About this season
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
Episodes (28)
1. Al Frescans v Midlanders
7.0Aired 12 August 2024 • 29 min
In this opening heat, three fresh air fanatics take on a trio of Midlanders.
2. Hopsters v Sprouters
Aired 19 August 2024 • 29 min
One of the teams likes beer, while the other has a bit of a thing for big vegetables.
3. Four Opinions v Bean Farmers
Aired 26 August 2024 • 29 min
4. Harmonics v Cat Cows
Aired 2 September 2024 • 29 min
A love of classical music brought one team together, and a yearning for yoga unites the other.
5. Too Many Cookes v Pipe-Dreamers
Aired 9 September 2024 • 29 min
A team of pipe-dreamers take on the Cooke family in another first-round match.
6. Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers
Aired 16 September 2024 • 29 min
Forster, Keynes and Woolf: all unavailable, sadly, but how will their stand-ins fare against a team of three tea devotees?
7. Third Agers v Introverts
Aired 23 September 2024 • 29 min
Three self-professed introverts take on three representatives of the University of the Third Age.
8. Uisge Beathas v Crunchers
Aired 30 September 2024 • 29 min
Three whisky drinkers take on three number crunchers.
9. Hopsters v Midlanders
Aired 7 October 2024 • 29 min
Three Midlanders take on a team of ale aficionados.
10. Harmonics v Bean Farmers
Aired 14 October 2024 • 29 min
Undeterred by having been beaten in the missing vowels round last time, the Harmonics are back to take on three devotees of a German card game.
11. Pipe-Dreamers v Tea Totallers
Aired 21 October 2024 • 29 min
Three surrealism fans take on a team of tea enthusiasts.
12. Uisge Beathas v Third Agers
Aired 28 October 2024 • 29 min
A team of whisky lovers returns to face a team from the U3A.
13. Al Frescans v Sprouters
Aired 4 November 2024 • 29 min
The Al Frescans and the Sprouters return to slug it out for a place in the next round.
14. Four Opinions v Cat Cows
Aired 11 November 2024 • 29 min
15. Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group
6.0Aired 18 November 2024 • 29 min
16. Introverts v Crunchers
9.0Aired 25 November 2024 • 29 min
Nobody goes home tonight: for the teams, it’s a question of how they get to the next round.
17. Harmonics v Cat Cows
Aired 2 December 2024 • 29 min
The knockout stage has arrived, and it’s a rematch.
18. Hopsters v Al Frescans
4.0Aired 9 December 2024 • 29 min
It's the knockout stage, so one of the teams will be going home.
19. Uisge Beathas v Crunchers
Aired 16 December 2024 • 29 min
When these teams met before, the Crunchers barely won, so there’s a score to be settled.
20. Too Many Cookes v Tea Totallers
Aired 6 January 2025 • 29 min
Only one team can progress to the next round, and the clues are getting trickier.
21. Cat Cows v Sprouters
Aired 13 January 2025 • 29 min
Yoga lovers and veg men vie for victory and a place in the next round.
22. Al Frescans v Four Opinions
Aired 20 January 2025 • 29 min
The Four Opinions won their previous game on a tie-break, but what does fate have in store for them this time?
23. Bloomsbury Group v Crunchers
Aired 27 January 2025 • 29 min
Two teams face off in an attempt to get through to the semi-finals.
24. Introverts v Tea Totallers
Aired 3 February 2025 • 29 min
There’s a place in the semi-finals at stake, and as is only to be expected, the questions are getting more fiendish.
25. Semi Final - Four Opinions v Cat Cows
Aired 10 February 2025 • 29 min
It’s semi-final time, and a coveted place in the third-place play-off is at stake.
26. Semi-Final - Tea Totallers v Crunchers
8.0Aired 17 February 2025 • 29 min
The second semi-final.
27. Third Place Play-Off
7.0Aired 24 February 2025 • 29 min
It’s the third place play-off, and the questions have grown suitably gnarly.
28. The Final
7.0Aired 3 March 2025 • 29 min
The winners of the series are crowned.