jones 11th Feb '22 - 9:00pm
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Katherine Ryan, Joe Lycett, Johnny Vegas, Christopher Bliss 14th Jan '21 - 9:00pm
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Paul Foot, Angela Barnes, John Cooper Clarke 21st Jan '21 - 9:00pm
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Harriet Kemsley, Joe Lycett, Mat Ewins 28th Jan '21 - 9:00pm
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Sara Pascoe, Richard Ayoade, Nick Helm 4th Feb '21 - 9:00pm
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Lucy Beaumont, Roisin Conaty, Joe Wilkinson, Bec Hill 11th Feb '21 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Lee Mack, Katherine Ryan, Brett Domino 18th Feb '21 - 9:00pm
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Kerry Godliman, Joe Wilkinson, Mr Swallow 31st Jul '20 - 9:00pm
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Tom Allen, Rosie Jones, Adam Riches 7th Aug '20 - 9:00pm
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Daisy May Cooper, Richard Ayoade, Ivo Graham, Adam Buxton 14th Aug '20 - 9:00pm
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Miles Jupp, Sophie Duker, Lee and Dean 21st Aug '20 - 9:00pm
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Kevin Bridges, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Spencer Jones 28th Aug '20 - 9:00pm
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Harry Hill, Rose Matafeo, Alex Horne 9th Jan '20 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, The Brett Domino Trio 16th Jan '20 - 9:00pm
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Richard Ayoade, Katherine Ryan, David O'Doherty 23rd Jan '20 - 9:00pm
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Miles Jupp, Sophie Duker, Lee and Dean 30th Jan '20 - 9:00pm
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Kevin Bridges, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Spencer Jones 7th Feb '20 - 9:00pm
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Harriet Kemsley, Chris McCausland, Nick Helm 14th Feb '20 - 9:00pm
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Miles Jupp, Rose Matafeo, Vic Reeves 26th Jul '19 - 9:00pm
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Victoria Coren Mitchell, James Acaster, Morgana Robinson 2nd Aug '19 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Sara Pascoe, Sam Simmons 9th Aug '19 - 9:00pm
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Rob Beckett, Alan Carr, Sarah Millican, Nick Mohammed 16th Aug '19 - 9:00pm
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Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, Adam Riches 23rd Aug '19 - 9:00pm
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Harriet Kemsley, Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, Adam Buxton 30th Aug '19 - 9:00pm
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Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, Adam Riches 6th Sep '19 - 9:00pm
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Sean Lock, Johnny Vegas, Alan Carr, Lou Sanders, The Brett Domino Trio, Susie Dent, Rachel Riley 11th Jan '19 - 9:00pm
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Claudia Winkleman, Henning Wehn, Nick Helm 18th Jan '19 - 9:00pm
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Sean Lock, Joe Wilkinson, Richard Ayoade, Aisling Bea 25th Jan '19 - 9:00pm
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David Mitchell, Sara Pascoe, Ellie White, Natasia Demetriou 1st Feb '19 - 9:00pm
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Michelle Wolf, Rob Beckett, Spencer Jones 8th Feb '19 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Harriet Kemsley, James Veitch 15th Feb '19 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Jessica Hynes, Sara Pascoe, Lolly Adefope 13th Jul '18 - 9:00pm
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Sean Lock, Katherine Ryan, Jon Richardson, Joe Wilkinson 20th Jul '18 - 9:00pm
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Sean Lock, Miles Jupp, Alan Carr, Roisin Conaty 27th Jul '18 - 9:00pm
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Sean Lock, Rob Beckett, Jon Richardson, Claudia Winkleman, Nick Mohammed, Joe Wilkinson 3rd Aug '18 - 9:00pm
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Phil Wang, Alan Carr, Harriet Kemsley, David O'Doherty, Joe Wilkinson 10th Aug '18 - 9:00pm
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Richard Ayoade, Jessica Knappett, Alex Horne 17th Aug '18 - 9:00pm
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Kevin Bridges, Joe Wilkinson, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Adam Kay 24th Aug '18 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Alan Carr, Joe Lycett, Spencer Jones 31st Aug '18 - 9:00pm
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Christmas Special with Kathy Burke, David Mitchell, James Acaster, Joe Wilkinson 23rd Dec '18 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Kevin Bridges, Jessica Knappett, John Cooper Clarke 19th Jan '18 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alan Carr, Dane Baptiste, Sam Simmons 26th Jan '18 - 9:00pm
