Only Connect

20104 series
Available on
BBC Two

The popular quiz show, first broadcast in 2008, consists of a tournament-type format in which teams compete by finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. Knowledge will only take you so far in this quiz show, with the ability to think laterally being vitally important.

Al Frescans v Midlanders: Episode Image
Episode 1Al Frescans v Midlanders

In this opening heat, three fresh air fanatics take on a trio of Midlanders.

Hopsters v Sprouters: Episode Image
Episode 2Hopsters v Sprouters

One of the teams likes beer, the other has a bit of a thing for big vegetables.

Four Opinions v Bean Farmers: Episode Image
Episode 3Four Opinions v Bean Farmers

What do the words peaceful, easy and normal have in common?

Harmonics v Cat Cows: Episode Image
Episode 4Harmonics v Cat Cows

The knockout stage has arrived, and it’s a rematch!

Too Many Cookes v Pipe-Dreamers: Episode Image
Episode 5Too Many Cookes v Pipe-Dreamers

A team of pipe-dreamers take on the Cooke family in another first-round match.

Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers: Episode Image
Episode 6Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers

Forster, Keynes and Woolf: how will their stand-ins fare against three tea devotees?

Third Agers v Introverts: Episode Image
Episode 7Third Agers v Introverts

Three introverts take on three representatives of the University of the Third Age.

Uisge Beathas v Crunchers: Episode Image
Episode 8Uisge Beathas v Crunchers

Three whisky drinkers take on three number crunchers.

Hopsters v Midlanders: Episode Image
Episode 9Hopsters v Midlanders

Three Midlanders take on a team of ale aficionados in trying to connect a series of clues.

Harmonics v Bean Farmers: Episode Image
Episode 10Harmonics v Bean Farmers

The Harmonics are back to take on three devotees of a German card game.

Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers: Episode Image
Episode 11Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers

Three surrealism fans take on a team of tea enthusiasts.

Uisge Beathas v Third Agers: Episode Image
Episode 12Uisge Beathas v Third Agers

A team of whisky lovers returns to face a team from the U3A.

Al Frescans v Sprouters: Episode Image
Episode 13Al Frescans v Sprouters

The Al Frescans and the Sprouters return to slug it out for a place in the next round.

Four Opinions v Cat Cows: Episode Image
Episode 14Four Opinions v Cat Cows

-1: OAT, -2: BAT, -3: BOT. What comes next in the sequence?

Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group: Episode Image
Episode 15Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group

What connects: evil, line manager, pleasantly cold and vomit?

Introverts v Crunchers: Episode Image
Episode 16Introverts v Crunchers

Nobody goes home tonight: for the teams, it’s a question of how to get to the next round.

Hopsters v Al Frescans: Episode Image
Episode 18Hopsters v Al Frescans

It's the knockout stage, so one of the teams will be going home.

Too Many Cookes v Tea Totallers: Episode Image
Episode 20Too Many Cookes v Tea Totallers

More high scores, but only one team can progress , and the clues are getting trickier.

Cat Cows v Sprouters: Episode Image
Episode 21Cat Cows v Sprouters

Yoga lovers and veg men vie for victory and a place in the next round.

Al Frescans v Four Opinions: Episode Image
Episode 22Al Frescans v Four Opinions

The Four Opinions won their last game on a tiebreak, but what does fate have in store?

Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers: Episode Image
Episode 23Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers

What connects the following: excels, robust, Liberec and Arabic?

Introverts v Tea Totallers: Episode Image
Episode 24Introverts v Tea Totallers

There’s a place in the semi-finals at stake, and the questions are getting more fiendish.

Semi Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows: Episode Image
Episode 25Semi Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows

Semi-Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows. It’s semi-final time, and a coveted place in the third-place play-off is at stake.

Semi-Final - Tea Totallers v Crunchers: Episode Image
Episode 26Semi-Final - Tea Totallers v Crunchers

The second semi-final goes to the wire in the missing vowels round.

Third Place Play-Off: Episode Image
Episode 27Third Place Play-Off

It’s the third place play-off, and the questions have grown suitably difficult.

The Final: Episode Image
Episode 28The Final

The winners of the series are crowned – and, as can be expected, it’s a close contest.

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