Only Connect Episode Rating Graph
Sep 2008 - present

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S15 Ep23
10.0
24th Feb 2020
Another quarter-final.
S14 Ep24
10.0
1st Apr 2019
The Dicers take on the Birdwatchers in the last quarter-final and 300th episode of the quiz.
S13 Ep22
10.0
15th Jan 2018
Round two losers the Cricketers and the Escapologists return for one final chance to stay in the competition.

S11 Ep20
10.0
30th Nov 2015
The Athenians and Bookworms return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

S10 Ep19
10.0
26th Jan 2015
A team of book lovers take on three video gamers in a bid to secure a place in the quarter-finals.

S16 Ep10
9.7
23rd Nov 2020
Two teams who lost their first heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.
S2 Ep8
9.7
31st Aug 2009
In the final, the three leading lights of the Cambridge Quiz Society take on the combined knowledge of a team whose field of reference stretches far beyond the touchline of their beloved rugby pitch.

S16 Ep18
9.5
18th Jan 2021
A family team take on three puzzle hunters for a last chance to make the quarter-finals.
S15 Ep28
9.5
30th Mar 2020
In the series finale, two excellent teams battle it out to be named champions.
S15 Ep24
9.5
2nd Mar 2020
The last of the quarter-finals.
S13 Ep37
9.5
30th Apr 2018
The grand final of the quiz, as the Belgophiles take on either the Escapologists or the Inquisitors to succeed last year's winners the Verbivores and be named Only Connect series champions.
S12 Ep36
9.5
31st Mar 2017
Two teams compete in the second semi-final game.

S11 Ep21
9.5
7th Dec 2015
The Scientists and the String Section return in the first of the quarter-finals.

S11 Ep13
9.5
5th Oct 2015
The Cluesmiths take on the Yorkers.

S11 Ep10
9.5
14th Sep 2015
Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals.

S11 Ep7
9.5
24th Aug 2015
A trio of road trippers take on three fans of Greece.

S10 Ep18
9.5
19th Jan 2015
Three linguists square up to a team from Oxford in a bid to make it to the quarter-finals.

S9 Ep5
9.5
12th May 2014
Two first-round losers return as a family team play a trio of art enthusiasts.
S8 Ep13
9.5
23rd Dec 2013
Three board game aficionados take on a trio of bakers in the series finale.
S8 Ep4
9.5
14th Oct 2013
The press gang take on a team of bakers.
S7 Ep13
9.5
5th Aug 2013
In this series finale, the Francophiles take on the Celts in a bid to be named Only Connect Champions.
S7 Ep12
9.5
29th Jul 2013
In the second semi-final, three Francophiles square up to a trio of map lovers.
S7 Ep11
9.5
22nd Jul 2013
In the first of the semi-finals, a team from Wales take on a trio of festival fans.
S7 Ep10
9.5
15th Jul 2013
Three map lovers and a trio of fell walkers return to try to make it to the semi-finals.
S7 Ep9
9.5
8th Jul 2013
A trio of festival fans take on three cat lovers in both teams' last chance to make it to the semi-finals.
S7 Ep8
9.5
1st Jul 2013
The Francophiles and the Fell Walkers, both first-round winners, return in the hopes of securing a place in the semi-finals.
S3 Ep3
9.5
18th Jan 2010
Three members of the Brighton and Hove (Actually) Gay Men's Chorus square up to a trio of postgraduates of Brasenose College, Oxford.
S2 Ep7
9.5
24th Aug 2009
Three avid chess players take on a trio unified by their love of mathematics as they compete for the glory of third place in the competition.
S2 Ep5
9.5
10th Aug 2009
In the first semi-final, three mathematicians pit their logical skills against the wits of the Cambridge Quiz Society.
S2 Ep2
9.5
20th Jul 2009
Three maths graduates take on a team featuring a linguistics graduate, an English graduate, and an IT developer who is also a proofreader.
S1 Ep15
9.5
22nd Dec 2008
Final.
S1 Ep14
9.5
15th Dec 2008
Semi-final.
S1 Ep11
9.5
24th Nov 2008
Quarter-final.

S11 Ep27
9.4
18th Jan 2016
In the grand final, two teams battle it out to be named Only Connect series champions.
S13 Ep32
9.3
26th Mar 2018
The Belgophiles take on the Escapologists in the second of the quarter-final matches, with a place in the semi-finals at stake.
S13 Ep31
9.3
19th Mar 2018
The Vikings take on the Inquisitors in the first of the quarter-final matches, with a place in the semi-finals at stake.
S7 Ep1
9.3
13th May 2013
Three graduates of Corpus Christi College, Oxford pit their wits against a trio of cat lovers.
S15 Ep8
9.3
28th Oct 2019
A team of George Orwell fans take on three gin drinkers in the last of the opening heats.
S15 Ep1
9.2
2nd Sep 2019
Three Pink Floyd fans take on a team of bridge players in the first of the series.

S18 Ep28
9.0
13th Mar 2023
It’s the grand final, and Victoria and the teams are joined in the studio by two sparkling guests.

S18 Ep25
9.0
20th Feb 2023
It’s the first of the semi-finals, and the pressure is on.

S17 Ep28
9.0
24th Jan 2022
It’s the 400th episode and the series finale, with two teams battling it out to be named champions.

S17 Ep24
9.0
20th Dec 2021
A team of computer science workers take on three disco fans in the last of the quarter-finals.

S17 Ep20
9.0
22nd Nov 2021
Two teams who have won a game and lost a game return for a last chance to stay in the competition.

S16 Ep25
9.0
8th Mar 2021
Two teams compete in the first of the semi-finals.

S16 Ep20
9.0
1st Feb 2021
The Polyhymnians take on the Severns in a last chance to stay in the tournament.

S16 Ep19
9.0
25th Jan 2021
A team of former school friends take on three co-workers for a last chance to make the quarter finals.

S16 Ep17
9.0
11th Jan 2021
A team of murder mystery enthusiasts take on three Beatles fans for a last chance to make the quarter-finals.

S16 Ep13
9.0
14th Dec 2020
Two teams who won their first heats return for a second round.

S16 Ep11
9.0
30th Nov 2020
Two teams who lost their first heats compete to stay in the competition.
S15 Ep26
9.0
16th Mar 2020
The last semi-final.
S15 Ep21
9.0
10th Feb 2020
The first of the quarter-finals.
S15 Ep17
9.0
13th Jan 2020
Two teams who have each won a game and lost a game have one last chance to stay in the tournament.
S15 Ep15
9.0
16th Dec 2019
Two teams who won their first match return to fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
S15 Ep12
9.0
25th Nov 2019
Two teams who lost their first match return for a last chance to stay in the tournament.
S14 Ep21
9.0
11th Mar 2019
The Time Ladies take on the LARPers in the first game of the quarter-finals.
S14 Ep3
9.0
5th Nov 2018
A team of pyromaniacs take on three animation fans.
S14 Ep1
9.0
22nd Oct 2018
A team from Lancashire take on three pop music aficionados in the first of the series.
S13 Ep30
9.0
12th Mar 2018
Round three losers the Detectives and the Beaks return for one final chance to stay in the competition.
S13 Ep26
9.0
12th Feb 2018
The second third-round match of the competition as the Wanderers take on the Vikings for a place in the quarter-finals.
S13 Ep24
9.0
29th Jan 2018
Round two losers the Dandies and the Escapologists return for one final chance to stay in the competition.
S13 Ep20
9.0
1st Jan 2018
Round two losers Snake Charmers and the Inquisitors return for one final chance to stay in the competition.
S13 Ep18
9.0
15th Dec 2017
The Detectives and the Arrowheads return for this round two game.
S13 Ep17
9.0
8th Dec 2017
The Dandies and Beaks return for this round two game.
S13 Ep15
9.0
10th Nov 2017
The Meeples and Belgophiles return for this round two game.
S13 Ep14
9.0
27th Oct 2017
The Eco-Warriors take on the Snake Charmers in a round two game.

S11 Ep25
9.0
4th Jan 2016
The first of the semi-finals and the 200th episode. Two returning teams compete for a place in the grand final.

S11 Ep23
9.0
21st Dec 2015
The Cluesmiths and Railwaymen return for a quarter-final match.

S11 Ep22
9.0
14th Dec 2015
The Yorkers and the Operational Researchers return in the second quarter-final.
S11 Ep15
9.0
19th Oct 2015
A team of Wayfarers take on a trio of musicians.

S10 Ep26
9.0
23rd Mar 2015
In the last of the semi-finals a team of orienteers take on the QI Elves in a bid to win their place in the series finale.

S10 Ep24
9.0
2nd Mar 2015
Three chess players take on a team of Doctor Who fans in the last of the quarter-finals.

