Victoria Coren Mitchell

Thank you

Only Connect is on tonight! And, *as far as I know*, all the facts I read out will be correct.

But I guess we’ll soon find out.

8pm, BBC Two

Meanwhile, if you see a clip of me saying the ID card contract has gone to Tony Blair’s son: it hasn’t. That was something I was given to ask about on HIGNFY last night, but turns out to be a false report from the internet. Which is bad news for the fact checkers but good news for social mobility.

The Hack has triggered backbiting in the papers, but it’s an enjoyable tale of real-life corruption This week, Victoria has been watching ITV’s drama about the phone-hacking scandal

In my TV column today, I’m nostalgic for the days when anybody had a shred of privacy to invade.

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Making topical comedy at bleak news times can be so tough but, in my book, it’s thank heavens for the return of Have I Got News For You, where Ian and Paul work magic to conjure laughs when there are none. Tonight with wonderful Miles Jupp and Sheila Hancock - and me trying to host. 9pm on BBC One.

MAYBE I’LL FINISH IT THIS SERIES #completists

Surely there’s nothing sexy about cheerleaders? This week, Victoria has been watching America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

My column today is about cheerleaders! I had totally forgotten until I saw these gorgeous sparkly dancers on Strictly. Feeling Christmassy already.

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Death, fires and ‘getting work done’. All we want for Carrie Bradshaw and friends is a happy ending This week, Victoria has been watching And Just Like That

In today's TV column I'm speculating about Muff Liquor, the Booker Prize and what Sarah Jessica Parker would think of my shoes.

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Is there a register of fraudster phone numbers? Some guy just rang with some nonsense about “your loft insulation”, but hung up when he realised I wouldn’t be easy enough to con. Should I try to put his number on a list somewhere?

In separate news, Only Connect is on tonight !

You miss Richard Osman’s authorial voice in The Thursday Murder Club film – but the cast makes up for it This week, Victoria has been watching The Thursday Murder Club

Back writing a TV column after a long break, today it’s about The Thursday Murder Club and my own murderous attempts…

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Only Connect is on tonight! In ten minutes, in fact! Never let it be said I forget to plug the programme when it’s on.
On BBC Two, of course.

I think tonight’s episode of Only Connect is the one where I was struggling not to laugh during my introductory remarks. Also I wore black, meaning I appeared legless at the wall (as usual). Oh well, I never claimed to be a professional.

(8pm, BBC Two)

Today’s NYT Connections game brought back happy memories of Christmas 2024. Honestly, these coincidences mount up and up.

You’re 100% right. A ghastly error. I, for one, will not be watching the rest of the series.

Wait the cat is called Victoria Coren Mitchell? How would that work? You can’t be shouting that at mealtimes.

I know I know. Furious emails are flying back and forth, don’t you worry.

He’s a very modest man. Except when it comes to space and badgers.

Well, you have to hope it will eventually.

It really does. I hear they served it aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise and everyone was initially delighted.

Nope.

Well, these things are always in the eye of the beholder.

Only Connect is back – so let’s celebrate! Here’s a little midsummer quiz to get you in the mood Next week, Victoria returns in a new series of the BBC Two quiz show

To celebrate (or, as I call it, CEREBRATE) the return of Only Connect on Monday, my column this week is a little playalong quiz! You can press the buttons and everything. Very high tech.

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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.

Only Connect returns Monday night, 8pm on BBC Two.

I’ve been a bit out of touch with poker tournaments the last couple of years (I’ll come back one day!) but happy and excited to see Leo Margets is at the WSOP final table - first woman in decades to get there. Diversity is the spice of life, GL. 💃 💪 🎲

I tweet a version of it every year. They always do. I used to say “I wouldn’t win more than a few points”, but the world got more obvious so now I use a blunter instrument. Eventually it’ll be “a set”.

I still didn’t focus on it.

It looks so hot on that court. If I was playing this match against Sinner OR Alcaraz, I swear I wouldn’t win more than one game at the most.

Tom Hollander makes a dazzling Truman Capote – but it’s the fantasy that’s truly seductive This week, Victoria has been watching Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

My TV column today details the fantasies I have about women.

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There are a lot of Siâns on our production. I’m embarrassed it missed the punctuation on the a.

Life advice: never leave your phone microphone on while writing a work email in case you discover AFTER HAVING SENT IT that it took note of a conversation one of your children was having in the background.