Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1963–1965
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
S2E1 - St Andrews v St Anne's, Oxford
Dec. 3, 1963, midnight
S2E2 - St Anne's, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
Dec. 10, 1963, midnight
S2E3 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v Christ Church, Oxford
Dec. 17, 1963, midnight
S2E4 - Christmas Special: Leicester Students v Leicester Staff
Dec. 25, 1963, midnight
S2E5 - Christ Church, Oxford v Queen Elizabeth, London
Dec. 31, 1963, midnight
S2E6 - Christ Church, Oxford v York
Jan. 7, 1964, midnight
S2E7 - Selwyn, Cambridge v Trinity, Dublin
Jan. 14, 1964, midnight
S2E8 - Selwyn, Cambridge v St Hugh's, Oxford
Jan. 21, 1964, midnight
S2E9 - Selwyn, Cambridge v UEA
Jan. 28, 1964, midnight
S2E10 - Churchill, Cambridge v St Peter's, Oxford
Feb. 4, 1964, midnight
S2E11 - St Peter's, Oxford v University, Dublin
Feb. 11, 1964, midnight
S2E12 - St Peter's, Oxford v Royal Holloway, London
Feb. 18, 1964, midnight
S2E13 - Keele v Exeter
Feb. 25, 1964, midnight
S2E14 - Exeter v Reading
March 3, 1964, midnight
S2E15 - Exeter v Corpus Christi, Oxford
March 10, 1964, midnight
S2E16 - Corpus Christi, Oxford v Leeds
March 17, 1964, midnight
S2E17 - Leeds v Peterhouse, Cambridge
March 24, 1964, midnight
S2E18 - Cardiff v Hull
March 31, 1964, midnight
S2E19 - Cardiff v New Hall, Cambridge
April 7, 1964, midnight
S2E20 - Episode 20
April 14, 1964, midnight
S2E21 - Newcastle v Magdalen, Oxford
April 21, 1964, midnight
S2E22 - Newcastle v Southampton
April 28, 1964, midnight
S2E23 - Southampton v Emmanuel, Cambridge
May 5, 1964, midnight
S2E24 - Emmanuel, Cambridge v Durham
May 12, 1964, midnight
S2E25 - Durham v Liverpool
May 19, 1964, midnight
S2E26 - Durham v LSE
May 26, 1964, midnight
S2E27 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Sheffield
June 2, 1964, midnight
S2E28 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Birkbeck, London
June 9, 1964, midnight
S2E29 - Birkbeck, London v Sussex
June 16, 1964, midnight
S2E30 - Birkbeck, London v Birmingham
June 23, 1964, midnight
S2E31 - Manchester v Edinburgh
June 30, 1964, midnight
S2E32 - Edinburgh v Bristol
July 7, 1964, midnight
S2E33 - Edinburgh v Unviersity College North Wales, Bangor
Oct. 30, 1964, midnight
S2E34 - King's, London v Nottingham
Nov. 6, 1964, midnight
S2E35 - King's, London v Glasgow
Nov. 13, 1964, midnight
S2E36 - Glasgow v New, Oxford
Nov. 20, 1964, midnight
S2E37 - New, Oxford v Imperial, London
Nov. 27, 1964, midnight
S2E38 - Episode 38
Dec. 4, 1964, midnight
S2E39 - Queen Mary, London v Jesus, Cambridge
Dec. 11, 1964, midnight
S2E40 - Queen Mary, London v Worcester, Oxford
Dec. 18, 1964, midnight
S2E41 - Worcester, Oxford v Queen's, Belfast
Dec. 30, 1964, midnight
S2E42 - Worcester, Oxford v St John's, Cambridge
Jan. 6, 1965, midnight
S2E43 - Lincoln, Oxford v Queen's, Dundee
Jan. 13, 1965, midnight
S2E44 - Lincoln, Oxford v Jesus, Cambridge
Jan. 20, 1965, midnight
S2E45 - Jesus, Cambridge v Aberystwyth
Jan. 27, 1965, midnight
S2E46 - Aberystwyth v Queen's, Oxford
Feb. 3, 1965, midnight
S2E47 - Queen's, Oxford v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
Feb. 10, 1965, midnight
S2E48 - Gonville and Caius, Cambridge v Leicester
Feb. 17, 1965, midnight
S2E49 - Episode 49
Feb. 24, 1965, midnight
S2E50 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v University, London
March 3, 1965, midnight
S2E51 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Oriel, Oxford
March 10, 1965, midnight
S2E52 - Oriel, Oxford v Westfield, London
March 17, 1965, midnight
S2E53 - Christ Church, Oxford v Birkbeck, London
March 24, 1965, midnight
S2E54 - Edinburgh v St Peter's, Oxford
March 31, 1965, midnight
S2E55 - Edinburgh v Christ Church, Oxford
April 7, 1965, midnight
S2E56 - New, Oxford v Selwyn, Cambridge
April 14, 1965, midnight
S2E57 - Durham v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
April 21, 1965, midnight
S2E58 - Worcester, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
April 28, 1965, midnight
S2E59 - New, Oxford v Edinburgh
May 5, 1965, midnight
S2E60 - Worcester, Oxford v Durham
May 12, 1965, midnight
S2E61 - Final – New, Oxford v Worcester, Oxford
May 19, 1965, midnight
S2E62 - Final – New, Oxford v Worcester, Oxford
May 26, 1965, 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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