The eighth season begins with 14 houseguests entering the compound and learning that some of them are sharing space with an unwelcome visitor from their past. Also, one person is secretly designated to be "America's Player" and must attempt to accomplish whatever viewers vote for them to do each week.

To get his mother to agree to tell him about a listening device planted in her house, Michael agrees to help his mother's friend get back the money she lost in a scam.

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as team captains Sean Lock and Jason Manford battle it out to discover who knows what is going on in Britain today. Guests this week are Greg Rusedski, Trisha Goddard, Alun Cochrane and Glenn Wool.