Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1980
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
Released Sept. 21, 1962
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Family, Game Show, Talk, Talk Show
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
S17E1 - Hull v Queens', Cambridge
Feb. 18, 1980, midnight
S17E2 - Queens', Cambridge v Keele
Feb. 25, 1980, midnight
S17E3 - Queens', Cambridge v Imperial. London
March 3, 1980, midnight
S17E4 - Sussex v St Catherine's, Oxford
March 10, 1980, midnight
S17E5 - St Catherine's, Oxford v King's, London
March 17, 1980, midnight
S17E6 - St Catherine's, Oxford v King's, Cambridge
March 24, 1980, midnight
S17E7 - King's, Cambridge v University, Dublin
March 31, 1980, midnight
S17E8 - King's, Cambridge v St Hilda's, Oxford
April 7, 1980, midnight
S17E9 - Liverpool v Birmingham
April 14, 1980, midnight
S17E10 - Birmingham v Trinity, Cambridge
April 21, 1980, midnight
S17E11 - Birmingham v Durham
April 28, 1980, midnight
S17E12 - Exeter, Oxford v Manchester
May 5, 1980, midnight
S17E13 - Manchester v Newnham, Cambridge
May 12, 1980, midnight
S17E14 - Manchester v Magdalen, Oxford
May 19, 1980, midnight
S17E15 - Strathclyde v Queen's, Oxford
May 26, 1980, midnight
S17E16 - Queen's, Oxford v Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
June 2, 1980, midnight
S17E17 - Episode 17
June 9, 1980, midnight
S17E18 - Nottingham v Downing, Cambridge
June 16, 1980, midnight
S17E19 - Downing, Cambridge v Merton, Oxford
June 23, 1980, midnight
S17E20 - Merton, Oxford v University, Cardiff
June 30, 1980, midnight
S17E21 - Merton, Oxford v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
July 7, 1980, midnight
S17E22 - York v New, Oxford
July 14, 1980, midnight
S17E23 - Episode 23
July 21, 1980, midnight
S17E24 - York v Leeds
July 28, 1980, midnight
S17E25 - Lincoln, Oxford v University, London
Aug. 4, 1980, midnight
S17E26 - Lincoln, Oxford v Glasgow
Aug. 11, 1980, midnight
S17E27 - Glasgow v Emmanuel, Cambridge
Aug. 18, 1980, midnight
S17E28 - Emmanuel, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast
Aug. 25, 1980, midnight
S17E29 - Queen's, Belfast v Corpus Christi, Oxford
Sept. 1, 1980, midnight
S17E30 - Merton, Oxford v King's, Cambridge
Oct. 20, 1980, midnight
S17E31 - Queen's, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
Oct. 27, 1980, midnight
S17E32 - York v Manchester
Nov. 3, 1980, midnight
S17E33 - Merton, Oxford v Birmingham
Nov. 10, 1980, midnight
S17E34 - Queens', Cambridge v Manchester
Nov. 17, 1980, midnight
S17E35 - Final – Merton, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
Nov. 24, 1980, midnight
S17E36 - Final – Merton, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
Dec. 1, 1980, midnight
S17E37 - Final – Merton, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
Dec. 8, 1980, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 21, 1962
Last Air Date: Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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