Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1986
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
S22E1 - Pembroke, Cambridge v St Catherine's, Oxford
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April 7, 1986, midnight
S22E2 - Pembroke, Cambridge v St Catherine's, Oxford
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April 8, 1986, midnight
S22E3 - Royal Holloway, London v Dundee
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April 9, 1986, midnight
S22E4 - Royal Holloway, London v Dundee
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April 10, 1986, midnight
S22E5 - Royal Holloway, London v St Catherine's, Oxford
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April 11, 1986, midnight
S22E6 - University, Cardiff v Newcastle
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April 14, 1986, midnight
S22E7 - University, Cardiff v Newcastle
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April 15, 1986, midnight
S22E8 - St Hilda's, Oxford v Leeds
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April 16, 1986, midnight
S22E9 - St Hilda's, Oxford v Leeds
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April 17, 1986, midnight
S22E10 - University, Cardiff v Leeds
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April 18, 1986, midnight
S22E11 - Bristol v Liverpool
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April 21, 1986, midnight
S22E12 - Bristol v Liverpool
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April 22, 1986, midnight
S22E13 - Bath v St David's, Lampeter
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April 23, 1986, midnight
S22E14 - Bath v St David's, Lampeter
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April 24, 1986, midnight
S22E15 - Bristol v St David's, Lampeter
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April 25, 1986, midnight
S22E16 - Edinburgh v Magdalene, Cambridge
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April 28, 1986, midnight
S22E17 - Edinburgh v Magdalene, Cambridge
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April 29, 1986, midnight
S22E18 - Stirling v Salford
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April 30, 1986, midnight
S22E19 - Stirling v Salford
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May 1, 1986, midnight
S22E20 - Edinburgh v Salford
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May 2, 1986, midnight
S22E21 - Imperial, London v Somerville, Oxford
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May 5, 1986, midnight
S22E22 - Imperial, London v Somerville, Oxford
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May 6, 1986, midnight
S22E23 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast
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May 7, 1986, midnight
S22E24 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast
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May 8, 1986, midnight
S22E25 - Queen's, Belfast v Imperial, London
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May 9, 1986, midnight
S22E26 - Downing, Cambridge v Birmingham
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May 12, 1986, midnight
S22E27 - Downing, Cambridge v Birmingham
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May 13, 1986, midnight
S22E28 - Gonville and Caius, Cambridge v Jesus, Oxford
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May 14, 1986, midnight
S22E29 - Gonville and Caius, Cambridge v Jesus, Oxford
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May 15, 1986, midnight
S22E30 - Birmingham v Jesus, Oxford
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May 16, 1986, midnight
S22E31 - Queen's, Belfast v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
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May 19, 1986, midnight
S22E32 - Jesus, Oxford v Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
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May 20, 1986, midnight
S22E33 - Royal Holloway, London v University, Cardiff
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May 21, 1986, midnight
S22E34 - Edinburgh v Bristol
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May 22, 1986, midnight
S22E35 - Birmingham v Imperial, London
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May 23, 1986, midnight
S22E36 - Jesus, Oxford v University, Cardiff
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May 27, 1986, midnight
S22E37 - Imperial, London v Edinburgh
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May 28, 1986, midnight
S22E38 - Final – Imperial, London v Jesus, Oxford
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May 29, 1986, midnight
S22E39 - Final – Imperial, London v Jesus, Oxford
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May 30, 1986, midnight
ITV1
29 min/ep
58957 min
Sept. 21, 1962
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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