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Only Connect

Season 18 2022 - 2023
NR

  • 2022-08-29T19:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 13h 50m (28 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.

28 episodes

Season Premiere

2022-08-29T19:00:00Z

18x01 Statisticals v Morporkians

Season Premiere

18x01 Statisticals v Morporkians

  • 2022-08-29T19:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three data-lovers take on a team of Terry Pratchett fans in the opening heat of the series.

2022-09-05T19:00:00Z

18x02 Jillies v Road Runners

18x02 Jillies v Road Runners

  • 2022-09-05T19:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the brain-teasing quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Jilly Cooper fans face a team of road runners in another opening heat.

18x03 Peacocks v Mothers Ruined

  • 2022-09-12T19:00:00Z30m

Three followers of fashion take on a team comprising a mother, a daughter, the daughter’s cousin and the mother’s niece. No, the format hasn’t changed: that’s still only a team of three.

2022-09-19T19:00:00Z

18x04 Cryptics v Strigiformes

18x04 Cryptics v Strigiformes

  • 2022-09-19T19:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the brain-teasing quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three puzzle fans compete against a team of mature students - yes, there is such a thing.

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three teachers from Brighton take on three Blackadder addicts in another opening heat.

2022-10-03T19:00:00Z

18x06 Jugadores v Harlequins

18x06 Jugadores v Harlequins

  • 2022-10-03T19:00:00Z28m

There’s a former MP on one of the teams: her political background comes in handy on the Wall but doesn’t help in the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far.

18x07 Scrummagers v Crustaceans

  • 2022-10-10T19:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team are rugby supporters, and their opponents are admirers of crustaceans.

18x08 Croot Family v Irregulars

  • 2022-10-17T19:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A family team take on three Sherlock Holmes aficionados.

As the series reaches the knock-out stage, can the teams find the link between West and Exotic, Diane and Elvis, Moll and Graeme, and Liston and Lloyd?

2022-11-01T20:00:00Z

18x10 Peacocks v Strigiformes

18x10 Peacocks v Strigiformes

  • 2022-11-01T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two bird-named teams take part in an avian stand-off to establish a pecking order.

2022-11-08T20:00:00Z

18x11 Jugadores v Seagulls

18x11 Jugadores v Seagulls

  • 2022-11-08T20:00:00Z30m

When presented with a sequence of three clues, can the teams work out what the fourth would be? They’re faced with this apparently random list: New Zealand Parrott, Alias, Small Ford Model.

2022-11-15T20:00:00Z

18x12 Scrummagers v Irregulars

18x12 Scrummagers v Irregulars

  • 2022-11-15T20:00:00Z30m

In another knockout match, one of the teams works out what connects four clues after only seeing two of them: Narnian donkey and Edinburgh-based detective.

2022-11-21T20:00:00Z

18x13 Morporkians vs Jillies

18x13 Morporkians vs Jillies

  • 2022-11-21T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Pratchett people take on a team of Jilly Cooper aficionados.

18x14 Mothers Ruined v Cryptics

  • 2022-11-28T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. She asks what connects the following: Black and White, X and Y, Sun and Moon, and Sword and Shield.

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three sitcom fans take on a team with a passion for the performing arts.

18x16 Croot Family v Crustaceans

  • 2022-12-12T20:00:00Z30m

It could be covered with duct tape, rubbed with raw meat, have dandelion milk dripped on it, or be frozen. But why would anyone want to? Victoria is on hand to explain.

2022-12-19T20:00:00Z

18x17 Strigiformes v Cryptics

18x17 Strigiformes v Cryptics

  • 2022-12-19T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two returning teams fight for a place in the next round.

18x18 Statisticals v Morporkians

  • 2023-01-02T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients in this rematch between two teams who met in a previous round.

18x19 Scrummagers v Croot Family

  • 2023-01-09T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two family teams battle it out to stay in the competition.

There’s a place in the next round on offer, and all the teams have to do is answer questions like this: Obel Tower / The Tower, Meridian Quay / Glasgow Tower / The Shard. What’s the connection?

2023-01-23T20:00:00Z

18x21 Jillies v Strigiformes

18x21 Jillies v Strigiformes

  • 2023-01-23T20:00:00Z28m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A semi-final place awaits one of the two returning teams, but to get there, they have to answer some diabolical questions.

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.

2023-02-06T20:00:00Z

18x23 Scrummagers v Harlequins

18x23 Scrummagers v Harlequins

  • 2023-02-06T20:00:00Z30m

The semi-finals are looming. All the teams need to do to book their place is answer questions such as: 7 March 2021, 3 July 2021, 22 January 2022. What comes next in the sequence?

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Six contestants in search of a semi-final place must deal with a series of tricky questions.

18x25 Strigiformes v Morporkians

  • 2023-02-20T20:00:00Z30m

It’s the first of the semi-finals, and the pressure is on. What connects On Top of Spaghetti, Pinocchio’s time inside Monstro, Adelaide’s Lament and the cocaine scene in the film Annie Hall?

18x26 Scrummagers v Crustaceans

  • 2023-02-27T20:00:00Z28m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the second semi-final, but the series structure means the teams have met before

2023-03-06T20:00:00Z

18x27 Third Place Play-Off

18x27 Third Place Play-Off

  • 2023-03-06T20:00:00Z28m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The final can wait, because this episode is the third place play-off!

Season Finale

2023-03-13T20:00:00Z

18x28 The Final

Season Finale

18x28 The Final

  • 2023-03-13T20:00:00Z30m

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the grand final, and Victoria and the teams are joined in the studio by two sparkling guests.

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