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
Joe Wilkinson 2. "Live at the Electric" also features his own sketches, which are largely based on dark humour. Since 2014, Wilkinson has appeared as a resident comedian on the revived series of "Celebrity Squares", hosted by Warwick Davis on ITV. It returned for a second series in April 2015. In 2016, he starred in the Sky 1 series "Rovers" which he co-wrote with David Earl. He was also a contestant on the Dave comedy game show series "Taskmaster". Since 2012, Wilkinson has made regular appearance on the "8 Out of 10 Cats" spin-off show, "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown".