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Joe Wilkinson

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Arithmetician
First appearance 24 August 2012
Last appearance 10 August 2018
Appearances 33
Episodes with Joe Wilkinson
Guest appearances of Joe Wilkinson
First appearance 2 January 2012
Last appearance 2 January 2012
Appearances 1
Episodes with Joe Wilkinson
Miscellaneous
First appearance 2 September 2016
Last appearance 26 January 2024
Appearances 15
Episodes with Joe Wilkinson

Joe Wilkinson is a guest and contestant on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He is a stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter, seen on panel shows, such as 8 Out of 10 Cats.

On 24 August 2012, he became the show's first male arithmetician, when he filled in for Rachel Riley during the second numbers game of 8 Out of 10 Cats Mash-up: The Rematch. For 29 episodes until Episode Cats32 (excluding two episodes in between as he was "away on holiday"), he appeared as Riley's "assistant" for the second half of every show. This was despite the host Jimmy Carr saying that he no longer works for the show since the 2014 Christmas special some five episodes before his final appearance on the job. Subsequently, he has made occasional appearances in episodes where he was not the Dictionary Corner guest, including four where he actually does something.

In that same show, he also appeared as a contestant and was then the guest captain on Episode Cats42 and Episode Cats47 in 2015. He subsequently reappeared as the guest captain in various episodes since 2016. Perhaps his most famous moment came in Episode Cats98 when he recited a poem that made everyone present laugh out of control and went viral on YouTube. [1]

He has since joined Apterous, but was last seen on Valentine's Day 2018.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
Cats2 24/08/2012 S Sean Lock,
Rachel Riley &
Clarke Carlisle
50 – 41 Jon Richardson
& Joe Wilkinson
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Joe Wilkinson David O'Doherty Susie Dent 83
Cats42 10/07/2015 S Antoinette Ryan,
Seann Walsh
& Sean Lock
47 – 29 Joe Wilkinson
& Danny Dyer
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Bill Bailey Susie Dent 58
Cats47 14/08/2015 S Bill Bailey
& Sean Lock
43 – 44 Joe Wilkinson
& Isy Suttie
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Joe Lycett Susie Dent 79
Cats71 29/10/2016 S Danny Dyer
& Sean Lock
46* – 11 Joe Wilkinson
& Gabby Logan
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley David O'Doherty Susie Dent 64
Cats78 03/02/2017 S Joe Wilkinson
& Sean Lock
40 – 38* Jon Richardson
& Jayde Adams
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley David Baddiel Susie Dent 76
Cats79 10/02/2017 S Roisin Conaty
& Joe Wilkinson
7+ – 74+** Jon Richardson
& David Mitchell
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Tom Allen Susie Dent 83
Cats82 01/05/2017 S Katherine Ryan
& Joe Wilkinson
18 – 41* Jon Richardson
& Chris Addison
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley David O'Doherty Susie Dent 63
Cats91 22/09/2017 S Joe Wilkinson
& Jason Manford
33 – 30 Lee Mack
& Fay Ripley
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Alex Horne &
the Horne Section
Susie Dent 59
Cats92 29/12/2017 S Joe Wilkinson
& Sean Lock
30 – 41 Jon Richardson
& Catherine Tate
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Joe Lycett Susie Dent 81
Cats93 19/01/2018 S Jessica Knappett
& Kevin Bridges
29 – 34* Jon Richardson
& Joe Wilkinson
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Dr John Cooper Clarke Susie Dent 65
Cats95 02/02/2018 S Sara Pascoe
& Joe Wilkinson
26* – 34 Alan Carr
& Josh Widdicombe
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Bill Bailey Susie Dent 65
Cats96 09/02/2018 S Rhod Gilbert
& Johnny Vegas
31 – 19 Joe Wilkinson
& Roisin Conaty
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Tom Allen Susie Dent 71
Cats98 20/07/2018 S Katherine Ryan
& Sean Lock
31 – 45* Jon Richardson
& Joe Wilkinson
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Dr John Cooper Clarke Susie Dent 66
Cats103 24/08/2018 S Kevin Bridges
& Sean Lock
36* – 46* Joe Wilkinson
& Victoria Coren Mitchell
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Adam Kay Susie Dent 67
Cats108 25/01/2019 S Joe Wilkinson
& Sean Lock
22 – 35 Richard Ayoade
& Aisling Bea
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Tom Allen Susie Dent 78
Cats111 15/02/2019 S Joe Wilkinson
& Sean Lock
46 – 40 Jon Richardson
& Harriet Kemsley
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley James Veitch Susie Dent 70
Cats114 09/08/2019 S Joe Wilkinson
& Sean Lock
25 – 50 Jon Richardson
& Sara Pascoe
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Sam Simmons Susie Dent 72
Cats118 06/09/2019 S Katherine Ryan
& Sean Lock
29 – 33 Jon Richardson
& Joe Wilkinson
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Adam Riches Susie Dent 70
Cats121 16/01/2020 S Joe Wilkinson
& Sean Lock
18 – 27 Jon Richardson
& Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley The Brett Domino Trio Susie Dent 72
Cats126 31/07/2020 S Kerry Godliman
& Sean Lock
24 – 30 Jon Richardson
& Joe Wilkinson
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Nick Mohammed Susie Dent 57
Cats134 11/02/2021 S Joe Wilkinson
& Roisin Conaty
35 – 42 Jon Richardson
& Lucy Beaumont
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Bec Hill Susie Dent 56
Cats135 18/02/2021 S Katherine Ryan
& Lee Mack
41 – 31 Jon Richardson
& Joe Wilkinson
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley The Brett Domino Trio Susie Dent 68
Cats140 28/01/2022 S Joe Wilkinson
& Lee Mack
39 – 46 Jon Richardson
& Jessica Knappett
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Nigel Ng Susie Dent 59
Cats143 29/07/2022 S Joe Wilkinson
& Richard Ayoade
28 – 28 Jon Richardson
& Lucy Beaumont
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Finlay Christie Susie Dent 75
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
Cats147 26/08/2022 S Joe Wilkinson
& Roisin Conaty
14 – 43* Jon Richardson
& Nabil Abdulrashid
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley David O'Doherty Susie Dent 64
Cats150 06/01/2023 S Joe Wilkinson
& Jonathan Ross
51 – 41 Roisin Conaty
& Ahir Shah
Jimmy Carr Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon Catherine Cohen Susie Dent 68
Cats154 19/01/2024 S Joe Wilkinson
& Rob Beckett
32 – 19 Sarah Millican
& Jamali Maddix
Jimmy Carr Rachel Riley Glenn Moore Susie Dent 59
* Includes 5 points from a bonus game.
** Includes 34 points from the conundrum.
+ Includes 1 point from a bonus challenge.

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