# The Dog Ate My Homework

The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Lauren Layfield. It was first broadcast on 17 January 2014 and was originally hosted by the comedian Iain Stirling. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC.
Series 2 began on 23 January 2015, with a Christmas special aired on 16 December 2015. Series 3 began on 8 January 2016 and series 4 began on 4 November 2016. A fifth series was filmed from 17 November to 10 December 2017. Series 6 was the first not to be aired on Fridays, with it airing from 3 February 2019 at 8.30am for 12 weeks. After this series, it was announced that Stirling was leaving the show.
In series 7, four different presenters hosted three episodes each. Hacker T Dog was the first of these confirmed. Lauren Layfield, Suzi Ruffell and Darren Harriott also presented three episodes each. It was later announced that Layfield would host the show permanently from Series 8, joined by Reis Daniel playing the lovable Mr. Learner.

## Format

The show features two teams, both with a CBBC star, a comedian and a child. They compete in various games and tasks. The winning team get a gold star. Stirling can take, or give, gold stars whenever he wants. He usually gives them when an answer makes him laugh. Whoever has the most gold stars wins the game.

## Episodes

| Series | Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Series | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| | Series 1 | 10 | 17 January 2014 | 28 March 2014 |
| | Series 2 | 11 | 23 January 2015 | 17 April 2015 |
| | Christmas Special | 1 | 16 December 2015 | 16 December 2015 |
| | Series 3 | 14 | 8 January 2016 | 28 March 2016 |
| | Series 4 | 13 | 4 November 2016 | 24 February 2017 |
| | Series 5 | 12 | 5 January 2018 | 23 March 2018 |
| | Series 6 | 12 | 3 February 2019 | 21 April 2019 |
| | Series 7 | 12 | 24 November 2019 | 16 February 2020 |
| | Christmas Special | 1 | 16 December 2020 | 16 December 2020 |
| | Series 8 | 11 | 10 January 2021 | 21 March 2021 |

### Series 1 (2014)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Director | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "Episode One" | Pati Marr | 17 January 2014 (2014-1-17) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Romesh Ranganathan, Sam Fletcher, Bec Hill and Jack Carroll Child Panelists: Roma (1) and Jamie (1) Characters: Stephanie Fulton as The Dog, Chris Lawrence as Mr Smash, Eve Wengel as Eve From Class 4B Cameos: TBA Winners: Roma (1)'s team of Romesh Ranganathan and Sam Fletcher |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode Two" | Pati Marr | 24 January 2014 (2014-1-24) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Paul McCaffrey, Mark Rhodes (Sam & Mark), Victoria Cook and Sam Nixon (Sam & Mark) Child Panelists: Holly and Grant Winners: Holly's team of Paul McCaffrey and Mark Rhodes (Sam & Mark) |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode Three" | Pati Marr | 31 January 2014 (2014-1-31) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Susan Calman, Mawaan Rizwan, Ashleigh Butler and Dan Wright Child Panelists: Harley (1) and Callum Winners: Callum's team of Ashleigh Butler and Dan Wright |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode Four" | Pati Marr | 7 February 2014 (2014-2-7) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Katie Mulgrew, Charlie Baker, Paul McCaffrey and Oyiza Momoh Child Panelists: Holly and Grant Winners: Grant's team of Paul McCaffrey and Oyiza Momoh |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode Five" | Pati Marr | 21 February 2014 (2014-2-21) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Susan Calman, Radzi Chinyanganya, Dan Antopolski and Chris Martin Child Panelists: Sonia vs Harley (2) Winners: Harley (2)'s team of Dan Antopolski and Chris Martin |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode Six" | Pati Marr | 28 February 2014 (2014-2-28) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Katie Mulgrew, Bobby Lockwood, Paul McCaffrey and Louisa Connolly-Burnham Child Panelists: Gilbert (1) vs Neve (1) Winners: Gilbert (1)'s team of Katie Mulgrew and Bobby Lockwood |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Episode Seven" | Pati Marr | 7 March 2014 (2014-3-7) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Susan Calman, Ore Oduba, Des Clarke and Dodge T. Dog Child Panelists: Jude (1) vs Sonia (2) Winners: Jude (1)'s team of Susan Calman and Ore Oduba |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Episode Eight" | Pati Marr | 14 March 2014 (2014-3-14) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Romesh Ranganathan, Kirstie Steele, Bec Hill and Shane O'Meara Child Panelists: Gilbert (2) vs Neve (2) Winners: Neve (2)'s team of Bec Hill and Shane O'Meara |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Episode Nine" | Pati Marr | 21 March 2014 (2014-3-21) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Chris Martin, Ashleigh Butler, Susan Calman and Cel Spellman Child Panelists: Jude (2) vs Lucy Winners: Lucy's team of Susan Calman and Cel Spellman |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Episode Ten" | Pati Marr | 28 March 2014 (2014-3-28) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Romesh Ranganathan, Victoria Cook, Bec Hill and Joel Dommett Child Panelists: Jamie (2) vs Roma (2) Winners: Jamie (2)'s team of Romesh Ranganathan and Victoria Cook |||||

