8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Amongst the programmes that were chosen to be merged for the evening of specials, production teams on "Countdown" and "8 Out of 10 Cats" agreed to merge the two formats of their respective programmes together - the crossover between the two formats meant that "Countdown"s arrangement of games would be interspersed with "8 Out of 10 Cats"-style banter. As part of the merger, both Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assumed their roles from the programme, while Jimmy Carr took on the mantle of host, with both Sean Lock and Jon Richardson competing as
The Panel (Irish TV series) time and stronger language, were chaired by Colin Murphy and were not recorded for television. A DVD, "The Panel – The Best of...", was released in 2008. The Panel (Irish TV series) The Panel is a talk show produced by Happy Endings Productions for RTÉ, based on the Australian programme "The Panel", produced by Working Dog Productions for Network Ten. The theme song was "Waterfall" by The Stone Roses. Until 2006 it was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. Ó Briain, having presented "Echo Island", came to popular acclaim at home through his regular appearances in "Don't Feed the Gondolas", a