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8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: Best Bits
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: Best Bits is a name of special compilation episodes that airs as a replacement to regular games. First two episodes was released as a remainder of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 20, two more episodes were subsequently released in Series 23.
The first and second episode were recorded in 2018, suggesting that both episodes were due to be shown in 2019, but were held back until 2020. Despite this, the episodes aired on BBC UKTV in Australia on 26 November and 3 December 2019, prior to their UK premiere.
This page lists episodes that were aired with the episodes and celebrities featured in sequence for each compilation.
Episodes
Episode 1 (21 August 2020)
Episodes Featured: (1) Series 17, Episode 3, (2) Series 16, Episode 8, (3) Series 16, Episode 2, (4) Series 16, Episode 6, (5) Series 16, Episode 2, (6) Series 17, Episode 1, (7) Series 16, Episode 3, (8) Series 16, Episode 9, (9) Series 16, Episode 5, (10) Series 17, Episode 4, (11) Series 17, Episode 2 (Teaser Only), (12) Series 16, Episode 4 (Teaser Only)
Contestants Featured: Richard Ayoade, Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett, Jessica Knappett, Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan, Johnny Vegas, Lou Sanders, Miles Jupp, Alan Carr, Roisin Conaty, Kathy Burke, David Mitchell, Harriet Kemsley, Phil Wang, Sara Pascoe
Dictionary Corner Guests Featured: Dr John Cooper Clarke, David O'Doherty, Natasia Demetriou, Ellie White, Spencer Jones, Alex Horne & the Horne Section, Tom Allen, Joe Wilkinson, James Acaster
Teasers Featured: CATMINGE → MAGNETIC (Series 17, Episode 4), LESSLIMP → MISSPELL (Series 17, Episode 2), TITCAKES → TACKIEST (Series 16, Episode 4)
Episode 2 (28 August 2020)
Episodes Featured: (1) Series 16, Episode 9, (2) Series 16, Episode 6, (3) Series 17, Episode 1, (4) Series 17, Episode 2, (5) Series 17, Episode 4, (6) Series 17, Episode 3, (7) Series 16, Episode 8, (8) Series 16, Episode 7, (9) Series 16, Episode 2, (10) Series 16, Episode 5, (11) Series 16, Episode 4, (12) Series 16, Episode 3
Contestants Featured: David Mitchell, Richard Ayoade, Kathy Burke, Henning Wehn, Claudia Winkleman, Sara Pascoe, Aisling Bea, Joe Wilkinson, Alan Carr, Kevin Bridges, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Katherine Ryan, Phil Wang, Harriet Kemsley, Rob Beckett, Roisin Conaty, Miles Jupp, Joe Lycett, Johnny Vegas
Dictionary Corner Guests Featured: Tom Allen, The Brett Domino Trio, Spencer Jones, David O'Doherty, Nick Mohammed, Ivan Brackenbury, Nick Helm, Joe Wilkinson
Teasers Featured: SPURTSIR → STIRRUPS (Series 16, Episode 6), GRIMALAN → ALARMING (Series 16, Episode 3), RADMINGE → DREAMING (Series 17, Episode 3)
Episode 3 (18 August 2023)
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Episode 4 (25 August 2023)
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