9.0/108 votesLoading...#1 - Archers Admirers vs Music Lovers
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2010
Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which knowledge will only take you so far, as patience and lateral thinking are also vital. A team of three civil servants with a shared love of Radio 4's The Archers pit their wits against a trio of music lovers who between them perform or enjoy everything from pub rock to choral sung mass. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, from AC battery to compass wrench to glass hammer to long stand.
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9.0/107 votesLoading...#2 - Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers
Season 20 Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Forster, Keynes and Woolf: all unavailable, sadly, but how will their stand-ins fare against a team of three tea devotees?
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8.7/107 votesLoading...#3 - The Final
Season 19 Episode 28 - Aired 1/29/2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series final of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s an exciting episode: everyone will remember where they were when they watched the drama unfold.
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8.4/106 votesLoading...#4 - Orienteers v Romantics
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2014
A team of orienteers take on three old-fashioned romantics. They'll compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects messiah, apocalypse, the heist and russian roulette.
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8.3/107 votesLoading...#5 - Debuggers v Steelers
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. A team of computer programmers take on three former Sheffield housemates.
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8.3/107 votesLoading...#6 - Uisge Beathas v Crunchers
Season 20 Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three whisky drinkers take on three number crunchers.
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8.3/107 votesLoading...#7 - Hopsters v Midlanders
Season 20 Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Midlanders take on a team of ale aficionados in trying to connect a series of clues.
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8.2/107 votesLoading...#8 - Librarians v Animal Lovers
Season 17 Episode 13 - Aired 10/4/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Two teams who won their opening heats return for the next stage of the competition.
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8.2/106 votesLoading...#9 - Statisticals v Morporkians
Season 18 Episode 18 - Aired 1/2/2023
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.
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8.1/109 votesLoading...#10 - Scrubs v Librarians
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Three NHS medics take on a team of Librarians in the first episode of the series.
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8.1/108 votesLoading...#11 - Hopsters v Sprouters
Season 20 Episode 2 - Aired 8/19/2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the teams likes beer, while the other has a bit of a thing for big vegetables.
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8.0/107 votesLoading...#12 - Gamemakers v Scrubs
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 9/6/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Two teams who lost their opening heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.
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8.0/106 votesLoading...#13 - Ramblers v Data Wizards
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 10/25/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Two teams who won their opening heats return for the next stage of the competition.
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8.0/106 votesLoading...#14 - Scrummagers v Croot Family
Season 18 Episode 19 - Aired 1/9/2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two family teams battle it out to stay in the competition.
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8.0/108 votesLoading...#15 - Thrifters v Suncatchers
Season 19 Episode 4 - Aired 8/7/2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three lovers of all things pre-loved compete against a team of warm-weather worshippers.
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7.9/108 votesLoading...#16 - Godyn Family v Data Wizards
Season 17 Episode 8 - Aired 8/30/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. A family team takes on three data science workers in the last of the opening heats.
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#17 - Stewards v Parishioners
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 7/28/2017
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital. Three Tolkien fans take on a church team in the first of the series. They compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects pat: bone, rub: disease, Nut: spread and salmon: bacteria.
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7.8/107 votesLoading...#18 - Gamemakers v Animal Lovers
Season 17 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. A team of gaming enthusiasts take on three animal lovers in this opening heat.
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7.8/106 votesLoading...#19 - Ramblers v Woolgatherers
Season 17 Episode 7 - Aired 8/23/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. A team of walkers take on three knitters in this opening heat.
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7.8/106 votesLoading...#20 - Apollos v Wildlifers
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Two teams who lost their opening heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.
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7.8/106 votesLoading...#21 - Thrifters v Stitchers
Season 19 Episode 22 - Aired 12/11/2023
It's a quarter-final, and the teams have go grapple with such important questions as: what connects Meng Po soup, Lacuna Inc, the waters of Lethe and Superman’s kiss?
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7.8/107 votesLoading...#22 - Semi-Final 1
Season 19 Episode 25 - Aired 1/8/2024
It's the first semi-final of the series, with the teams facing such questions as: what connects gender reveal parties, Dune (1984 film), Creep and pop-up ads?
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7.8/107 votesLoading...#23 - Third Place Play-Off
Season 19 Episode 27 - Aired 1/22/2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the third place play-off - how close can it be?
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- 7.7/107 votesLoading...
#24 - Scrubs v Librarians
Season 17 Episode 18 - Aired 11/8/2021
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Two teams who have won a game and lost a game return for a last chance to stay in the competition.
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7.7/107 votesLoading...#25 - Isotopes v Academicals
Season 19 Episode 5 - Aired 8/14/2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Matt Groening fans take on a trio of teachers in another opening heat.
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The Best Episodes of Only Connect
Every episode of Only Connect ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Only Connect!
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...
Best Episodes Summary
"Archers Admirers vs Music Lovers" is the best rated episode of "Only Connect". It scored 9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/1/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers".