Siân G. Lloyd
Director
Only Connect (2008)
Series 19
Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.
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
S19E1 - Cribbagers v Gunners
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.
July 17, 2023, midnight
S19E2 - Roadies v Stitchers
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.
July 24, 2023, midnight
S19E3 - Antiphons v Drop of Red
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.
July 31, 2023, midnight
S19E4 - Thrifters v Suncatchers
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.
Aug. 7, 2023, midnight
S19E5 - Isotopes v Academicals
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.
Aug. 14, 2023, midnight
S19E6 - Also Rans v Gardners
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.
Aug. 21, 2023, midnight
S19E7 - Mercians v Volunteers
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
Aug. 28, 2023, midnight
S19E8 - Video Nasties v Solomons Family
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?
Sept. 4, 2023, midnight
S19E9 - Roadies v Cribbagers
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.
Sept. 11, 2023, midnight
S19E10 - Drop of Red v Suncatchers
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.
Sept. 18, 2023, midnight
S19E11 - Academicals v Gardners
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.
Sept. 25, 2023, midnight
S19E12 - Solomons Family v Volunteers
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.
Oct. 2, 2023, midnight
5.0
S19E13 - Stitchers v Gunners
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.
Oct. 9, 2023, midnight
S19E14 - Antiphons v Thrifters
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.
Oct. 16, 2023, midnight
S19E15 - Isotopes v Also Rans
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.
Oct. 23, 2023, midnight
6.0
S19E16 - Mercians v Video Nasties
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?
Oct. 30, 2023, midnight
S19E17 - Antiphons v Suncatchers
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?
Nov. 6, 2023, midnight
S19E18 - Roadies v Stitchers
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?
Nov. 13, 2023, midnight
6.0
S19E19 - Solomons Family v Video Nasties
It's another rematch – the Video Nasties won last time these teams met. What will the Solomons Family have to do to beat them?
Nov. 20, 2023, midnight
S19E20 - Isotopes v Gardners
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?
Nov. 27, 2023, midnight
S19E21 - Gunners 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.
Dec. 4, 2023, midnight
S19E22 - Thrifters v Stitchers
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?
Dec. 11, 2023, midnight
5.0
S19E23 - Also Rans v Video Nasties
It’s a quarter-final, and the questions are getting trickier. For example: various, gaseous, caesium... what might come next in the sequence?
Dec. 18, 2023, midnight
7.0
S19E24 - Isotopes v Mercians
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?
Jan. 1, 2024, midnight
8.0
S19E25 - Semi-Final 1
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?
Jan. 8, 2024, midnight
7.0
S19E26 - Semi-Final
A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.
Jan. 15, 2024, midnight
S19E27 - Third Place Play-Off
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the third place play-off - how close can it be?
Jan. 22, 2024, midnight
S19E28 - The Final
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series final of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s an exciting episode: everyone will remember where they were when they watched the drama unfold.
Jan. 29, 2024, 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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