7.2/107 votes#1 - Statisticals v Morporkians
Season 18 Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Jillies v Road Runners
Season 18 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Peacocks v Mothers Ruined
Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Cryptics v Strigiformes
Season 18 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Cunning Planners v Seagulls
Season 18 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Jugadores v Harlequins
Season 18 Episode 6 - Aired 10/3/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Scrummagers v Crustaceans
Season 18 Episode 7 - Aired 10/10/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - Croot Family v Irregulars
Season 18 Episode 8 - Aired 10/17/2022
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A family team take on three Sherlock Holmes aficionados.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Statisticals v Road Runners
Season 18 Episode 9 - Aired 10/25/2022
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?
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Peacocks v Strigiformes
Season 18 Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Jugadores v Seagulls
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 11/8/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Scrummagers v Irregulars
Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Morporkians vs Jillies
Season 18 Episode 13 - Aired 11/21/2022
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Pratchett people take on a team of Jilly Cooper aficionados.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Mothers Ruined v Cryptics
Season 18 Episode 14 - Aired 11/28/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Cunning Planners v Harlequins
Season 18 Episode 15 - Aired 12/5/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Croot Family v Crustaceans
Season 18 Episode 16 - Aired 12/12/2022
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.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Strigiformes v Cryptics
Season 18 Episode 17 - Aired 12/19/2022
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Two returning teams fight for a place in the next round.
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8.2/106 votes#18 - 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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8.0/106 votes#19 - 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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NaN/100 votes#20 - Jugadores v Cunning Planners
Season 18 Episode 20 - Aired 1/16/2023
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?
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Jillies v Strigiformes
Season 18 Episode 21 - Aired 1/23/2023
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.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Mothers Ruined v Morporkians
Season 18 Episode 22 - Aired 1/30/2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Scrummagers v Harlequins
Season 18 Episode 23 - Aired 2/6/2023
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?
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Cunning Planners v Crustaceans
Season 18 Episode 24 - Aired 2/13/2023
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.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Strigiformes v Morporkians
Season 18 Episode 25 - Aired 2/20/2023
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?
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The Best Episodes of Only Connect Season 18
Every episode of Only Connect Season 18 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Only Connect Season 18!
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...
Season 18 Ratings Summary
"Statisticals v Morporkians" is the best rated episode of "Only Connect" season 18. It scored 7.2/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/29/2022. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Jillies v Road Runners".