Only Connect - Series 12
1 - Tubers v Bardophiles
Air Date: July 11, 2016
Three fans of the London Underground take on a trio of bardophiles and attempt to connect Brownies, Michael Fagan, Freddie Krueger and the Milk Tray Man.
2 - Cosmopolitans v Taverners
Air Date: July 18, 2016
Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners and attempt to connect Eurovision Song Contest, Cow & Gate, Wall's and I Love New York.
3 - Psmiths v Verbivores
Air Date: July 25, 2016
Three fans of PG Wodehouse square up to a team of wordsmiths and attempt to connect Georgia: Canada, Sunda: Indonesia, Bass: Australia and Cook: New Zealand.
4 - Networkers v Cousins
Air Date: August 1, 2016
A trio of networkers take on a family team and attempt to connect Cafetiere, Condom, Eggy bread and Chips.
5 - Shutterbugs v Highgates
Air Date: August 8, 2016
A team of photographers take on a trio of Londoners and attempt to connect Cot, Holland, Chira and Bonapart.
6 - Korfballers v Channel Islanders
Air Date: August 15, 2016
Three Korfball players take on a family from Guernsey in this episode and attempt to connect Annabel Lee, Delilah, Rebecca and Weekend at Bernie's.
7 - Bardophiles v Taverners
Air Date: August 22, 2016
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Betjeman, Alsatian, Liberty Cabbage and Windsor.
8 - Verbivores v Channel Islanders
Air Date: August 29, 2016
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Minotaur, Frobscottle, Moloko Plus and Duff.
9 - Fire-Eaters v Eurovisionaries
Air Date: September 5, 2016
A new round of heats begins as some spicy food lovers take on three fans of Eurovision and attempt to connect 'From the roots' (Greek), 'We can' (Spanish), 'We ourselves' (Gaelic) and 'Party of Wales' (Welsh).
10 - Wrestlers v Clareites
Air Date: September 12, 2016
A team of wrestling fans take on a trio from Clare College, Cambridge and attempt to connect single-fingered rock-climbing hold, Spanish monkey, North American glandular fever and single-channel sound reproduction.
11 - Part-Time Poets v Oscar Men
Air Date: September 19, 2016
A team of poets take on three fans of the Oscars and attempt to connect the Nabateans, Makka Pakka, Alley Oop and Old Mother Shipton.
12 - Genealogists v Surrealists
Air Date: September 26, 2016
This heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists and attempt to connect a violin's extraneous discordant notes, Lotharios, Molineux team and Canis Lupis.
13 - Maltsters v Policy Wonks
Air Date: October 3, 2016
The Maltsters take on the Policy Wonks in this opening heat and attempt to connect the Indonesian national airline, a Carla Lane sitcom, International Rescue craft and capital of Arizona.
14 - Scunthorpe Scholars v Beekeepers
Air Date: October 10, 2016
A team from Scunthorpe take on a trio of Beekeepers in this heat and attempt to connect Ungrammatical string follows, Multiply, Not out and Required field.
15 - Maltsters v Oscar Men
Air Date: October 17, 2016
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Mother-in-law, Court-martial, Lord Lieutenant and Poet Laureate.
16 - Wrestlers v Genealogists
Air Date: October 31, 2016
Two more teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers and attempt to connect Lou Gehrig: Horse, Louis Van Gaal: Tulip, Wellington: Duke and Otto von Bismarck: Chancellor.
17 - Cosmopolitans v Tubers
Air Date: November 7, 2016
Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Malabo, Conakry, Port Moresby and Bissau.
18 - Networkers v Psmiths
Air Date: November 14, 2016
Two more teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Kashmir, Pyrenees, Lake Victoria and Borneo.
19 - Shutterbugs v Korfballers
Air Date: November 21, 2016
Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random.
20 - Verbivores v Taverners
Air Date: November 28, 2016
The Taverners and Verbivores return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.
21 - Fire-Eaters v Clareites
Air Date: December 5, 2016
The Fire-Eaters and the Clareites return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.
22 - Part-Time Poets v Surrealists
Air Date: December 12, 2016
The Part-Time Poets and the Surrealists compete for a place in round three, drawing together connections between things which seem random.
23 - Beekeepers v Policy Wonks
Air Date: December 19, 2016
Two teams of first-round winners return for a chance to make it into the next round.
24 - Genealogists v Oscar Men
Air Date: January 6, 2017
The Genealogists and Oscar Men return for their last chance to make it into round three.
25 - Fire-Eaters v Korfballers
Air Date: January 13, 2017
The Fire-Eaters and the Korfballers fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
26 - Surrealists v Verbivores
Air Date: January 20, 2017
Round three continues as two more teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
27 - Beekeepers v Cosmopolitans
Air Date: January 27, 2017
The Beekeepers and Cosmopolitans fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
28 - Psmiths v Oscar Men
Air Date: February 3, 2017
The Psmiths take on the Oscar Men in this round three game.
29 - Fire-Eaters v Verbivores
Air Date: February 10, 2017
Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
30 - Beekeepers v Oscar Men
Air Date: February 17, 2017
Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
31 - Surrealists v Korfballers
Air Date: February 24, 2017
Find out what connects Tuvalu, hijab, Defra and nope in a quarter-final game.
32 - Psmiths v Cosmopolitans
Air Date: March 3, 2017
Find out what connects Ali Amako, Reece Thens, Elize Elmopan and Enya Airobi.
33 - Beekeepers v Korfballers
Air Date: March 10, 2017
The Beekeepers take on the Korfballers in this quarter-final game.
34 - Psmiths v Verbivores (2)
Air Date: March 17, 2017
The Psmiths and Verbivores compete for a last chance to make it to the semi-finals.
35 - Semi-Final 1
Air Date: March 24, 2017
Two teams compete in this semi-final game.
36 - Semi-Final 2
Air Date: March 31, 2017
Two teams compete in the second semi-final game.
37 - The Final
Air Date: April 7, 2017
Two teams compete in the final game of the series.