8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: Season 23, Episode 1

23 - 1: Lucy Beaumont, Richard Ayoade, Joe Wilkinson, Finlay Christie

Jimmy Carr hosts a combination of the comedy panel show and the long-running words-and-numbers quiz, with Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont taking on Richard Ayoade and Joe Wilkinson. Regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate, alongside Dictionary Corner guest Finlay Christie.