Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
2014/2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
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
S44E1 - Manchester v Selwyn College, Cambridge
In the opening match of the quiz series for students, Manchester University take on Selwyn College, Cambridge for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
July 14, 2014, midnight
S44E2 - Oxford Brookes v Jesus College, Oxford
In another first round match, students from Oxford Brookes University do battle with Jesus College, Oxford in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
July 21, 2014, midnight
S44E3 - Bristol v Courtauld Institute
In another first round match, students representing the University of Bristol battle it out with the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
July 28, 2014, midnight
S44E4 - St Anne's College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
In another first round match, St Anne's College, Oxford competes against Gonville and Caius, Cambridge for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the question
Aug. 11, 2014, midnight
S44E5 - St Peter's College, Oxford v Sussex
In another first-round match, St Peter's College, Oxford competes against the University of Sussex for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Aug. 18, 2014, midnight
S44E6 - LSHTM v LSE
It is a local derby as two London colleges, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics, do battle for a place in the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Aug. 25, 2014, midnight
S44E7 - Liverpool v Sheffield
Two universities on either side of the Pennines, Liverpool and Sheffield, fight it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 1, 2014, midnight
S44E8 - Bath v Glasgow
It is England versus Scotland when Bath University takes on the University of Glasgow in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 8, 2014, midnight
S44E9 - Leicester v Open
The students from the University of Leicester battle it out against the Open University in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 15, 2014, midnight
S44E10 - Trinity College, Cambridge v St Andrews
The students from Trinity College, Cambridge fight it out with St Andrews University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 22, 2014, midnight
S44E11 - UCL v Exeter
The students from University College, London encounter the students representing the University of Exeter in another first round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 29, 2014, midnight
S44E12 - Brasenose College, Oxford v Durham
Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Durham battle it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 6, 2014, midnight
S44E13 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v York
In the penultimate first-round match of the student quiz, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge clashes with the University of York. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 13, 2014, midnight
S44E14 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Pembroke College, Cambridge
It is an Oxbridge fixture between Magdalen College, Oxford and Pembroke College, Cambridge in the last of the first-round matches. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 20, 2014, midnight
S44E15 - Open v LSE
It is the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches, when two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 27, 2014, midnight
S44E16 - Manchester v Sussex
The last of the two highest-scoring loser matches sees two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 3, 2014, midnight
S44E17 - Leicester v Trinity College, Cambridge
It's the first of the second round matches when two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 10, 2014, midnight
S44E18 - Durham v York
It is another second-round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 17, 2014, midnight
S44E19 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Open
It is another second round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 24, 2014, midnight
S44E20 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Manchester
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Dec. 1, 2014, midnight
S44E21 - LSHTM v Bristol
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Dec. 8, 2014, midnight
S44E22 - Glasgow v Liverpool
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Dec. 15, 2014, midnight
S44E23 - Selywyn College, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford
Find out which of the two teams competing in the second round of the student quiz will make it through to the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 5, 2015, midnight
S44E24 - Oxford Brookes v UCL
In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 12, 2015, midnight
S44E25 - Bristol v Liverpool
In the first of the quarter-finals, two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 19, 2015, midnight
S44E26 - St Peter's College, Oxford v Oxford Brookes
The quarter-finals continue as two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 26, 2015, midnight
S44E27 - Durham v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 2, 2015, midnight
S44E28 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Trinity College, Cambridge
The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 9, 2015, midnight
S44E29 - Liverpool v St Peter's College, Oxford
Another quarter-final match to determine which university team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 16, 2015, midnight
S44E30 - Oxford Brookes v Bristol
In another quarter-final match, two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 23, 2015, midnight
S44E31 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Magdalen College, Oxford
The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 2, 2015, midnight
S44E32 - Durham v Trinity College, Cambridge
The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Find out which team makes it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 9, 2015, midnight
S44E33 - Bristol v Magdalen College, Oxford
It's the penultimate quarter-final match in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 16, 2015, midnight
S44E34 - Leicester v Durham
The last of the quarter-finals sees one more team make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 23, 2015, midnight
S44E35 - St Peter's College, Oxford v Magdalen College, Oxford
It's the first of the semis, when one team will find out if they have made it to the Grand Final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 30, 2015, midnight
S44E36 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Durham
In the last of the semi-finals, find out which team succeeds in achieving a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
April 6, 2015, midnight
S44E37 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
It's the grand final of the student quiz - when one team will get to lift the University Challenge trophy. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
April 13, 2015, 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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