On Wonkypedia it says that the government have said they only want the French name 'Côte d'Ivoire' used though I suppose a true Only Connect pedant would say it is 'Cô' not 'Co'!

I'd love to have seen Victoria accepting cock and cock.



As an answer.

more than doubled its audience with the move to BBC2!

2.03m watched overnight.

K

So 1m people were thinking "What is BBC4?"

It's mostly the attach rate from UC.

they certainly wouldn't have got the pictures question from the first round!

K

true, but that's surely the right slot for it?

K

Should get harder as the series progresses. The BBC Four one caught me by surprise.

Yeah, its a good slot. At least the BBC are committing to an hour of cerebral telly a week.

The small balls questions... one of the easiest rounds I have ever seen.

That annoyed me, but then I guess they're just trying to ease the new viewers in a little.

I agree but it was ridiculously easy, apart from the eyeball one.

I don't think they messed up the question, but it was impossible to get at one clue and almost impossible at 2 (sharing 2 letters could be coincidence, and there could be many other connections). So whatever team got that question was at a huge disadvantage.

But I got the 4TH: Tim Henman answer on the first clue, so that one must have been far too easy!

Actually, you're correct - the Shorter OED defines it as "The crowing of a domestic cock" so it was in fact a correct answer.

Wouldn't have happened on your watch, Sir.

As soon as i saw the 4th pic i guessed logos as i recognised the bookcase but i didn't connect them all as BBC4 logos.

It's good to have the odd superficially easy one. Some will be wasting time looking for some very subtle link and in an early evening show, it is good to have a question that children might get but not their parents.

Yes, clever adults will be looking for subtle links. Blowup and children will be shouting SQUASH BALL

Sorry, but yes it would.

After last series I was surprised to see the Brandy > Bra connection. Seemed like such an easy one and a little out of place.



I also noticed that it was ep1 of 27. Double the length of previous series.

That's it for me and Only Connect.

I wish they would ditch the annoying Hor-ned Viper and Twisted Flax choices, pseudo elitist wank is all it is.

The use of A B C D or 1 2 3 4 has served quiz shows quite well for decades.

They used to have Greek letters. Maybe next they could have Assyrian scratches in clay tablets.

They're there specifically to wind up people who say things like 'pseudo elitist wank'.

With mentions of bra and cock, maybe they should introduce french letters.