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Statisticals v Morporkians
Episode overview
Victoria Coren Mitchell returns with the quiz based on patience and lateral thinking, with data-lovers the Statisticals taking on Terry Pratchett fans the Morporkians in the first match. .. show full overview
18x2
Jillies v Road Runners
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Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts another first-round match as Jilly Cooper fans the Jillies take on running enthusiats the Road Runners. The teams must use patience, lateral thinking and .. show full overview
18x3
Peacocks v Mothers Ruined
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Three followers of fashion take on a team comprising a mother, a daughter, the daughter’s cousin and the mother’s niece. No, the format hasn’t changed: that’s still only a team of three.
18x4
Cryptics v Strigiformes
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Three puzzle fans compete against a team of mature students - yes, there is such a thing.
18x5
Cunning Planners v Seagulls
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Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three teachers from Brighton take on three Blackadder addicts in another opening heat.
18x6
Jugadores v Harlequins
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One of the teams has a former MP, but her political knowledge can only take them so far.
18x7
Scrummagers v Crustaceans
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One team are rugby supporters, and their opponents are admirers of crustaceans.
18x8
Croot Family v Irregulars
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A family team take on three Sherlock Holmes aficionados.
18x9
Statisticals v Road Runners
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As the series reaches the knock-out stage, can the teams find the link between West and Exotic, Diane and Elvis, Moll and Graeme, and Liston and Lloyd?
18x10
Peacocks v Strigiformes
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Two bird-named teams take part in an avian stand-off to establish a pecking order.
18x11
Jugadores v Seagulls
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When presented with a sequence of three clues, can the teams work out what the fourth would be? They’re faced with this apparently random list: New Zealand Parrott, Alias, Small Ford Model.
18x12
Scrummagers v Irregulars
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In another knockout match, one of the teams works out what connects the four clues after only seeing two of them: Narnian donkey and Edinburgh-based detective.
18x13
Jillies v Morporkians
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Three Pratchett people take on a team of Jilly Cooper aficionados.
18x14
Mothers Ruined v Cryptics
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What connects the following: Black and White, X and Y, Sun and Moon, and Sword and Shield?
18x15
Cunning Planners v Harlequins
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Three sitcom fans take on a team with a passion for the performing arts.
18x16
Croot Family v Crustaceans
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It could be covered with duct tape, rubbed with raw meat, have dandelion milk dripped on it, or be frozen. But why would anyone want to? Victoria is on hand to explain.
18x17
Strigiformes v Cryptics
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Two returning teams fight for a place in the next round. To get there, all they have to do is answer a series of questions, including working out what comes next in this sequence: The Bosphorous, The Menai Stait and The Golden Gate...
18x18
Statisticals v Morporkians
Episode overview
This is a rematch: the fiendish series structure means these teams met in a previous round. As ever, the trick is finding connections – for example, between Hotel Marbez, Mount Everest, Horseshoe Falls and Chester Football Club.
18x19
Scrummagers v Croot Family
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Two family teams battle it out to stay in the competition, tackling questions such as: Underchamber, Equine sea monster, Pod of the temples and Little brain – what is the connection?
18x20
Jugadores v Cunning Planners
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There’s a place in the next round on offer, and all the teams have to do is answer questions like this: Obel Tower / The Tower, Meridian Quay / Glasgow Tower / The Shard. What’s the connection?
18x21
Jillies v Strigiformes
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A semi-final place awaits one of the two returning teams, but to get there, they have to answer a series of diabolical questions, such as working out what comes next in this sequence: Diaballik, Chess and Sudoku...
18x22
Mothers Ruined v Morporkians
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Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
18x23
Scrummagers v Harlequins
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The semi-finals are looming. All the teams need to do to book their place is answer questions such as: 7 March 2021, 3 July 2021, 22 January 2022. What comes next in the sequence?
18x24
Cunning Planners v Crustaceans
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Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Six contestants in search of a semi-final place must deal with a series of tricky questions.
18x25
Strigiformes v Morporkians
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It’s the first of the semi-finals, and the pressure is on. What connects On Top of Spaghetti, Pinocchio’s time inside Monstro, Adelaide’s Lament and the cocaine scene in the film Annie Hall?
18x26
Scrummagers v Crustaceans
Episode overview
It’s the second semi-final, but the series structure means the teams have met before. The final beckons, but first there’s the small matter of finding the connections between things like this: spread out, heap, lock of hair and heap of rainstorm.
18x27
Third Place Play-Off
Episode overview
The final can wait, because this episode is the third place play-off! Featuring such questions as what comes next in this sequence: Mc/Ball, Nu/Bell, Gg/Bone…
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The Final
Episode overview
It’s the grand final, and Victoria and the teams are joined in the studio by two sparkling guests. Are the questions trickier than normal? Nauru, Canada and Bolivia... what comes next?

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