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 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
S2E1 - St Andrews v St Anne's, Oxford
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Dec. 3, 1963, midnight
S2E2 - St Anne's, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
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Dec. 10, 1963, midnight
S2E3 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v Christ Church, Oxford
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Dec. 17, 1963, midnight
S2E4 - Christmas Special: Leicester Students v Leicester Staff
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Dec. 25, 1963, midnight
S2E5 - Christ Church, Oxford v Queen Elizabeth, London
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Dec. 31, 1963, midnight
S2E6 - Christ Church, Oxford v York
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Jan. 7, 1964, midnight
S2E7 - Selwyn, Cambridge v Trinity, Dublin
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Jan. 14, 1964, midnight
S2E8 - Selwyn, Cambridge v St Hugh's, Oxford
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Jan. 21, 1964, midnight
S2E9 - Selwyn, Cambridge v UEA
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Jan. 28, 1964, midnight
S2E10 - Churchill, Cambridge v St Peter's, Oxford
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Feb. 4, 1964, midnight
S2E11 - St Peter's, Oxford v University, Dublin
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Feb. 11, 1964, midnight
S2E12 - St Peter's, Oxford v Royal Holloway, London
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Feb. 18, 1964, midnight
S2E13 - Keele v Exeter
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Feb. 25, 1964, midnight
S2E14 - Exeter v Reading
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March 3, 1964, midnight
S2E15 - Exeter v Corpus Christi, Oxford
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March 10, 1964, midnight
S2E16 - Corpus Christi, Oxford v Leeds
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March 17, 1964, midnight
S2E17 - Leeds v Peterhouse, Cambridge
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March 24, 1964, midnight
S2E18 - Cardiff v Hull
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March 31, 1964, midnight
S2E19 - Cardiff v New Hall, Cambridge
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April 7, 1964, midnight
S2E20 - Episode 20
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April 14, 1964, midnight
S2E21 - Newcastle v Magdalen, Oxford
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April 21, 1964, midnight
S2E22 - Newcastle v Southampton
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April 28, 1964, midnight
S2E23 - Southampton v Emmanuel, Cambridge
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May 5, 1964, midnight
S2E24 - Emmanuel, Cambridge v Durham
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May 12, 1964, midnight
S2E25 - Durham v Liverpool
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May 19, 1964, midnight
S2E26 - Durham v LSE
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May 26, 1964, midnight
S2E27 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Sheffield
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June 2, 1964, midnight
S2E28 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Birkbeck, London
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June 9, 1964, midnight
S2E29 - Birkbeck, London v Sussex
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June 16, 1964, midnight
S2E30 - Birkbeck, London v Birmingham
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June 23, 1964, midnight
S2E31 - Manchester v Edinburgh
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June 30, 1964, midnight
S2E32 - Edinburgh v Bristol
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July 7, 1964, midnight
S2E33 - Edinburgh v Unviersity College North Wales, Bangor
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Oct. 30, 1964, midnight
S2E34 - King's, London v Nottingham
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Nov. 6, 1964, midnight
S2E35 - King's, London v Glasgow
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Nov. 13, 1964, midnight
S2E36 - Glasgow v New, Oxford
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Nov. 20, 1964, midnight
S2E37 - New, Oxford v Imperial, London
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Nov. 27, 1964, midnight
S2E38 - Episode 38
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Dec. 4, 1964, midnight
S2E39 - Queen Mary, London v Jesus, Cambridge
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Dec. 11, 1964, midnight
S2E40 - Queen Mary, London v Worcester, Oxford
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Dec. 18, 1964, midnight
S2E41 - Worcester, Oxford v Queen's, Belfast
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Dec. 30, 1964, midnight
S2E42 - Worcester, Oxford v St John's, Cambridge
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Jan. 6, 1965, midnight
S2E43 - Lincoln, Oxford v Queen's, Dundee
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Jan. 13, 1965, midnight
S2E44 - Lincoln, Oxford v Jesus, Cambridge
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Jan. 20, 1965, midnight
S2E45 - Jesus, Cambridge v Aberystwyth
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Jan. 27, 1965, midnight
S2E46 - Aberystwyth v Queen's, Oxford
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Feb. 3, 1965, midnight
S2E47 - Queen's, Oxford v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
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Feb. 10, 1965, midnight
S2E48 - Gonville and Caius, Cambridge v Leicester
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Feb. 17, 1965, midnight
S2E49 - Episode 49
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Feb. 24, 1965, midnight
S2E50 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v University, London
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March 3, 1965, midnight
S2E51 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Oriel, Oxford
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March 10, 1965, midnight
S2E52 - Oriel, Oxford v Westfield, London
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March 17, 1965, midnight
S2E53 - Christ Church, Oxford v Birkbeck, London
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March 24, 1965, midnight
S2E54 - Edinburgh v St Peter's, Oxford
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March 31, 1965, midnight
S2E55 - Edinburgh v Christ Church, Oxford
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April 7, 1965, midnight
S2E56 - New, Oxford v Selwyn, Cambridge
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April 14, 1965, midnight
S2E57 - Durham v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
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April 21, 1965, midnight
S2E58 - Worcester, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
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April 28, 1965, midnight
S2E59 - New, Oxford v Edinburgh
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May 5, 1965, midnight
S2E60 - Worcester, Oxford v Durham
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May 12, 1965, midnight
S2E61 - Final – New, Oxford v Worcester, Oxford
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May 19, 1965, midnight
S2E62 - Final – New, Oxford v Worcester, Oxford
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May 26, 1965, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 58957 min.
Released: Sept. 21, 1962
Last Air Date: Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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