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Daily Mirror
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Victoria Coren issues career news after husband David Mitchell's confession
Victoria Coren delighted fans with a major announcement about her BBC2 show - following her husband David Mitchell's emotional confession about their relationship Victoria Coren excited quiz enthusiasts everywhere with an urgent update on social media this Saturday. The 52-year-old presenter, who has been hosting the mind-boggling programme Only Connect since 2008, shared details about the release of new episodes with her fans. Victoria informed her 665,000 followers on X: "We are past the mid-point of July, the air is warm, the dahlias are flowering. Is it time to start relaxing for the summer, winding down and having some fun? NO IT ISN'T. She then added: "Only Connect returns on Monday night, 8pm @BBCTwo." Her announcement was met with a flurry of messages from fans thrilled by the news that the quiz show would be back on screen in just a few days. One enthusiastic fan tweeted: "Thank heavens, you've answered my wife's question of last Monday, or quiz night on BBC2 as we know it, 'when is Only Connect back?' Well now we know - thank you." Victoria then responded: "Did they not mention it last week? Understandably embarrassed, perhaps, as another fan noted: "This feels early, reports the Express. Fans were overjoyed with the announcement, as another penned: "Whoop whoop , Monday night's bbc 2 back to normal, I'll sleep well tonight. While another chimed in: "Always chuffed when I get a connection or a sequence right." Victoria's announcement follows a heart-wrenching revelation made by her husband David Mitchell. In his autobiography Back Story, the Peep Show actor revealed that he harboured deep feelings for his now-wife, Victoria, for years before they got together, but concealed his emotions from those closest to him. In a heartfelt and honest confession, the 50 year old comic disclosed that his one-sided love for Victoria left a profound impact on his life following her initial rejection. "I was hopelessly in love. I told no one about it," he reveals in his memoir. "I didn't tell my closest friends or my parents of the enormous sadness that overshadowed my life." Recently, Victoria shared a rare glimpse into her home life. The Only Connect host has two daughters - Barbara, 10, and June, two - with David, 51, and they have always shielded them from the public spotlight. She told the new issue of Radio Times magazine: "My 10 year old loves The Masked Singer and old episodes of Poirot, just like her mother. The baby doesn't have any screen time; she's only 18 months old. "She loves Bluey - an excellent TV show - but she doesn't know it's a TV show. She just thinks it's a source of really great plastic dog Weebles."
Daily Mail
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Victoria Coren gives a rare insight into family life with husband David Mitchell and their children
Victoria Coren gave a rare insight into family life with her husband David Mitchell and their two children on Thursday. The Only Connect host, 52, and the actor, 51, share two daughters, Barbara, 10, and June, two. Speaking in a new interview, Victoria said Barbara is 'just like her mother' as she discussed her children. She told Radio Times magazine: 'My 10 year old loves The Masked Singer and old episodes of Poirot, just like her mother. 'The baby doesn't have any screen time; she's only 18 months old. 'She loves Bluey - an excellent TV show - but she doesn't know it's a TV show. She just thinks it's a source of really great plastic dog Weebles.' Professional poker player Victoria is best known for hosting BBC2's quiz show Only Connect, while David starred as socially awkward Mark in the sitcom Peep Show. The couple married at St Peter's Church in North London in 2012. They have been together for over 20 years. Elsewhere, Victoria's next TV job has been revealed - and she's teaming up with Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing stars. The BBC star hosts the complicated quiz show and is now set to feature on something new. It has been confirmed that Victoria will be a guest host of Have I Got News For You. She will appear on the popular show on Friday, May 23. Alongside Victoria will be guest panellists comedian Chris McCausland and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter. Janet is a regular on ITV 's panel show Loose Women and has been on Have I Got News For You 17 times before. Victoria has hosted Only Connect since 2008 and is known for her sharp wit. The BBC show first broadcast in 2008 and consists of a tournament-type format in which teams compete by finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. It has so far seen over 500 episodes spanning across 20 series. Naturally, there have been countless questions on the show that have left both fans and contestants alike baffled.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Only Connect fans rage 'I'm out' as they 'switch channels' just minutes into show - blasting 'awful' problem with BBC quiz
Only Connect fans raged 'I'm out' and some even 'switched channels' just minutes into the BBC quiz show. First broadcast in 2008, Only Connect consists of a tournament-type format in which teams compete by finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. An audio-based special episode aired on Monday, May 12, and included a twist in the usual format. Host Victoria Coren, 52, introduced the theme which involved the clues being audio clips - a style that has been used before on the show. 'Hello and welcome to an Only Connect special where tonight's theme is sound,' Victoria said. 'I don't mean that in a Mancunian sense of boss, mint, sorted like, we'll make that judgement at the end. 'No I mean it's about all things audio and once again we'll be hearing from some favourite teams of past eras.' However, some viewers disliked the format and took to social media to share their disappointment. Many posted on X: 'I love Only Connect, but as soon as the music round starts I'm out. It's a quiz for thinkers, not karaoke night #onlyconnect.'; 'Love the vowel round normally and that sucked tonight bring back the usual format #onlyconnect.'; 'Let's never do that again, please #onlyconnect.'; 'This isn't a good watch at all. #onlyconnect.'; 'It's probably just me, but not warming to this sounds special, at all. #onlyconnect.'; '#OnlyConnect I've abandoned this tonight as so many audio and music questions are no good for hard of hearing. Hope this isn't continuing every week.' According to the Express, another viewer posted: 'This awful music format should never happen again. Switching channels.' However, some viewers disliked the format and took to social media to share their disappointment While someone else found the audio aspect difficult and said: '#onlyconnect wow didn't realise how much I rely on my vision! 'I usually fly through the missing vowels round but finding just listening to the clues incredibly hard!' The audio episode comes after it was revealed BBC star Victoria is set to feature onto something new. It has been confirmed that Victoria will be a guest host of Have I Got News For You. She will appear on the popular show on Friday, May 23. Alongside Victoria will be guest panellists comedian Chris McCausland and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter. Janet is a regular on ITV 's panel show Loose Women and has been on Have I Got News For You 17 times before. Victoria has hosted Only Connect since 2008 and is known for her sharp wit. The BBC show has so far seen over 500 episodes spanning across 20 series. Naturally, there have been countless questions on the show that have left both fans and contestants alike baffled. And the show was recently named one of the most difficult quiz programmes on television, in a survey part of Spin Genie AR's Treasure Quest launch. Only Connect can be streamed on BBC iPlayer.