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Alan Carr, Josh Widdicombe, Joe Wilkinson, Sara Pascoe, Bill Bailey 2nd Feb '18 - 9:00pm
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Johnny Vegas, Rhod Gilbert, Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty 9th Feb '18 - 9:00pm
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Alan Carr, Kevin Bridges, Cariad Lloyd, Elis James, John Robins 18th Aug '17 - 9:00pm
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Kathy Burke, Roisin Conaty, Johnny Vegas, Bob Mortimer and John Cooper Clarke 25th Aug '17 - 9:00pm
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Jason Manford, Alan Carr, Katherine Ryan, Ivan Brackenbury 1st Sep '17 - 9:00pm
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Vic Reeves, Sara Pascoe, David O'Doherty 15th Sep '17 - 9:00pm
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Jason Manford, Joe Wilkinson, Lee Mack, Fay Ripley 22nd Sep '17 - 9:00pm
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2017 Christmas Special 29th Dec '17 - 9:00pm
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Stephen Mangan, Noel Fielding, Fay Ripley, Brett Domino Trio 13th Jan '17 - 9:00pm
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Russell Howard, Roisin Conaty, Nick Helm 20th Jan '17 - 9:00pm
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David O'Doherty, Johnny Vegas, Jamie Laing, Holly Walsh 27th Jan '17 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Jayde Adams, David Baddiel 3rd Feb '17 - 9:00pm
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David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Tom Allen 10th Feb '17 - 9:00pm
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Jonathan Ross, Michelle Wolf, Johnny Vegas, Pappy's 17th Feb '17 - 9:00pm
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James Acaster, Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, John Cooper Clarke 24th Apr '17 - 9:00pm
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Joe Wilkinson, Chris Addison, Katherine Ryan, David O'Doherty 1st May '17 - 9:00pm
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Election Special: Alan Carr, Romesh Ranganathan, Sarah Millican, John Kearns 8th Jun '17 - 9:00pm
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Joe Lycett, Michelle Wolf, Adam Riches 22nd Jun '17 - 9:00pm
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Jonathan Ross, Lee Mack, Victoria Coren, Jessie Cave 29th Jun '17 - 9:00pm
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Richard Ayoade, Stephen Mangan, Katherine Ryan, Bill Bailey 6th Jul '17 - 9:00pm
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Henning Wehn, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Tom Allen 5th Aug '16 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Nish Kumar, Adam Buxton 12th Aug '16 - 9:00pm
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David O'Doherty, Natasia Dematriou, John Kearns 19th Aug '16 - 9:00pm
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David Mitchell, Katherine Ryan, Brett Domino Trio 26th Aug '16 - 9:00pm
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Claudia Winkleman,Johnny Vegas,Reginald D Hunter,Sara Pascoe 2nd Sep '16 - 9:00pm
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David Walliams, Jonathan Ross, Joe Lycett, Isy Suttie 24th Sep '16 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, Catherine Tate, Miles Jupp, John Cooper Clarke 1st Oct '16 - 9:00pm
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David Walliams, Jessica Hynes, Rhod Gilbert, Sam Simmons 8th Oct '16 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, Bob Mortimer, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alex Horne 15th Oct '16 - 9:00pm
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Richard Ayoade, Rob Beckett, Claudia Winkleman, Adam Riches 22nd Oct '16 - 9:00pm
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Danny Dyer, Joe Wilkinson, Gabby Logan, David O'Doherty 29th Oct '16 - 9:00pm
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David Mitchell, Cariad Lloyd, Russell Howard, Sam Simmons 5th Nov '16 - 9:00pm
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Vic Reeves, Aisling Bea, David O'Doherty 25th Feb '16 - 9:00pm
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Bob Mortimer, Holly Walsh, Isy Suttie, Claudia Winkleman 3rd Mar '16 - 9:00pm
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Johnny Vegas, Alex Brooker, Sara Pascoe, Claudia Winkleman, Rob Beckett 10th Mar '16 - 9:00pm
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Kevin Bridges, Rebecca Front, Joe Lycett 24th Mar '16 - 9:00pm
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Katherine Ryan, David Mitchell, Nick Helm 31st Mar '16 - 9:00pm
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Bill Bailey, Sarah Millican, Rob Delaney, Nina Conti 3rd May '15 - 9:00pm
