"then a single sudden-death puzzle is given to the captains of each team. If a captain buzzes in first and gives the correct answer then their team wins, but an incorrect answer automatically forfeits the game. Although no category is officially given they make reference to their own role as sudden-death questions. Examples are ""So Long and Thanks for All the Fish"", ""To the Victor, the Spoils"" and ""Winner Stays On"". Only Connect Only Connect is a British game show presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell. It aired on BBC Four from 15 September 2008 to 7 July 2014 and then"
"Chris Stuart Chris Stuart (born 1949) is a British journalist, songwriter and radio and television presenter and producer. He is Executive Producer of the BBC Two quiz series ""Only Connect"". As a presenter he fronted the early breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 between 1988 and 1991. He was also one of the first presenters on BBC Radio Wales. Stuart was born in Durham City and grew up in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. He read politics, philosophy and economics at New College, Oxford, and after graduating moved to Wales where he began working as a journalist for the ""Western Mail"". He"
"Victoria Coren Mitchell Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (; 18 August 1972) is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. Coren Mitchell writes weekly columns for ""The Observer"" and has hosted the BBC television quiz show ""Only Connect"" since 2008. Victoria Elizabeth Coren was born in Hammersmith, west London, and grew up in Cricklewood, north London, the only daughter of the humourist and journalist Alan Coren and his wife Anne Kasriel. Her brother is the journalist Giles Coren. She is related to the Canadian journalist Michael Coren. She attended independent girls' schools between the ages of five and 18 and"
"the couple's daughter in May 2015. Victoria Coren Mitchell Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (; 18 August 1972) is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. Coren Mitchell writes weekly columns for ""The Observer"" and has hosted the BBC television quiz show ""Only Connect"" since 2008. Victoria Elizabeth Coren was born in Hammersmith, west London, and grew up in Cricklewood, north London, the only daughter of the humourist and journalist Alan Coren and his wife Anne Kasriel. Her brother is the journalist Giles Coren. She is related to the Canadian journalist Michael Coren. She attended independent girls' schools between the"
"for her place of residence. Jenny Ryan Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 2 April 1982) is a British quizzer and one of the five chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase"", alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty and Paul Sinha. Ryan has made appearances on quiz shows ""Fifteen to One"" and ""The Weakest Link"", and was a member of the team, The Gamblers, on ""Only Connect"" who won the third series of the show. She has also appeared on ""University Challenge"", helping the University of Leeds to reach the semi-finals in 2003. Moreover, she featured in both series of"
"BBC One quiz show. Edwards stated in an interview with the ""Daily Mail"" that he has no sense of smell due to sniffing pure ammonia while in school. Edwards supported green organisation Global Cool in 2010 as part of their Traincation campaign, along with his friend George Lamb. Edwards married ""EastEnders"" and ""Father Brown"" actress Emer Kenny in 2016. Rick Edwards Richard Philip Edwards (born 20 May 1979 in Enfield, London) is an English television presenter who works mainly for Channel 4, E4 and ITV2. Edwards presented T4 for fourteen years, and has also presented ""Tool Academy"", ""Freshly Squeezed"", ""E4"
"Jenny Ryan Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 2 April 1982) is a British quizzer and one of the five chasers on the ITV game show ""The Chase"", alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty and Paul Sinha. Ryan has made appearances on quiz shows ""Fifteen to One"" and ""The Weakest Link"", and was a member of the team, The Gamblers, on ""Only Connect"" who won the third series of the show. She has also appeared on ""University Challenge"", helping the University of Leeds to reach the semi-finals in 2003. Moreover, she featured in both series of the spin-off quiz show ""Are"
"Jay Hunt (television executive) Jacqueline Leigh ""Jay"" Hunt (born 20 January 1967) is an Australian-born British television executive. From early 2011 until June 2017, Hunt was the Chief Creative Officer of Channel 4. She has previously served as Director of Programmes at Channel 5, and as Controller of BBC One. She is the only person to have led all three channels. Under her leadership, Channel 4 was named Channel of the Year at the 2014 Edinburgh International Television Festival and ""Broadcast"" magazine's Channel of the Year in 2016. Hunt was born in Sydney, Australia, and lived in Pittsburgh and Crete"
"Fi Glover Fiona Susannah Grace ""Fi"" Glover (born February 1969) is a British BBC journalist and presenter who currently presents ""The Listening Project"" for BBC Radio 4, ""Shared Experience"" for BBC Radio 4 and ""My Perfect Country"" for the BBC World Service. Until March 2011, she was the host of BBC Radio 4's ""Saturday Live"", and before that presented BBC Radio 4's ""Broadcasting House"". She previously worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for 7 years. In 2014 she was the host of BBC One's reality history show, ""24 Hours in the Past"". In 1993, Glover started her BBC career as"
"4 broadcasts consists of host Clive Anderson along with two guests and the two regular contestants, Stephen Fry and John Sessions. Clive Anderson stayed on as host when the show moved to television, with John Sessions resuming his role as the only regular in the first series. He subsequently became a rotating regular in the second and third series. However he appears only twice in the third series, these being his final appearances. Stephen Fry appears only occasionally on the television series. Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie first appear in the second and third series respectively; they each gradually increase"
"Show"" and ""This Week"" and writes journalism for ""BBC News"" and ""The Guardian"". He was the question editor for BBC Four's lateral thinking quiz ""Only Connect"" for series 9-12, having taken over from David J. Bodycombe at the start of series 9. In 2013 Penguin published ""Two Girls, One on Each Knee: A History of Cryptic Crosswords"". In 2014 Gotham Books published ""The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief"". In 2016 Penguin Books published ""The Joy of Quiz"". Alan Connor Alan Connor (born 1974) is a British writer, journalist and television presenter. First seen"
"the costume for 16 consecutive days. Jamil has been in a relationship with musician James Blake since 2015. She currently resides in London, England. Jameela Jamil Jameela Alia Burton-Jamil (born 25 February 1986) is a British television and radio presenter, model and actress. She has appeared on various Channel 4 programmes and was a presenter of T4 from 2009 until 2012 when T4 ended. She is a former radio host of ""The Official Chart"", and was co-host of ""The Official Chart Update"" alongside Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 until January 2015. Since 2016, she has appeared as Tahani Al-Jamil"
"In 2014 Radio Wales paid tribute to him as part of series called ""Radio Greats"". Stuart is married to Megan, a former Editor of BBC Radio Wales and producer on Radio 4's ""Woman's Hour."" They have three children and Stuart is also father to another child from a previous marriage. In 1992 Stuart and his wife set up an independent production company called ""Presentable"", whose wide-ranging output included cult hit ""Late Night Poker"" for Channel 4, as well as ""Only Connect"". The company was sold in 2008 to RDF Media who subsequently merged with Zodiak Media.> Chris Stuart Chris Stuart"
"New York to write a book. Glover married Rick Jones, a Google executive, in April 2014. They have two children, a son, Hector, born in January 2006, and a daughter, Honor, born in August 2008. In 2014 she was made a Fellow of the Radio Academy. Fi Glover Fiona Susannah Grace ""Fi"" Glover (born February 1969) is a British BBC journalist and presenter who currently presents ""The Listening Project"" for BBC Radio 4, ""Shared Experience"" for BBC Radio 4 and ""My Perfect Country"" for the BBC World Service. Until March 2011, she was the host of BBC Radio 4's ""Saturday"
"programmes but increasing Radio 4's coverage of science. Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's ""The World Tonight"", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current"
"Just a Minute Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television panel game chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Its first transmission on Radio 4 was on 22 December 1967, three months after the station's launch. The Radio 4 programme won a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2003. The object of the game is for panellists to talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, ""without hesitation, repetition or deviation"". The comedy comes from attempts to keep within these rules and the banter among the participants. In 2011 comedy writer David Quantick ascribed ""Just a Minute""'s success"
"wear the traditional robes, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to ban the burqa in France. Miquita Oliver Miquita Billie Alexandra Oliver (born 25 April 1984) is a British television presenter and radio personality. She co-hosted Channel 4's ""Popworld"" from 2001 to 2006 and went on to present on T4 from 2006 to 2010 as well as having her own show, ""The Month With Miquita"", on 4Music. She has also worked in radio, hosting shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. In April/May 2015 she took part in a four-part series ""24 Hours in the Past"" as herself."
