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8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 23
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 23 is the current series of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown that began on 29 July 2022 and will end on 23 December 2022 with a Christmas Special.
With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the plexiglass in Dictionary Corner was removed, although the celebrities were still socially distanced as a precaution. Several changes were made to the gameplay as well, one of which was that whoever was in the chair where the late Sean Lock used to sit and/or when Jon Richardson is absent would be called "Guest Team Captain" rather than "Acting Team Captain". Another change was that if the game ended in a Draw, no one would win the prize for that episode, in contrast to both teams sharing the prize in the past should it happen. The outro's music had also now reverted back to the normal version heard during pre-pandemic times as well (Episodes 3 to 5 were aired out of order as they had the opening music in the credits).
Notably, the third episode of this series, which kept plexiglass as it had been filmed in 2021 when restrictions were still in place, featured Bradley Horrocks, the runner-up of Series 77 of Countdown, helping out Jamali Maddix and Joe Wilkinson.