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Only Connect

Season 11 2015 - 2016
NR

  • 2015-07-13T19:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 13h 3m (27 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Game Show
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.

27 episodes

Season Premiere

2015-07-13T19:00:00Z

11x01 Cluesmiths v Operational Researchers

Season Premiere

11x01 Cluesmiths v Operational Researchers

  • 2015-07-13T19:00:00Z29m

Three crossword compilers take on a trio of operational researchers in the first of the eleventh series. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Quintuple Troth, Distress Signal, 1963 Lincoln Memorial Speech and 1815 Belgian Battle.

2015-07-20T19:00:00Z

11x02 Polyglots v Yorkers

11x02 Polyglots v Yorkers

  • 2015-07-20T19:00:00Z29m

A team of linguists take on three York University students in this show. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Monstroso, Any Human Heart, Birdsong and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

A team of film buffs take on three cocktail aficionados. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Daddy Warbucks, Ellen Ripley, Sherlock Holmes and Bobby Ewing.

2015-08-03T19:00:00Z

11x04 Collectors v Railwaymen

11x04 Collectors v Railwaymen

  • 2015-08-03T19:00:00Z29m

A team of collectors take on three railway enthusiasts. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Llanelli RFC, A for adultery, Sir Percy Blakeney and Sherlock Holmes debut.

2015-08-10T19:00:00Z

11x05 Wayfarers v Bookworms

11x05 Wayfarers v Bookworms

  • 2015-08-10T19:00:00Z29m

A team of travel enthusiasts take on a trio of bibliophiles. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects a song in High Society, a Whiskas slogan, Kenneth Wolstenholme commentary and an EM Forster epigram.

A team of musicians take on three publishers in this edition. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects the flag of Vietnam, Google Os, the MCC tie and Rupert Bear's clothes.

11x07 Road Trippers v Athenians

  • 2015-08-24T19:00:00Z29m

A trio of road trippers take on three fans of Greece in this edition. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Elizabeth and James, Menace II Society, Harvard Connection and I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles).

2015-08-31T19:00:00Z

11x08 Scientists v Builders

11x08 Scientists v Builders

  • 2015-08-31T19:00:00Z29m

A team of scientists square up to a team of builders in the last of the heats. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects The Raven, Little Weed, Seagulls in Finding Nemo and Hodor.

A team of linguists battle it out against a team of operational researchers for a place in the next phase of the competition. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects the Pirate Planet, Starship Titanic, Last Chance to See and h2g2.

2015-09-14T19:00:00Z

11x10 Collectors v Mixologists

11x10 Collectors v Mixologists

  • 2015-09-14T19:00:00Z29m

Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Darkness Visible, the Dementors, a bell jar and a black dog.

2015-09-21T19:00:00Z

11x11 Headliners v Bookworms

11x11 Headliners v Bookworms

  • 2015-09-21T19:00:00Z29m

Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects the starting position in Shogi, The Times crossword grid, the flag of Georgia and S.

2015-09-28T19:00:00Z

11x12 Road Trippers v Builders

11x12 Road Trippers v Builders

  • 2015-09-28T19:00:00Z29m

Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals. The Road Trippers and the Builders compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. What links seven consonants, two vowels, three syllables and seven letters?

2015-10-05T19:00:00Z

11x13 Cluesmiths v Yorkers

11x13 Cluesmiths v Yorkers

  • 2015-10-05T19:00:00Z29m

The Cluesmiths take on the Yorkers. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Seborga, Forvik, Christiania and Sealand.

Two winning teams return in the hope of securing a place in the quarter-finals: The Spaghetti Westerners and the Railwaymen. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects a set of decimal coins, a set of badges, a 1970 annual and a photograph of Valerie Singleton.

11x15 Wayfarers v String Section

  • 2015-10-19T19:00:00Z29m

A team of Wayfarers take on a trio of musicians. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects numbat, echidna, pangolin and aardvark.

2015-10-26T20:00:00Z

11x16 Scientists v Athenians

11x16 Scientists v Athenians

  • 2015-10-26T20:00:00Z29m

Three scientists take on a team of Athenians. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Einsteinium, names of Allah, 1974 Lions call and Luftballons.

2015-11-02T20:00:00Z

11x17 Cluesmiths v Mixologists

11x17 Cluesmiths v Mixologists

  • 2015-11-02T20:00:00Z29m

The Cluesmiths and Mixologists return for a last chance to earn a place in the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Matthew Bannister's show BBC World Service, an entry in a dictionary, your flexible friend and the venue for London 2012 boxing.

A trio of film buffs and three operational researchers return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects a painful sports 'hernia', stars hollow, captain James Onedin and Happy Sandler.

2015-11-23T20:00:00Z

11x19 Wayfarers v Builders

11x19 Wayfarers v Builders

  • 2015-11-23T20:00:00Z29m

A team of wayfarers and three builders return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Medelsvensson [Sweden], Max Mustermann [Germany], Jan Modaal [Netherlands] and Joe Blow [Australia].

2015-11-30T20:00:00Z

11x20 Athenians v Bookworms

11x20 Athenians v Bookworms

  • 2015-11-30T20:00:00Z29m

The Athenians and Bookworms return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects The Cradle Will Rock, The Pilgrim's Progress, the New Statesman and the Mr Men.

The Scientists and the String Section return in the first of the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Memoir: My Life, Song: Your Life, Film: September and Novella: The Life of Ivan Denisovich.

The Yorkers and the Operational Researchers return in the second quarter-final. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Rebecca, Cold, Western and Judean People's Front.

2015-12-21T20:00:00Z

11x23 Cluesmiths v Railwaymen

11x23 Cluesmiths v Railwaymen

  • 2015-12-21T20:00:00Z29m

The Cluesmiths and Railwaymen return for a quarter-final match. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects ADN, TVA, SIDA and OTAN.

2015-12-28T20:00:00Z

11x24 Wayfarers v Bookworms

11x24 Wayfarers v Bookworms

  • 2015-12-28T20:00:00Z29m

The Wayfarers and Bookworms return for a quarter-final match. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects General Tom Thumb, 'Sonny' Liston, Chuck Berry and Lewis Carroll.

2016-01-04T20:00:00Z

11x25 Semi-Final

11x25 Semi-Final

  • 2016-01-04T20:00:00Z29m

The first of the semi-finals and the 200th episode. Two returning teams compete for a place in the grand final. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Bird, Little Dyer, Angelic Brother and Little Barrel.

2016-01-11T20:00:00Z

11x26 Semi-Final 2

11x26 Semi-Final 2

  • 2016-01-11T20:00:00Z29m

In the second semi-final, two returning teams compete for a place in the grand final. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects 'blending', 'changing', 'like smoke' and light-dark'.

Season Finale

2016-01-18T20:00:00Z

11x27 The Final

Season Finale

11x27 The Final

  • 2016-01-18T20:00:00Z29m

In the grand final, two teams battle it out to be named Only Connect series champions. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Foke, Hombay, Egantic and Leakfast.

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