Bridget Caldwell
Director
University Challenge (1962)
1970–1971
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
S8E1 - Salford v St Hilda's, Oxford
Oct. 25, 1970, midnight
S8E2 - St Hilda's, Oxford v Royal Holloway, London
Nov. 1, 1970, midnight
S8E3 - Episode 3
Nov. 8, 1970, midnight
S8E4 - Downing, Cambridge v UWIST
Nov. 15, 1970, midnight
S8E5 - Downing, Cambridge v St Andrews
Nov. 22, 1970, midnight
S8E6 - St Andews v Trinity, Oxford
Nov. 29, 1970, midnight
S8E7 - Trinity, Oxford v Aberdeen
Dec. 6, 1970, midnight
S8E8 - Trinity, Oxford v Edinburgh
Dec. 13, 1970, midnight
S8E9 - Episode 9
Dec. 20, 1970, midnight
S8E10 - Christmas Special: Somerville, Oxford v Churchill, Cambridge
Dec. 21, 1970, midnight
S8E11 - Episode 11
Dec. 27, 1970, midnight
S8E12 - UWIST v Pembroke
Jan. 10, 1971, midnight
S8E13 - UWIST v Magdalen, Oxford
Jan. 17, 1971, midnight
S8E14 - Episode 14
Jan. 24, 1971, midnight
S8E15 - Magdalen, Oxford v Leicester
Jan. 31, 1971, midnight
S8E16 - Leicester v Lincoln, Oxford
Feb. 7, 1971, midnight
S8E17 - Lincoln, Oxford v University College
Feb. 14, 1971, midnight
S8E18 - Lincoln, Oxford v Queen Mary, London
Feb. 21, 1971, midnight
S8E19 - Nottingham v University, London
Feb. 28, 1971, midnight
S8E20 - Nottingham v St Peter's, Oxford
March 14, 1971, midnight
S8E21 - Nottingham v Surrey
March 21, 1971, midnight
S8E22 - Episode 22
March 28, 1971, midnight
S8E23 - Keele v Clare, Cambridge
April 4, 1971, midnight
S8E24 - Keele v St Catharine's, Cambridge
April 11, 1971, midnight
S8E25 - Episode 25
April 18, 1971, midnight
S8E26 - Episode 26
April 25, 1971, midnight
S8E27 - Episode 27
May 2, 1971, midnight
S8E28 - Balliol, Oxford v Stirling
May 9, 1971, midnight
S8E29 - Balliol, Oxford v Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
May 16, 1971, midnight
S8E30 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v University, Dublin
May 23, 1971, midnight
S8E31 - Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Birkbeck, London
May 30, 1971, midnight
S8E32 - Episode 32
June 6, 1971, midnight
S8E33 - Episode 33
June 13, 1971, midnight
S8E34 - Episode 34
June 20, 1971, midnight
S8E35 - Episode 35
June 27, 1971, midnight
S8E36 - Episode 36
July 4, 1971, midnight
S8E37 - Episode 37
July 11, 1971, midnight
S8E38 - Episode 38
July 18, 1971, midnight
S8E39 - Final – Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Trinity, Oxford
July 25, 1971, midnight
S8E40 - Final – Sidney Sussex, Cambridge v Trinity, Oxford
Aug. 1, 1971, 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
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists