Only Connect: Series 21
Season 21 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 20.
- 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 21 Progress Shield
Whitley Baes v Caraxians
Jul 21, 2025 · 29 min
A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
Jul 28, 2025 · 29 min
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge battle it out.
Metrophiles v Grapevines
Aug 4, 2025 · 29 min
Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others.
5ks v Showstoppers
Aug 11, 2025 · 29 min
One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
Scanners v Worker Bees
Aug 18, 2025 · 29 min
One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers
Sep 1, 2025 · 29 min
Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.
Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers
Sep 8, 2025 · 29 min
A family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
Pear Trees v Caraxians
Sep 15, 2025 · 29 min
Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.
5ks v Grapevines
Sep 22, 2025 · 29 min
One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.
Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers
Oct 6, 2025 · 29 min
One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't
Oct 14, 2025 · 29 min
Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
Metrophiles v Showstoppers
Oct 20, 2025 · 29 min
Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
Pitchers v Worker Bees
Oct 27, 2025 · 29 min
No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.
Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers
Nov 24, 2025 · 29 min
A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
Benchwarmers v Worker Bees
Dec 1, 2025 · 29 min
Another quarter-final place is on offer.
5Ks v Oh No They Didn't
Dec 8, 2025 · 29 min
The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.
Metrophiles v Whitley Baes
Dec 15, 2025 · 29 min
Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever.
Pitchers v Sorcerers
Dec 22, 2025 · 29 min
Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions.
Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees
Dec 29, 2025 · 29 min
It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided.
Metrophiles v 5Ks
Jan 5, 2026 · 29 min
It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams.
Pitchers v Worker Bees
Jan 12, 2026 · 29 min
These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final.
The Final
Jan 26, 2026 · 29 min
After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last.