Only Connect Season 21 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Monday, July 21, 2025
Ended: Monday, January 26, 2026
When does Only Connect Season 21 come out?
Only Connect Season 21 premiered Monday, July 21, 2025 on BBC Two and ended Monday, January 26, 2026. The season has 28 episodes.
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Only Connect Season 21 release schedule
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1. Whitley Baes v Caraxians A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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2. Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees Fans of Pantomime and Partridge battle it out. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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3. Metrophiles v Grapevines Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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4. 5ks v Showstoppers One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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5. Scanners v Worker Bees One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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6. Pitchers v Benchwarmers |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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7. Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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8. Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers A family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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9. Pear Trees v Caraxians Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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10. 5ks v Grapevines One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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11. Scanners v Benchwarmers |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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12. Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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13. Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change. |
Tuesday · 1 year ago |
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14. Metrophiles v Showstoppers Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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15. Pitchers v Worker Bees No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series. |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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16. Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers |
Monday · 1 year ago |
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17. 5ks v Showstoppers |
Monday · 12 months ago |
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18. Pear Trees v Whitley Baes |
Monday · 11 months ago |
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19. Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition. |
Monday · 11 months ago |
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20. Benchwarmers v Worker Bees Another quarter-final place is on offer. |
Monday · 11 months ago |
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21. 5Ks v Oh No They Didn't The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier. |
Monday · 11 months ago |
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22. Metrophiles v Whitley Baes Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever. |
Monday · 10 months ago |
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23. Pitchers v Sorcerers Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions. |
Monday · 10 months ago |
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24. Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided. |
Monday · 10 months ago |
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25. Metrophiles v 5Ks It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams. |
Monday · 10 months ago |
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26. Pitchers v Worker Bees These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final. |
Monday · 10 months ago |
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27. Third Place Play-Off It’s the third place play-off. |
Monday · 9 months ago |
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28. The Final Finale After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last. |
Monday · 9 months ago |
Only Connect Season 21 FAQ
When does Only Connect Season 21 come out?
Only Connect Season 21 premiered Monday, July 21, 2025 on BBC Two.
How many episodes are in Only Connect Season 21?
Only Connect Season 21 has 28 episodes.
Are new episodes of Only Connect Season 21 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the Only Connect Season 21 finale?
The Only Connect Season 21 finale (Episode 28) aired Monday, January 26, 2026.
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