Gladiators v Lexplorers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital.

Three friends who holiday in Rome take on a trio of wordsmiths in this episode. They compete to draw together the connections between things which at first glance, seem utterly random.

So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Don Quixote, Pandarus, Gargantua and Mrs Malaprop.