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December 8, 2025
Only Connect
The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.
Episode 21
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, Series 21
December 1, 2025
Only Connect
Another quarter-final place is on offer, with another tight game on the cards.
Episode 20
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, Series 21
November 24, 2025
Only Connect
A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one team will have to leave the competition.
Episode 19
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, Series 21
November 17, 2025
Only Connect
It’s a very close game, with the teams having been here before and knowing what to expect.
Episode 18
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, Series 21
November 10, 2025
Only Connect
Holy faith, of the monks, sacrament, red stick – what’s the connection?
Episode 17
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, Series 21
November 3, 2025
Only Connect
One team correctly guesses the fourth in the sequence after just two clues.
Episode 16
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, Series 21
October 27, 2025
Only Connect
No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again.
Episode 15
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, Series 21
October 20, 2025
Only Connect
Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
Episode 14
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, Series 21
October 14, 2025
Only Connect
Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
Episode 13
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, Series 21
October 6, 2025
Only Connect
One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
Episode 12
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, Series 21
September 29, 2025
Only Connect
Postmodern, Boris Johnson and frozen yoghurt - all one team needed to see the connection.
Episode 11
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, Series 21
September 22, 2025
Only Connect
One contestant has a tortoise-related scar, and another was in a scarecrow competition.
Episode 10
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, Series 21
September 15, 2025
Only Connect
Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one can go through.
Episode 9
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, Series 21
September 8, 2025
Only Connect
It's a close match as a family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
Episode 8
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, Series 21
September 1, 2025
Only Connect
Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons & Dragons players.
Episode 7
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, Series 21
August 25, 2025
Only Connect
One of the teams comes straight in with an answer after seeing just two clues.
Episode 6
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, Series 21
August 18, 2025
Only Connect
One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
Episode 5
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, Series 21
August 11, 2025
Only Connect
One team often run five km, while the other prefer singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
Episode 4
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, Series 21
August 4, 2025
Only Connect
Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the other.
Episode 3
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, Series 21
July 28, 2025
Only Connect
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge put their passions on hold to puzzle out connections.
Episode 2
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, Series 21
July 21, 2025
New Series
Only Connect
A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
Episode 1
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, Series 21
March 3, 2025
Only Connect
The winners of the series are crowned – and, as can be expected, it’s a close contest.
Episode 28
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, Series 20
February 24, 2025
Only Connect
It’s the third place play-off, and the questions have grown suitably difficult.
Episode 27
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, Series 20
February 17, 2025
Only Connect
The second semi-final goes to the wire in the missing vowels round.
Episode 26
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, Series 20
February 10, 2025
Only Connect
It’s semi-final time, and a coveted place in the third-place play-off is at stake.
Episode 25
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, Series 20