Only Connect — Series 21
28 episodesFirst aired 21 July 2025
E1Whitley Baes v Caraxians
Jul 202529m
A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
E2Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
Jul 202529m
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge battle it out.
E3Metrophiles v Grapevines
Aug 202529m
Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others.
E45ks v Showstoppers
Aug 202529m
One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
E5Scanners v Worker Bees
Aug 202529m
One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
E6Pitchers v Benchwarmers
7.0Aug 202529m
E7Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers
Sept 202529m
Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.
E8Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers
Sept 202529m
A family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
E9Pear Trees v Caraxians
Sept 202529m
Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.
E105ks v Grapevines
Sept 202529m
One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.
E11Scanners v Benchwarmers
6.0Sept 202529m
E12Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers
Oct 202529m
One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
E13Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't
Oct 202529m
Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
E14Metrophiles v Showstoppers
7.0Oct 202529m
Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
E15Pitchers v Worker Bees
Oct 202529m
No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.
E16Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers
Nov 202529m
E175ks v Showstoppers
Nov 202529m
E18Pear Trees v Whitley Baes
Nov 202529m
E19Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers
Nov 202529m
A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
E20Benchwarmers v Worker Bees
Dec 202529m
Another quarter-final place is on offer.
E215Ks v Oh No They Didn't
Dec 202529m
The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.
E22Metrophiles v Whitley Baes
Dec 202529m
Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever.
E23Pitchers v Sorcerers
Dec 202529m
Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions.
E24Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees
Dec 202529m
It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided.
E25Metrophiles v 5Ks
Jan 202629m
It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams.
E26Pitchers v Worker Bees
Jan 202629m
These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final.
E27Third Place Play-Off
Jan 202628m
It’s the third place play-off.
E28The Final
Jan 202629m
After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last.
