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. Whitley Baes v Caraxians
Aired 21 July 2025 • 29 min
A husband-wife-friend combo take on three fans of the films of Leos Carax.
2. Oh No They Didn't v Pear Trees
Aired 28 July 2025 • 29 min
Fans of Pantomime and Partridge battle it out.
3. Metrophiles v Grapevines
Aired 4 August 2025 • 29 min
Metro systems fascinate one team, while wine does it for the others.
4. 5ks v Showstoppers
Aired 11 August 2025 • 29 min
One team regularly run five kilometres, while the other team prefer a short stroll to singalong nights in Cardiff pubs.
5. Scanners v Worker Bees
Aired 18 August 2025 • 29 min
One team is medical, while the other is Mancunian.
6. Pitchers v Benchwarmers
7.0Aired 25 August 2025 • 29 min
7. Jive Bunnies v Sorcerers
Aired 1 September 2025 • 29 min
Three keen ballroom dancers face a team of devoted Dungeons and Dragons players.
8. Doctors Matthews v Keyboard Worriers
Aired 8 September 2025 • 29 min
A family team of doctors takes on three keen pianists.
9. Pear Trees v Caraxians
Aired 15 September 2025 • 29 min
Two teams who lost their first-round match return – only one of them can go through to the next round.
10. 5ks v Grapevines
Aired 22 September 2025 • 29 min
One of the contestants still bears a tortoise-related scar, while another was runner-up in a scarecrow competition.
11. Scanners v Benchwarmers
6.0Aired 29 September 2025 • 29 min
12. Jive Bunnies v Keyboard Worriers
Aired 6 October 2025 • 29 min
One of the returning teams faced a tie-break in their previous match.
13. Whitley Baes v Oh No They Didn't
Aired 14 October 2025 • 29 min
Neither team has lost a match so far – but that’s about to change.
14. Metrophiles v Showstoppers
7.0Aired 20 October 2025 • 29 min
Both teams won their opening heats, which means nobody goes home.
15. Pitchers v Worker Bees
Aired 27 October 2025 • 29 min
No elimination this time: the winners go through, but the losing team gets to play again later in the series.
16. Doctors Matthews v Sorcerers
Aired 3 November 2025 • 29 min
17. 5ks v Showstoppers
Aired 10 November 2025 • 29 min
18. Pear Trees v Whitley Baes
Aired 17 November 2025 • 29 min
19. Keyboard Worriers v Sorcerers
Aired 24 November 2025 • 29 min
A place in the quarter-finals is at stake – one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
20. Benchwarmers v Worker Bees
Aired 1 December 2025 • 29 min
Another quarter-final place is on offer.
21. 5Ks v Oh No They Didn't
Aired 8 December 2025 • 29 min
The semi-finals loom, and the questions are getting trickier.
22. Metrophiles v Whitley Baes
Aired 15 December 2025 • 29 min
Another place in the semi-finals is decided, and the questions are as demanding as ever.
23. Pitchers v Sorcerers
Aired 22 December 2025 • 29 min
Once again there’s a place in the semi-finals on offer, with two teams facing ever more testing questions.
24. Doctors Matthews v Worker Bees
Aired 29 December 2025 • 29 min
It’s nip and tuck and touch and go as another place in the semi-finals is decided.
25. Metrophiles v 5Ks
Aired 5 January 2026 • 29 min
It’s the first of the semi-finals – the questions are tough, but so are the teams.
26. Pitchers v Worker Bees
Aired 12 January 2026 • 29 min
These teams have met before, and revenge is in the air in this semi-final.
27. Third Place Play-Off
Aired 19 January 2026 • 28 min
It’s the third place play-off.
28. The Final
Aired 26 January 2026 • 29 min
After 28 weeks of brain-to-brain combat, it's the final at last.