### Series 2 (2015)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 11 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 23 January 2015 (2015-1-23) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Joe Swash, Ashleigh Butler, Alex Riley and Romesh Ranganathan Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 12 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 30 January 2015 (2015-1-30) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Hacker T. Dog, Michelle Ackerley, Johnny Cochrane (Johnny & Inel) and Inel Tomlinson (Johnny & Inel) Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 13 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 6 February 2015 (2015-2-6) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Dodge T. Dog, Naomi Wilkinson, Sam Nixon (Sam & Mark) and Mark Rhodes (Sam & Mark) Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 14 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 20 February 2015 (2015-2-20) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Jermain Jackman, Bobby Lockwood, Katherine Ryan and Nihal Arthanayake Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 15 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 27 February 2015 (2015-2-27) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Dominique Moore, Aidan Davis, Alex Riley and Susan Calman Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 16 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 6 March 2015 (2015-3-6) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Dodge T. Dog and Dominique Moore Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 17 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 13 March 2015 (2015-3-13) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Sam Strike, Percelle Ascott, Dan Wright and Susan Calman Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 18 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 20 March 2015 (2015-3-20) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Chris Stark, Ashleigh Butler, James Acaster and Romesh Ranganathan Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 19 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 27 March 2015 (2015-3-27) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Jack Carroll, Bobby Lockwood, Lloyd Langford and Pippa Evans Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 20 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 3 April 2015 (2015-4-3) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Dominique Moore, Aidan Davis, Alex Riley and Susan Calman Child Panelists: TBA and TBA Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 21 | 11 | "Compilation Show" | Pati Marr | 17 April 2015 (2015-4-17) |
| In this special episode, Iain Stirling takes on the role of Stirling Holmes. As the world's greatest detective, he is trying to solve the strange case of the missing homework... which has been stolen by evil genius Professor Dogiarty. |||||

### Christmas Special (2015)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 22 | 1 | "Christmas Special" | Pati Marr | 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Hacker T. Dog, Ashleigh Butler, Alex Riley and Pippa Evans |||||

