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
Aisling Bea of the Repeal the 8th campaign to introduce legal abortion in Ireland, and contributed an essay to Una Mullally's "Repeal the 8th" in 2018. She previously campaigned for same-sex marriage legislation in the successful 2015 Irish referendum. Since 2016, Bea is a team captain on "8 Out of 10 Cats". She has made guest appearances on many other panel shows: Aisling Bea Aisling Bea (; born Aisling Cliodhnadh O'Sullivan, 16 March 1984) is an Irish actress, comedian and writer. Bea was born and raised in rural County Kildare. Her father, Brian, was an equine vet who died suddenly when she