Only Connect

2008

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EP1 Cribbagers v Gunners Jul 17, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP2 Roadies v Stitchers Jul 24, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP3 Antiphons v Drop of Red Jul 31, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP4 Thrifters v Suncatchers Aug 07, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP5 Isotopes v Academicals Aug 14, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP6 Also Rans v Gardners Aug 21, 2023

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three former Mastermind contenders are in the spotlight, facing a family team.

EP7 Mercians v Volunteers Aug 28, 2023

Victoria 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

EP8 Video Nasties v Solomons Family Sep 04, 2023

In 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?

EP9 Roadies v Cribbagers Sep 11, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP10 Drop of Red v Suncatchers Sep 18, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP11 Academicals v Gardners Sep 25, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP12 Solomons Family v Volunteers Oct 02, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP13 Stitchers v Gunners Oct 09, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP14 Antiphons v Thrifters Oct 16, 2023

It'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.

EP15 Isotopes v Also Rans Oct 23, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP16 Mercians v Video Nasties Oct 30, 2023

The 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?

EP17 Antiphons v Suncatchers Nov 06, 2023

Only 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?

EP18 Roadies v Stitchers Nov 13, 2023

It’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?

EP19 Solomons Family v Video Nasties Nov 20, 2023

It's another rematch – the Video Nasties won last time these teams met. What will the Solomons Family have to do to beat them?

EP20 Isotopes v Gardners Nov 27, 2023

All 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?

EP21 Gunners v Suncatchers Dec 04, 2023

Victoria 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.

EP22 Thrifters v Stitchers Dec 11, 2023

It'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?

EP23 Also Rans v Video Nasties Dec 18, 2023

It’s a quarter-final, and the questions are getting trickier. For example: various, gaseous, caesium... what might come next in the sequence?

EP24 Isotopes v Mercians Jan 01, 2024

A 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?

EP25 Semi-Final 1 Jan 08, 2024

It'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?

EP26 Semi-Final Jan 15, 2024

A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.

EP27 Third Place Play-Off Jan 22, 2024

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the third place play-off - how close can it be?

EP28 The Final Jan 29, 2024

Victoria 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.
8| 0h30m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 15 September 2008 Returning Series
Producted By: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lskhg
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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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Steven Moore Rather than having the ability to memorise huge swathes of facts as with most quizzes this quiz tests the ability to connect a series of initially unconnected clues. If I get two or three questions correct in one show I am doing well. The quiz master lightens the tone with just the right joke with even some of these going over my head. Excellent show.
Irishchatter You wouldn't find a alright quiz show for having such a plain background and a pretty dull atmosphere with no audiences or other effects involved. You would realise Victoria Coren-Mitchell never smiles or even gets excited as a host, it's like she's a pretty serious posh teacher asking ridiculously hard questions to brain heads of different kinds of professors!I honestly wouldn't even get the questions right as they use big words that you probably wouldn't understand because they are not always used that often. Even though Victoria is looking serious, she really does make funny jokes that you wouldn't normally hear haha! She is a good host though!I wouldn't suggest this quiz show for people who easily get headaches as the questions can be hard to riddle!
gjmille Oh good god...do I feel outclassed watching this show. The BBC have produced a game show that is simply the smartest show on television. With the simple premise of connecting three or four seemingly distinct clues, a team of three contestants have to "connect the dots" so to speak. **SPOILER** For example, one question had contestants try to figure out the connection between four phrases in Spanish. The answer was Beatles songs. Believe me--it is not nearly as easy as it looks. **END OF SPOILER**Unfortunately, there are few clips of this show in the US and BBC Four has not provided the episodes to BBC America, but if you happen to watch the show in the UK, prepare to be humbled in a very entertaining fashion.
kenny-tilley If you like QI, you'll love this. Low key presentation (no audience, no SFX) and very very very difficult questions. As an example of the sort of thing you'll be presented with, contestants were asked to provide the fourth word in the following sequences, readers are invited to try for themselves! Wheat, Set, Cease,??? or Thorn, Shout, Seat,??? The question mistress, Victoria Coren, probably took the whole series getting used to how to present the series but by the last show was at last getting her delivery right. For example, one question involved the pawning of an item by the British Monarchy to pay for a war against France. Ms Coren's comment? "Money well spent"!