I was watching this comedy panel show when it first aired in 2005, because I was a big fan of the host comedian, since it started it has gone through changes, but it continues to entertain. Hosted by Jimmy Carr, with team captains Sean Lock (series 1-19), Dave Spikey (series 1-4), Jason Manford (series 5-10), Jon Richardson (series 11-19), Rob Beckett (series 20) and Aisling Bea (series 20), the show is all about surveys, statistics and opinion polls, based on the week's news, and general subjects, e.g. food and drink, relationships, television, film, sport, politics, etc. The title is based on the Whiskas slogan "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas". Guests on the show have included: James Acaster, Nicola Adams, Grace Adams-Short, Chris Addison, Rebecca Adlington, Fiona Allen, Tom Allen, Simon Amstell, Peter Andre, Lisa Appleton, Richard Ayoade, Richard Bacon, David Baddiel, Ruth Badger, Stephen Baldwin, Michael Ball, Zoë Ball, Duncan Bannatyne, Dane Baptiste, John Barrowman, Aisling Bea, Rob Beckett, Brian Belo, Mark "Bez" Berry, Christopher Biggins, Jason Biggs, Tattoo Fixers' Paisley Billings, John Bishop, The Apprentice's Raef Bjayou, Heston Blumenthal, Jennie Bond, Edith Bowman, Frankie Boyle, Jo Brand, Kevin Bridges, Fern Britton, Alex Brooker, Charlie Brooker, Desiree Burch, Ed Byrne, Gemma Cairney, Susan Calman, Scott Capurro, Alan Carr, Natalie Cassidy, Amy Childs, Melanie "Mel C" Chisholm, Paul Chowdhry, Alexa Chung, Terry Christian, Jarred Christmas, Jeremy Clarkson, Julian Clary, EastEnders' Charlie Clements, Alun Cochrane, Paralympic athlete Hannah Cockroft, Gemma Collins, Roisin Conaty, Victoria Coren, James Corden, Matthew Crosby, Jamie Cullum, Alan Cumming, Tess Daly, Alan Davies, Greg Davies, Tom Davis, Jack Dee, Rob Delaney, Nancy Dell'Olio, Les Dennis, Janice Dickinson, Danny Dyer, Matt Edmondson, Jeremy Edwards, Rick Edwards, Kian Egan, Joey Essex, Example, Tom Felton, Vanessa Feltz, Yvette Fielding, Carrie Fisher, Micky Flanagan, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, Paul Foot, Matt Forde, Stewart Francis, Kirsty Gallacher, Kate Garraway, Boy George, Peaches Geldof, Uri Geller, David Gest, Josie Gibson, Mel Giedroyc, Rhod Gilbert, Trisha Goddard, Jade Goody, Stephen Graham, Nikki Grahame, Richard E. Grant, Germaine Greer, Nick Grimshaw, Bear Grylls, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Richard Hammond, John Hannah, Rich Hall, David Hasselhoff, Nick Helm, Eamonn Holmes, Paul Hollywood, Katie Hopkins, Kelly Hoppen, Chantelle Houghton, Rufus Hound, Russell Howard, Chris Hoy, Kate Humble, Reginald D. Hunter, Konnie Huq, Jamelia, Alex James, Duncan James, Elis James, Jedward, Dr. Christian Jessen, Jimeoin, Dom Joly, Alex Jones, Danny Jones, Peter Jones, Steve Jones, Ulrika Jonsson, Phill Jupitus, Miles Jupp, Chris Kamara, Russell Kane, Vernon Kay, Paul Kaye, Ronan Keating, Lorraine Kelly, Patsy Kensit, Amir Khan, Shappi Khorsandi, Myleene Klass, Jodie Kidd, Patrick Kielty, Nish Kumar, Jamie Laing, Derek Laud, Lauren Laverne, Tony Law, Iain Lee, Olivia Lee, Stewart Lee, Lethal Bizzle, Alice Levine, Denise Lewis, Sally Lindsay, Ken Livingstone, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Ollie Locke, Gabby Logan, Josie Long, Joe Lycett, Lee Mack, Kelvin MacKenzie, Richard Madeley, Bobby Mair, Tina Malone, Jason Manford, Stephen Mangan, Mario Marconi, Luke Marsden, Kym Marsh, Spencer Matthews, Andrew Maxwell, Jennie McAlpine, Carol McGiffin, Paddy McGuinness, Michael McIntyre, James McQuillan, The Vamps' James McVey, Deborah Meaden, Jennifer Metcalfe, Ben Miller, Sarah Millican, Tim Minchin, David Mitchell, Piers Morgan, Neil Morrissey, Chris Moyles, Olly Murs, Cathy Newman, Kayvan Novak, Christian O'Connell, David O'Doherty, Chris O'Dowd, Dawn O'Porter, Bill Oddie, Jack Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Richard Osman, Patsy Palmer, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Theo Paphitis, Lorraine Pascale, Sara Pascoe, Sue Perkins, Emo Philips, Sally Phillips, Chris Ramsey, Romesh Ranganathan, Louise Redknapp, Vic Reeves, Alex Reid, Craig Revel Horwood, Griff Rhys Jones, Jon Richardson, Rachel Riley, Fay Ripley, Joan Rivers, Jonathan Ross, Rob Rouse, Greg Rusedski, Greg Rutherford, Katherine Ryan, June Sarpong, Kieron "Science" Harvey, Peter Serafinowicz, Sarah Silverman, Kate Silverton, Ellie Simmonds, The Vamps' Brad Simpson, First Dates' Fred Sirieix, Christian Slater, Daniel Sloss, Louis Smith, Stacey Solomon, Louie Spence, Phil Spencer, Jerry Springer, Rizzle Kicks' Jordan Stephens, Debra Stephenson, Gerry Stergiopoulos, Jessica Stevenson, Tiff Stevenson, Janet Street-Porter, Tinchy Stryder, Isy Suttie, Meera Syal, Liza Tarbuck, Ellie Taylor, Carol Thatcher, Rhys Thomas, John Thomson, Bruno Tonioli, Thomas Turgoose, Charley Uchea, Denise van Outen, Johnny Vaughan, Johnny Vegas, Carol Vorderman, Lea Walker, Danny Wallace, Gregg Wallace, David Walliams, Seann Walsh, Jack Whitehall, Holly Walsh, Kimberley Walsh, Louis Walsh, Seann Walsh, Gok Wan, Mark Watson, Tim Westwood, Henning When, Josh Widdicombe, Joe Wilkinson, Holly Willoughby, Ricky Wilson, Claudia Winkleman, Henry Winkler, Kimberly Wyatt, Alex Zane and many more. It is funny, it is clever and it is interesting, being both comedic and factual, including Christmas, Big Brother and other specials, I perhaps prefer it to Have I Got News for You, a brilliant satirical comedy panel show. Very good!
