Siân G. Lloyd
Director
Only Connect (2008)
Series 12
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.
Released Sept. 15, 2008
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Game Show
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Production Companies: Presentable, RDF Television, Parasol Media, BBC
Network: BBC Four
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S12E1 - Tubers v Bardophiles
Three fans of the London Underground take on a trio of bardophiles and attempt to connect Brownies, Michael Fagan, Freddie Krueger and the Milk Tray Man.
July 11, 2016, midnight
S12E2 - Cosmopolitans v Taverners
Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners and attempt to connect Eurovision Song Contest, Cow & Gate, Wall's and I Love New York.
July 18, 2016, midnight
S12E3 - Psmiths v Verbivores
Three fans of PG Wodehouse square up to a team of wordsmiths and attempt to connect Georgia: Canada, Sunda: Indonesia, Bass: Australia and Cook: New Zealand.
July 25, 2016, midnight
S12E4 - Networkers v Cousins
A trio of networkers take on a family team and attempt to connect Cafetiere, Condom, Eggy bread and Chips.
Aug. 1, 2016, midnight
S12E5 - Shutterbugs v Highgates
A team of photographers take on a trio of Londoners and attempt to connect Cot, Holland, Chira and Bonapart.
Aug. 8, 2016, midnight
S12E6 - Korfballers v Channel Islanders
Three Korfball players take on a family from Guernsey in this episode and attempt to connect Annabel Lee, Delilah, Rebecca and Weekend at Bernie's.
Aug. 15, 2016, midnight
S12E7 - Bardophiles v Taverners
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Betjeman, Alsatian, Liberty Cabbage and Windsor.
Aug. 22, 2016, midnight
S12E8 - Verbivores v Channel Islanders
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Minotaur, Frobscottle, Moloko Plus and Duff.
Aug. 29, 2016, midnight
S12E9 - Fire-Eaters v Eurovisionaries
A new round of heats begins as some spicy food lovers take on three fans of Eurovision and attempt to connect 'From the roots' (Greek), 'We can' (Spanish), 'We ourselves' (Gaelic) and 'Party of Wales' (Welsh).
Sept. 5, 2016, midnight
S12E10 - Wrestlers v Clareites
A team of wrestling fans take on a trio from Clare College, Cambridge and attempt to connect single-fingered rock-climbing hold, Spanish monkey, North American glandular fever and single-channel sound reproduction.
Sept. 12, 2016, midnight
S12E11 - Part-Time Poets v Oscar Men
A team of poets take on three fans of the Oscars and attempt to connect the Nabateans, Makka Pakka, Alley Oop and Old Mother Shipton.
Sept. 19, 2016, midnight
S12E12 - Genealogists v Surrealists
This heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists and attempt to connect a violin's extraneous discordant notes, Lotharios, Molineux team and Canis Lupis.
Sept. 26, 2016, midnight
S12E13 - Maltsters v Policy Wonks
The Maltsters take on the Policy Wonks in this opening heat and attempt to connect the Indonesian national airline, a Carla Lane sitcom, International Rescue craft and capital of Arizona.
Oct. 3, 2016, midnight
S12E14 - Scunthorpe Scholars v Beekeepers
A team from Scunthorpe take on a trio of Beekeepers in this heat and attempt to connect Ungrammatical string follows, Multiply, Not out and Required field.
Oct. 10, 2016, midnight
S12E15 - Maltsters v Oscar Men
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Mother-in-law, Court-martial, Lord Lieutenant and Poet Laureate.
Oct. 17, 2016, midnight
S12E16 - Wrestlers v Genealogists
Two more teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers and attempt to connect Lou Gehrig: Horse, Louis Van Gaal: Tulip, Wellington: Duke and Otto von Bismarck: Chancellor.
Oct. 31, 2016, midnight
S12E17 - Cosmopolitans v Tubers
Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Malabo, Conakry, Port Moresby and Bissau.
Nov. 7, 2016, midnight
S12E18 - Networkers v Psmiths
Two more teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Kashmir, Pyrenees, Lake Victoria and Borneo.
Nov. 14, 2016, midnight
S12E19 - Shutterbugs v Korfballers
Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random.
Nov. 21, 2016, midnight
S12E20 - Verbivores v Taverners
The Taverners and Verbivores return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.
Nov. 28, 2016, midnight
S12E21 - Fire-Eaters v Clareites
The Fire-Eaters and the Clareites return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.
Dec. 5, 2016, midnight
S12E22 - Part-Time Poets v Surrealists
The Part-Time Poets and the Surrealists compete for a place in round three, drawing together connections between things which seem random.
Dec. 12, 2016, midnight
S12E23 - Beekeepers v Policy Wonks
Two teams of first-round winners return for a chance to make it into the next round.
Dec. 19, 2016, midnight
S12E24 - Genealogists v Oscar Men
The Genealogists and Oscar Men return for their last chance to make it into round three.
Jan. 6, 2017, midnight
S12E25 - Fire-Eaters v Korfballers
The Fire-Eaters and the Korfballers fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Jan. 13, 2017, midnight
S12E26 - Surrealists v Verbivores
Round three continues as two more teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Jan. 20, 2017, midnight
S12E27 - Beekeepers v Cosmopolitans
The Beekeepers and Cosmopolitans fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Jan. 27, 2017, midnight
S12E28 - Psmiths v Oscar Men
The Psmiths take on the Oscar Men in this round three game.
Feb. 3, 2017, midnight
S12E29 - Fire-Eaters v Verbivores
Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
Feb. 10, 2017, midnight
S12E30 - Beekeepers v Oscar Men
Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
Feb. 17, 2017, midnight
S12E31 - Surrealists v Korfballers
Find out what connects Tuvalu, hijab, Defra and nope in a quarter-final game.
Feb. 24, 2017, midnight
S12E32 - Psmiths v Cosmopolitans
Find out what connects Ali Amako, Reece Thens, Elize Elmopan and Enya Airobi.
March 3, 2017, midnight
S12E33 - Beekeepers v Korfballers
The Beekeepers take on the Korfballers in this quarter-final game.
March 10, 2017, midnight
S12E34 - Psmiths v Verbivores (2)
The Psmiths and Verbivores compete for a last chance to make it to the semi-finals.
March 17, 2017, midnight
S12E35 - Semi-Final 1
Two teams compete in this semi-final game.
March 24, 2017, midnight
S12E36 - Semi-Final 2
Two teams compete in the second semi-final game.
March 31, 2017, midnight
S12E37 - The Final
Two teams compete in the final game of the series.
April 7, 2017, midnight
Network: BBC Four
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 13890 min.
Released: Sept. 15, 2008
Last Air Date: Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 22, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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