Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1978–1980
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
Released Sept. 21, 1962
Episode 29 min
None+
Genres: Family, Game Show, Talk
Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.game-show, imdb.quiz-show, tmdb.university, tmdb.trivia, tmdb.academia, tmdb.quiz + 21 more, imdb.quiz-show-host, imdb.contestant, imdb.catchphrase, imdb.famous-opening-theme, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.general-knowledge, imdb.random-question, imdb.intellect, imdb.high-iq, imdb.elimination-quiz, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.1960s, imdb.1970s, imdb.1980s, imdb.1990s, imdb.2000s, imdb.2010s, imdb.tournament, imdb.england, imdb.competition, imdb.intelligence
Production Companies: Lifted Entertainment, Granada Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S16E1 - Episode 1
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Nov. 27, 1978, midnight
S16E2 - Newcastle v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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Dec. 4, 1978, midnight
S16E3 - Episode 3
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Dec. 11, 1978, midnight
S16E4 - Episode 4
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Dec. 18, 1978, midnight
S16E5 - Special: Stanford v England
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Dec. 28, 1978, midnight
S16E6 - Special: Sidney Sussex, Cambridge students v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge dons
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Jan. 2, 1979, midnight
S16E7 - Episode 7
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Jan. 8, 1979, midnight
S16E8 - Episode 8
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Jan. 15, 1979, midnight
S16E9 - Episode 9
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Jan. 22, 1979, midnight
S16E10 - Episode 10
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Jan. 29, 1979, midnight
S16E11 - LSE v St Andrews
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Feb. 5, 1979, midnight
S16E12 - St Andrews v St Peter's, Oxford
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Feb. 12, 1979, midnight
S16E13 - Episode 13
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Feb. 19, 1979, midnight
S16E14 - Worcester, Oxford v Bradford
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Feb. 26, 1979, midnight
S16E15 - Episode 15
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March 5, 1979, midnight
S16E16 - Episode 16
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March 12, 1979, midnight
S16E17 - Balliol, Oxford v Aberdeen
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March 19, 1979, midnight
S16E18 - Balliol, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
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March 26, 1979, midnight
S16E19 - Balliol, Oxford v Cardiff
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April 2, 1979, midnight
S16E20 - Cardiff v New Hall, Cambridge
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April 9, 1979, midnight
S16E21 - Episode 21
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April 23, 1979, midnight
S16E22 - Episode 22
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April 30, 1979, midnight
S16E23 - Episode 23
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May 7, 1979, midnight
S16E24 - Episode 24
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May 14, 1979, midnight
S16E25 - Episode 25
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May 21, 1979, midnight
S16E26 - Episode 26
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June 4, 1979, midnight
S16E27 - Episode 27
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June 11, 1979, midnight
S16E28 - Southampton v Girton, Cambridge
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June 18, 1979, midnight
S16E29 - Girton, Cambridge v Bedford, London
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June 25, 1979, midnight
S16E30 - Episode 30
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July 2, 1979, midnight
S16E31 - Newcastle v Lancaster
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Nov. 26, 1979, midnight
S16E32 - St Hugh's, Oxford v Pembroke, Cambridge
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Dec. 3, 1979, midnight
S16E33 - St Andrews v New Hall, Cambridge
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Dec. 10, 1979, midnight
S16E34 - Bradford v Corpus Christi, Cambridge
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Dec. 17, 1979, midnight
S16E35 - St Hugh's, Oxford v Lancaster
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Dec. 28, 1979, midnight
S16E36 - Special: Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Davidson College, NC
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Dec. 31, 1979, midnight
S16E37 - Bradford v New Hall, Cambridge
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Jan. 14, 1980, midnight
S16E38 - Final – Lancaster v Bradford
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Jan. 21, 1980, midnight
S16E39 - Final – Lancaster v Bradford
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Jan. 28, 1980, midnight
S16E40 - Final – Lancaster v Bradford
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Feb. 4, 1980, midnight
S16E41 - Special: Bradford students v Bradford dons
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Feb. 11, 1980, midnight
ITV1
29 min/ep
58957 min
Sept. 21, 1962
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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