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Only Connect Season 21 Episodes

32 Episodes 2025 - 2026

Episode 1

Whitley Baes v Caraxians

29 mins

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.

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Episode 2

Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees

29 mins

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.

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Episode 3

Metrophiles v Grapevines

29 mins

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.

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Episode 4

5ks v Showstoppers

29 mins

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.

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Episode 5

Scanners v Worker Bees

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.

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Episode 6

Pitchers v Benchwarmers

29 mins

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.

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Episode 7

Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers

29 mins

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.

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Episode 8

Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers

29 mins

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.

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Episode 9

Pear Trees v Caraxians

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. They face such questions as: what's the connection between dis-moi, the royal, Nintendo and pee-?

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Episode 10

5ks v Grapevines

29 mins

One contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition. Thankfully, they've put all that behind them, so they face such questions as: what connects laughing, ET, Red Bull and fairy dust?

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Episode 11

Scanners v Benchwarmers

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. One team must leave the competition. Spoiler alert: it'll be the losers.

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Episode 12

Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers

29 mins

One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match. To avoid the same fate, they need to keep solving puzzles such as: Sant'Antioco, Elba, Sardinia - what comes next in the sequence?

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Episode 13

Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't

29 mins

Neither team has lost a match so far - but that's about to change. The questions are as tricky as ever - for example, what connects deep bass, first lady, air and little book?

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Episode 14

Metrophiles v Showstoppers

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home. So it's all about the questions, such as: what connects Julius Caesar, Fiorentina, poet Jenny Joseph when old, and bishops?

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Episode 15

Pitchers v Worker Bees

29 mins

No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series. What connects grand master, the king commands, the master of the game, and best in test?

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Episode 16

Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers

29 mins

Another week with no knock-out - the winners progress, while the losers will have to play again to stay in the competition. One team correctly guesses the fourth in the sequence after just two clues: master and ultra.

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Episode 17

5ks v Showstoppers

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. It's going to be a knockout show - in the sense that the losing team will be, well, knocked out. But not before wrestling with fiendish questions such as: holy faith, of the monks, sacrament, red stick - what's the connection?

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Episode 18

Pear Trees v Whitley Baes

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. It's a very close game, with the teams having been here before and knowing what to expect: questions such as what connects Armies of Sauron, Lord Zedd, Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo, and Celtic?

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Episode 19

Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers

28 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. A place in the quarter-finals is at stake - one of the teams will have to leave the competition. But not before they face such questions as: Tom Jones, Andy McNab, Ruby Sunday and Moses - what connects them all?

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Episode 20

Benchwarmers v Worker Bees

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Another quarter-final place is on offer, and it looks to be another tight game, featuring such questions as: Thailand -4, Malaysia -3, Slovakia -2... what might come next in the sequence?

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Episode 21

5ks v Oh No They Didn't

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier. For example, what would come fourth in this sequence: South Africa: 4/8, New Zealand 3/10 and Australia 2/10?

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Episode 22

Metrophiles v Whitley Baes

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever. For example: Ross, Stoke, Henley... what might come fourth in the sequence?

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Episode 23

Pitchers v Sorcerers

28 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Once again, there's a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions, such as: 19/2=50, 10/4=100, 30/5=150... what would come fourth in this sequence?

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Episode 24

Pub Quiz

28 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Charge your glasses, it's the Only Connect Pub Quiz. The format has been tweaked, and the budget has been blown on several packs of pork scratchings. 4: Revolver, 3: Swept Away, 2: Snatch... what comes next?

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Episode 25

Christmas Special: Whitcombes v Gardners

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. It's Christmas, and two families from series gone by have battled traffic jams and rail replacement bus services to come together and play an exasperating game. So far, so Christmassy. Here's a question: Sharon Horgan, JB Gill, Farmer Bean, Bernard Matthews - what's the connection?

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Episode 26

Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees

28 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. It's nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided. Here's an example of the sort of question the teams are up against: 4. Saint Francis, 3. Saint Joseph, 2. Saint James... what comes fourth in this sequence?

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Episode 27

Law Special: Cartophiles v Harmonics

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. The law is under the spotlight in this episode. As indeed is a judge's wig, which turns out to be surprisingly itchy. Criminal at large, claim brought to court, item of baggage... what might come fourth in the sequence?

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Episode 28

Third-Place Play-Off Play-Off Special: Poptimists v Ramblers

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Ever wondered who would triumph if the winners of the third-place play-off from one series took on the winners of the play-off from another? They face this sequence question: chess, fünf, evri... what comes next?

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Episode 29

Metrophiles v 5ks

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. It's the first of the semi-finals - the questions are tough, but so are the teams after surviving the grueling earlier rounds. Arsenal, Ghetto, Lagoon, Lido - what's the connection between those four apparently random clues?

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Episode 30

Pitchers v Worker Bees

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air. But it's a semi-final, and the difficulty of the questions has gone up a notch. For example: grotesque figure, evil spirit of the dead, tribe of hairy women and man of the forest - what's the connection?

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Episode 31

Third Place Play-Off

28 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. It's the third place play-off, featuring such questions such as: John Newcombe, Richard Smart, Henry Brash and William Friendless - what's the connection?

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Episode 32

Final

29 mins

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far - the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last, and it all comes down to this: twenty-nine minutes of challenging questions such as: NATO (2,11), RSPB (4,13), WWE (7,7) and www (9,3).

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