### Series 3 (2016)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 23 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 8 January 2016 (2016-1-8) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Johnny & Inel, Chris Johnson and Susan Calman |||||
| 24 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 15 January 2016 (2016-1-15) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Romesh Ranganathan, Lucy & Lydia, Naomi Wilkinson and Dan Wright |||||
| 25 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 22 January 2016 (2016-1-22) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Chris Johnson, Dominique Moore, Ed Petrie and Alex Riley |||||
| 26 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 5 February 2016 (2016-2-5) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Dominique Moore, Stuart Goldsmith, Chris Johnson and Susan Calman |||||
| 27 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 12 February 2016 (2016-2-12) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Bec Hill, Victoria Cook, Chris Martin and Charlie Baker |||||
| 28 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 19 February 2016 (2016-2-19) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Lauren Layfield, Joe Swash, Dan Wright and James Acaster |||||
| 29 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 26 February 2016 (2016-2-26) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Ed Petrie, Alex Riley, Shazia Mirza and Dodge T. Dog |||||
| 30 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 4 March 2016 (2016-3-4) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Victoria Cook, Lauren Layfield, Phil Wang and Mawaan Rizwan |||||
| 31 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 11 March 2016 (2016-3-11) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Radzi Chinyanganya, Ellie Taylor, Suzi Ruffell and Ricky Martin |||||
| 32 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 18 March 2016 (2016-3-18) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Bobby Lockwood, Grace Mandeville, Matthew Crosby and Tom Craine |||||
| 33 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Pati Marr | 25 March 2016 (2016-3-25) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Sam Fletcher, Grace Mandeville, Tom Craine and Dan Antopolski |||||
| 34 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 26 March 2016 (2016-3-26) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Ellie Taylor, Marlon Davis, Sam Fletcher and Mawaan Rizwan |||||
| 35 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Pati Marr | 27 March 2016 (2016-3-27) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Bobby Lockwood, Fran Scott, Naomi Wilkinson and Dodge T. Dog |||||
| 36 | 14 | "Episode 14" | Pati Marr | 28 March 2016 (2016-3-28) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Hacker T. Dog, Susan Calman, Steve Bugeja and Ben Shires |||||

### Series 4 (2016–2017)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 37 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 4 November 2016 (2016-11-4) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Matthew Crosby, Lauren Layfield, Dominique Moore and Saima Chowdhury |||||
| 38 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Dodge T. Dog and Sam Battersea |||||
| 39 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Johnny & Inel, Phil Wang and Jess Robinson |||||
| 40 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Ben Shires, Suzi Ruffell, Stuart Goldsmith and Bec Hill |||||
| 41 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 2 December 2016 (2016-12-2) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Susan Calman, Dodge T. Dog, Chris Johnson and Leo Waddell |||||
| 42 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 9 December 2016 (2016-12-9) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Johnny & Inel, Steve Bugeja and Katia Kvinge |||||
| 43 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 13 January 2017 (2017-1-13) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Lauren Layfield, Matthew Crosby, Dan Wright and Marlon Davis |||||
| 44 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 20 January 2017 (2017-1-20) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Katie Thistleton, Stuart Goldsmith, Ivo Graham and Suzi Ruffell |||||
| 45 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 27 January 2017 (2017-1-27) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Hacker T. Dog, Ellie Taylor, Ricky Martin and Radzi Chinyanganya |||||
| 46 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 3 February 2017 (2017-2-3) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Chris Johnson, Tom Allen, Dominique Moore and Luke Kempner |||||
| 47 | 11 | "Episode 11: Sports Day Special" | Pati Marr | 10 February 2017 (2017-2-10) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Ed Petrie, Naomi Wilkinson, Tom Craine and Richard David-Caine |||||
| 48 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 17 February 2017 (2017-2-17) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Ellie Taylor, Marlon Davis, Hacker T. Dog and Gareth Richards |||||
| 49 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Pati Marr | 24 February 2017 (2017-2-24) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Saima Chowdhury, Ahir Shah, Charlie Baker and Rory Crawford |||||

### Series 5 (2018)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 50 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 5 January 2018 (2018-1-5) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Johnny & Inel, Charlie Baker and Suzi Ruffell |||||
| 51 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 12 January 2018 (2018-1-12) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Matthew Crosby, Saima Chowdhury, Jess Robinson and Lauren Layfield |||||
| 52 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 19 January 2018 (2018-1-19) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Yuriko Kotani and Charlie Baker |||||
| 53 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 26 January 2018 (2018-1-26) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Dominique Moore, Lou Sanders, George Lewis and Jarred Christmas |||||
| 54 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 2 February 2018 (2018-2-2) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Steve Bugeja, Tom Allen, Martin Dougan and Athena Kugblenu |||||
| 55 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 9 February 2018 (2018-2-9) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Ben Shires, Dominique Moore, Victoria Cook and Gareth Richards |||||
| 56 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 16 February 2018 (2018-2-16) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Suzi Ruffell and Ray Bradshaw |||||
| 57 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 23 February 2018 (2018-2-23) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Jack Carroll, Naomi Wilkinson, Bec Hill and Tez Ilyas |||||
| 58 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 2 March 2018 (2018-3-2) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 59 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 9 March 2018 (2018-3-9) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 60 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Pati Marr | 16 March 2018 (2018-3-16) |
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| 61 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 23 March 2018 (2018-3-23) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||

