Joe Wilkinson

Joe Wilkinson
Arithmetician
First appearance	24 August 2012
Last appearance	10 August 2018
Appearances	33
Episodes with Joe Wilkinson
Guest
First appearance	2 January 2012
Last appearance	2 January 2012
Appearances	1
Episodes with Joe Wilkinson
Miscellaneous appearances
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 (in that same show, he also appeared as a contestant). 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.

He first became a guest captain in Episode Cats42 in 2015, and has subsequently reappeared as the guest captain in various episodes since then. 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
Cats157	09/02/2024	S	Joe Wilkinson & Roisin Conaty	23 – 72	Jon Richardson & Asim Chaudhry	Jimmy Carr	Rachel Riley					Lucy Pearman	Susie Dent	75
Cats159	26/07/2024	S	Rosie Jones & Joe Wilkinson	43 – 36	Sarah Millican & Tom Allen	Jimmy Carr	Rachel Riley					Nick Mohammed	Susie Dent	66

* includes 5 points from a bonus game ** includes 34 points from the conundrum + includes 1 point from a bonus challenge

External Links

• Joe Wilkinson on Wikipedia.