Only Connect: Series 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Joinees v Draughtsmen
Aug 27, 2012 · 29 min
Members of Danny Wallace's Join Me campaign pit their wits against three beer lovers.
TEFL Teachers v IT Specialists
Sep 3, 2012 · 29 min
Three teachers square up to a team of IT specialists.
Footballers v Second Violinists
Sep 10, 2012 · 29 min
A trio of footballers pit their wits against three orchestral players.
Wordsmiths v Educators
Sep 17, 2012 · 29 min
A trio of writers pit their wits against three high school teachers.
Trenchermen v Numerists
Sep 24, 2012 · 29 min
Three friends who share hearty appetites take on a trio of young mathematicians.
Wintonians v Quitters
Oct 1, 2012 · 29 min
Three Winchester friends pit their wits against a team who have all recently quit smoking.
Scribes v Ciphers
Oct 8, 2012 · 29 min
Three professional writers compete against on a trio of friends united by their love of codes and puzzles.
Accountants v Cinephiles
Oct 15, 2012 · 29 min
Three colleagues in an accountancy firm pit their wits against a team of cinema lovers.
Draughtsmen v Numerists
Oct 22, 2012 · 29 min
Three beer drinkers take on a trio of mathematicians in the first of the quarter-finals.
Footballers v Cinephiles
Oct 29, 2012 · 29 min
A team of committed football fans encounters three film lovers in the second of the quarter-finals.
Teachers v Scribes
Nov 5, 2012 · 29 min
Three teachers encounter a trio of writers in the third of the quarter-finals.
Wintonians v Wordsmiths
Nov 19, 2012 · 29 min
Three friends from Winchester square up to a team united by their passion for reading and writing in this quarter-final.
Footballers v Draughtsmen
Nov 26, 2012 · 29 min
In the first of the semi-finals, three football fans take on a trio of beer enthusiasts.
Scribes v Wordsmiths
Dec 3, 2012 · 29 min
In the second of the semi-finals, a trio of scribes and three wordsmiths fight it out for a place in the series finale.
Footballers v Wordsmiths
Dec 10, 2012 · 29 min
In the play-off for third place, a trio of football fans and three writers compete.
Scribes v Draughtsmen
Dec 17, 2012 · 29 min
In the series final and the 100th episode, three writers square up to a trio of beer lovers for the right to be named Series 6 champions.