Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1997/1998
Jeremy Paxman presents the general knowledge quiz.
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
S27E1 - Edinburgh v Jesus College, Cambridge
Sept. 10, 1997, midnight
S27E2 - Birkbeck v Cardiff
Sept. 17, 1997, midnight
S27E3 - Exeter v Robinson College, Cambridge
Sept. 24, 1997, midnight
S27E4 - Magdalen College, Oxford v King's College, London
Teams from Magdalen College, Oxford and King's College, London put their knowledge to the test. Jeremy Paxman hosts.
Oct. 1, 1997, midnight
S27E5 - Sheffield v Aberdeen
Jeremy Paxman welcomes teams from Sheffield and Aberdeen to the university quiz.
Oct. 8, 1997, midnight
S27E6 - Christ Church, Oxford v The Open University
Quiz show hosted by Jeremy Paxman. The Open University take on Christ Church College, Oxford.
Oct. 15, 1997, midnight
S27E7 - Liverpool v Newnham College, Cambridge
Oct. 22, 1997, midnight
S27E8 - Queen's University, Belfast v Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
Oct. 29, 1997, midnight
S27E9 - Magdalene College, Cambridge v St Catherine's College, Oxford
Nov. 4, 1997, midnight
S27E10 - St John's College, Oxford v L.S.E.
Nov. 11, 1997, midnight
S27E11 - Oxford Brookes v Warwick
Jeremy Paxman presents the general knowledge quiz between university students. Oxford Brookes take on Warwick.
Nov. 18, 1997, midnight
S27E12 - New Hall, Cambridge v Nottingham
Dec. 2, 1997, midnight
S27E13 - Exeter v Jesus College, Cambridge
Dec. 9, 1997, midnight
S27E14 - King's College, London v Nottingham
Jeremy Paxman presents a second-round clash between Kings College, London and Nottingham University.
Dec. 16, 1997, midnight
S27E15 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Edinburgh
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Edinburgh University in a second-round match. Jeremy Paxman is the quizmaster.
Jan. 6, 1998, midnight
S27E16 - Birkbeck v Robinson College, Cambridge
Jan. 13, 1998, midnight
S27E17 - L.S.E. v Oxford Brookes
Jan. 20, 1998, midnight
S27E18 - Cardiff v Aberdeen
Jeremy Paxman chairs another second-round match as Cardiff return to take on Aberdeen for a place in the quarter-finals.
Jan. 27, 1998, midnight
S27E19 - Magdalene College, Cambridge v Queen's University, Belfast
Feb. 3, 1998, midnight
S27E20 - The Open University v Magdalen College, Oxford
The Open University return to take on reigning champions Magdalen College, Oxford for the last place in the quarter-finals.
Feb. 24, 1998, midnight
S27E21 - Jesus College, Cambridge v Nottingham
Jeremy Paxman asks questions of teams from Jesus College, Cambridge and Nottingham University.
March 4, 1998, midnight
S27E22 - Edinburgh v Birkbeck
March 11, 1998, midnight
S27E23 - L.S.E. v Queen's University, Belfast
March 18, 1998, midnight
S27E24 - Cardiff v Magdalen College, Oxford
March 25, 1998, midnight
S27E25 - Nottingham v Birkbeck
April 7, 1998, midnight
S27E26 - L.S.E. v Magdalen College, Oxford
Teams from the London School of Economics and Magdalen College, Oxford face questions from Jeremy Paxman.
April 14, 1998, midnight
S27E27 - Final: Birkbeck v Magdalen College, Oxford
April 21, 1998, 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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