Only Connect Specials - Season 5
Season 5
Episodes
Travel: Globetrotters v Eurovisionaries
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
In this episode, two former teams with a connection to travel return for a special. They compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance, seem utterly random.
So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Heavy-stone, Baggy-root, Commission-man and Sandwich-table.
Happy Hour: Alesmen v Cosmopolitans
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
In this episode, two former teams with a connection to drinks return for a happy hour special. They compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance, seem utterly random.
So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Fuzzy, Stray Dog, Trooper and Mmmhops.
Education: Clareites v Beaks
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
In this episode, two former teams with a connection to education return for a special. They compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance, seem utterly random.
So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Called strikeout, Ya, There exists and Pilcrow.
Champion of Champions: Verbivores v Escapologists
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
In this episode, series 12 champions the Verbivores take on series 13 champions the Escapologists in a bid to be named Only Connect Champion of Champions. They compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance seem utterly random.
So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Paul the Apostle, Macho Man Randy Savage, Donkey Kong and Terminator T-800.
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