For a television debut, quiz shows don’t get much harder than Only Connect.

The BBC Two programme, which first came to screens on BBC Four 14 years ago, is renowned as being devilishly difficult, yet that did not stop employment solicitor Paul Singh from signing up for a go.

Singh, who works for Yorkshire firm Minster Law, had always wanted to enter a TV quiz and was motivated during lockdown to tick this entry off his bucket list. And the attraction of Only Connect was that the only prize it offers winners are bragging rights.

‘The thing for me was that Only Connect has no prize money so I could just enjoy the experience,’ he said. ‘If I had gone on The Chase and lost £60,000 I would have been gutted. This was a fun little quiz that required some lateral thinking, which is something that lawyers excel at.’

Singh signed up with two friends to form a team united by a passion for fashion. Sadly, The Peacocks came up short in their first round match, losing narrowly after failing to complete the infamous Connecting Wall round. During their appearance, Singh and his team were met with questions taken from categories covering everything from Count Binface’s manifesto and companies with tree logos, to characters played by Tim McInerney and Belgian footballers.

Singh, a Law Society council member for Yorkshire and Humber and a lecturer at Guildford’s University of Law, will have another chance to win through to the next round. His team’s next appearance will be screened later this autumn.

 

Pictured above: Victoria Coren Mitchell and Paul Singh on the set of Only Connect

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