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Only Connect

Season 12 2016 - 2017
NR

  • 2016-07-11T19:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 18h 30m (37 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.

37 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-07-11T19:00:00Z

12x01 Tubers v Bardophiles

Season Premiere

12x01 Tubers v Bardophiles

  • 2016-07-11T19:00:00Z30m

Three fans of the London Underground take on a trio of bardophiles and attempt to connect Brownies, Michael Fagan, Freddie Krueger and the Milk Tray Man.

12x02 Cosmopolitans v Taverners

  • 2016-07-18T19:00:00Z30m

Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners and attempt to connect Eurovision Song Contest, Cow & Gate, Wall's and I Love New York.

2016-07-25T19:00:00Z

12x03 Psmiths v Verbivores

12x03 Psmiths v Verbivores

  • 2016-07-25T19:00:00Z30m

Three fans of PG Wodehouse square up to a team of wordsmiths and attempt to connect Georgia: Canada, Sunda: Indonesia, Bass: Australia and Cook: New Zealand.

2016-08-01T19:00:00Z

12x04 Networkers v Cousins

12x04 Networkers v Cousins

  • 2016-08-01T19:00:00Z30m

A trio of networkers take on a family team and attempt to connect Cafetiere, Condom, Eggy bread and Chips.

2016-08-08T19:00:00Z

12x05 Shutterbugs v Highgates

12x05 Shutterbugs v Highgates

  • 2016-08-08T19:00:00Z30m

A team of photographers take on a trio of Londoners and attempt to connect Cot, Holland, Chira and Bonapart.

Three Korfball players take on a family from Guernsey in this episode and attempt to connect Annabel Lee, Delilah, Rebecca and Weekend at Bernie's.

2016-08-22T19:00:00Z

12x07 Bardophiles v Taverners

12x07 Bardophiles v Taverners

  • 2016-08-22T19:00:00Z30m

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Betjeman, Alsatian, Liberty Cabbage and Windsor.

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Minotaur, Frobscottle, Moloko Plus and Duff.

A new round of heats begins as some spicy food lovers take on three fans of Eurovision and attempt to connect 'From the roots' (Greek), 'We can' (Spanish), 'We ourselves' (Gaelic) and 'Party of Wales' (Welsh).

2016-09-12T19:00:00Z

12x10 Wrestlers v Clareites

12x10 Wrestlers v Clareites

  • 2016-09-12T19:00:00Z30m

A team of wrestling fans take on a trio from Clare College, Cambridge and attempt to connect single-fingered rock-climbing hold, Spanish monkey, North American glandular fever and single-channel sound reproduction.

A team of poets take on three fans of the Oscars and attempt to connect the Nabateans, Makka Pakka, Alley Oop and Old Mother Shipton.

12x12 Genealogists v Surrealists

  • 2016-09-26T19:00:00Z30m

This heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists and attempt to connect a violin's extraneous discordant notes, Lotharios, Molineux team and Canis Lupis.

2016-10-03T19:00:00Z

12x13 Maltsters v Policy Wonks

12x13 Maltsters v Policy Wonks

  • 2016-10-03T19:00:00Z30m

The Maltsters take on the Policy Wonks in this opening heat and attempt to connect the Indonesian national airline, a Carla Lane sitcom, International Rescue craft and capital of Arizona.

A team from Scunthorpe take on a trio of Beekeepers in this heat and attempt to connect Ungrammatical string follows, Multiply, Not out and Required field.

2016-10-17T19:00:00Z

12x15 Maltsters v Oscar Men

12x15 Maltsters v Oscar Men

  • 2016-10-17T19:00:00Z30m

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Mother-in-law, Court-martial, Lord Lieutenant and Poet Laureate.

2016-10-31T20:00:00Z

12x16 Wrestlers v Genealogists

12x16 Wrestlers v Genealogists

  • 2016-10-31T20:00:00Z30m

Two more teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers and attempt to connect Lou Gehrig: Horse, Louis Van Gaal: Tulip, Wellington: Duke and Otto von Bismarck: Chancellor.

