The BEST episodes of Only Connect season 11
Every episode of Only Connect season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Only Connect season 11!
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
#1 - Athenians v Bookworms
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/30/2015
The Athenians and Bookworms return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects The Cradle Will Rock, The Pilgrim's Progress, the New Statesman and the Mr Men.
#2 - Road Trippers v Athenians
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2015
A trio of road trippers take on three fans of Greece in this edition. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Elizabeth and James, Menace II Society, Harvard Connection and I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles).
#3 - Collectors v Mixologists
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2015
Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Darkness Visible, the Dementors, a bell jar and a black dog.
#4 - Cluesmiths v Yorkers
Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/5/2015
The Cluesmiths take on the Yorkers. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Seborga, Forvik, Christiania and Sealand.
#5 - Scientists v String Section
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/7/2015
The Scientists and the String Section return in the first of the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Memoir: My Life, Song: Your Life, Film: September and Novella: The Life of Ivan Denisovich.
#6 - The Final
Season 11 - Episode 27 - Aired 1/18/2016
In the grand final, two teams battle it out to be named Only Connect series champions. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Foke, Hombay, Egantic and Leakfast.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Wayfarers v String Section
Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/19/2015
A team of Wayfarers take on a trio of musicians. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects numbat, echidna, pangolin and aardvark.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Yorkers v Operational Researchers
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/14/2015
The Yorkers and the Operational Researchers return in the second quarter-final. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Rebecca, Cold, Western and Judean People's Front.
#9 - Cluesmiths v Railwaymen
Season 11 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/21/2015
The Cluesmiths and Railwaymen return for a quarter-final match. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects ADN, TVA, SIDA and OTAN.
#10 - Semi-Final
Season 11 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/4/2016
The first of the semi-finals and the 200th episode. Two returning teams compete for a place in the grand final. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Bird, Little Dyer, Angelic Brother and Little Barrel.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Headliners v Bookworms
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2015
Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects the starting position in Shogi, The Times crossword grid, the flag of Georgia and S.
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - Semi-Final 2
Season 11 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/11/2016
In the second semi-final, two returning teams compete for a place in the grand final. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects 'blending', 'changing', 'like smoke' and light-dark'.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - String Section v Headliners
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2015
A team of musicians take on three publishers in this edition. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects the flag of Vietnam, Google Os, the MCC tie and Rupert Bear's clothes.
#14 - Wayfarers v Bookworms
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2015
A team of travel enthusiasts take on a trio of bibliophiles. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects a song in High Society, a Whiskas slogan, Kenneth Wolstenholme commentary and an EM Forster epigram.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Road Trippers v Builders
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/28/2015
Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals. The Road Trippers and the Builders compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. What links seven consonants, two vowels, three syllables and seven letters?
#16 - Spaghetti Westerners v Mixologists
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2015
A team of film buffs take on three cocktail aficionados. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Daddy Warbucks, Ellen Ripley, Sherlock Holmes and Bobby Ewing.
#17 - Scientists v Builders
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2015
A team of scientists square up to a team of builders in the last of the heats. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects The Raven, Little Weed, Seagulls in Finding Nemo and Hodor.
#18 - Spaghetti Westerners v Railwaymen
Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/12/2015
Two winning teams return in the hope of securing a place in the quarter-finals: The Spaghetti Westerners and the Railwaymen. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects a set of decimal coins, a set of badges, a 1970 annual and a photograph of Valerie Singleton.
#19 - Polyglots v Yorkers
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2015
A team of linguists take on three York University students in this show. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Monstroso, Any Human Heart, Birdsong and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
#20 - Collectors v Railwaymen
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2015
A team of collectors take on three railway enthusiasts. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Llanelli RFC, A for adultery, Sir Percy Blakeney and Sherlock Holmes debut.
#21 - Polyglots v Operational Researchers
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2015
A team of linguists battle it out against a team of operational researchers for a place in the next phase of the competition. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects the Pirate Planet, Starship Titanic, Last Chance to See and h2g2.
#22 - Scientists v Athenians
Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/26/2015
Three scientists take on a team of Athenians. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Einsteinium, names of Allah, 1974 Lions call and Luftballons.
#23 - Spaghetti Westerners v Operational Researchers
Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/16/2015
A trio of film buffs and three operational researchers return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects a painful sports 'hernia', stars hollow, captain James Onedin and Happy Sandler.
#24 - Wayfarers v Bookworms
Season 11 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/28/2015
The Wayfarers and Bookworms return for a quarter-final match. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects General Tom Thumb, 'Sonny' Liston, Chuck Berry and Lewis Carroll.
#25 - Cluesmiths v Mixologists
Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/2/2015
The Cluesmiths and Mixologists return for a last chance to earn a place in the quarter-finals. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Matthew Bannister's show BBC World Service, an entry in a dictionary, your flexible friend and the venue for London 2012 boxing.