Only Connect (2008)
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
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Episode 1 - Cribbagers v Gunners
Release Date: 2023-07-17Victoria Coren Mitchell returns to the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. In the opening heat, three keen cribbage players face a team of Arsenal supporters.
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Episode 2 - Roadies v Stitchers
Release Date: 2023-07-24Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts another series of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three rock music fans face a team of enthusiastic embroiderers in another first-round heat.
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Episode 3 - Antiphons v Drop of Red
Release Date: 2023-07-31Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three devotees of choral music come up against a team of red wine connoisseurs.
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Episode 4 - Thrifters v Suncatchers
Release Date: 2023-08-07Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three lovers of all things pre-loved compete against a team of warm-weather worshippers.
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Episode 5 - Isotopes v Academicals
Release Date: 2023-08-14Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Matt Groening fans take on a trio of teachers in another opening heat.
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Episode 6 - Also Rans v Gardners
Release Date: 2023-08-21Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three former Mastermind contenders are in the spotlight, facing a family team.
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Episode 7 - Mercians v Volunteers
Release Date: 2023-08-28Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three willing volunteers take on a team from the Midlands to establish the connection between apparently random clues
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Episode 8 - Video Nasties v Solomons Family
Release Date: 2023-09-04In another first-round contest, a fearless family faces fervent film fans. As ever, it’s all about connections – what links Green monster, Small chandelier, Stone sausage and Merrygold robin?
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Episode 9 - Roadies v Cribbagers
Release Date: 2023-09-11Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The series reaches the knock-out stage tonight, and only one of the teams can progress to the next round.
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Episode 10 - Drop of Red v Suncatchers
Release Date: 2023-09-18Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the knock-out stage, and the next round beckons for one of the teams.
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Episode 11 - Academicals v Gardners
Release Date: 2023-09-25Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Having lost their first game, both teams need a win to stay in.
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Episode 12 - Solomons Family v Volunteers
Release Date: 2023-10-02Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Once again, one of the teams will be saying goodbye from the competition.
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Episode 13 - Stitchers v Gunners
Release Date: 2023-10-09Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s a ‘winner-winner’ game, so everyone survives to quiz another day.
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Episode 14 - Antiphons v Thrifters
Release Date: 2023-10-16It's another ‘winner-winner’ heat, which means one team motors straight through to the next round, while the other has to take a more scenic route.
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Episode 15 - Isotopes v Also Rans
Release Date: 2023-10-23Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Everyone’s a winner in this episode - in the sense that the losing team can play another game later in the series.
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Episode 16 - Mercians v Video Nasties
Release Date: 2023-10-30The Mercians became the second highest scorers in the programme’s history in their last appearance: they finished with 36 points. But how will they do against the Video Nasties?
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Episode 17 - Antiphons v Suncatchers
Release Date: 2023-11-06Only one team can progress to the next round, after wrestling with clues such as: Patch (dog), Jason (cat), Fred/Freda (tortoise). What comes next in the sequence?
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Episode 18 - Roadies v Stitchers
Release Date: 2023-11-13It’s a rematch tonight – the teams have met before, but once again, fate has intervened to bring them face to face to face. Posidriv, Torx, Phillips… what comes next in the sequence?
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Episode 19 - Solomons Family v Video Nasties
Release Date: 2023-11-20It's another rematch – the Video Nasties won last time these teams met. What will the Solomons Family have to do to beat them?
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Episode 20 - Isotopes v Gardners
Release Date: 2023-11-27All that stands between the teams and a place in the quarter finals is… well, questions, obviously. Questions such as this: aua (J), eua (F), a (M). What’s next?
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Episode 21 - Gunners v Suncatchers
Release Date: 2023-12-04Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s another fiercely fought contest, but one of the teams will have to head home.
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Episode 22 - Thrifters v Stitchers
Release Date: 2023-12-11It's a quarter-final, and the teams have go grapple with such important questions as: what connects Meng Po soup, Lacuna Inc, the waters of Lethe and Superman’s kiss?
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Episode 23 - Also Rans v Video Nasties
Release Date: 2023-12-18It’s a quarter-final, and the questions are getting trickier. For example: various, gaseous, caesium... what might come next in the sequence?
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Episode 24 - Isotopes v Mercians
Release Date: 2024-01-01A look at just how far some people will go to commemorate their participation in the show. And what comes fourth in the following sequence: The Snow ____, Under the ____ Sun and The ____ In Winter?
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Episode 25 - Semi-Final 1
Release Date: 2024-01-08It's the first semi-final of the series, with the teams facing such questions as: what connects gender reveal parties, Dune (1984 film), Creep and pop-up ads?
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Episode 26 - Semi-Final
Release Date: 2024-01-15A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.
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Episode 27 - Third Place Play-Off
Release Date: 2024-01-22Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the third place play-off - how close can it be?
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Episode 28 - The Final
Release Date: 2024-01-29Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series final of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s an exciting episode: everyone will remember where they were when they watched the drama unfold.