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Kevin Bridges, Kathy Burke, Joe Lycett 15th May '15 - 9:00pm
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Rhod Gilbert, Sara Pascoe, Johnny Vegas 22nd May '15 - 9:00pm
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Rob Beckett, Katherine Ryan, Greg Davies 29th May '15 - 9:00pm
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Miles Jupp, Greg Davies, Holly Walsh 5th Jun '15 - 9:00pm
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Vic Reeves, Lee Mack, Sara Pascoe, Alex Horne 19th Jun '15 - 9:00pm
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Bob Mortimer, Sarah Millican, Katherine Ryan, Alex Horne 26th Jun '15 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Sarah Millican, Rhod Gilbert, David O'Doherty 3rd Jul '15 - 9:00pm
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Seann Walsh, Joe Wilkinson, Danny Dyer, Bill Bailey 10th Jul '15 - 9:00pm
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Johnny Vegas, Sarah Millican, Rob Beckett, Vic Reeves 17th Jul '15 - 9:00pm
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Mel Giedroyc, Lee Mack, David O'Doherty, Adam Buxton 24th Jul '15 - 9:00pm
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Andrew Flintoff, Bill Bailey, Roisin Conaty, Rob Beckett 31st Jul '15 - 9:00pm
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Liza Tarbuck, Sarah Millican, Romesh Ranganathan, Phill Jupitus 7th Aug '15 - 9:00pm
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Bill Bailey, Joe Wilkinson, Isy Suttie, Joe Lycett 14th Aug '15 - 9:00pm
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Henning Wehn, Bill Bailey, Jessica Hynes, Tom Allen 21st Aug '15 - 9:00pm
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Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe, Alex Horne 28th Aug '15 - 9:00pm
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Greg Davies, Holly Walsh, Vic Reeves 4th Sep '15 - 9:00pm
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David Mitchell, Katherine Ryan, David O'Doherty 9th Jan '15 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Jack Whitehall, Rob Beckett 16th Jan '15 - 9:00pm
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Reginald D. Hunter, Aisling Bea, Holly Walsh 23rd Jan '15 - 9:00pm
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Romesh Ranganathan, Johnny Vegas, Josie Long 30th Jan '15 - 9:00pm
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Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Jack Whitehall 6th Feb '15 - 9:00pm
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Jason Manford, Sarah Millican, Jonathan Ross, Bill Bailey 13th Feb '15 - 9:00pm
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Roisin Conaty, Jonathan Ross, David O'Doherty 6th Jun '14 - 9:00pm
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Andrew Flintoff, Rhod Gilbert, Henning Wehn 13th Jun '14 - 9:00pm
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Josie Long, Rob Beckett, Vic Reeves 20th Jun '14 - 9:00pm
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Stephen Mangan, Jason Manford, Tim Key 27th Jun '14 - 9:00pm
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Jo Brand, Claudia Winkleman, Bill Bailey 4th Jul '14 - 9:00pm
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Bill Bailey, Josh Widdicombe, Jake Yapp 11th Jul '14 - 9:00pm
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Bob Mortimer, Richard Osman, Matthew Crosby 18th Jul '14 - 9:00pm
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Rhod Gilbert, Kevin Bridges, Josie Long 3rd Jan '14 - 9:00pm
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Miles Jupp, Aisling Bea, Nick Helm 10th Jan '14 - 9:00pm
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Kathy Burke, Josh Widdicombe, Dara Ó Briain 17th Jan '14 - 9:00pm
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Dara Ó Briain, Sharon Horgan, Adam Buxton 24th Jan '14 - 9:00pm
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Jack Dee, James Corden, Joe Lycett 21st Feb '14 - 9:00pm
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James Corden, Kevin Bridges, Peter Serafinowicz 28th Feb '14 - 9:00pm
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Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert, Danny Dyer 26th Jul '13 - 9:00pm
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Rhod Gilbert, Miles Jupp, Nick Helm 2nd Aug '13 - 9:00pm
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Humphrey Ker, Sarah Millican, Rich Hall 9th Aug '13 - 9:00pm
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Sarah Millican, Chris Ramsey, Abandoman 16th Aug '13 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, Bob Mortimer, Adam Hills, Alex Horne and The Horne Section 13th Sep '13 - 9:00pm
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Lee Mack, David O'Doherty, Henning Wehn, Vic Reeves 20th Sep '13 - 9:00pm
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