Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade was a contestant on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He is an actor, writer and stand-up comedian amongst other talents.

In his most famous role as Maurice Moss on The IT Crowd, Richard's character "appeared" on Countdown in 2010. In the episode, Moss famously declares the nine letters TNETENNBA which already "spells" out a word, and breaks many records. Moss is later invited to a secret club called 8+ and forced to play Street Countdown against a jealous former champion. The episode feastured cameo appearances by former Countdown host Jeff Stelling, Rachel Riley and Dictionary Corner guest Gyles Brandreth.

He eventually made his debut appearance six years later on an actual episode on 22 October 2016 in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 11, Episode 5. For his sole apperances in 2016 and 2017, he scored three and five respectively. Remarkably the year after, in 2018, he improved dramatically, scoring perfectly in a numbers round and obtained a maximum in a letters round.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
8-10 11-5	22/10/2016	S	Richard Ayoade & Rob Beckett	3 – 48	Jon Richardson & Claudia Winkleman					Adam Riches	Susie Dent	70
8-10116	6/07/2017	S	Stephen Mangan & Sean Lock	55 – 5	Richard Ayoade & Katherine Ryan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Bill Bailey	Susie Dent	69
8-10 16-6	17/08/2018	S	Richard Ayoade & Sean Lock	42 – 43	Jon Richardson & Jessica Knappett					Alex Horne & the Horne Section	Susie Dent	74

External Links

• Richard Ayoade's Wikipedia page