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 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
S17E1 - Hull v Queens', Cambridge
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Feb. 18, 1980, midnight
S17E2 - Queens', Cambridge v Keele
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Feb. 25, 1980, midnight
S17E3 - Queens', Cambridge v Imperial. London
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March 3, 1980, midnight
S17E4 - Sussex v St Catherine's, Oxford
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March 10, 1980, midnight
S17E5 - St Catherine's, Oxford v King's, London
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March 17, 1980, midnight
S17E6 - St Catherine's, Oxford v King's, Cambridge
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March 24, 1980, midnight
S17E7 - King's, Cambridge v University, Dublin
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March 31, 1980, midnight
S17E8 - King's, Cambridge v St Hilda's, Oxford
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April 7, 1980, midnight
S17E9 - Liverpool v Birmingham
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April 14, 1980, midnight
S17E10 - Birmingham v Trinity, Cambridge
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April 21, 1980, midnight
S17E11 - Birmingham v Durham
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April 28, 1980, midnight
S17E12 - Exeter, Oxford v Manchester
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May 5, 1980, midnight
S17E13 - Manchester v Newnham, Cambridge
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May 12, 1980, midnight
S17E14 - Manchester v Magdalen, Oxford
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May 19, 1980, midnight
S17E15 - Strathclyde v Queen's, Oxford
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May 26, 1980, midnight
S17E16 - Queen's, Oxford v Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
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June 2, 1980, midnight
S17E17 - Episode 17
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June 9, 1980, midnight
S17E18 - Nottingham v Downing, Cambridge
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June 16, 1980, midnight
S17E19 - Downing, Cambridge v Merton, Oxford
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June 23, 1980, midnight
S17E20 - Merton, Oxford v University, Cardiff
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June 30, 1980, midnight
S17E21 - Merton, Oxford v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
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July 7, 1980, midnight
S17E22 - York v New, Oxford
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July 14, 1980, midnight
S17E23 - Episode 23
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July 21, 1980, midnight
S17E24 - York v Leeds
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July 28, 1980, midnight
S17E25 - Lincoln, Oxford v University, London
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Aug. 4, 1980, midnight
S17E26 - Lincoln, Oxford v Glasgow
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Aug. 11, 1980, midnight
S17E27 - Glasgow v Emmanuel, Cambridge
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Aug. 18, 1980, midnight
S17E28 - Emmanuel, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast
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Aug. 25, 1980, midnight
S17E29 - Queen's, Belfast v Corpus Christi, Oxford
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Sept. 1, 1980, midnight
S17E30 - Merton, Oxford v King's, Cambridge
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Oct. 20, 1980, midnight
S17E31 - Queen's, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
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Oct. 27, 1980, midnight
S17E32 - York v Manchester
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Nov. 3, 1980, midnight
S17E33 - Merton, Oxford v Birmingham
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Nov. 10, 1980, midnight
S17E34 - Queens', Cambridge v Manchester
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Nov. 17, 1980, midnight
S17E35 - Final – Merton, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
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Nov. 24, 1980, midnight
S17E36 - Final – Merton, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
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Dec. 1, 1980, midnight
S17E37 - Final – Merton, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
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Dec. 8, 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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