S10 Ep23
9.0
23rd Feb 2015
The Nordiphiles compete against the QI Elves in this quarter-final.

S10 Ep21
9.0
9th Feb 2015
In this quarter-final, three historians take on a trio of linguists.

S10 Ep20
9.0
2nd Feb 2015
The QI Elves take on three computer experts as they compete to win a place in the quarter-finals.
S10 Ep17
9.0
12th Jan 2015
A trio of chess players and three cat lovers return for a last chance at making it to the quarter-finals.
S10 Ep10
9.0
3rd Nov 2014
Two more teams of first-round losers return for a second chance to stay in the tournament.

S10 Ep8
9.0
20th Oct 2014
A trio of Norway-lovers take on three cricket fans.

S10 Ep6
9.0
6th Oct 2014
A team of chess fans meet a team of linguists.

S9 Ep2
9.0
21st Apr 2014
Three fans of the continent take on a family team.
S7 Ep5
9.0
10th Jun 2013
Three Oxford graduates and a trio of map lovers, who both lost their first heats, return for another chance at making the semi-finals.
S12 Ep4
8.8
1st Aug 2016
A trio of networkers take on a family team.

S16 Ep7
8.8
2nd Nov 2020
Three skiing enthusiasts take on a team of co-workers.

S16 Ep6
8.8
26th Oct 2020
A team of Dungeons and Dragons players take on a team from the Welsh border in this heat.

S16 Ep2
8.8
28th Sep 2020
A family team take on three murder mystery fans.

S16 Ep1
8.8
21st Sep 2020
A trio of Boston United football fans take on a team of wine lovers in the first of the series.
S15 Ep25
8.8
9th Mar 2020
The first of the semi-finals.
S14 Ep25
8.8
8th Apr 2019
The first of the semi-finals.
S14 Ep11
8.8
1st Jan 2019
Two teams of first-round losers return.

S11 Ep11
8.8
21st Sep 2015
Two teams who lost their first heats return for one last chance to make it to the quarter finals.

S10 Ep9
8.8
27th Oct 2014
Two teams of first-round losers return for a second chance to stay in the tournament.

S21 Ep28
8.7
26th Jan 2026
After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last.

S17 Ep11
8.7
20th Sep 2021
Two teams who lost their opening heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.

S17 Ep7
8.7
23rd Aug 2021
A team of walkers take on three knitters in this opening heat.

S17 Ep6
8.7
16th Aug 2021
A team of computer programmers take on three former Sheffield housemates.

S16 Ep23
8.7
22nd Feb 2021
A team of video game enthusiasts take on three school friends in this quarter-final.

S16 Ep12
8.7
7th Dec 2020
Two teams who lost their first heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.
S15 Ep22
8.7
17th Feb 2020
The quarter-finals continue.
S15 Ep18
8.7
20th Jan 2020
Two teams who have each won a game and lost a game have one last chance to stay in the tournament.
S15 Ep13
8.7
2nd Dec 2019
Two teams return to fight for a place in the quarter-finals.
S14 Ep26
8.7
15th Apr 2019
The second semi-final.
S14 Ep5
8.7
19th Nov 2018
A trio of birdwatchers take on a team of boardgamers.

S12 Ep2
8.7
18th Jul 2016
Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners.

S11 Ep26
8.7
11th Jan 2016
In the second semi-final, two returning teams compete for a place in the grand final.

S11 Ep5
8.7
10th Aug 2015
A team of travel enthusiasts take on a trio of bibliophiles.

S10 Ep22
8.7
16th Feb 2015
In the second of the quarter-finals, the Orienteers face up to a team of video game enthusiasts.

S10 Ep12
8.7
24th Nov 2014
Two more teams of first-round losers return for a second chance to stay in the tournament.

S10 Ep7
8.7
13th Oct 2014
A team of orienteers take on three old-fashioned romantics.

S9 Ep9
8.7
9th Jun 2014
Three software engineers take on a family team in a bid to make the semis.

S9 Ep4
8.7
5th May 2014
Three former athletes square up to a trio of record collectors.
S8 Ep12
8.7
16th Dec 2013
A family team take on three bakers in the last of the semi-finals.
S8 Ep8
8.7
18th Nov 2013
Two teams of first-round winners return in the hope of securing a place in the semi-finals, as three wine lovers play three bakers.
S8 Ep5
8.7
21st Oct 2013
Two teams who lost their first heats return for another chance at making the semi-finals, as three airline pilots face a trio of travellers.
S3 Ep6
8.7
8th Feb 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.
S3 Ep2
8.7
11th Jan 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.
S12 Ep27
8.6
27th Jan 2017
The Beekeepers and Cosmopolitans fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

S18 Ep18
8.5
2nd Jan 2023
A rematch between two teams who met in a previous round.

