Jo Brand

Guest appearances of Jo Brand
First appearance	1 June 1998
Last appearance	10 February 2023
Appearances	105
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 is 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, and has also been a contestant on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (presented by Jimmy Carr).

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				Lucy Summers	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

* Includes 5 points from a bonus game.

External Links

• Jo Brand's Wikipedia page