- 8 out of 10 Cats
Infobox Television
show_name = 8 out of 10 Cats
caption = Sean Lock, Jimmy Carr & Jason Manford
format =Panel game
runtime = 30 min.
presenter =Jimmy Carr
starring =Sean Lock Dave Spikey (Series 1 - 4)Jason Manford (Series 5 - present)
network =Channel 4
country =United Kingdom
first_aired = 3 June 2005
last_aired = present
location =BBC TVC
num_series = 7
num_episodes = 55 (to 9 October 2008)
producer =Endemol
imdb_id = 0465315"8 out of 10 Cats" is a television comedy
panel game made byZeppotron (asubsidiary ofEndemol ) forChannel 4 . It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organisations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline forWhiskas cat food which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 Cats prefer Whiskas". The first advert ever screened during the show's commercial break was for Whiskas.Overview
The show is hosted by comedian
Jimmy Carr and features two teams, captained bySean Lock andJason Manford . Manford replacedDave Spikey , who left after the fourth series to concentrate on other projects.Every week, the captains are joined by two celebrities from the likes of
David Walliams andAlan Carr . Often, celebrities who are currently topical appear on the show, for exampleRuth Badger following her appearance on "The Apprentice".The show is recorded at
BBC Television Centre , typically the day before transmission.Current rounds
* "What Are You Talking About?" - The polling organisation asked the public what they were talking about during the week. The teams have to try and guess the top five.
* "Pick of the Polls" - The teams are given 4 pictures to pick from and are given a poll based around that picture. The survey types vary from each pictures.
* "Believe It or Not" - The teams are given a statistic and try and guess if it is true or false.
* "And the Winner Is..." The teams are given a question from a poll and then they try and guess what came on top of that poll.The points often do not add up correctly, but this is because the show has to be edited to fit in its 25/30 minute slot.
Retired rounds
These rounds only featured in Series 1 and the first Big Brother special:
* "Face Off" - The teams have to guess who from a list of famous people came top with respect to a particular topic.
* "Word Association" - The teams view a clip illustrating a word and have to guess the top three things people thought of when they heard that word.
* "What's the Poll?" - The teams are given five famous people, picture by picture, and they have to guess which poll they appeared on.
* "The Poll With a Hole"- each team is given a statistic but it is missing one piece of salient information. The teams have to guess what that piece of information is.Episode guide
eries 1
The episode screened on July 8, 2005 removed the 'What Are You Talking About?' round completely, as it had been filmed before
7 July 2005 London bombings and thus contained material which was no longer suitible.eries 4
eries 7
The show moved to Thursday nights beginning with this series.
Big Brother specials
"8 out of 10 Cats" "Big Brother" specials are shown before the live final of the current series of "Big Brother", in which evicted "Big Brother" housemates from the current series and well known housemates from previous years are on the panels. Another special aired again right before the 2008 live final.
DVDs
"8 out of 10 Cats: Claws Out" is a ninety-minute collection of highlights from the past few series which features deleted scenes considered too offensive to be aired. It was released on 22 November 2006.
References
External links
* [http://www.channel4.com/cats "8 out of 10 Cats"] at Channel4.com
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* [http://www.episodeworld.com/show/8_Out_Of_10_Cats "8 out of 10 Cats"] at EpisodeWorld.com
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