For fans of cult quiz show Only Connect, tonight is the night it’s all been leading up to.

Not only is it the final episode of series 17 but it’s also the BBC TWO programme’s 400th episode.

Asking the questions, Victoria Coren Mitchell, will once again pit two teams against each other to see who emerges victorious, but this time they will be battling it to be named Only Connect champions 2022.

The title of the programme is taken from a passage in E M Forster's 1910 novel Howards End which says, "Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted".


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Who is in the Only Connect final?

The two teams who have made it this far are the Golfers and the Data Wizards who will need to wrack their brains one last time in the hope or coming out on top.

Urging people not to miss the final, the Only Connect crew announced the teams who would be flexing “their quizzing muscles one last time” via Twitter earlier today.

What time is the Only Connect final?

In the series finale, players using a combination of general knowledge, patience and lateral thinking will be hoping to be crowned Only Connect series champions.

Facing puzzlers such as what connects Nineteen Eighty-Four, World Snooker Championships [usually], Home-Thoughts, from Abroad and the tax year, the finalist will need to have their wits about them.

For the answer to this question and many more similarly baffling posers, tune in to the Only Connect final tonight (January 24) at 8pm or catch up via BBC iPlayer.