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Only Connect: Series 4: Episode 8: Alesmen vs Pool Sharks

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Episode 8: Alesmen vs Pool Sharks

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Alesmen vs Pool Sharks

BBC Two - Only Connect, Series 4, Alesmen vs Pool Sharks

Three men who enjoy real ale confront a team who are a fixture at their local pool hall.

Quiz show in which links must be made between seemingly random things. Three men joined by an enthusiasm for real ale confront a team who like playing pool.

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which knowledge will only take you so far, as patience and lateral thinking are also vital. 

Three men joined by their enthusiasm for real ale confront two maths graduates and a pharmacist who are a regular fixture at their local pool hall. 

They compete to draw together the connections between things which, at first glance, seem utterly random, from Pugachev's Cobra to Split S, Cuban Eight and Barrel Roll.

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Quiz show in which teams draw together the connections between seemingly random things

Quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, as teams compete to draw together the connections between things which seem utterly random

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