S20 Ep4
6.3
2nd Sep 2024
A love of classical music brought one team together, and a yearning for yoga unites the other.
S12 Ep24
6.5
6th Jan 2017
The Genealogists and Oscar Men return for their last chance to make it into round three.
S13 Ep13
6.5
20th Oct 2017
A team of Vikings takes on a squad of parishioners.

S12 Ep9
6.7
5th Sep 2016
A new round of heats begins as some spicy food lovers take on three fans of Eurovision.

S20 Ep8
6.7
30th Sep 2024
Three whisky drinkers take on three number crunchers.

S21 Ep10
6.7
22nd Sep 2025
One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.
S12 Ep26
6.8
20th Jan 2017
Round three continues as two more teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

S20 Ep6
6.8
16th Sep 2024
Forster, Keynes and Woolf: all unavailable, sadly, but how will their stand-ins fare against a team of three tea devotees?

S20 Ep9
6.8
7th Oct 2024
Three Midlanders take on a team of ale aficionados.
S12 Ep16
6.8
31st Oct 2016
Two more teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers.
S13 Ep5
6.8
25th Aug 2017
A team of former physicists takes on a trio united by their love of Belgium.
S13 Ep1
6.8
28th Jul 2017
Three Tolkien fans take on a church team in the first of the series.

S19 Ep2
6.8
24th Jul 2023
Three rock music fans face a team of enthusiastic embroiderers in another first-round heat.

S21 Ep27
6.8
19th Jan 2026
It’s the third place play-off.
S12 Ep7
7.0
22nd Aug 2016
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show.
S13 Ep10
7.0
29th Sep 2017
A team of fashion fans takes on a group of football coaches.
S13 Ep28
7.0
26th Feb 2018
Another third-round match as the Belgophiles take on the Beaks for a place in the quarter-finals of the quiz.

S16 Ep8
7.0
9th Nov 2020
A team of sacred music fans take on three seaside dwellers in this heat.

S17 Ep10
7.0
13th Sep 2021
Two teams who lost their opening heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.

S18 Ep4
7.0
19th Sep 2022
Three puzzle fans compete against a team of mature students.

S18 Ep5
7.0
26th Sep 2022
Three teachers from Brighton take on three Blackadder addicts in another opening heat.

S18 Ep6
7.0
3rd Oct 2022
There’s a former MP on one of the teams.

S18 Ep16
7.0
12th Dec 2022
It could be covered with duct tape, rubbed with raw meat, have dandelion milk dripped on it, or be frozen. But why would anyone want to? Victoria is on hand to explain.

S18 Ep17
7.0
19th Dec 2022
Two returning teams fight for a place in the next round.

S19 Ep3
7.0
31st Jul 2023
Three devotees of choral music come up against a team of red wine connoisseurs.

S20 Ep2
7.0
19th Aug 2024
One of the teams likes beer, while the other has a bit of a thing for big vegetables.

S20 Ep5
7.0
9th Sep 2024
A team of pipe-dreamers take on the Cooke family in another first-round match.

S20 Ep11
7.0
21st Oct 2024
Three surrealism fans take on a team of tea enthusiasts.

S20 Ep12
7.0
28th Oct 2024
A team of whisky lovers returns to face a team from the U3A.

S20 Ep13
7.0
4th Nov 2024
The Al Frescans and the Sprouters return to slug it out for a place in the next round.

S20 Ep27
7.0
24th Feb 2025
It’s the third place play-off, and the questions have grown suitably gnarly.

S21 Ep4
7.0
11th Aug 2025
One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.

S21 Ep22
7.0
15th Dec 2025
Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever.

S21 Ep5
7.1
18th Aug 2025
One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.

S12 Ep15
7.1
17th Oct 2016
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers in this show.
S12 Ep28
7.2
3rd Feb 2017
The Psmiths take on the Oscar Men in this round three game.
S12 Ep30
7.2
17th Feb 2017
Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

S21 Ep19
7.2
24th Nov 2025
A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.

S21 Ep24
7.2
29th Dec 2025
It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided.

S21 Ep25
7.2
5th Jan 2026
It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams.

