Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1980–1981
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
S18E1 - Corpus Christi, Oxford v Aberystwyth
Dec. 15, 1980, midnight
S18E2 - Aberystwyth v Magdalene, Cambridge
Dec. 22, 1980, midnight
S18E3 - Special: Merton, Oxford students v Merton, Oxford dons
Dec. 29, 1980, midnight
S18E4 - Aberystwyth v Bedford, London
Jan. 5, 1981, midnight
S18E5 - Oriel, Oxford v St John's, Cambridge
Jan. 12, 1981, midnight
S18E6 - St John's, Cambridge v Exeter
Jan. 19, 1981, midnight
S18E7 - St John's, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford
Jan. 26, 1981, midnight
S18E8 - Queen's, Belfast v Warwick
Feb. 2, 1981, midnight
S18E9 - Queen's, Belfast v Selwyn, Cambridge
Feb. 9, 1981, midnight
S18E10 - Pembroke, Oxford v Kent
Feb. 16, 1981, midnight
S18E11 - Pembroke, Oxford v Surrey
Feb. 23, 1981, midnight
S18E12 - Pembroke, Oxford v Clare, Cambridge
March 2, 1981, midnight
S18E13 - Clare, Cambridge v Bristol
March 9, 1981, midnight
S18E14 - Bristol v Leicester
March 16, 1981, midnight
S18E15 - Leicester v St John's, Oxford
March 23, 1981, midnight
S18E16 - Leicester v Girton, Cambridge
March 30, 1981, midnight
S18E17 - Girton, Cambridge v Royal Holloway, London
April 6, 1981, midnight
S18E18 - Girton, Cambridge v Bradford
April 13, 1981, midnight
S18E19 - Keble, Oxford v Leicester
April 20, 1981, midnight
S18E20 - Keble, Oxford v LSE
April 27, 1981, midnight
S18E21 - Keble, Oxford v Christ's, Cambridge
May 4, 1981, midnight
S18E22 - Christ's, Cambridge v Edinburgh
May 11, 1981, midnight
S18E23 - Edinburgh v Mansfield, Oxford
May 18, 1981, midnight
S18E24 - Edinburgh v University, Swansea
May 25, 1981, midnight
S18E25 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v Bristol
June 1, 1981, midnight
S18E26 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v St David's, Lampeter
June 8, 1981, midnight
S18E27 - St David's, Lampeter v Jesus, Oxford
June 15, 1981, midnight
S18E28 - St David's, Lampeter v Trinity, Dublin
June 22, 1981, midnight
S18E29 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Southampton
June 29, 1981, midnight
S18E30 - Southampton v Stirling
July 6, 1981, midnight
S18E31 - Stirling v Corpus Christi, Cambridge
July 13, 1981, midnight
S18E32 - Corpus Christi, Cambridge v UEA
July 20, 1981, midnight
S18E33 - Episode 33
Oct. 26, 1981, midnight
S18E34 - Girton, Cambridge v Queen's, Belfast
Nov. 2, 1981, midnight
S18E35 - St John's, Cambridge v Edinburgh
Nov. 9, 1981, midnight
S18E36 - Queen's, Belfast v St David's, Lampeter
Nov. 16, 1981, midnight
S18E37 - Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast
Nov. 23, 1981, midnight
S18E38 - Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast
Nov. 30, 1981, midnight
S18E39 - Final – Edinburgh v Queen's, Belfast
Dec. 7, 1981, midnight
S18E40 - Special: Queen's, Belfast students v Queen's, Belfast dons
Jan. 4, 1982, 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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