Only Connect

  • Premiered: Sep 2008
  • Episodes: 460
  • Followers: 48
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Monday at 20
  • Game show

Seasons:

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Season 21
21x1
Whitley Baes v Caraxians
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 21, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
21x2
Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 2025
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge put their passions on hold to puzzle out the connection between clues such as east Azerbaijan, south Holland, Inner Mongolia and New Mexico.
21x3
Metrophiles v Grapevines
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 04, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell presides over the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others.
21x4
5ks v Showstoppers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 11, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
21x5
Scanners v Worker Bees
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 18, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
21x6
Pitchers v Benchwarmers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 25, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the teams comes straight in with an answer after seeing just two clues.
21x7
Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 01, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.
21x8
Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 08, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It's a close match as a family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
21x9
Pear Trees v Caraxians
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 15, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.
21x10
5ks v Grapevines
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 22, 2025
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.

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