Only Connect - Series 19
1 - Cribbagers v Gunners
Air Date: July 17, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell returns to the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. In the opening heat, three keen cribbage players face a team of Arsenal supporters.
2 - Roadies v Stitchers
Air Date: July 24, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts another series of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three rock music fans face a team of enthusiastic embroiderers in another first-round heat.
3 - Antiphons v Drop of Red
Air Date: July 31, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three devotees of choral music come up against a team of red wine connoisseurs.
4 - Thrifters v Suncatchers
Air Date: August 7, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three lovers of all things pre-loved compete against a team of warm-weather worshippers.
5 - Isotopes v Academicals
Air Date: August 14, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three Matt Groening fans take on a trio of teachers in another opening heat.
6 - Also Rans v Gardners
Air Date: August 21, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three former Mastermind contenders are in the spotlight, facing a family team.
7 - Mercians v Volunteers
Air Date: August 28, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Three willing volunteers take on a team from the Midlands to establish the connection between apparently random clues
8 - Video Nasties v Solomons Family
Air Date: September 4, 2023
In another first-round contest, a fearless family faces fervent film fans. As ever, it’s all about connections – what links Green monster, Small chandelier, Stone sausage and Merrygold robin?
9 - Roadies v Cribbagers
Air Date: September 11, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. The series reaches the knock-out stage tonight, and only one of the teams can progress to the next round.
10 - Drop of Red v Suncatchers
Air Date: September 18, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the knock-out stage, and the next round beckons for one of the teams.
11 - Academicals v Gardners
Air Date: September 25, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Having lost their first game, both teams need a win to stay in.
12 - Solomons Family v Volunteers
Air Date: October 2, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Once again, one of the teams will be saying goodbye from the competition.
13 - Stitchers v Gunners
Air Date: October 9, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s a ‘winner-winner’ game, so everyone survives to quiz another day.
14 - Antiphons v Thrifters
Air Date: October 16, 2023
It's another ‘winner-winner’ heat, which means one team motors straight through to the next round, while the other has to take a more scenic route.
15 - Isotopes v Also Rans
Air Date: October 23, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Everyone’s a winner in this episode - in the sense that the losing team can play another game later in the series.
16 - Mercians v Video Nasties
Air Date: October 30, 2023
The Mercians became the second highest scorers in the programme’s history in their last appearance: they finished with 36 points. But how will they do against the Video Nasties?
17 - Antiphons v Suncatchers
Air Date: November 6, 2023
Only one team can progress to the next round, after wrestling with clues such as: Patch (dog), Jason (cat), Fred/Freda (tortoise). What comes next in the sequence?
18 - Roadies v Stitchers
Air Date: November 13, 2023
It’s a rematch tonight – the teams have met before, but once again, fate has intervened to bring them face to face to face. Posidriv, Torx, Phillips… what comes next in the sequence?
19 - Solomons Family v Video Nasties
Air Date: November 20, 2023
It's another rematch – the Video Nasties won last time these teams met. What will the Solomons Family have to do to beat them?
20 - Isotopes v Gardners
Air Date: November 27, 2023
All that stands between the teams and a place in the quarter finals is… well, questions, obviously. Questions such as this: aua (J), eua (F), a (M). What’s next?
21 - Gunners v Suncatchers
Air Date: December 4, 2023
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s another fiercely fought contest, but one of the teams will have to head home.
22 - Thrifters v Stitchers
Air Date: December 11, 2023
It's a quarter-final, and the teams have go grapple with such important questions as: what connects Meng Po soup, Lacuna Inc, the waters of Lethe and Superman’s kiss?
23 - Also Rans v Video Nasties
Air Date: December 18, 2023
It’s a quarter-final, and the questions are getting trickier. For example: various, gaseous, caesium... what might come next in the sequence?
24 - Isotopes v Mercians
Air Date: January 1, 2024
A look at just how far some people will go to commemorate their participation in the show. And what comes fourth in the following sequence: The Snow ____, Under the ____ Sun and The ____ In Winter?
25 - Semi-Final 1
Air Date: January 8, 2024
It's the first semi-final of the series, with the teams facing such questions as: what connects gender reveal parties, Dune (1984 film), Creep and pop-up ads?
26 - Semi-Final
Air Date: January 15, 2024
A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.
27 - Third Place Play-Off
Air Date: January 22, 2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s the third place play-off - how close can it be?
28 - The Final
Air Date: January 29, 2024
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series final of the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. It’s an exciting episode: everyone will remember where they were when they watched the drama unfold.