### Series 6 (2019)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 62 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 3 February 2019 (2019-2-3) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 63 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 10 February 2019 (2019-2-10) |
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| 64 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 17 February 2019 (2019-2-17) |
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| 65 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 24 February 2019 (2019-2-24) |
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| 66 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 3 March 2019 (2019-3-3) |
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| 67 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 10 March 2019 (2019-3-10) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 68 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 17 March 2019 (2019-3-17) |
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| 69 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 24 March 2019 (2019-3-24) |
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| 70 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 31 March 2019 (2019-3-31) |
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| 71 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 7 April 2019 (2019-4-7) |
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| 72 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Pati Marr | 14 April 2019 (2019-4-14) |
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| 73 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 21 April 2019 (2019-4-21) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||

### Series 7 (2019–2020)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 74 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) |
| Celebrity Panelists: Dr Ranj Singh, Bec Hill, Jarred Christmas and Rosie Jones Child Panelists: Slyvie and Hakeem Winners: TBA's team of TBA and TBA |||||
| 75 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 1 December 2019 (2019-12-1) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 76 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 8 December 2019 (2019-12-8) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 77 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 15 December 2019 (2019-12-15) |
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| 78 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 22 December 2019 (2019-12-22) |
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| 79 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 5 January 2020 (2020-1-5) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 80 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 12 January 2020 (2020-1-12) |
| Host: Lauren Layfield Celebrity Panelists: Ed Petrie, Vic Cook, Sarah Keyworth and Joe Tasker |||||
| 81 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 19 January 2020 (2020-1-19) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 82 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 26 January 2020 (2020-1-26) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 83 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 2 February 2020 (2020-2-2) |
| Host: Lauren Layfield Celebrity Panelists: Ed Petrie, Vic Cook, Sarah Keyworth and Joe Tasker |||||
| 84 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Pati Marr | 9 February 2020 (2020-2-9) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 85 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 16 February 2020 (2020-2-16) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||

### Christmas Special (2020)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 86 | 1 | "Christmas Special" | Pati Marr | 10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) |
| Celebrity Panelists: TBA |||||

### Series 8 (2020–2021)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
| 87 | 2 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 88 | 3 | "Episode 2" | Unknown | 10 January 2021 (2021-1-10) |
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| 89 | 4 | "Episode 3" | Unknown | 17 January 2021 (2021-1-17) |
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| 90 | 5 | "Episode 4" | Unknown | 24 January 2021 (2021-1-24) |
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| 91 | 6 | "Episode 5" | TBA | TBA |
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| 92 | 7 | "Episode 6" | TBA | TBA |
| Host: Lauren Layfield Celebrity Panelists: Ed Petrie, Vic Cook, Sarah Keyworth and Joe Tasker |||||
| 93 | 8 | "Episode 7" | TBA | TBA |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 94 | 9 | "Episode 8" | TBA | TBA |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 95 | 10 | "Episode 9" | TBA | TBA |
| Host: Lauren Layfield Celebrity Panelists: Ed Petrie, Vic Cook, Sarah Keyworth and Joe Tasker |||||
| 96 | 11 | "Episode 10" | TBA | TBA |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||
| 97 | 12 | "Episode 11" | TBA | TBA |
| Celebrity Panelists: tbd |||||

## Guest appearances

The following have all appeared multiple times as one of the guest panelists on the show.
Susan Calman, Dan Wright and Dodge T. Dog are the only panelists to have featured in every series. However, none of them featured in the stand-alone Christmas special. As of April 2019, Calman has not appeared in an episode of the show since Season 4.
The following have all made a single appearance as one of the guest panellists on the show: