Only Connect contestant speaks out as episode branded 'worst ever' by viewers

NewsTVBBCBBC viewers thought it was a prank at first13:08, 11 Aug 2026An Only Connect contestant has spoken out after an episode was branded the "worst ever" by viewers watching the BBC gameshow.‌The quiz show first started in 2008 on BBC Four and is now on BBC Two, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell. On Monday (August 10) evening, the hit show was back as the teams Double Features and Colonial Geese went head to head.‌In the series, teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. The title is said to be taken from a passage in E. M. Forster's 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted."‌Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily NewsletterThere are four rounds in total, and