Only Connect: Series 2
Season 2 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 1.
- 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 2 Progress Shield
Cambridge Quiz Society v Oxford Librarians
Jul 13, 2009 · 30 min
A team of three lads from the Cambridge Quiz Society pit their wits against a trio of Oxford Librarians with specialisms as diverse as Comparative Slavonic Linguistics, Classics, a
Mathematicians v Wordsmiths
Jul 20, 2009 · 29 min
Three maths graduates take on a team featuring a linguistics graduate, an English graduate, and an IT developer who is also a proofreader.
History Boys v Rugby Boys
Jul 27, 2009 · 29 min
A team of three lovers of history square up to a trio of Welshmen devoted to their national game.
Chessmen v Charity Puzzlers
Aug 3, 2009 · 29 min
Three dedicated chess players pit their strategic prowess against a team who have honed their lateral thinking skills writing puzzles to raise money for their local hospice.
Mathematicians v Cambridge Quiz Society
Aug 10, 2009 · 30 min
In the first semi-final, three mathematicians pit their logical skills against the wits of the Cambridge Quiz Society.
Chessmen v Rugby Boys
Aug 17, 2009 · 29 min
In the second semi-final, three quietly strategic chess players pit their wits against the brawn of the Rugby Boys.
Chessmen v Mathematicians
Aug 24, 2009 · 29 min
Three avid chess players take on a trio unified by their love of mathematics as they compete for the glory of third place in the competition.
Cambridge Quiz Society v Rugby Boys
Aug 31, 2009 · 30 min
In the final, the three leading lights of the Cambridge Quiz Society take on the combined knowledge of a team whose field of reference stretches far beyond the touchline of their b