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Station:
BBC Two (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2008-09-15
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Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
Next Episode is 'Metrophiles v Whitley Baes' (Season 21 Episode 22) and airs on 15 Dec 2025 14:00 (CDT).
S21E19 - Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.
A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
But not before facing such questions as: Tom Jones, Andy McNab, Ruby Sunday and Moses – what connects them all?
Air Date: 24 Nov 2025 14:00 (CDT)
S21E20 - Benchwarmers v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.
Another quarter-final place is on offer, and it looks to be another tight game, featuring such questions as: Thailand -4, Malaysia -3, Slovakia -2… what might come next in the sequence?
Air Date: 01 Dec 2025 14:00 (CDT)
S21E21 - 5Ks v Oh No They Didn't
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.
The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier. For example, what would come fourth in this sequence: South Africa: 4/8, New Zealand 3/10 and Australia 2/10?
Air Date: 08 Dec 2025 14:00 (CDT)
S21E22 - Metrophiles v Whitley Baes
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.
Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever. For example: Ross, Stoke, Henley... what might come fourth in the sequence?
Air Date: 15 Dec 2025 14:00 (CDT)
S21E23 - Pitchers v Sorcerers
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.
Once again there's a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions, such as: 19/2=50, 10/4=100, 30/5=150… what would come fourth in this sequence?
Air Date: 22 Dec 2025 14:00 (CDT)
S21E24 - Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.
It's nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided. Here's an example of the sort of question the teams are up against: 4. Saint Francis, 3. Saint Joseph, 2. Saint James… what comes fourth in this sequence?
Air Date: 29 Dec 2025 14:00 (CDT)