Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1965–1966
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
S3E1 - Magdalene, Cambridge v Brasenose, Oxford
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Aug. 25, 1965, midnight
S3E2 - Magdalene, Cambridge v York
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Sept. 1, 1965, midnight
S3E3 - Magdalene, Cambridge v Balliol, Oxford
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Sept. 8, 1965, midnight
S3E4 - Pembroke, Cambridge v St David's, Lampeter
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Sept. 15, 1965, midnight
S3E5 - St David's, Lampeter v Exeter, Oxford
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Sept. 22, 1965, midnight
S3E6 - St David's, Lampeter v Corpus Christi, Cambridge
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Sept. 29, 1965, midnight
S3E7 - St Hilda's Oxford v Strathclyde
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Oct. 6, 1965, midnight
S3E8 - St Hilda's Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
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Oct. 13, 1965, midnight
S3E9 - St Hilda's Oxford v Lancaster
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Oct. 20, 1965, midnight
S3E10 - King's Cambridge v Keble, Oxford
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Oct. 27, 1965, midnight
S3E11 - King's Cambridge v Manchester
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Nov. 3, 1965, midnight
S3E12 - King's Cambridge v St John's, Oxford
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Nov. 10, 1965, midnight
S3E13 - Oriel, Oxford v Keele
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Nov. 17, 1965, midnight
S3E14 - Manchester v Newnham, Cambridge
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Nov. 24, 1965, midnight
S3E15 - Manchester v Jesus, Oxford
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Dec. 1, 1965, midnight
S3E16 - Jesus, Oxford v Reading
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Dec. 8, 1965, midnight
S3E17 - Jesus, Oxford v Newcastle
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Dec. 15, 1965, midnight
S3E18 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Trinity, Oxford
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Dec. 22, 1965, midnight
S3E19 - Christmas Special: New College Students v New College Dons
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Dec. 29, 1965, midnight
S3E20 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Bedford, London
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Jan. 5, 1966, midnight
S3E21 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Pembroke, Oxford
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Jan. 12, 1966, midnight
S3E22 - Pembroke, Oxford v Clare, Cambridge
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Jan. 19, 1966, midnight
S3E23 - Clare, Cambridge v Leeds
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Jan. 26, 1966, midnight
S3E24 - Wadham, Oxford v Leeds
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Feb. 2, 1966, midnight
S3E25 - Wadham, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
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Feb. 9, 1966, midnight
S3E26 - Wadham, Oxford v Imperial, London
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Feb. 16, 1966, midnight
S3E27 - Somerville, Oxford v Trinity, Dublin
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Feb. 23, 1966, midnight
S3E28 - Somerville, Oxford v Downing, Cambridge
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March 2, 1966, midnight
S3E29 - Downing, Cambridge v Birmingham
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March 9, 1966, midnight
S3E30 - Birmingham v Birkbeck, London
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March 16, 1966, midnight
S3E31 - Birmingham v Sheffield
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March 23, 1966, midnight
S3E32 - St Edmund Hall, Oxford v Warwick
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March 30, 1966, midnight
S3E33 - St Edmund Hall, Oxford v Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
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April 6, 1966, midnight
S3E34 - St David's, Lampeter v Magdalene, Cambridge
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April 13, 1966, midnight
S3E35 - Jesus, Oxford v Oriel, Oxford
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April 20, 1966, midnight
S3E36 - St Hilda's, Oxford v King's, Cambridge
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April 27, 1966, midnight
S3E37 - Wadham, Oxford v Birmingham
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May 4, 1966, midnight
S3E38 - Oriel, Oxford v St David's, Lampeter
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May 11, 1966, midnight
S3E39 - St Hilda's, Oxford v Birmingham
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May 18, 1966, midnight
S3E40 - Final – Oriel, Oxford v Birmingham
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May 25, 1966, midnight
S3E41 - Final – Oriel, Oxford v Birmingham
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June 1, 1966, midnight
S3E42 - Final – Oriel, Oxford v Birmingham
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June 8, 1966, midnight
ITV1
29 min/ep
58957 min
Sept. 21, 1962
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