8 out of 10 cats
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
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| 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 | 195 (as of 1 February 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–) |
| 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 (2005–2014) More4 (2016—) |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereophonic |
| Original release | 3 June 2005 – 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 More4. It was first broadcast 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".
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 has appeared as the first team captain since the show's inception; the opposing captain was originally Dave Spikey, who left after series 4 to pursue other projects and was replaced by Jason Manford. Manford departed following series 10, and was replaced by Jon Richardson for series 11.
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.
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