Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1978–1980
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
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
S16E1 - Episode 1
Nov. 27, 1978, midnight
S16E2 - Newcastle v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Dec. 4, 1978, midnight
S16E3 - Episode 3
Dec. 11, 1978, midnight
S16E4 - Episode 4
Dec. 18, 1978, midnight
S16E5 - Special: Stanford v England
Dec. 28, 1978, midnight
S16E6 - Special: Sidney Sussex, Cambridge students v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge dons
Jan. 2, 1979, midnight
S16E7 - Episode 7
Jan. 8, 1979, midnight
S16E8 - Episode 8
Jan. 15, 1979, midnight
S16E9 - Episode 9
Jan. 22, 1979, midnight
S16E10 - Episode 10
Jan. 29, 1979, midnight
S16E11 - LSE v St Andrews
Feb. 5, 1979, midnight
S16E12 - St Andrews v St Peter's, Oxford
Feb. 12, 1979, midnight
S16E13 - Episode 13
Feb. 19, 1979, midnight
S16E14 - Worcester, Oxford v Bradford
Feb. 26, 1979, midnight
S16E15 - Episode 15
March 5, 1979, midnight
S16E16 - Episode 16
March 12, 1979, midnight
S16E17 - Balliol, Oxford v Aberdeen
March 19, 1979, midnight
S16E18 - Balliol, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
March 26, 1979, midnight
S16E19 - Balliol, Oxford v Cardiff
April 2, 1979, midnight
S16E20 - Cardiff v New Hall, Cambridge
April 9, 1979, midnight
S16E21 - Episode 21
April 23, 1979, midnight
S16E22 - Episode 22
April 30, 1979, midnight
S16E23 - Episode 23
May 7, 1979, midnight
S16E24 - Episode 24
May 14, 1979, midnight
S16E25 - Episode 25
May 21, 1979, midnight
S16E26 - Episode 26
June 4, 1979, midnight
S16E27 - Episode 27
June 11, 1979, midnight
S16E28 - Southampton v Girton, Cambridge
June 18, 1979, midnight
S16E29 - Girton, Cambridge v Bedford, London
June 25, 1979, midnight
S16E30 - Episode 30
July 2, 1979, midnight
S16E31 - Newcastle v Lancaster
Nov. 26, 1979, midnight
S16E32 - St Hugh's, Oxford v Pembroke, Cambridge
Dec. 3, 1979, midnight
S16E33 - St Andrews v New Hall, Cambridge
Dec. 10, 1979, midnight
S16E34 - Bradford v Corpus Christi, Cambridge
Dec. 17, 1979, midnight
S16E35 - St Hugh's, Oxford v Lancaster
Dec. 28, 1979, midnight
S16E36 - Special: Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Davidson College, NC
Dec. 31, 1979, midnight
S16E37 - Bradford v New Hall, Cambridge
Jan. 14, 1980, midnight
S16E38 - Final – Lancaster v Bradford
Jan. 21, 1980, midnight
S16E39 - Final – Lancaster v Bradford
Jan. 28, 1980, midnight
S16E40 - Final – Lancaster v Bradford
Feb. 4, 1980, midnight
S16E41 - Special: Bradford students v Bradford dons
Feb. 11, 1980, 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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