Only Connect

The Crossworders, champions of series one, return to challenge the kings of series two, the Rugby Boys.

The cunning wiles of the Wheel Men (Rev Richard Coles, Adam Hart-Davis, and Grub Smith) take on the combined brains of the Larks (Michael Bywater, Sir Andrew Motion, and Stuart Maconie).

The Gamblers, the winners of series three, square up to the Epicureans, the winners of series four.

A team of ex-psychology students take on a team of knitting enthusiasts.

A team of three lads from the Cambridge Quiz Society pit their wits against a trio of Oxford Librarians with specialisms as diverse as Comparative Slavonic Linguistics, Classics, and Theology.

Three maths graduates take on a team featuring a linguistics graduate, an English graduate, and an IT developer who is also a proofreader.

A team of three lovers of history square up to a trio of Welshmen devoted to their national game.

A team of three civil servants with a shared love of Radio 4's The Archers pit their wits against a trio of music lovers who between them perform or enjoy everything from pub rock to choral sung mass.

The Polymaths pool their disparate skills in chicken husbandry, musical theatre, and urban geography to challenge the brainpower of the Strategists, a team unified by their love of sophisticated strategy board games.

Three members of the Brighton and Hove (Actually) Gay Men's Chorus square up to a trio of postgraduates of Brasenose College, Oxford.

A team of three old university pals with a shared love of exotic foods and fine dining pit their wits against a trio of Ulstermen from the Northern Ireland Court Service.

The Wright family from Leeds pool their knowledge of IT, Electrical Engineering, and Mexican cinema to challenge the brainpower of the Urban Walkers, a team unified by their love of taking extended inner city hikes across various European capitals.

A doctor, a teacher, and an accountant with a shared passion for radio square up to a trio of professional taxomomists - three women who make companies more successful through their precise use of language.

A trio of social networkers who met online take on three committed vegetarians.

A father, son, and daughter-in-law square up to three postgraduate chemistry students from Oxford University.

A team of professional analysts with degrees in modern languages, English, and maths pit their wits against a trio of editors who delight in their meticulous attention to detail.

Members of Danny Wallace's Join Me campaign pit their wits against three beer lovers.

Three teachers square up to a team of IT specialists.

A trio of footballers pit their wits against three orchestral players.

Three graduates of Corpus Christi College, Oxford pit their wits against a trio of cat lovers.

Three map lovers take on a team from Wales.

A trio connected by their love of all things French take on three festival attendees.

A family team take on a team of three airline pilots.

A trio of travellers square up to three board game players.

A trio of wine lovers take on three science editors.

A family team take on three museum aficionados.

Three fans of the continent take on a family team.

Three Welsh language learners take on a trio of software engineers.

A trio of political enthusiasts compete against three cat lovers.

Three historians take on a team from Oxford.

Three musicians take on a team of Doctor Who fans.

Three crossword compilers take on a trio of operational researchers in the first of the eleventh series.

A team of linguists take on three York University students.

A team of film buffs take on three cocktail aficionados.

Three fans of the London Underground take on a trio of bardophiles.

Three cocktail drinkers take on a trio of taverners.

Three fans of PG Wodehouse square up to a team of wordsmiths.

Three Tolkien fans take on a church team in the first of the series.

A team of geocachers takes on a trio with an interest in Vikings.

A team of reptile lovers take on three background actors.

A team from Lancashire take on three pop music aficionados in the first of the series.

Three Durham University graduates take on a team who enjoy live action role play.

A team of pyromaniacs take on three animation fans.

Three Pink Floyd fans take on a team of bridge players in the first of the series.

Three friends who holiday in Rome take on a trio of wordsmiths.

Three cricketers take on a team of singers.

A trio of Boston United football fans take on a team of wine lovers in the first of the series.

A family team take on three murder mystery fans.

A team of shuffleboard players take on three live entertainment fans.

Three NHS medics take on a team of Librarians in the first episode of the series.

A team of gaming enthusiasts take on three animal lovers in this opening heat.

Three space enthusiasts take on a team of music lovers in this opening heat.

Three data-lovers take on a team of Terry Pratchett fans in the opening heat of the series.

Three Jilly Cooper fans face a team of road runners in another opening heat.

Three followers of fashion take on a team comprising a mother, a daughter, the daughter’s cousin and the mother’s niece. No, the format hasn’t changed: that’s still only a team of three.

In the opening heat, three keen cribbage players face a team of Arsenal supporters.

Three rock music fans face a team of enthusiastic embroiderers in another first-round heat.

Three devotees of choral music come up against a team of red wine connoisseurs.