Only Connect Specials - Season 10
Season 10
Episodes
Royal Special: Vikings v Antiquarians
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
Two teams from previous series return for a battle royal, and the questions are as tricky as ever. HENRY IV, RICHARDII, KINGJOHN and HEN RY VI – what's the connection?
(And no, those aren't typos – the layout is significant…)
Christmas Special: Mothers Ruined v Godyn Family
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
It's Christmas, and two family teams return for Only Connect's most Christmassy Christmas Special yet.
The questions have the Yuletide flavour, and a team of three specially invited guests dazzle everyone with a spectacular festive finish.
Books Special: Orwellians v Jillies
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
In a 'books special', two teams from previous series, both taking their names from giants of literature, face fiendish, bookish questions.
For example, what's the connection between the following: Brown symbol, Conan Doyle world, Bryson continent and Milton paradise?
BBC Special: Bankers v Science Writers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
Teams from the first series return to celebrate 60 years of BBC Two. Everyone's favourite BBC characters are included: Lord Reith, JR Ewing, the Test Card Girl, Jodie Whittaker, Humphrey Lyttleton, Uncle Bulgaria, Charlotte Green and King Zog of Albania. Twice.
Transatlantic Special: Cinephiles v Harlequins
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
Anything and everything relating to the ‘special relationship' is on the cards, as two British quizzers and their US captain take on a British captain and his two US teammates.
For example: Reuben, Elvis, PB&J… what might come next in the sequence?
Single Special: Brews v Irregulars
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
It's the ‘single special', celebrating singles, solos and everything that comes in groups of one. The questions are suitably singular, for example: 1, Snap!, Absolute Garbage and The Immaculate Collection – what's the connection?
Sounds Special: Record Collectors v Jukeboxers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
Two teams from previous series return, but there's a twist to the format – nearly all the questions are audio only. For example, in the Missing Vowels round, nobody gets to see the letters, only hear them.
Champion of Champions Special: Strigiformes v Thrifters
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.
It's everyone's dream to be a champion, and it's every champion's dream to beat another champion. Now is their chance...
Skin lutrinae, adipose strigiformes, diluted birds and flatulent drying cloths – what's the connection?
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