2016-11-07T20:00:00Z

12x17 Cosmopolitans v Tubers

12x17 Cosmopolitans v Tubers

  • 2016-11-07T20:00:00Z30m

Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Malabo, Conakry, Port Moresby and Bissau.

2016-11-14T20:00:00Z

12x18 Networkers v Psmiths

12x18 Networkers v Psmiths

  • 2016-11-14T20:00:00Z30m

Two more teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Kashmir, Pyrenees, Lake Victoria and Borneo.

12x19 Shutterbugs v Korfballers

  • 2016-11-21T20:00:00Z30m

Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random.

2016-11-28T20:00:00Z

12x20 Verbivores v Taverners

12x20 Verbivores v Taverners

  • 2016-11-28T20:00:00Z30m

The Taverners and Verbivores return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.

2016-12-05T20:00:00Z

12x21 Fire-Eaters v Clareites

12x21 Fire-Eaters v Clareites

  • 2016-12-05T20:00:00Z30m

The Fire-Eaters and the Clareites return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.

The Part-Time Poets and the Surrealists compete for a place in round three, drawing together connections between things which seem random.

12x23 Beekeepers v Policy Wonks

  • 2016-12-19T20:00:00Z30m

Two teams of first-round winners return for a chance to make it into the next round.

2017-01-06T20:00:00Z

12x24 Genealogists v Oscar Men

12x24 Genealogists v Oscar Men

  • 2017-01-06T20:00:00Z30m

The Genealogists and Oscar Men return for their last chance to make it into round three.

12x25 Fire-Eaters v Korfballers

  • 2017-01-13T20:00:00Z30m

The Fire-Eaters and the Korfballers fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

2017-01-20T20:00:00Z

12x26 Surrealists v Verbivores

12x26 Surrealists v Verbivores

  • 2017-01-20T20:00:00Z30m

Round three continues as two more teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

The Beekeepers and Cosmopolitans fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

2017-02-03T20:00:00Z

12x28 Psmiths v Oscar Men

12x28 Psmiths v Oscar Men

  • 2017-02-03T20:00:00Z30m

The Psmiths take on the Oscar Men in this round three game.

2017-02-10T20:00:00Z

12x29 Fire-Eaters v Verbivores

12x29 Fire-Eaters v Verbivores

  • 2017-02-10T20:00:00Z30m

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

2017-02-17T20:00:00Z

12x30 Beekeepers v Oscar Men

12x30 Beekeepers v Oscar Men

  • 2017-02-17T20:00:00Z30m

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

12x31 Surrealists v Korfballers

  • 2017-02-24T20:00:00Z30m

Find out what connects Tuvalu, hijab, Defra and nope in a quarter-final game.

2017-03-03T20:00:00Z

12x32 Psmiths v Cosmopolitans

12x32 Psmiths v Cosmopolitans

  • 2017-03-03T20:00:00Z30m

Find out what connects Ali Amako, Reece Thens, Elize Elmopan and Enya Airobi.

2017-03-10T20:00:00Z

12x33 Beekeepers v Korfballers

12x33 Beekeepers v Korfballers

  • 2017-03-10T20:00:00Z30m

The Beekeepers take on the Korfballers in this quarter-final game.

2017-03-17T20:00:00Z

12x34 Psmiths v Verbivores (2)

12x34 Psmiths v Verbivores (2)

  • 2017-03-17T20:00:00Z30m

The Psmiths and Verbivores compete for a last chance to make it to the semi-finals.

2017-03-24T20:00:00Z

12x35 Semi-Final 1

12x35 Semi-Final 1

  • 2017-03-24T20:00:00Z30m

Two teams compete in this semi-final game.

2017-03-31T19:00:00Z

12x36 Semi-Final 2

12x36 Semi-Final 2

  • 2017-03-31T19:00:00Z30m

Two teams compete in the second semi-final game.

Season Finale

2017-04-07T19:00:00Z

12x37 The Final

Season Finale

12x37 The Final

  • 2017-04-07T19:00:00Z30m

Two teams compete in the final game of the series.

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