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Only Connect

Season 6 2012
NR

  • 2012-08-27T19:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 7h 44m (16 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Game Show
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.

16 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-08-27T19:00:00Z

6x01 Joinees v Draughtsmen

Season Premiere

6x01 Joinees v Draughtsmen

  • 2012-08-27T19:00:00Z29m

Members of Danny Wallace's Join Me campaign pit their wits against three beer lovers.

Teams try to connect Desert Attack to MI-5 to Clue to Murder in the Calais Coach.

A trio of footballers pit their wits against three orchestral players.

2012-09-17T19:00:00Z

6x04 Wordsmiths v Educators

6x04 Wordsmiths v Educators

  • 2012-09-17T19:00:00Z29m

A trio of writers pit their wits against three high school teachers.

2012-09-24T19:00:00Z

6x05 Trenchermen v Numerists

6x05 Trenchermen v Numerists

  • 2012-09-24T19:00:00Z29m

Three friends who share hearty appetites take on a trio of young mathematicians.

2012-10-01T19:00:00Z

6x06 Wintonians v Quitters

6x06 Wintonians v Quitters

  • 2012-10-01T19:00:00Z29m

Three Winchester friends pit their wits against a team who have all recently quit smoking.

2012-10-08T19:00:00Z

6x07 Scribes v Ciphers

6x07 Scribes v Ciphers

  • 2012-10-08T19:00:00Z29m

Three professional writers compete against on a trio of friends united by their love of codes and puzzles this week.

2012-10-15T19:00:00Z

6x08 Accountants v Cinephiles

6x08 Accountants v Cinephiles

  • 2012-10-15T19:00:00Z29m

Three colleagues in an accountancy firm pit their wits against a team of cinema lovers, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Touched by Death, electrocuted by hospital generator, squashed by cartload of underpants and shot by Mr Garrison.

2012-10-22T19:00:00Z

6x09 Draughtsmen v Numerists

6x09 Draughtsmen v Numerists

  • 2012-10-22T19:00:00Z29m

Three beer drinkers take on a trio of mathematicians in the first of the quarter-finals, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Chichester's round the world yacht, Nicholas Breakspear, Henry Bolingbroke and Star Wars: A New Hope.

2012-10-29T20:00:00Z

6x10 Footballers v Cinephiles

6x10 Footballers v Cinephiles

  • 2012-10-29T20:00:00Z29m

A team of committed football fans encounters three film lovers in the second of the quarter-finals, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria if you want to know what connects sachertorte, valrhona chocolate, custard cream biscuits and polo mints.

2012-11-05T20:00:00Z

6x11 Teachers v Scribes

6x11 Teachers v Scribes

  • 2012-11-05T20:00:00Z29m

Three teachers encounter a trio of writers in the third of the quarter-finals, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Sara Lee, Brita, Wendy's and Lily O'Brien's.

2012-11-19T20:00:00Z

6x12 Wintonians v Wordsmiths

6x12 Wintonians v Wordsmiths

  • 2012-11-19T20:00:00Z29m

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which knowledge will only take you so far, as patience and lateral thinking are also vital. Three friends from Winchester square up to a team united by their passion for reading and writing in this quarter-final, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria if you want to know what connects the 69th Infantry Regiment, Münchner Kindl, Serjeant-at-Arms and the Greek Olympic team.

2012-11-26T20:00:00Z

6x13 Footballers v Draughtsmen

6x13 Footballers v Draughtsmen

  • 2012-11-26T20:00:00Z29m

In the first of the semi-finals three football fans take on a trio of beer enthusiasts, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Hercule Poirot 06/08/1975, Tour de France 26/07/2007, Captain Birdseye 07/06/1971 and English cricket 02/09/1882.

2012-12-03T20:00:00Z

6x14 Scribes v Wordsmiths

6x14 Scribes v Wordsmiths

  • 2012-12-03T20:00:00Z29m

In the second of the semi-finals, a trio of scribes and three wordsmiths fight it out for a place in the series finale, competing to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Yesterday, sewing machine, benzene ring and Kubla Khan.

2012-12-10T20:00:00Z

6x15 Footballers v Wordsmiths

6x15 Footballers v Wordsmiths

  • 2012-12-10T20:00:00Z29m

In the play-off for third place, a trio of football fans and three writers compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Jed Clampett: 9.5, Artemis Fowl II: 13.5, Scrooge McDuck: 44.1 and Rich Uncle Pennybags: 2.6.

Season Finale

2012-12-17T20:00:00Z

6x16 Scribes v Draughtsmen

Season Finale

6x16 Scribes v Draughtsmen

  • 2012-12-17T20:00:00Z29m

In the series final and the 100th episode, three writers square up to a trio of beer lovers for the right to be named Series 6 champions. They must draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren if you want to know what connects Marty Feldman's last film, captain of Queen Anne's Revenge, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick and wife-murdering Perrault character.

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