Only Connect - Season 6

First aired: 8/27/2012 16 episodes
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Episodes

1. Joinees v Draughtsmen

Aired: 8/27/2012

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

2. TEFL Teachers v IT Specialists

Aired: 9/3/2012

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

3. Footballers v Second Violinists

Aired: 9/10/2012

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

4. Wordsmiths v Educators

Aired: 9/17/2012

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

5. Trenchermen v Numerists

Aired: 9/24/2012

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

6. Wintonians v Quitters

Aired: 10/1/2012

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

7. Scribes v Ciphers

Aired: 10/8/2012

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

8. Accountants v Cinephiles

Aired: 10/15/2012

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.

9. Draughtsmen v Numerists

Aired: 10/22/2012

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.

10. Footballers v Cinephiles

Aired: 10/29/2012

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.

11. Teachers v Scribes

Aired: 11/5/2012

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.

12. Wintonians v Wordsmiths

Aired: 11/19/2012

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.

13. Footballers v Draughtsmen

Aired: 11/26/2012

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.

14. Scribes v Wordsmiths

Aired: 12/3/2012

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.

15. Footballers v Wordsmiths

Aired: 12/10/2012

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.

16. Scribes v Draughtsmen

Aired: 12/17/2012

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.