The host, Jimmy Carr, read out questions relating to events of 2008 to three teams of celebrities: Dara Ó Briain & Davina McCall, Rob Sean Lock & James Corden, and Michael McIntyre & Claudia Winkleman. Guest appearances included Alan Carr, Katy Perry, the Fonejacker, Sarah Silverman, John Hurt and Sir Alan Sugar along with regulars Jon Snow and the children from Mitchell Brook Primary School, with another selection of topical school plays.