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The Best Episodes of Only Connect Season 20

Every episode of Only Connect Season 20 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Only Connect Season 20!

The Best Episodes of Only Connect Season 20

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...
  1. Background image for Al Frescans v Midlanders
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Al Frescans v Midlanders

    S20:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hopsters v Sprouters
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Four Opinions v Bean Farmers
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Four Opinions v Bean Farmers

    S20:E3

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Harmonics v Cat Cows
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Harmonics v Cat Cows

    S20:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Too Many Cookes v Pipe-Dreamers
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Too Many Cookes v Pipe-Dreamers

    S20:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers
    8.5/10(9 votes)

    #6 - 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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Third Agers v Introverts
    6.5/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Third Agers v Introverts

    S20:E7

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Uisge Beathas v Crunchers
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Hopsters v Midlanders
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Harmonics v Bean Farmers
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers

    S20:E11

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Uisge Beathas v Third Agers
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Uisge Beathas v Third Agers

    S20:E12

    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.

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  14. Background image for Al Frescans v Sprouters
    8.0/10(7 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Four Opinions v Cat Cows
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Four Opinions v Cat Cows

    S20:E14

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group

    S20:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Introverts v Crunchers
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #16 - 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...

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  18. Background image for Harmonics v Cat Cows
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Harmonics v Cat Cows

    S20:E17

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

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  19. Background image for Hopsters v Al Frescans
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Hopsters v Al Frescans

    S20:E18

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Uisge Beathas v Crunchers
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Uisge Beathas v Crunchers

    S20:E19

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Too Many Cookes v Tea Totallers
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Too Many Cookes v Tea Totallers

    S20:E20

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Cat Cows v Sprouters
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Cat Cows v Sprouters

    S20:E21

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Al Frescans v Four Opinions
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Al Frescans v Four Opinions

    S20:E22

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers

    S20:E23

    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?

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  25. Background image for Introverts v Tea Totallers
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Introverts v Tea Totallers

    S20:E24

    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.

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  26. Background image for Semi Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Semi Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows

    S20:E25

    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.

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Season 20 Ratings Summary

"Al Frescans v Midlanders" is the best rated episode of "Only Connect" season 20. It scored 7.6/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/12/2024. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Hopsters v Sprouters".