Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1996/1997
Testing university quiz show.
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
S26E1 - Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Nov. 12, 1996, midnight
S26E2 - Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Nov. 19, 1996, midnight
S26E3 - King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Nov. 26, 1996, midnight
S26E4 - Manchester v Birkbeck
Dec. 3, 1996, midnight
S26E5 - Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
Dec. 10, 1996, midnight
S26E6 - Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
Dec. 17, 1996, midnight
S26E7 - St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Jan. 6, 1997, midnight
S26E8 - West of England v Surrey
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
Jan. 13, 1997, midnight
S26E9 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jan. 20, 1997, midnight
S26E10 - The Open University v Swansea
Jeremy Paxman hosts the general-knowledge quiz with teams from University of Wales, Swansea and the Open University, which includes one of the oldest contestants to take part - a 72-year-old woman.
Jan. 27, 1997, midnight
S26E11 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
Feb. 3, 1997, midnight
S26E12 - Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Feb. 10, 1997, midnight
S26E13 - Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Magdalen College, Oxford return to take on the University of the West of England, Bristol in the first of eight second-round matches. Jeremy Paxman is the discerning quizmaster.
Feb. 26, 1997, midnight
S26E14 - Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
March 5, 1997, midnight
S26E15 - Manchester v Imperial College, London
March 12, 1997, midnight
S26E16 - Glamorgan v St Andrews
March 19, 1997, midnight
S26E17 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
March 26, 1997, midnight
S26E18 - Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
April 2, 1997, midnight
S26E19 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
April 9, 1997, midnight
S26E20 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
April 16, 1997, midnight
S26E21 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
April 23, 1997, midnight
S26E22 - Manchester v Glamorgan
April 30, 1997, midnight
S26E23 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
May 7, 1997, midnight
S26E24 - Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
May 14, 1997, midnight
S26E25 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
May 21, 1997, midnight
S26E26 - Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
May 28, 1997, midnight
S26E27 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Magdalen College, Oxford and the Open University battle it out in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions and Germaine Greer presents the trophy to the winners.
June 4, 1997, 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
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists