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.

Archers Admirers v Music Lovers

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?

Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers

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.

Statisticals v Morporkians

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.

Hopsters v Midlanders

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.

5ks v Showstoppers

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.

Gamemakers v Scrubs

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.

Ramblers v Data Wizards

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.

Thrifters v Suncatchers

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.

Gunners v Suncatchers

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?

Semi-Final 1

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

Semi-Final

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.

Hopsters v Sprouters

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.

Al Frescans v Sprouters

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...

Introverts v Crunchers

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.

Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees

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.

Metrophiles v Grapevines

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.

5ks v Grapevines

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.

Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers

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?

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.

Pear Trees v Whitley Baes

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.

Debuggers v Steelers

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.

Godyn Family v Data Wizards

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

Solomons Family v Video Nasties

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

Uisge Beathas v Crunchers

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.

Harmonics v Bean Farmers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A team of whisky lovers returns to face a team from the U3A.

Uisge Beathas v Third Agers

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

Two teams of talented quizzers wrestle with such questions as -1: OAT, -2: BAT, -3: BOT. What comes next in the sequence?

Four Opinions v Cat Cows

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The knockout stage has arrived, and it’s a rematch!

Harmonics v Cat Cows

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. When these teams met before, the Crunchers barely won, so there’s a score to be settled.

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s semi-final time, and a coveted place in the third-place play-off is at stake.

Semi Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.

Scanners v Worker Bees

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It's a close match as a family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.

Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.

Metrophiles v Showstoppers

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.

Stewards v Parishioners

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.

Scrubs v Librarians

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.

Gamemakers v Animal Lovers

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.

Ramblers v Woolgatherers

Apollos v Wildlifers

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?

Thrifters v Stitchers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A love of classical music brought one team together, and a yearning for yoga unites the other.

It's the knockout stage, so one of the teams will be going home - but not before grappling with clues such as 1000 is ALL, 100 is CV, 10 is J. What’s next in the sequence?

Hopsters v Al Frescans

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

Yoga lovers and veg men vie for victory and a place in the next round. They face such questions as: what connects verb, abbreviated, monosyllabic and hyphenated?

Cat Cows v Sprouters

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.

Orienteers v Romantics

Librarians v Animal Lovers

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.

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three devotees of choral music come up against a team of red wine connoisseurs.

Antiphons v Drop of Red

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.

Isotopes v Academicals

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The series reaches the knock-out stage tonight, and only one of the teams can progress to the next round.

Roadies v Cribbagers

Only one team can progress to the next round, after wrestling with clues such as: Patch (dog), Jason (cat), Fred/Freda (tortoise). What comes next in the sequence?

Antiphons v Suncatchers

A look at just how far some people will go to commemorate their participation in the show. And what comes fourth in the following sequence: The Snow ____, Under the ____ Sun and The ____ In Winter?

Isotopes v Mercians

Victoria Coren Mitchell returns with the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. In this opening heat, three fresh air fanatics take on a trio of Midlanders.

Al Frescans v Midlanders

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A team of pipe-dreamers take on the Cooke family in another first-round match.

Too Many Cookes v Pipe-Dreamers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three surrealism fans take on a team of tea enthusiasts, trying to establish connections between apparently random clues.

Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. What connects: evil, line manager, pleasantly cold and vomit?

Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.

Pear Trees v Caraxians

Two teams who lost their first heats return for another chance at making the semi-finals, as the press gang face the science editors.

Press Gang v Science Editors

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Three space enthusiasts take on a team of music lovers in this opening heat.

Apollos v Jukeboxers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. A team of golfers take on three wildlife lovers in this opening heat.

Golfers v Wildlifers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. A team of disco lovers take on three film fans in this opening heat.

Discotheques v Muppets

Two teams who lost their opening heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition. They’ll try to draw together the connections between things which seem utterly random at first glance.

Godyn Family v Woolgatherers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the knock-out stage, and the next round beckons for one of the teams.

Drop of Red v Suncatchers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. There’s a place in the semi-finals at stake, and as is only to be expected, the questions are getting more fiendish.

Introverts v Tea Totallers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.

Whitley Baes v Caraxians

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Postmodern, Boris Johnson and frozen yoghurt – one team spotted the connection after three clues.

Scanners v Benchwarmers

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

Scrummagers v Croot Family

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three former Mastermind contenders are in the spotlight, facing a family team.

Also Rans v Gardners

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The words peaceful, easy and normal – what do they have in common, and what would come fourth in that sequence?

Four Opinions v Bean Farmers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the third place play-off, and the questions have grown suitably gnarly.

Third Place Play-Off

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the teams comes straight in with an answer after seeing just two clues.

Pitchers v Benchwarmers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.

Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.

Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.

Pitchers v Worker Bees

Three graduates of Corpus Christi College, Oxford pit their wits against a trio of cat lovers.

Corpuscles v Cat Lovers

In another first-round contest, a fearless family faces fervent film fans. As ever, it’s all about connections – what links Green monster, Small chandelier, Stone sausage and Merrygold robin?

Video Nasties v Solomons Family

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Having lost their first game, both teams need a win to stay in.

Academicals v Gardners

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Once again, one of the teams will be saying goodbye from the competition.

Solomons Family v Volunteers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. More high scores, but only one team can progress to the next round, and the clues are getting trickier.

Too Many Cookes v Tea Totallers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The Four Opinions won their previous game on a tie-break, but what does fate have in store for them this time?

Al Frescans v Four Opinions

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

The winners of the series are crowned – and it’s as close a contest as can be expected.

The Final

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts another series of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three rock music fans face a team of enthusiastic embroiderers in another first-round heat.

Roadies v Stitchers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Everyone’s a winner in this episode - in the sense that the losing team can play another game later in the series.

Isotopes v Also Rans

It’s a rematch tonight – the teams have met before, but once again, fate has intervened to bring them face to face to face. Posidriv, Torx, Phillips… what comes next in the sequence?

All that stands between the teams and a place in the quarter finals is… well, questions, obviously. Questions such as this: aua (J), eua (F), a (M). What’s next?

Isotopes v Gardners

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

Two teams face off in an attempt to get through to the semi-finals. What connects the following: excels, robust, Liberec and Arabic?

Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.

Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers

Science Writers v Travel Writers

Edinburgh Scrabblers v Solent Scrabblers

In the second semi-final, three Francophiles square up to a trio of map lovers.

Francophiles v Cartophiles

In this series finale, the Francophiles take on the Celts in a bid to be named Only Connect Champions.

Francophiles v Celts

Golfers v Jukeboxers

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.

The Mercians became the second highest scorers in the programme’s history in their last appearance: they finished with 36 points. But how will they do against the Video Nasties?

Mercians v Video Nasties

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The second semi-final goes to the wire in the missing vowels round, but first up are some tricky sequence questions.

Semi-Final - Tea Totallers v Crunchers

Victoria Coren Mitchell returns to the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. In the opening heat, three keen cribbage players face a team of Arsenal supporters.

Cribbagers v Gunners

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three willing volunteers take on a team from the Midlands to establish the connection between apparently random clues

Mercians v Volunteers

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz show about making connections. Two teams of first-round losers return.

Motorheads v Cartoonists

Muppets v Steelers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s a ‘winner-winner’ game, so everyone survives to quiz another day.

Stitchers v Gunners

It's another ‘winner-winner’ heat, which means one team motors straight through to the next round, while the other has to take a more scenic route.

Antiphons v Thrifters

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three self-professed introverts take on three representatives of the University of the Third Age.

Third Agers v Introverts

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.

All Episodes of Only Connect

Season 1

Science Writers v Travel Writers

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2008

Edinburgh Scrabblers v Solent Scrabblers

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2008

Lapsed Psychologists v Knitters

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2008

Crossworders v Birkbeck Alumni

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2008

County Councillors v Ombudsmen

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/2008

Urban Cyclists v Country Walkers

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2008

Bankers v Bookkeepers

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/2008

Cricket Supporters v IT Supporters

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2008

County Councillors v Science Writers

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2008

Crossworders v Edinburgh Scrabblers

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/2008

Bankers v IT Supporters

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/2008

Lapsed Psychologists v Country Walkers

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/2008

Crossworders v Science Writers

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/2008

Bankers v Lapsed Psychologists

Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/2008

Crossworders v Lapsed Psychologists

Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/2008