Only Connect: Series 19
Season 19 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Only Connect Season 18.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 19 Progress Shield
Cribbagers v Gunners
Jul 17, 2023 · 29 min
In the opening heat, three keen cribbage players face a team of Arsenal supporters.
Roadies v Stitchers
Jul 24, 2023 · 28 min
Three rock music fans face a team of enthusiastic embroiderers in another first-round heat.
Antiphons v Drop of Red
Jul 31, 2023 · 29 min
Three devotees of choral music come up against a team of red wine connoisseurs.
Thrifters v Suncatchers
Aug 7, 2023 · 28 min
Three lovers of all things pre-loved compete against a team of warm-weather worshippers.
Isotopes v Academicals
Aug 14, 2023 · 29 min
Three Matt Groening fans take on a trio of teachers in another opening heat.
Also Rans v Gardners
Aug 21, 2023 · 28 min
Three former Mastermind contenders are in the spotlight, facing a family team.
Mercians v Volunteers
Aug 28, 2023
Three willing volunteers take on a team from the Midlands.
Video Nasties v Solomons Family
Sep 4, 2023 · 28 min
In another first-round contest, a fearless family faces fervent film fans.
Roadies v Cribbagers
Sep 11, 2023 · 28 min
The series reaches the knock-out stage tonight, and only one of the teams can progress to the next round.
Drop of Red v Suncatchers
Sep 18, 2023 · 28 min
It’s the knock-out stage, and the next round beckons for one of the teams.
Academicals v Gardners
Sep 25, 2023 · 28 min
Having lost their first game, both teams need a win to stay in.
Solomons Family v Volunteers
Oct 2, 2023 · 29 min
Once again, one of the teams will be saying goodbye from the competition.
Stitchers v Gunners
Oct 9, 2023 · 29 min
It’s a ‘winner-winner’ game, so everyone survives to quiz another day.
Antiphons v Thrifters
Oct 16, 2023 · 28 min
It's another ‘winner-winner’ heat, which means one team motors straight through to the next round, while the other has to take a more scenic route.
Isotopes v Also Rans
Oct 23, 2023 · 29 min
Everyone’s a winner in this episode - in the sense that the losing team can play another game later in the series.
Mercians v Video Nasties
Oct 30, 2023 · 28 min
The Mercians became the second highest scorers in the programme’s history in their last appearance: they finished with 36 points. But how will they do against the Video Nasties?
Antiphons v Suncatchers
Nov 6, 2023 · 28 min
Only one team can progress to the next round.
Roadies v Stitchers
Nov 13, 2023 · 28 min
It’s a rematch tonight – the teams have met before, but once again, fate has intervened to bring them face to face to face.
Solomons Family v Video Nasties
Nov 20, 2023 · 28 min
It's another rematch – the Video Nasties won last time these teams met. What will the Solomons Family have to do to beat them?
Isotopes v Gardners
Nov 27, 2023 · 29 min
All that stands between the teams and a place in the quarter finals is… well, questions, obviously.
Gunners v Suncatchers
Dec 4, 2023 · 28 min
It’s another fiercely fought contest, but one of the teams will have to head home.
Also Rans v Video Nasties
Dec 18, 2023 · 28 min
It’s a quarter-final, and the questions are getting trickier.
Semi-Final
Jan 15, 2024 · 28 min
A coveted place in the third place play-off is at stake: one team will have to settle for being in the final.