Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1970–1971
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
S8E1 - Salford v St Hilda's, Oxford
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Oct. 25, 1970, midnight
S8E2 - St Hilda's, Oxford v Royal Holloway, London
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Nov. 1, 1970, midnight
S8E3 - Episode 3
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Nov. 8, 1970, midnight
S8E4 - Downing, Cambridge v UWIST
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Nov. 15, 1970, midnight
S8E5 - Downing, Cambridge v St Andrews
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Nov. 22, 1970, midnight
S8E6 - St Andews v Trinity, Oxford
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Nov. 29, 1970, midnight
S8E7 - Trinity, Oxford v Aberdeen
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Dec. 6, 1970, midnight
S8E8 - Trinity, Oxford v Edinburgh
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Dec. 13, 1970, midnight
S8E9 - Episode 9
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Dec. 20, 1970, midnight
S8E10 - Christmas Special: Somerville, Oxford v Churchill, Cambridge
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Dec. 21, 1970, midnight
S8E11 - Episode 11
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Dec. 27, 1970, midnight
S8E12 - UWIST v Pembroke
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Jan. 10, 1971, midnight
S8E13 - UWIST v Magdalen, Oxford
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Jan. 17, 1971, midnight
S8E14 - Episode 14
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Jan. 24, 1971, midnight
S8E15 - Magdalen, Oxford v Leicester
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Jan. 31, 1971, midnight
S8E16 - Leicester v Lincoln, Oxford
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Feb. 7, 1971, midnight
S8E17 - Lincoln, Oxford v University College
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Feb. 14, 1971, midnight
S8E18 - Lincoln, Oxford v Queen Mary, London
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Feb. 21, 1971, midnight
S8E19 - Nottingham v University, London
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Feb. 28, 1971, midnight
S8E20 - Nottingham v St Peter's, Oxford
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March 14, 1971, midnight
S8E21 - Nottingham v Surrey
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March 21, 1971, midnight
S8E22 - Episode 22
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March 28, 1971, midnight
S8E23 - Keele v Clare, Cambridge
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April 4, 1971, midnight
S8E24 - Keele v St Catharine's, Cambridge
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April 11, 1971, midnight
S8E25 - Episode 25
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April 18, 1971, midnight
S8E26 - Episode 26
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April 25, 1971, midnight
S8E27 - Episode 27
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May 2, 1971, midnight
S8E28 - Balliol, Oxford v Stirling
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May 9, 1971, midnight
S8E29 - Balliol, Oxford v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
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May 16, 1971, midnight
S8E30 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v University, Dublin
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May 23, 1971, midnight
S8E31 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Birkbeck, London
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May 30, 1971, midnight
S8E32 - Episode 32
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June 6, 1971, midnight
S8E33 - Episode 33
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June 13, 1971, midnight
S8E34 - Episode 34
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June 20, 1971, midnight
S8E35 - Episode 35
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June 27, 1971, midnight
S8E36 - Episode 36
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July 4, 1971, midnight
S8E37 - Episode 37
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July 11, 1971, midnight
S8E38 - Episode 38
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July 18, 1971, midnight
S8E39 - Final – Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Trinity, Oxford
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July 25, 1971, midnight
S8E40 - Final – Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Trinity, Oxford
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Aug. 1, 1971, midnight
ITV1
29 min/ep
58957 min
Sept. 21, 1962
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 19, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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