Episode guide
Only Connect: Series 21
28 episodes · premiered Jul 21, 2025
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- Episode 1: Whitley Baes v Caraxians Jul 21, 2025 · 29m A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
- Episode 2: Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees Jul 28, 2025 · 29m Fans of Pantomime and Partridge battle it out.
- Episode 3: Metrophiles v Grapevines Aug 4, 2025 · 29m Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others.
- Episode 4: 5ks v Showstoppers Aug 11, 2025 · 29m One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
- Episode 5: Scanners v Worker Bees Aug 18, 2025 · 29m One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
- Episode 6: Pitchers v Benchwarmers Aug 25, 2025 · 29m
- Episode 7: Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers Sep 1, 2025 · 29m Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.
- Episode 8: Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers Sep 8, 2025 · 29m A family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
- Episode 9: Pear Trees v Caraxians Sep 15, 2025 · 29m Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.
- Episode 10: 5ks v Grapevines Sep 22, 2025 · 29m One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.
- Episode 11: Scanners v Benchwarmers Sep 29, 2025 · 29m
- Episode 12: Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers Oct 6, 2025 · 29m One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
- Episode 13: Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't Oct 14, 2025 · 29m Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
- Episode 14: Metrophiles v Showstoppers Oct 20, 2025 · 29m Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
- Episode 15: Pitchers v Worker Bees Oct 27, 2025 · 29m No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.
- Episode 16: Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers Nov 3, 2025 · 29m
- Episode 17: 5ks v Showstoppers Nov 10, 2025 · 29m
- Episode 18: Pear Trees v Whitley Baes Nov 17, 2025 · 29m
- Episode 19: Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers Nov 24, 2025 · 29m A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
- Episode 20: Benchwarmers v Worker Bees Dec 1, 2025 · 29m Another quarter-final place is on offer.
- Episode 21: 5Ks v Oh No They Didn't Dec 8, 2025 · 29m The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.
- Episode 22: Metrophiles v Whitley Baes Dec 15, 2025 · 29m Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever.
- Episode 23: Pitchers v Sorcerers Dec 22, 2025 · 29m Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions.
- Episode 24: Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees Dec 29, 2025 · 29m It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided.
- Episode 25: Metrophiles v 5Ks Jan 5, 2026 · 29m It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams.
- Episode 26: Pitchers v Worker Bees Jan 12, 2026 · 29m These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final.
- Episode 27: Third Place Play-Off Jan 19, 2026 · 28m It’s the third place play-off.
- Episode 28: The Final Jan 26, 2026 · 29m After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last.