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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Only Connect Season 3 Episode 1 - Archers Admirers v Music Lovers
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Archers Admirers v Music Lovers

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 6 - Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers

    S20:E6

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Only Connect Season 18 Episode 18 - Statisticals v Morporkians
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #3 - Statisticals v Morporkians

    S18:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 9 - Hopsters v Midlanders
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Hopsters v Midlanders

    S20:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 4 - 5ks v Showstoppers
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #5 - 5ks v Showstoppers

    S21:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Only Connect Season 17 Episode 9 - Gamemakers v Scrubs
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Gamemakers v Scrubs

    S17:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Only Connect Season 17 Episode 16 - Ramblers v Data Wizards
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Ramblers v Data Wizards

    S17:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Only Connect Season 19 Episode 4 - Thrifters v Suncatchers
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Thrifters v Suncatchers

    S19:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Only Connect Season 19 Episode 21 - Gunners v Suncatchers
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Gunners v Suncatchers

    S19:E21

    Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s another fiercely fought contest, but one of the teams will have to head home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Only Connect Season 19 Episode 25 - Semi-Final 1
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Semi-Final 1

    S19:E25

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Only Connect Season 19 Episode 26 - Semi-Final
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Semi-Final

    S19:E26

    A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 2 - Hopsters v Sprouters
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Hopsters v Sprouters

    S20:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 13 - Al Frescans v Sprouters
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Al Frescans v Sprouters

    S20:E13

    Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The Al Frescans and the Sprouters return to slug it out for a place in the next round.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 16 - Introverts v Crunchers
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Introverts v Crunchers

    S20:E16

    Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Nobody goes home tonight: for the teams, it’s a question of how they get to the next round...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 2 - Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees

    S21:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 3 - Metrophiles v Grapevines
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Metrophiles v Grapevines

    S21:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 10 - 5ks v Grapevines
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #17 - 5ks v Grapevines

    S21:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 16 - Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers

    S21:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 17 - 5ks v Showstoppers
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #19 - 5ks v Showstoppers

    S21:E17

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Only Connect Season 21 Episode 18 - Pear Trees v Whitley Baes
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Pear Trees v Whitley Baes

    S21:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Only Connect Season 17 Episode 6 - Debuggers v Steelers
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Debuggers v Steelers

    S17:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Only Connect Season 17 Episode 8 - Godyn Family v Data Wizards
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Godyn Family v Data Wizards

    S17:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Only Connect Season 19 Episode 19 - Solomons Family v Video Nasties
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Solomons Family v Video Nasties

    S19:E19

    It's another rematch – the Video Nasties won last time these teams met. What will the Solomons Family have to do to beat them?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 8 - Uisge Beathas v Crunchers
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Uisge Beathas v Crunchers

    S20:E8

    Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three whisky drinkers take on three number crunchers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Only Connect Season 20 Episode 10 - Harmonics v Bean Farmers
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Harmonics v Bean Farmers

    S20:E10

    Undeterred by having been beaten in the missing vowels round last time, the Harmonics are back to take on three devotees of a German card game.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Archers Admirers v Music Lovers" is the best rated episode of "Only Connect". It scored 9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/1/2010. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers".