The BEST episodes of Only Connect
Every episode of Only Connect ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Only Connect!
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
#1 - Chessmen v History Boys
Season 10 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/16/2015
In the first of the semi-finals a trio of chess aficionados take on three history buffs in a bid to win their place in the series finale. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects lanthanides, a Gaelic football team, the UN Security Council and the Scottish jury in a criminal trial.
#3 - Eco-Warriors v Snake Charmers
Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/27/2017
Victoria Coren Mitchell presents as the Eco-Warriors take on the Snake Charmers in a round two game of the quiz testing general knowledge and lateral thinking. The players must make connections between four things that may at first not appear to be linked, with one set of clues comprising Pressed, Stained, Little Hood and American.
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#4 - Orwellians v Turophiles
Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/2020
Two teams who won their first match return to fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. 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 Small cut, Beautiful Country, Sweet milk and Grain from the Po Valley.
#5 - Final
Season 15 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/30/2020
Victoria Coren Mitchell asks the questions in the final of the quiz, with two teams battling it out to succeed last year's winners the Dicers and be named champions. The teams must use patience, lateral thinking and sheer inspiration to make connections between groups of four things that may at first appear not to be linked, with one set comprising Take On Me, Super Mario 64, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and Mary Poppins.
#6 - Electrophiles v Suits
Season 15 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/2020
Two teams who have each won a game and lost a game have one last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 The Whitsun Weddings, Homeward Bound, Oh Dr Beeching! and Brief Encounter.
#7 - Darksiders v Forrests
Season 15 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/2020
Two teams who have each won a game and lost a game have one last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 comes next in this sequence - 21. Hip, 22. Hic, 23. Sip, ?
#8 - Endeavours v Junipers
Season 15 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/2020
Two teams who have each won a game and lost a game have one last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 comes next in this sequence - 21. Hip, 22. Hic, 23. Sip, ?
#9 - Eggchasers v Turophiles
Season 15 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/2020
Two teams who have each won a game and lost a game have one last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 1 kilohertz sine wave, Grawlixes, Mincing and Pixelation.
#10 - Lexplorers v Suits
Season 15 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/2020
It is the first of the quarter-finals tonight as two teams 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 Aristotle, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton and Isaac Asimov.
#11 - Forrests v Choristers
Season 15 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/2020
Victoria Coren Mitchell asks the questions as the Forrests take on the Choristers in the second of the quarter-final matches, with a place in the semi-finals at stake. They must use patience, lateral thinking and sheer inspiration to make connections between groups of four things that may appear at first not to be linked, with one set of clues consisting of Nebuchadnezzar, The Fallen Woman, A Masked Ball, and The Troubadour.
#12 - 007s v Junipers
Season 15 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/2020
Victoria Coren Mitchell asks the questions as the 007s take on the Junipers in the third of the quarter-final matches, with a place in the semi-finals at stake. They must use patience, lateral thinking and sheer inspiration to make connections between groups of four things that may appear at first not to be linked, with one set of clues consisting of Harris, Dean Martin, Inspector Morse, and Frank Duckworth.
#13 - Orwellians v Turophiles
Season 15 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/2020
Victoria Coren Mitchell asks the questions as the Orwellians take on the Turophiles in the last of the quarter-final matches, with a place in the semi-finals at stake. They must use patience, lateral thinking and sheer inspiration to make connections between groups of four things that may appear at first not to be linked, with one set of clues consisting of Colman's Mustard, Torino FC, Lamborghini, Merrill Lynch.
#14 - Semi-Final 1
Season 15 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/9/2020
Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the first semi-final of the quiz as two teams compete to guess the connections between things that seem utterly random at first glance, with one set of clues comprising Numbers, Thunderball, Cuthbert, and Sailor.
#15 - Semi-Final 2
Season 15 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/16/2020
t is the last of the semi-finals tonight and two teams 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 comes fourth in this sequence: 'PETER' 'BENNY', Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, ?
#16 - Third-Place Play-Off
Season 15 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/23/2020
It is the third-place play-off tonight as two teams battle it out to be named third-place finishers. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what comes fourth in this sequence: Tie bin, Dismiss fir, Fleeting brie, ?
#17 - Gladiators v Lexplorers
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2019
Three friends who holiday in Rome take on a trio of wordsmiths in this episode. 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 Don Quixote, Pandarus, Gargantua and Mrs Malaprop.
#18 - Endeavours v 007s
Season 15 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/2019
Two teams who won their first match return to fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. 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 comes next in this sequence- 8. King Kong, 7. Carol Cleveland, 6. Extrasensory perception, ?
#19 - Forrests v Choristers
Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/2019
Two teams who won their first match return to fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. 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 Heavenly, Woodsound, Bellplay and Softloud.
#20 - Lexplorers v Suits
Season 15 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/2019
Two teams who won their first match return to fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. 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 Green iguana, Eurasian lynx, American bison and Western gorilla.
#21 - Journeymen v Junipers
Season 15 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/2019
Two teams who lost their first match return for a last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 Malcolm I of Scotland, John Bradman, Kiefer Sutherland and Ivanka Trump.
#22 - Eggchasers v Outliers
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/2019
Two teams who lost their first match return for a last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 Not specific, Of the body, Not public and Not minor.
#23 - Wickets v Electrophiles
Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2019
Two teams who lost their first match return for a last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 Plastic credit card, Hollywood film industry, Crown monarchy and Westminster parliament.
#24 - Gladiators v Darksiders
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/2019
Two teams who lost their first match return for a last chance to stay in the tournament. 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 comes next in this sequence - Bromine, eaking, Barium, ?
#25 - Orwellians v Junipers
Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/2019
A team of George Orwell fans take on three gin drinkers in the last of the opening heats. 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 Mary the Mutant, Krusty the Clown, Chandler Bing and Scaramanga.