'8 Out of 10 Cats' Does 'Deal or No Deal'

This one-off special came through the depths of another charity crossover event Channel 4 did to celebrate their thirtieth anniversary. Although unlike the Countdown version, this remained a one-off while the other obviously went to series and is more popular than the original EOOTC.

The show first starts off as a plain ol' DOND episode, where Darren Brown is the contestant and Noel is going on and on. But of course, the usual shenigans happen and we swap over to a completely twisted version of the show, where Jimmy Carr is the host and Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are double contestants winning money for the respective charity. A majority of the box openers are comedians (eg, Kathrine Ryan and Rob Beckett) but there are also other faces like Rachael and Suzie from Countdown, and even Nong (the then-most recent £250,000 winner on the actual DOND). Joe Wilkinson is the Banker's assistant but takes the job less seriously than you could imagine, but being what you expect Joe to be like that isn't much of a surprise.

Within the last two-box offer, Sean and Jon deal at £32,000 and successfully give the Banker a spanking as their box had 10p inside. Overall, a fun event that Channel 4 could really do again sometime with their existing lineup of shows.