Only Connect Specials - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Children in Need Special: Great Believers vs Free Speakers
Victoria Coren hosts a very special celebrity edition of the quiz where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far and where patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
In this Pudsey Special, two teams of clever celebrities prepare to lose their dignity in honour of Children in Need. The cunning wiles of the Great Believers (Nick Hornby, Dame Joan Bakewell and John Lloyd) take on the combined brains of the Free Speakers (Ian Hislop, Simon Singh and John Sessions).
So join Victoria if you want to know what connects Erté, Hergé, Jeep and Esso.
Champion of Champions: Crossworders vs Epicureans
Victoria Coren hosts a special edition of the quiz where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far and where patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
Series 3 & 4 champions the Epicureans take on Series 1 & 2 champions the Crossworders in a bid to be named Only Connect Champion of Champions. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, from volleyball to basketball to Toastmasters International to Father's Day.
Only Connect vs Mastermind Special - Crossworders vs Masterminders
Victoria Coren hosts a special edition of the quiz where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far and where patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
A trio of Mastermind series winners take on Only Connect champions the Crossworders. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, from adder to possum to orange to Nottingham.
Sport Relief Special: Cutters vs Backhanders
Victoria Coren hosts a very special celebrity edition of the quiz where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far, and patience and lateral thinking are also vital.
Two teams of clever celebrities prepare to lose their dignity in honour of Sport Relief, as the Cutters (Nick Hornby, Mark Gatiss and Samira Ahmed) take on the combined wits of the Backhanders (Ian Hislop, Stephen Mangan and Allison Pearson).
So join Victoria if you want to know what connects dead sheep, ginger rodent, semi house-trained polecat and sex-starved boa constrictor.
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