Jimmy Carr hosts a combination of the comedy panel show and the long-running words-and-numbers quiz, with Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont taking on Richard Ayoade and Joe Wilkinson. Regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate, alongside Dictionary Corner guest Finlay Christie.

Jimmy Carr hosts and regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate as Jon Richardson and Jo Brand take on Joe Wilkinson and Jamali Maddix. Rachel Parris is in Dictionary Corner.