{"id":9933,"date":"2025-07-20T08:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/9933\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:31:09","slug":"victoria-coren-issues-career-news-after-husband-david-mitchells-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/9933\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Coren issues career news after husband David Mitchell&#8217;s confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria Coren delighted fans with a major announcement about her BBC2 show &#8211; following her husband David Mitchell&#8217;s emotional confession about their relationship<\/p>\n<p>22:25, 19 Jul 2025Updated 23:13, 19 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_VA-2023-Summer-Party-Arrivals.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria David\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Victoria Coren issues career news after husband David Mitchell&#8217;s confession(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Victoria Coren excited quiz enthusiasts everywhere with an update on social media this Saturday. The 52-year-old presenter, who has been hosting the mind-boggling BBC programme<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/weird-news\/youre-true-genius-you-can-33814397\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Only Connect<\/a> since 2008, shared details about the release of new episodes with her fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/victoria-coren\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victoria<\/a> informed her 665,000 followers on X: &#8220;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&#8217;T. She then added: &#8220;Only Connect returns on Monday night, 8pm @BBCTwo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">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: &#8220;Thank heavens, you&#8217;ve answered my wife&#8217;s question of last Monday, or quiz night on BBC2 as we know it, &#8216;when is Only Connect back?&#8217; Well now we know &#8211; thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_Victoria-Coren-Mitchell.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Coren Mitchell\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Victoria Coren Mitchell announced new episodes of Only Connect(Image: X\/TWITTER\/ONLY CONNECT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Victoria then responded: &#8220;Did they not mention it last week? Understandably embarrassed, perhaps,&#8221; as another fan noted: &#8220;This feels early, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/2084203\/victoria-coren-bbc-announcement-husband\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another added: &#8220;This isn&#8217;t a problem, it&#8217;s delightful news, but it does feel early,&#8221; as Victoria agreed, saying: &#8220;It is a bit early, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fans were overjoyed with the announcement, as another penned: &#8220;Whoop whoop , Monday night&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bbc<\/a> 2 back to normal, I&#8217;ll sleep well tonight. While another chimed in: &#8220;Always chuffed when I get a connection or a sequence right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Victoria&#8217;s announcement follows a heart-wrenching revelation made by her husband <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/david-mitchell\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Mitchell<\/a>. In his autobiography Back Story, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/peep-show\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peep Show<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Victoria-Coren-Mitchell.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Coren Mitchell\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Victoria Coren recently shared a rare glimpse into her home life (Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I was hopelessly in love. I told no one about it,&#8221; he reveals in his memoir. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t tell my closest friends or my parents of the enormous sadness that overshadowed my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Recently, Victoria<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/victoria-coren-says-daughter-david-35572715\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> shared a rare glimpse into her home life<\/a>. The Only Connect host has two daughters &#8211; <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/breaking-david-mitchell-breaks-silence-31342778\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barbara, 10, and June, two<\/a> &#8211; with David, 51, and they have always <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/victoria-coren-mitchell-camera-poker-31340261\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shielded them from the public spotlight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She told the new issue of Radio Times magazine: &#8220;My 10 year old loves The Masked Singer and old episodes of Poirot, just like her mother. The baby doesn&#8217;t have any screen time; she&#8217;s only 18 months old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;She loves Bluey &#8211; an excellent TV show &#8211; but she doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s a TV show. She just thinks it&#8217;s a source of really great plastic dog Weebles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Like this story? 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