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.

Last Updated: 12/2/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Continuing
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10.00
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#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.

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9.50
2 votes

#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).

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9.50
2 votes

#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.

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9.50
2 votes

#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.

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9.50
2 votes

#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.

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9.40
5 votes

#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.

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9.00
3 votes

#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.

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9.00
1 votes

#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.

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9.00
2 votes

#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.

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9.00
3 votes

#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.

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8.75
4 votes

#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.

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8.67
3 votes

#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'.

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8.67
3 votes

#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.

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8.67
3 votes

#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.

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8.50
2 votes

#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?

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8.33
6 votes

#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.

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8.33
3 votes

#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.

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8.33
3 votes

#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.

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8.25
4 votes

#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.

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8.00
3 votes

#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.

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8.00
1 votes

#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.

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8.00
3 votes

#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.

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8.00
1 votes

#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.

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8.00
1 votes

#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.

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7.67
3 votes

#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.