"""Only Connect"", leading a team from ""University Challenge"" against the champions of the first series of ""Only Connect"", the Crossworders. In September 2017, Guttenplan appeared as part of ""Team Emma"" on ""Eggheads"". He is currently pursuing a PhD at Emmanuel College. Guttenplan is of Jewish and Greek ancestry. His father, D. D. Guttenplan of U.S. Jewish origin, and mother Maria Margaronis from Greece, are both writers. He has two siblings. He was educated at the Hall School Hampstead and Westminster School, where he showed prodigious talent in a school quiz at the age of eleven. His hobbies include ceilidh, sailing,"
"on, you're guaranteed the immediacy and full range of information on a story that comes from being online'. In March 2015, Atkins co-hosted a special edition of Outside Source with school children from London for BBC School Report. Atkins hosted cable TV conference EuroSummit in 2014. He also moderated at Media360 in Hong Kong (a conference for media owners, buyers & agencies) in 2015. He is also a mentor with the John Schofield Trust. Atkins lives in South East London with his wife and two daughters. Ros Atkins Ros Atkins (born Cornwall, England) is a BBC News presenter who hosts"
"BBC Radio 4, both as a guest in comedy panel shows, as well as in his own shows. Will Smith (comedian) William James Smith (born 8 June 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, screenwriter, novelist, actor and producer. As co-writer and co-producer of the HBO sitcom ""Veep"", he was among the recipients of two Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards, and has received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy. Though born in Winchester, Hampshire, Smith grew up in Jersey and was educated there at Victoria College. His"
"December 2014. One Night Only (TV series) One Night Only is a British entertainment show, celebrating the best of British Music. Myleene Klass hosted the first episode in December 2008 with the singer Tom Jones. Ben Shephard hosted in 2009 and 2010, which saw Rod Stewart and Phil Collins take to the stage. In November 2010, Fearne Cotton hosted a one-off special with Bon Jovi and in 2011 presented by Christine Bleakley featuring music from Duran Duran. Another episode aired in November 2014, with Rob Brydon hosting ""Neil Diamond: One Night Only"". Joanna Lumley presented the seventh episode with Bette"
"world and champion of champions on ""Only Connect"". He had a big score in the first round but lost to Rob Hannah (from ""Eggheads"", ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"" and other shows). In later shows Rob Hannah reached the final several times and beat several other top quiz players including Alan Gibbs (who also was in a team that won ""Only Connect""), Nic Mortimer (the youngest contestant of the series) and Brian Pendreigh (who was in the news after ""Eggheads"" a few weeks before - which his team won). The game is played in four rounds, with one contestant"
"Becky Anderson Rebecca ""Becky"" Anderson (born 15 November 1967 in Manchester, England) is a British journalist, and the anchor of CNN International's flagship news and current affairs primetime news program ""Connect the World"". She previously hosted ""Business International"". Anderson holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and French from the University of Sussex, and a master's degree in Mass Communication from Arizona State University. She worked for Bloomberg, CNBC, and joined CNN in 1999. Anderson drew criticism after an incident involving the June 2017 London Bridge attack where she was accused of staging an event showing Muslims demonstrating to show sympathy"
"is unknown whether it will be simulcast on weekdays on the news channel. Nancy Kacungira Nancy Kacungira is a Ugandan presenter, reporter at BBC News. and winner of the 2015 Komla Dumor Award. She presents ""Focus on Africa"" and World Business Report on BBC World News. Kacungira took over World News Today as the main presenter at 7pm weekdays and 9pm weekends on BBC Four, BBC News Channel and BBC World News from 30 July 2018. Nancy started her media career as a radio presenter at Power FM, a Christian radio station in Kampala, Uganda. In 2010 Nancy together with"
