E1 - Tubers v Bardophiles

Aired: July 11, 2016

Three fans of the London Underground take on a trio of bardophiles and attempt to connect Brownies, Michael Fagan, Freddie Krueger and the Milk Tray Man.

E2 - Cosmopolitans v Taverners

Aired: July 18, 2016

Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners and attempt to connect Eurovision Song Contest, Cow & Gate, Wall's and I Love New York.

E3 - Psmiths v Verbivores

Aired: July 25, 2016

Three fans of PG Wodehouse square up to a team of wordsmiths and attempt to connect Georgia: Canada, Sunda: Indonesia, Bass: Australia and Cook: New Zealand.

E4 - Networkers v Cousins

Aired: August 01, 2016

A trio of networkers take on a family team and attempt to connect Cafetiere, Condom, Eggy bread and Chips.

E5 - Shutterbugs v Highgates

Aired: August 08, 2016

A team of photographers take on a trio of Londoners and attempt to connect Cot, Holland, Chira and Bonapart.

E6 - Korfballers v Channel Islanders

Aired: August 15, 2016

Three Korfball players take on a family from Guernsey in this episode and attempt to connect Annabel Lee, Delilah, Rebecca and Weekend at Bernie's.

E7 - Bardophiles v Taverners

Aired: August 22, 2016

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Betjeman, Alsatian, Liberty Cabbage and Windsor.

E8 - Verbivores v Channel Islanders

Aired: August 29, 2016

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Minotaur, Frobscottle, Moloko Plus and Duff.

E9 - Fire-Eaters v Eurovisionaries

Aired: September 05, 2016

A new round of heats begins as some spicy food lovers take on three fans of Eurovision and attempt to connect 'From the roots' (Greek), 'We can' (Spanish), 'We ourselves' (Gaelic) and 'Party of Wales' (Welsh).

E10 - Wrestlers v Clareites

Aired: September 12, 2016

A team of wrestling fans take on a trio from Clare College, Cambridge and attempt to connect single-fingered rock-climbing hold, Spanish monkey, North American glandular fever and single-channel sound reproduction.

E11 - Part-Time Poets v Oscar Men

Aired: September 19, 2016

A team of poets take on three fans of the Oscars and attempt to connect the Nabateans, Makka Pakka, Alley Oop and Old Mother Shipton.

E12 - Genealogists v Surrealists

Aired: September 26, 2016

This heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists and attempt to connect a violin's extraneous discordant notes, Lotharios, Molineux team and Canis Lupis.

E13 - Maltsters v Policy Wonks

Aired: October 03, 2016

The Maltsters take on the Policy Wonks in this opening heat and attempt to connect the Indonesian national airline, a Carla Lane sitcom, International Rescue craft and capital of Arizona.

E14 - Scunthorpe Scholars v Beekeepers

Aired: October 10, 2016

A team from Scunthorpe take on a trio of Beekeepers in this heat and attempt to connect Ungrammatical string follows, Multiply, Not out and Required field.

E15 - Maltsters v Oscar Men

Aired: October 17, 2016

Two teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers in this show and attempt to connect Mother-in-law, Court-martial, Lord Lieutenant and Poet Laureate.

E16 - Wrestlers v Genealogists

Aired: October 31, 2016

Two more teams who lost their first heats return as highest-scoring losers and attempt to connect Lou Gehrig: Horse, Louis Van Gaal: Tulip, Wellington: Duke and Otto von Bismarck: Chancellor.

E17 - Cosmopolitans v Tubers

Aired: November 07, 2016

Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Malabo, Conakry, Port Moresby and Bissau.

E18 - Networkers v Psmiths

Aired: November 14, 2016

Two more teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three and attempt to connect Kashmir, Pyrenees, Lake Victoria and Borneo.

E19 - Shutterbugs v Korfballers

Aired: November 21, 2016

Two teams of first-round winners return to fight for a place in round three. They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random.

E20 - Verbivores v Taverners

Aired: November 28, 2016

The Taverners and Verbivores return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.

E21 - Fire-Eaters v Clareites

Aired: December 05, 2016

The Fire-Eaters and the Clareites return to try to make it into round three. They compete to draw together connections between things which seem random.

E22 - Part-Time Poets v Surrealists

Aired: December 12, 2016

The Part-Time Poets and the Surrealists compete for a place in round three, drawing together connections between things which seem random.

E23 - Beekeepers v Policy Wonks

Aired: December 19, 2016

Two teams of first-round winners return for a chance to make it into the next round.

E24 - Genealogists v Oscar Men

Aired: January 06, 2017

The Genealogists and Oscar Men return for their last chance to make it into round three.

E25 - Fire-Eaters v Korfballers

Aired: January 13, 2017

The Fire-Eaters and the Korfballers fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

E26 - Surrealists v Verbivores

Aired: January 20, 2017

Round three continues as two more teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

E27 - Beekeepers v Cosmopolitans

Aired: January 27, 2017

The Beekeepers and Cosmopolitans fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

E28 - Psmiths v Oscar Men

Aired: February 03, 2017

The Psmiths take on the Oscar Men in this round three game.

E29 - Fire-Eaters v Verbivores

Aired: February 10, 2017

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

E30 - Beekeepers v Oscar Men

Aired: February 17, 2017

Two losing teams return for a last chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

E31 - Surrealists v Korfballers

Aired: February 24, 2017

Find out what connects Tuvalu, hijab, Defra and nope in a quarter-final game.

E32 - Psmiths v Cosmopolitans

Aired: March 03, 2017

Find out what connects Ali Amako, Reece Thens, Elize Elmopan and Enya Airobi.

E33 - Beekeepers v Korfballers

Aired: March 10, 2017

The Beekeepers take on the Korfballers in this quarter-final game.

E34 - Psmiths v Verbivores (2)

Aired: March 17, 2017

The Psmiths and Verbivores compete for a last chance to make it to the semi-finals.

E35 - Semi-Final 1

Aired: March 24, 2017

Two teams compete in this semi-final game.

E36 - Semi-Final 2

Aired: March 31, 2017

Two teams compete in the second semi-final game.

E37 - The Final

Aired: April 07, 2017

Two teams compete in the final game of the series.