S12 Ep10
7.2
12th Sep 2016
A team of wrestling fans take on a trio from Clare College, Cambridge.

S12 Ep11
7.2
19th Sep 2016
A team of poets take on three fans of the Oscars.

S20 Ep20
7.2
6th Jan 2025
Only one team can progress to the next round, and the clues are getting trickier.

S20 Ep23
7.2
27th Jan 2025
Two teams face off in an attempt to get through to the semi-finals.

S20 Ep24
7.2
3rd Feb 2025
There’s a place in the semi-finals at stake, and as is only to be expected, the questions are getting more fiendish.

S21 Ep9
7.2
15th Sep 2025
Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.

S21 Ep13
7.2
14th Oct 2025
Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.

S1 Ep1
7.3
15th Sep 2008
A team of ex-psychology students take on a team of knitting enthusiasts.
S12 Ep25
7.3
13th Jan 2017
The Fire-Eaters and the Korfballers fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
S12 Ep29
7.3
10th Feb 2017
Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
S13 Ep8
7.3
15th Sep 2017
A team of solo applicants take on three teachers.

S16 Ep4
7.3
12th Oct 2020
A team of puzzle hunters take on three Beatles fans in this opening heat.

S20 Ep7
7.3
23rd Sep 2024
Three self-professed introverts take on three representatives of the University of the Third Age.

S20 Ep18
7.3
9th Dec 2024
It's the knockout stage, so one of the teams will be going home.
S13 Ep4
7.3
18th Aug 2017
A team of environmentalists takes on a trio who enjoy tackling escape rooms.

S19 Ep5
7.3
14th Aug 2023
Three Matt Groening fans take on a trio of teachers in another opening heat.

S21 Ep1
7.3
21st Jul 2025
A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.

S10 Ep11
7.3
17th Nov 2014
Two more teams of first-round losers return for a second chance to stay in the tournament.
S12 Ep18
7.3
14th Nov 2016
Two more teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three.

S17 Ep26
7.3
10th Jan 2022
It’s the last of the semi-finals, with two teams are battling it out for a place in the series finale.

S19 Ep1
7.3
17th Jul 2023
In the opening heat, three keen cribbage players face a team of Arsenal supporters.

S20 Ep1
7.3
12th Aug 2024
In this opening heat, three fresh air fanatics take on a trio of Midlanders.

S20 Ep17
7.3
2nd Dec 2024
The knockout stage has arrived, and it’s a rematch.

S20 Ep19
7.3
16th Dec 2024
When these teams met before, the Crunchers barely won, so there’s a score to be settled.

S20 Ep21
7.3
13th Jan 2025
Yoga lovers and veg men vie for victory and a place in the next round.

S21 Ep7
7.3
1st Sep 2025
Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.

S21 Ep2
7.4
28th Jul 2025
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge battle it out.

S12 Ep8
7.4
29th Aug 2016
Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show.

S17 Ep2
7.4
19th Jul 2021
A team of gaming enthusiasts take on three animal lovers in this opening heat.

S20 Ep10
7.4
14th Oct 2024
Undeterred by having been beaten in the missing vowels round last time, the Harmonics are back to take on three devotees of a German card game.

S21 Ep21
7.4
8th Dec 2025
The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.

S21 Ep23
7.4
22nd Dec 2025
Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions.

S21 Ep26
7.4
12th Jan 2026
These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final.

S12 Ep12
7.4
26th Sep 2016
This heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists.

S21 Ep14
7.4
20th Oct 2025
Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.

S21 Ep3
7.4
4th Aug 2025
Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others.
S1 Ep12
7.5
1st Dec 2008
Quarter-final.
S1 Ep13
7.5
8th Dec 2008
Semi-final.
S3 Ep14
7.5
5th Apr 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.
S6 Ep8
7.5
15th Oct 2012
Three colleagues in an accountancy firm pit their wits against a team of cinema lovers.

S10 Ep5
7.5
29th Sep 2014
Three coders square up to a team of video gamers.

S11 Ep19
7.5
23rd Nov 2015
A team of wayfarers and three builders return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.
S12 Ep21
7.5
5th Dec 2016
The Fire-Eaters and the Clareites return to try to make it into round three.
S13 Ep9
7.5
22nd Sep 2017
A team of former strangers who met on a quiz app take on three public school teachers.
S13 Ep33
7.5
2nd Apr 2018
Round three losers the Detectives and the Vikings return for one last chance to win a place in the semi-finals.
S14 Ep14
7.5
21st Jan 2019
Two teams of first-round winners return for the second round of the tournament.
S15 Ep3
7.5
16th Sep 2019
Three cricketers take on a team of singers.