"Stephen Sackur Stephen John Sackur (born 9 January 1964) is an English journalist who presents ""HARDtalk"", a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He is also the main Friday presenter of ""GMT"" on BBC World News. For fifteen years he was a BBC foreign correspondent and he is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 and a number of newspapers and magazines. Sackur was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, and studied at King Edward VI Grammar School, Spilsby, Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA, 1985), and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Sackur"
"after he liked a tweet by Kathy Burke, which called both Boris Johnson and Toby Young ""a cunt"". In September 2003 he married Leila Amanpour, a British-Iranian photojournalist. They have three children. Ben de Pear Benjamin de Pear (born 5 December 1970) is the Editor of ""Channel 4 News"", a post he has held since 2012. De Pear was born on 5 December 1970 in Hammersmith to John Andrew de Pear and Susan Elizabeth Kerr de Pear. He grew up in Staines and several places around the world including Iran and went to middle school in Barbados. He has an"
"One Night Only (TV series) One Night Only is a British entertainment show, celebrating the best of British Music. Myleene Klass hosted the first episode in December 2008 with the singer Tom Jones. Ben Shephard hosted in 2009 and 2010, which saw Rod Stewart and Phil Collins take to the stage. In November 2010, Fearne Cotton hosted a one-off special with Bon Jovi and in 2011 presented by Christine Bleakley featuring music from Duran Duran. Another episode aired in November 2014, with Rob Brydon hosting ""Neil Diamond: One Night Only"". Joanna Lumley presented the seventh episode with Bette Midler in"
"Cunningham appeared as a member of the Coders team in several episodes of series 10 of ""Only Connect"". She has also performed on stage at festivals such as the Brighton Fringe. She also appeared in the short film ""Symptoms"", and the stage play ""Bystanders"". Zoe Cunningham Zoe Cunningham is a British business executive and competitive backgammon player. Cunningham serves as the Managing Director of Softwire. She is an advocate for women in technology related businesses, and a contributor to business columns in UK periodicals. In 2010 she became the Ladies World Backgammon Champion. Cunningham is a graduate of the Mathematics"
"Ofcom for a position as a non-executive director of Channel 4, but she was the only nominee rejected by the culture secretary Karen Bradley who appointed four men to an all-white board. The chairman of the board Charles Gurassa and chief executive David Abraham also approved of Efunshile's potential appointment. David Lammy, the Labour MP and former Culture minister, said ""This is an absolutely extraordinary decision that really does beggar belief"". In December 2017 it was announced that the Culture Secretary Karen Bradley had appointed Efunshile to the Channel 4 Board. Althea Efunshile Althea Joy Barrett Efunshile CBE (born 20"
"Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's ""The World Tonight"", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current affairs programmes on BBC Radio Five Live and"
"we see there."" Naughtie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017. Naughtie is married to Eleanor Updale, author of the ""Montmorency"" books and a former producer of ""The World at One"". They have three children, and live in London and Edinburgh. James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he"
"Miquita Oliver Miquita Billie Alexandra Oliver (born 25 April 1984) is a British television presenter and radio personality. She co-hosted Channel 4's ""Popworld"" from 2001 to 2006 and went on to present on T4 from 2006 to 2010 as well as having her own show, ""The Month With Miquita"", on 4Music. She has also worked in radio, hosting shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. In April/May 2015 she took part in a four-part series ""24 Hours in the Past"" as herself. Miquita was born in Paddington, London. Her mother is former Rip Rig + Panic singer and"
"Mark Dolan Mark Dolan (born 17 March 1974) is an English comedian, writer, and television presenter. Dolan was born in Camden, London. He attended the University of Edinburgh and performed in the acclaimed improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts. Dolan is well known as the host of Channel 4 show ""Balls of Steel"", which he presented from 2005 until the shows end in 2008. He is also the presenter of Channel 4 Radio’s satirical show ""The Weekly Show"", which is now in its second series, and the TV documentary series ""The World's (Something) And Me"", where he meets ""the world's most"