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jboothmillard6 September 2005
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rorymcpedal16 December 2021Love it. Ashamed to admit that panel shows are my way of keeping up with UK news and culture, and this is still one of the best. TheyAlways have a good variety of guests, and the regulars are doing a good job as well. Of course, Sean Locke will be missed, but there's not much we can do about that.
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Reilly_411 August 20058 out of 10 cats is a game show in which two teams answer questions linked to opinion polls answered for by the general British public. Hosted by the terrific Jimmy Carr, it features Sean Lock and Dave Spikey (both also brilliant) as the team captains, and a host of famous faces to be the other team members. The comedy comes thick and fast, especially from Lock and Spikey, with regular quips from the guests, most of which are surprisingly funny! With a host like Carr, and team captains who know what they're doing, this programme is an absolute treat and should not be missed.
This programme has become one of my favourite comedy game shows, up there with Have I Got News For You, Shooting Stars, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Don't Miss! -
DavidYZ4 July 2017This is a comedy panel game about public opinion and recent events. It was originally shown on Channel 4, then moved to More4 and is now on E4.
Every episode is hosted by Jimmy Carr. Each of the two teams has a captain and two guests. The captains have been Sean Lock, Dave Spikey, Jason Manford and Jon Richardson. The current captains are Rob Beckett and Aisling Bea.
How good it is varies a lot, depending on who is on that episode. Some guests are good, but many are awful. Aisling Bea is the best of the captains. -
Wistfull22 March 2022Since this panel show mostly concerns current events, the episodes feel old pretty quickly. Many of the jokes rely on the audience having news stories in fresh memory, so as those memories have faded, the jokes no longer work.
The quality of guests varies greatly, and conversations between them can feel a bit forced. Still, latest episodes can be worth catching if you're into making fun of current affairs.
The one old episode I'd recommend is S13E09 - the tax avoidance scandal. -
arab-615057 April 2019Most shows up until the recent series are pretty good. Jimmy Carr and Sean Lock in particular. However, it has been utterly ruined with the introduction of Rob Beckett as a captain. Now about as funny as pulling teeth, giant shiny teeth at that. No wonder the viewing figures are through the floor. Won't last long now I wouldn't think unless they get shot of Beckett.
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Jima-36-58549118 October 2020Too much canned laughter. Even the most stupid attempts at humor get a raucous laugh, and most of the attempts are stupid.
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sandynolen7 April 2022I enjoyed the last half of the first show I watched so I started the second episode. The laugh tracks are Unnecessary, loud, &cover up and potential humor, not only by being louder that the comics but by being distracting and so obviously NOT real laughter! Take them away. People aren't that ignorant to be fooled by them anymore.
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Jima-36-58549126 February 2021The headline says it all. Seven comedians + 1 laugh track = not funny
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Has this show been cancelled? I hope not. It has been well over 2 years since the last episode came out and there has been no mention of a season 23 of this show anywhere. It's not like Channel 4 has forgotten about this show, there are still many repeats of it on E4 Extra and the like, but it's getting quite boring and I'm sick of rewatching old episodes of this show that, frankly, just don't hold up anymore these days. It honestly feels as though the spin off to this show - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - is completely overshadowing the original (this show) and as such they just can't be bothered putting out any new episodes of the original, which is honestly just so annoying.