Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
2015/16
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
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
S45E1 - Glasgow v Peterhouse, Cambridge
In the opening match of the quiz series for students Glasgow University takes on Peterhouse, Cambridge, for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
July 13, 2015, midnight
S45E2 - Liverpool v St Peter's College, Oxford
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in this quiz series for students. In another first round match, students from the University of Liverpool do battle with St Peter's College, Oxford, in a bid to reach the second round.
July 20, 2015, midnight
S45E3 - Kent v Newcastle
In another first round match, students representing the University of Kent battle it out with the University of Newcastle for a place in the second round.
July 27, 2015, midnight
S45E10 - Reading v Imperial College, London
In another first-round match, students from the University of Reading do battle with the students from Imperial College for a place in the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 14, 2015, midnight
S45E11 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Southampton
In another first-round match, students from St Catharine's College, Cambridge, fight it out against the team from the University of Southampton.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 21, 2015, midnight
S45E20 - Southampton v Liverpool
Quiz show for students. Two more teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 23, 2015, midnight
S45E21 - Christ's College, Cambridge v York
Quiz show for students. In the second round of the competition, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 30, 2015, midnight
S45E30 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v York
In another quarter-final match, two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 29, 2016, midnight
S45E34 - St John's College, Oxford v Newcastle
It's the last of the quarter-finals and one more team will make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 28, 2016, midnight
S45E35 - Peterhouse, Cambridge v York
It's the first of the semi-finals when one team will find out if they have made it to the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions
April 4, 2016, midnight
S45E36 - Liverpool v St John's College, Oxford
In the last of the semi-finals and the penultimate match in the series, find out which team wins a place in the grand final of the quiz for students.
April 11, 2016, midnight
S45E37 - Final: Peterhouse, Cambridge v St John's College, Oxford
It is the grand final of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
April 18, 2016, midnight
S45E4 - Manchester v York
In another first round match, Manchester University competes against York University for a place in the second round of the student quiz.
Aug. 3, 2015, midnight
S45E5 - Nottingham v Swanse
Students representing the University of Nottingham compete with the University of Swansea in another first-round match.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Aug. 10, 2015, midnight
S45E6 - ICR v St George's, London
Two University of London teams of medics and scientists from the Institute of Cancer Research and St George's do battle for a place in the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Aug. 17, 2015, midnight
S45E7 - Christ's College, Cambridge v Kellogg College, Oxford
An Oxbridge fixture in this episode as Christ's College, Cambridge, fight it out against Kellogg College, Oxford, for a place in the second round of the student quiz.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Aug. 24, 2015, midnight
S45E8 - Sussex v Queen's University, Belfast
It's England v Northern Ireland as Sussex University takes on Queen's University, Belfast in another first-round match of the student quiz.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Aug. 31, 2015, midnight
S45E9 - King's College, Cambridge v Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
In another first-round match, students from two Cambridge colleges - King's and Sidney Sussex - fight it out for a place in the next stage of the competition.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 7, 2015, midnight
S45E12 - Clare College, Cambridge v Warwick
In this episode it's a contest between Clare College, Cambridge, and the University of Warwick for a place in the second round of the student quiz.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Sept. 28, 2015, midnight
S45E13 - Queen Mary, London v Nuffield College, Oxford
In the penultimate first round match of the student quiz, Queen Mary, London, clashes with Nuffield College, Oxford.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 5, 2015, midnight
S45E14 - St John's College, Oxford v Bristol
It is the last of the first-round matches, when the students of St John's College, Oxford, fight it out against the University of Bristol.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 12, 2015, midnight
S45E15 - St Peter's College, Oxford
It's the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches when two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 19, 2015, midnight
S45E16 - Southampton v Queen Mary, London
It's the last of the two highest-scoring loser matches as two teams get another chance to make it to the second round.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Oct. 26, 2015, midnight
S45E17 - Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge v Imperial College London
It is the first of the second-round matches when two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 2, 2015, midnight
S45E18 - Warwick v Nuffield College, Oxford
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the quiz series for students. In another second-round match, two teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Nov. 9, 2015, midnight
S45E19 - Glasgow v Newcastle
The second round continues as two student teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Nov. 16, 2015, midnight
S45E22 - St George's, London v Peterhouse, Cambridge
Quiz show for students. In the second round of the competition, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Dec. 7, 2015, midnight
S45E23 - Nottingham v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Quiz show for students. In the second round of the competition, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 4, 2016, midnight
S45E24 - St John's College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 11, 2016, midnight
S45E25 - York v Peterhouse, Cambridge
It is the first of the quarter-finals and two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 18, 2016, midnight
S45E26 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v St John's College, Oxford
The quarter-finals continue when two teams of university students battle to reach the next stage in the competition.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Jan. 25, 2016, midnight
S45E27 - Imperial College London v Nuffield College, Oxford
Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students.
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 1, 2016, midnight
S45E28 - Newcastle v Liverpool
The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 8, 2016, midnight
S45E29 - St John's College, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Feb. 22, 2016, midnight
S45E31 - Imperial College London v Liverpool
The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 7, 2016, midnight
S45E32 - Nuffield College, Oxford v Newcastle
The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue and another team makes it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 14, 2016, midnight
S45E33 - York v Imperial College London
It's the penultimate quarter-final match in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
March 21, 2016, 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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