Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1987
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
S23E1 - King's, London v Open
July 13, 1987, midnight
S23E2 - King's, London v Open
July 14, 1987, midnight
S23E3 - Swansea v Glasgow
July 15, 1987, midnight
S23E4 - Swansea v Glasgow
July 16, 1987, midnight
S23E5 - Glasgow v Open
July 17, 1987, midnight
S23E6 - Hughes Hall, Cambridge v Essex
July 20, 1987, midnight
S23E7 - Hughes Hall, Cambridge v Essex
July 21, 1987, midnight
S23E8 - Loughborough v Kent
July 22, 1987, midnight
S23E9 - Loughborough v Kent
July 23, 1987, midnight
S23E10 - Essex v Loughborough
July 24, 1987, midnight
S23E11 - Keble, Oxford v New Hall, Cambridge
July 27, 1987, midnight
S23E12 - Keble, Oxford v New Hall, Cambridge
July 28, 1987, midnight
S23E13 - Reading v University, Oxford
July 29, 1987, midnight
S23E14 - Reading v University, Oxford
July 30, 1987, midnight
S23E15 - Keble, Oxford v University, Oxford
July 31, 1987, midnight
S23E16 - Aberdeen v Hull
Aug. 3, 1987, midnight
S23E17 - Aberdeen v Hull
Aug. 4, 1987, midnight
S23E18 - Trinity, Cambridge v St John's, Oxford
Aug. 5, 1987, midnight
S23E19 - Trinity, Cambridge v St John's, Oxford
Aug. 6, 1987, midnight
S23E20 - Trinity, Cambridge v Hull
Aug. 7, 1987, midnight
S23E21 - Keele v Aberystwyth
Aug. 10, 1987, midnight
S23E22 - Keele v Aberystwyth
Aug. 11, 1987, midnight
S23E23 - St Andrews v Churchill, Cambridge
Aug. 12, 1987, midnight
S23E24 - St Andrews v Churchill, Cambridge
Aug. 13, 1987, midnight
S23E25 - Churchill, Cambridge v Aberystwyth
Aug. 14, 1987, midnight
S23E26 - University, London v St Anne's, Oxford
Aug. 17, 1987, midnight
S23E27 - University, London v St Anne's, Oxford
Aug. 18, 1987, midnight
S23E28 - Bradford v Exeter
Aug. 19, 1987, midnight
S23E29 - Bradford v Exeter
Aug. 20, 1987, midnight
S23E30 - St Anne's, Oxford v Bradford
Aug. 21, 1987, midnight
S23E31 - Aberystwyth v Exeter
Aug. 24, 1987, midnight
S23E32 - Exeter v University, Oxford
Aug. 25, 1987, midnight
S23E33 - Open v Essex
Aug. 26, 1987, midnight
S23E34 - Keble, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
Aug. 27, 1987, midnight
S23E35 - Churchill, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford
Aug. 28, 1987, midnight
S23E36 - Open v University, Oxford
Sept. 1, 1987, midnight
S23E37 - Keble, Oxford v St Anne's, Oxford
Sept. 2, 1987, midnight
S23E38 - Final – Keble, Oxford v University, Oxford
Sept. 3, 1987, midnight
S23E39 - Final – Keble, Oxford v University, Oxford
Sept. 4, 1987, midnight
S23E40 - UK v New Zealand Christmas Special: Keble, Oxford v Otago, New Zealand
Dec. 29, 1987, midnight
S23E41 - UK v New Zealand Christmas Special: Keble, Oxford v Otago, New Zealand
Dec. 30, 1987, midnight
S23E42 - UK v New Zealand Christmas Special: Keble, Oxford v Otago, New Zealand
Dec. 31, 1987, 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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