Only Connect
Only Connect: Season 12

Air Date

July 11, 2016

Episodes

37 episodes

Only Connect

Season 12

Episodes

Tubers v Bardophiles

1. Tubers v Bardophiles

July 11, 2016
30 min

Three fans of the London Underground take on a trio of bardophiles and attempt to connect Brownies, Michael Fagan, Freddie Krueger and the Milk Tray Man.

Cosmopolitans v Taverners

2. Cosmopolitans v Taverners

July 18, 2016
30 min

Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners and attempt to connect Eurovision Song Contest, Cow & Gate, Wall's and I Love New York.

Psmiths v Verbivores

3. Psmiths v Verbivores

July 25, 2016
30 min

Three fans of PG Wodehouse square up to a team of wordsmiths and attempt to connect Georgia: Canada, Sunda: Indonesia, Bass: Australia and Cook: New Zealand.

4. Networkers v Cousins

August 1, 2016
30 min

A trio of networkers take on a family team and attempt to connect Cafetiere, Condom, Eggy bread and Chips.

5. Shutterbugs v Highgates

August 8, 2016
30 min

A team of photographers take on a trio of Londoners and attempt to connect Cot, Holland, Chira and Bonapart.

6. Korfballers v Channel Islanders

August 15, 2016
30 min

Three Korfball players take on a family from Guernsey in this episode and attempt to connect Annabel Lee, Delilah, Rebecca and Weekend at Bernie's.

7. Bardophiles v Taverners

August 22, 2016
30 min

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Betjeman, Alsatian, Liberty Cabbage and Windsor.

Verbivores v Channel Islanders

8. Verbivores v Channel Islanders

August 29, 2016
30 min

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Minotaur, Frobscottle, Moloko Plus and Duff.

Fire-Eaters v Eurovisionaries

9. Fire-Eaters v Eurovisionaries

September 5, 2016
30 min

A new round of heats begins as some spicy food lovers take on three fans of Eurovision and attempt to connect 'From the roots' (Greek), 'We can' (Spanish), 'We ourselves' (Gaelic) and 'Party of Wales' (Welsh).

Wrestlers v Clareites

10. Wrestlers v Clareites

September 12, 2016
30 min

A team of wrestling fans take on a trio from Clare College, Cambridge and attempt to connect single-fingered rock-climbing hold, Spanish monkey, North American glandular fever and single-channel sound reproduction.

Part-Time Poets v Oscar Men

11. Part-Time Poets v Oscar Men

September 19, 2016
30 min

A team of poets take on three fans of the Oscars and attempt to connect the Nabateans, Makka Pakka, Alley Oop and Old Mother Shipton.

Genealogists v Surrealists

12. Genealogists v Surrealists

September 26, 2016
30 min

This heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists and attempt to connect a violin's extraneous discordant notes, Lotharios, Molineux team and Canis Lupis.

Maltsters v Policy Wonks

13. Maltsters v Policy Wonks

October 3, 2016
30 min

The Maltsters take on the Policy Wonks in this opening heat and attempt to connect the Indonesian national airline, a Carla Lane sitcom, International Rescue craft and capital of Arizona.

Scunthorpe Scholars v Beekeepers

14. Scunthorpe Scholars v Beekeepers

October 10, 2016
30 min

A team from Scunthorpe take on a trio of Beekeepers in this heat and attempt to connect Ungrammatical string follows, Multiply, Not out and Required field.

Maltsters v Oscar Men

15. Maltsters v Oscar Men

October 17, 2016
30 min

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Mother-in-law, Court-martial, Lord Lieutenant and Poet Laureate.

16. Wrestlers v Genealogists

October 31, 2016
30 min

Two more teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers and attempt to connect Lou Gehrig: Horse, Louis Van Gaal: Tulip, Wellington: Duke and Otto von Bismarck: Chancellor.

17. Cosmopolitans v Tubers

November 7, 2016
30 min

Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Malabo, Conakry, Port Moresby and Bissau.

18. Networkers v Psmiths

November 14, 2016
30 min

Two more teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Kashmir, Pyrenees, Lake Victoria and Borneo.

19. Shutterbugs v Korfballers

November 21, 2016
30 min

Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random.

20. Verbivores v Taverners

November 28, 2016
30 min

The Taverners and Verbivores return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.

21. Fire-Eaters v Clareites

December 5, 2016
30 min

The Fire-Eaters and the Clareites return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.

22. Part-Time Poets v Surrealists

December 12, 2016
30 min

The Part-Time Poets and the Surrealists compete for a place in round three, drawing together connections between things which seem random.

23. Beekeepers v Policy Wonks

December 19, 2016
30 min

Two teams of first-round winners return for a chance to make it into the next round.

24. Genealogists v Oscar Men

January 6, 2017
30 min

The Genealogists and Oscar Men return for their last chance to make it into round three.

25. Fire-Eaters v Korfballers

January 13, 2017
30 min

The Fire-Eaters and the Korfballers fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

26. Surrealists v Verbivores

January 20, 2017
30 min

Round three continues as two more teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

27. Beekeepers v Cosmopolitans

January 27, 2017
30 min

The Beekeepers and Cosmopolitans fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

28. Psmiths v Oscar Men

February 3, 2017
30 min

The Psmiths take on the Oscar Men in this round three game.

29. Fire-Eaters v Verbivores

February 10, 2017
30 min

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

30. Beekeepers v Oscar Men

February 17, 2017
30 min

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

31. Surrealists v Korfballers

February 24, 2017
30 min

Find out what connects Tuvalu, hijab, Defra and nope in a quarter-final game.

32. Psmiths v Cosmopolitans

March 3, 2017
30 min

Find out what connects Ali Amako, Reece Thens, Elize Elmopan and Enya Airobi.

33. Beekeepers v Korfballers

March 10, 2017
30 min

The Beekeepers take on the Korfballers in this quarter-final game.

34. Psmiths v Verbivores (2)

March 17, 2017
30 min

The Psmiths and Verbivores compete for a last chance to make it to the semi-finals.

35. Semi-Final 1

March 24, 2017
30 min

Two teams compete in this semi-final game.

36. Semi-Final 2

March 31, 2017
30 min

Two teams compete in the second semi-final game.

37. The Final

April 7, 2017
30 min

Two teams compete in the final game of the series.