S16 Ep24
7.5
1st Mar 2021
The Severns are facing the Apres Skiers in the last of the quarter-finals.

S17 Ep3
7.5
26th Jul 2021
Three space enthusiasts take on a team of music lovers in this opening heat.

S17 Ep9
7.5
6th Sep 2021
Two teams who lost their opening heats return for a last chance to stay in the competition.

S17 Ep22
7.5
6th Dec 2021
A team of golfers face three NHS doctors in this quarter-final.

S18 Ep7
7.5
10th Oct 2022
One team are rugby supporters, and their opponents are admirers of crustaceans.

S18 Ep8
7.5
17th Oct 2022
A family team take on three Sherlock Holmes aficionados.

S18 Ep15
7.5
5th Dec 2022
Three sitcom fans take on a team with a passion for the performing arts.

S19 Ep26
7.5
15th Jan 2024
A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.

S20 Ep22
7.5
20th Jan 2025
The Four Opinions won their previous game on a tie-break, but what does fate have in store for them this time?

S21 Ep8
7.5
8th Sep 2025
A family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.

S21 Ep20
7.5
1st Dec 2025
Another quarter-final place is on offer.

S19 Ep8
7.6
4th Sep 2023
In another first-round contest, a fearless family faces fervent film fans.

S20 Ep25
7.6
10th Feb 2025
It’s semi-final time, and a coveted place in the third-place play-off is at stake.

S20 Ep26
7.6
17th Feb 2025
The second semi-final.

S11 Ep1
7.6
13th Jul 2015
Three crossword compilers take on a trio of operational researchers in the first of the eleventh series.

S19 Ep6
7.6
21st Aug 2023
Three former Mastermind contenders are in the spotlight, facing a family team.

S19 Ep13
7.6
9th Oct 2023
It’s a ‘winner-winner’ game, so everyone survives to quiz another day.

S19 Ep23
7.6
18th Dec 2023
It’s a quarter-final, and the questions are getting trickier.
S3 Ep4
7.7
25th Jan 2010
Three philosophy students pit their wisdom against a trio of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy fans.

S10 Ep13
7.7
1st Dec 2014
Two teams who won their first heat return in the hope of securing a place in the quarter-finals.

S10 Ep16
7.7
5th Jan 2015
Two more first-round winners return in the hope of securing a place in the quarter-finals.
S11 Ep17
7.7
2nd Nov 2015
The Cluesmiths and Mixologists return for a last chance to earn a place in the quarter-finals.
S14 Ep7
7.7
3rd Dec 2018
Three graduates of Scotland's ancient universities take on the Three Peaks.
S14 Ep16
7.7
4th Feb 2019
Two teams of first-round winners return for the second round of the tournament.
S15 Ep10
7.7
11th Nov 2019
Two teams who lost their first match return for a last chance to stay in the tournament.

S16 Ep5
7.7
19th Oct 2020
Three school friends take on a family team.

S18 Ep19
7.7
9th Jan 2023
Two family teams battle it out to stay in the competition.

S19 Ep15
7.7
23rd Oct 2023
Everyone’s a winner in this episode - in the sense that the losing team can play another game later in the series.

S19 Ep21
7.7
4th Dec 2023
It’s another fiercely fought contest, but one of the teams will have to head home.

S19 Ep22
7.7
11th Dec 2023
It's quarter-final time.

S1 Ep1
7.3
15th Sep 2008
A team of ex-psychology students take on a team of knitting enthusiasts.
S1 Ep9
8.3
10th Nov 2008
Quarter-final.
S1 Ep10
8.3
17th Nov 2008
Quarter-final.
S1 Ep11
9.5
24th Nov 2008
Quarter-final.
S1 Ep12
7.5
1st Dec 2008
Quarter-final.
S1 Ep13
7.5
8th Dec 2008
Semi-final.
S1 Ep14
9.5
15th Dec 2008
Semi-final.
S1 Ep15
9.5
22nd Dec 2008
Final.
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The first episode of Only Connect aired on September 15, 2008.
The last episode of Only Connect aired on January 26, 2026.
There are 477 episodes of Only Connect.
There are 21 seasons of Only Connect.
Yes.
Only Connect is set to return for future episodes.