Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1965–1966
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
S3E1 - Magdalene, Cambridge v Brasenose, Oxford
Aug. 25, 1965, midnight
S3E2 - Magdalene, Cambridge v York
Sept. 1, 1965, midnight
S3E3 - Magdalene, Cambridge v Balliol, Oxford
Sept. 8, 1965, midnight
S3E4 - Pembroke, Cambridge v St David's, Lampeter
Sept. 15, 1965, midnight
S3E5 - St David's, Lampeter v Exeter, Oxford
Sept. 22, 1965, midnight
S3E6 - St David's, Lampeter v Corpus Christi, Cambridge
Sept. 29, 1965, midnight
S3E7 - St Hilda's Oxford v Strathclyde
Oct. 6, 1965, midnight
S3E8 - St Hilda's Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
Oct. 13, 1965, midnight
S3E9 - St Hilda's Oxford v Lancaster
Oct. 20, 1965, midnight
S3E10 - King's Cambridge v Keble, Oxford
Oct. 27, 1965, midnight
S3E11 - King's Cambridge v Manchester
Nov. 3, 1965, midnight
S3E12 - King's Cambridge v St John's, Oxford
Nov. 10, 1965, midnight
S3E13 - Oriel, Oxford v Keele
Nov. 17, 1965, midnight
S3E14 - Manchester v Newnham, Cambridge
Nov. 24, 1965, midnight
S3E15 - Manchester v Jesus, Oxford
Dec. 1, 1965, midnight
S3E16 - Jesus, Oxford v Reading
Dec. 8, 1965, midnight
S3E17 - Jesus, Oxford v Newcastle
Dec. 15, 1965, midnight
S3E18 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Trinity, Oxford
Dec. 22, 1965, midnight
S3E19 - Christmas Special: New College Students v New College Dons
Dec. 29, 1965, midnight
S3E20 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Bedford, London
Jan. 5, 1966, midnight
S3E21 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Pembroke, Oxford
Jan. 12, 1966, midnight
S3E22 - Pembroke, Oxford v Clare, Cambridge
Jan. 19, 1966, midnight
S3E23 - Clare, Cambridge v Leeds
Jan. 26, 1966, midnight
S3E24 - Wadham, Oxford v Leeds
Feb. 2, 1966, midnight
S3E25 - Wadham, Oxford v Queens', Cambridge
Feb. 9, 1966, midnight
S3E26 - Wadham, Oxford v Imperial, London
Feb. 16, 1966, midnight
S3E27 - Somerville, Oxford v Trinity, Dublin
Feb. 23, 1966, midnight
S3E28 - Somerville, Oxford v Downing, Cambridge
March 2, 1966, midnight
S3E29 - Downing, Cambridge v Birmingham
March 9, 1966, midnight
S3E30 - Birmingham v Birkbeck, London
March 16, 1966, midnight
S3E31 - Birmingham v Sheffield
March 23, 1966, midnight
S3E32 - St Edmund Hall, Oxford v Warwick
March 30, 1966, midnight
S3E33 - St Edmund Hall, Oxford v Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
April 6, 1966, midnight
S3E34 - St David's, Lampeter v Magdalene, Cambridge
April 13, 1966, midnight
S3E35 - Jesus, Oxford v Oriel, Oxford
April 20, 1966, midnight
S3E36 - St Hilda's, Oxford v King's, Cambridge
April 27, 1966, midnight
S3E37 - Wadham, Oxford v Birmingham
May 4, 1966, midnight
S3E38 - Oriel, Oxford v St David's, Lampeter
May 11, 1966, midnight
S3E39 - St Hilda's, Oxford v Birmingham
May 18, 1966, midnight
S3E40 - Final – Oriel, Oxford v Birmingham
May 25, 1966, midnight
S3E41 - Final – Oriel, Oxford v Birmingham
June 1, 1966, midnight
S3E42 - Final – Oriel, Oxford v Birmingham
June 8, 1966, 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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