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 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
S23E1 - King's, London v Open
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July 13, 1987, midnight
S23E2 - King's, London v Open
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July 14, 1987, midnight
S23E3 - Swansea v Glasgow
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July 15, 1987, midnight
S23E4 - Swansea v Glasgow
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July 16, 1987, midnight
S23E5 - Glasgow v Open
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July 17, 1987, midnight
S23E6 - Hughes Hall, Cambridge v Essex
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July 20, 1987, midnight
S23E7 - Hughes Hall, Cambridge v Essex
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July 21, 1987, midnight
S23E8 - Loughborough v Kent
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July 22, 1987, midnight
S23E9 - Loughborough v Kent
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July 23, 1987, midnight
S23E10 - Essex v Loughborough
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July 24, 1987, midnight
S23E11 - Keble, Oxford v New Hall, Cambridge
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July 27, 1987, midnight
S23E12 - Keble, Oxford v New Hall, Cambridge
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July 28, 1987, midnight
S23E13 - Reading v University, Oxford
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July 29, 1987, midnight
S23E14 - Reading v University, Oxford
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July 30, 1987, midnight
S23E15 - Keble, Oxford v University, Oxford
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July 31, 1987, midnight
S23E16 - Aberdeen v Hull
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Aug. 3, 1987, midnight
S23E17 - Aberdeen v Hull
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Aug. 4, 1987, midnight
S23E18 - Trinity, Cambridge v St John's, Oxford
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Aug. 5, 1987, midnight
S23E19 - Trinity, Cambridge v St John's, Oxford
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Aug. 6, 1987, midnight
S23E20 - Trinity, Cambridge v Hull
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Aug. 7, 1987, midnight
S23E21 - Keele v Aberystwyth
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Aug. 10, 1987, midnight
S23E22 - Keele v Aberystwyth
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Aug. 11, 1987, midnight
S23E23 - St Andrews v Churchill, Cambridge
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Aug. 12, 1987, midnight
S23E24 - St Andrews v Churchill, Cambridge
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Aug. 13, 1987, midnight
S23E25 - Churchill, Cambridge v Aberystwyth
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Aug. 14, 1987, midnight
S23E26 - University, London v St Anne's, Oxford
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Aug. 17, 1987, midnight
S23E27 - University, London v St Anne's, Oxford
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Aug. 18, 1987, midnight
S23E28 - Bradford v Exeter
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Aug. 19, 1987, midnight
S23E29 - Bradford v Exeter
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Aug. 20, 1987, midnight
S23E30 - St Anne's, Oxford v Bradford
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Aug. 21, 1987, midnight
S23E31 - Aberystwyth v Exeter
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Aug. 24, 1987, midnight
S23E32 - Exeter v University, Oxford
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Aug. 25, 1987, midnight
S23E33 - Open v Essex
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Aug. 26, 1987, midnight
S23E34 - Keble, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
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Aug. 27, 1987, midnight
S23E35 - Churchill, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford
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Aug. 28, 1987, midnight
S23E36 - Open v University, Oxford
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Sept. 1, 1987, midnight
S23E37 - Keble, Oxford v St Anne's, Oxford
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Sept. 2, 1987, midnight
S23E38 - Final – Keble, Oxford v University, Oxford
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Sept. 3, 1987, midnight
S23E39 - Final – Keble, Oxford v University, Oxford
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Sept. 4, 1987, midnight
S23E40 - UK v New Zealand Christmas Special: Keble, Oxford v Otago, New Zealand
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Dec. 29, 1987, midnight
S23E41 - UK v New Zealand Christmas Special: Keble, Oxford v Otago, New Zealand
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Dec. 30, 1987, midnight
S23E42 - UK v New Zealand Christmas Special: Keble, Oxford v Otago, New Zealand
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Dec. 31, 1987, midnight
ITV1
29 min/ep
58957 min
Sept. 21, 1962
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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