Siân G. Lloyd
Director
Only Connect (2008)
Season 21
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.
Released Sept. 15, 2008
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Game Show
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Production Companies: Presentable, RDF Television, Parasol Media, BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S21E1 - Whitley Baes v Caraxians
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.
July 21, 2025, midnight
S21E2 - Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
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.
July 28, 2025, midnight
S21E3 - Metrophiles v Grapevines
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.
Aug. 4, 2025, midnight
S21E4 - 5ks v Showstoppers
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.
Aug. 11, 2025, midnight
S21E5 - Scanners v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
Aug. 18, 2025, midnight
7.0
S21E6 - Pitchers v Benchwarmers
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.
Aug. 25, 2025, midnight
S21E7 - Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers
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.
Sept. 1, 2025, midnight
S21E8 - Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers
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.
Sept. 8, 2025, midnight
S21E9 - Pear Trees v Caraxians
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.
Sept. 15, 2025, midnight
S21E10 - 5ks v Grapevines
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.
Sept. 22, 2025, midnight
6.0
S21E11 - Scanners v Benchwarmers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Postmodern, Boris Johnson and frozen yoghurt – one team spotted the connection after three clues.
Sept. 29, 2025, midnight
S21E12 - Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
Oct. 6, 2025, midnight
S21E13 - Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
Oct. 14, 2025, midnight
7.0
S21E14 - Metrophiles v Showstoppers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
Oct. 20, 2025, midnight
S21E15 - Pitchers v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.
Oct. 27, 2025, midnight
S21E16 - Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team correctly guesses the fourth in the sequence after just two clues.
Nov. 3, 2025, midnight
S21E17 - 5ks v Showstoppers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Holy faith, of the monks, sacrament, red stick – what’s the connection?
Nov. 10, 2025, midnight
S21E18 - Pear Trees v Whitley Baes
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s a very close game, with the teams having been here before and knowing what to expect.
Nov. 17, 2025, midnight
S21E19 - Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
Nov. 24, 2025, midnight
S21E20 - Benchwarmers v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Another quarter-final place is on offer, and it looks to be another tight game.
Dec. 1, 2025, midnight
S21E21 - 5Ks v Oh No They Didn't
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.
Dec. 8, 2025, midnight
S21E22 - Metrophiles v Whitley Baes
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever.
Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
S21E23 - Pitchers v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions.
Dec. 22, 2025, midnight
S21E24 - Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided.
Dec. 29, 2025, midnight
S21E25 - Metrophiles v 5Ks
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams.
Jan. 5, 2026, midnight
S21E26 - Pitchers v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final.
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 13890 min.
Released: Sept. 15, 2008
Last Air Date: Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 22, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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