The BEST episodes of Only Connect season 3
Every episode of Only Connect season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Only Connect season 3!
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
#1 - Archers Admirers v Music Lovers
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2010
A team of three civil servants with a shared love of Radio 4's The Archers pit their wits against a trio of music lovers who between them perform or enjoy everything from pub rock to choral sung mass. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, from AC battery to compass wrench to glass hammer to long stand.
#2 - Polymaths v Strategists
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2010
The Polymaths pool their disparate skills in chicken husbandry, musical theatre and urban geography to challenge the brainpower of the Strategists, a team unified by their love of sophisticated strategy board games. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, including Cakes and Ale, The Dogs of War, Brave New World and The Darling Buds of May.
#3 - Exeter Alumni v Gourmands
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2010
Three former flatmates and graduates of Exeter University pit their wits against a news producer, a civil servant and an IT consultant who share a passion for fine food. Who will win the battle as they compete to draw together the connections between things, which, at first glance, seem utterly random?
#4 - Hitchhikers v Strategists
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/2010
In the second semi-final, three fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy lock horns with the cunning of the Strategists, a team bound by their love of obscure European board games.
#5 - Neuroscientists v Rugby Fans
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2010
Three neuroscientists hailing from Australia, South Africa and Canada scrum down against the intellectual brawn of three rugby fans, as they compete to draw together the connections between many disparate elements that, at first glance, seem utterly bereft of associations. So what connects cream, quotation marks, tennis matches and yellow lines?
#6 - Philosophers v Hitchhikers
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2010
Three philosophy students pit their wisdom against a trio of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy fans.
#7 - Choir Boys v Brasenose Postgrads
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2010
Three members of the Brighton and Hove Gay Men's Chorus square up to a trio of postgraduates of Brasenose College, Oxford.
#8 - Insurers v Gamblers
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2010
A team of insurance professionals face off against a trio of committed gamblers. Who will win the battle as they compete to draw together the connections between things, which, at first glance, seem utterly random - such as Prince of Darkness, Bambi, Grocer and Tarzan?
#9 - Booksellers v Bowlers
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2010
Three senior managers from a national bookstore face off against a team drawn together by their love of London's retro bowling alleys. Who will win the battle as they compete to draw together the connections between things, which, at first glance, seem utterly random?
#10 - Archers Admirers v Exeter Alumni
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2010
In the first of the quarter-finals, three fans of the Archers radio series take on the combined knowledge of three flatmates who all met up at Exeter University. They compete to draw together the connections between things, which, at first glance, seem utterly random - from Castor and Pollux to Brahma to Yoshi to Orville the Duck.
#11 - Brasenose Postgrads v Hitchhikers
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2010
In the second of the quarter-finals, three postgraduate students from Brasenose College, Oxford, pit their wits against a trio of Douglas Adams fans who call themselves the Hitchhikers, in honour of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They compete to draw together the connections between elements which, at first glance, seem utterly random: P J Tracy, Nicci French, Ellery Queen and Grant Naylor.
#12 - Neuroscientists v Strategists
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2010
In the third of the quarter-finals, three studying for their PhDs at Oxford set out to challenge the brainpower of the strategists, a team unified by their love of sophisticated strategy board games. They compete to draw together the connections between things, which, at first glance, seem utterly random - from maypoles to horse racing to spoken theatre to mince pies.
#13 - Gamblers v Bowlers
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2010
In the last of the quarter-finals, three committed gamblers take their chances against a team unified by their love of ten-pin bowling. They compete to draw together the connections between things, which, at first glance, seem utterly random - from birdsong to breakout to shotgun to takeover.
#14 - Archers Admirers v Gamblers
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/2010
How will they respond to the threat of cavalier risk-taking from a team of confirmed Gamblers? They'll compete to draw together the connections between elements which at first glance seem utterly random, including purple dye and the Jules Rimet trophy.
#15 - Gamblers v Strategists
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/12/2010
In the series final, cunning and tactics combine with logic, recall and tangential inspiration, as three committed Gamblers resist the temptation to take too many risks and the Strategists fight the impulse to err on the side of caution. Whose approach will win out in this battle of the giants? They'll compete to draw together the connections between elements which at first glance seem utterly random, from Captain Scarlet to Reg Cox to Marty Hopkirk to Arnold J Rimmer.