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Jo Brand
| Jo Brand | |
|---|---|
| Guest | |
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| First appearance | 1 June 1998 |
| Last appearance | 9 February 2024 |
| Appearances | 110 |
| Episodes with Jo Brand | |
Jo Brand is a guest on Countdown, and a contestant in Series 1 of Celebrity Countdown, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Series 2 of Celebrity Countdown. She is a stand-up comic, writer, presenter and actor.
Brand is noted by the producers as being one of few celebrities who would be capable of holding their own on the show (which was demonstrated in Episode C2). As such, it is entirely believable that she does indeed spot the words she lays claim to… particularly the nonsensical ones.
Brand was first revealed to be a Countdown fan when she appeared on the special retrospective programme The 2000th Edition in 1997.
She and Pam Ayres are the only person to have guested on episodes presented by Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Jeff Stelling, Nick Hewer, Anne Robinson and Colin Murray; Brand has also been a contestant on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (presented by Jimmy Carr). She was also technically the last guest under Des O'Connor's and Carol Vorderman's tenure as presenters.
She took over Rachel Riley's job for the final numbers round in Episode C11, in so doing making it look difficult.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 | 30/04/1998 | CC | Jo Brand | 37 – 29 | Arthur Smith | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Bamber Gascoigne | Susie Dent | 60 | ||
| 2874 | 02/11/2000 | X | Mark Nyman and Gyles Brandreth |
50 – 46 | Jo Brand and Damian Eadie |
Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | none | Susie Dent | 74 | ||
| Cats21 | 04/07/2014 | S | Jo Brand & Sean Lock |
39 – 35 | Jon Richardson & Claudia Winkleman |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | Joe Wilkinson | Bill Bailey | Susie Dent | 69 | |
| Cats26 | 19/09/2014 | S | Jon O'Neill, Jo Brand & Sean Lock |
52 – 24 | Jon Richardson, Vic Reeves & Rob Beckett |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | Adam Buxton | Susie Dent | 69 | ||
| C9 | 12/11/2019 | CC | Jay Rayner | 58 – 50 | Jo Brand | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
| Cats145 | 12/08/2022 | S | Jamali Maddix, Bradley Horrocks & Joe Wilkinson |
73* – 56* | Jon Richardson & Jo Brand |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | Rachel Parris | Susie Dent | 75 | ||
External Links
- Jo Brand on Wikipedia.
