Only Connect - Season 6

Only Connect - Season 6

Season 6

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DatesAug 27, 2012 - Dec 17, 2012
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Episodes

Joinees v Draughtsmen
Season 6Episode 130 min

Joinees v Draughtsmen

Members of Danny Wallace's Join Me campaign pit their wits against three beer lovers.
Aug 27, 2012
TEFL Teachers v IT Specialists
Season 6Episode 230 min

TEFL Teachers v IT Specialists

Teams try to connect Desert Attack to MI-5 to Clue to Murder in the Calais Coach.
Sep 3, 2012
Footballers v Second Violinists
Season 6Episode 330 min

Footballers v Second Violinists

A trio of footballers pit their wits against three orchestral players.
Sep 10, 2012
Wordsmiths v Educators
Season 6Episode 430 min

Wordsmiths v Educators

A trio of writers pit their wits against three high school teachers.
Sep 17, 2012
Trenchermen v Numerists
Season 6Episode 530 min

Trenchermen v Numerists

Three friends who share hearty appetites take on a trio of young mathematicians.
Sep 24, 2012
Wintonians v Quitters
Season 6Episode 630 min

Wintonians v Quitters

Three Winchester friends pit their wits against a team who have all recently quit smoking.
Oct 1, 2012
Scribes v Ciphers
Season 6Episode 730 min

Scribes v Ciphers

Three professional writers compete against on a trio of friends united by their love of codes and puzzles this week.
Oct 8, 2012
Accountants v Cinephiles
Season 6Episode 830 min

Accountants v Cinephiles

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.
Oct 15, 2012
Draughtsmen v Numerists
Season 6Episode 930 min

Draughtsmen v Numerists

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.
Oct 22, 2012
Footballers v Cinephiles
Season 6Episode 1030 min

Footballers v Cinephiles

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.
Oct 29, 2012
Teachers v Scribes
Season 6Episode 1130 min

Teachers v Scribes

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.
Nov 5, 2012
Wintonians v Wordsmiths
Season 6Episode 1230 min

Wintonians v Wordsmiths

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.
Nov 19, 2012
Footballers v Draughtsmen
Season 6Episode 1330 min

Footballers v Draughtsmen

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.
Nov 26, 2012
Scribes v Wordsmiths
Season 6Episode 1430 min

Scribes v Wordsmiths

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.
Dec 3, 2012
Footballers v Wordsmiths
Season 6Episode 1530 min

Footballers v Wordsmiths

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.
Dec 10, 2012
Scribes v Draughtsmen
Season 6Episode 1630 min

Scribes v Draughtsmen

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.
Dec 17, 2012

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