University Challenge (1962)

Name: University Challenge
Rating: 6.2

Rating: 6.2

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Synopsis

Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

First Air Date: 1962-09-21

Last Air Date: 2026-04-20

Number of Seasons: 56

Number of Episodes: 2046

Networks: ITV1, BBC Two

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Top Cast

Bamber Gascoigne as Self - Presenter
Jeremy Paxman as Self - Presenter
Roger Tilling as Self - Narrator
Amol Rajan as Self - Presenter
Eric Monkman as Self - Contestant
Bobby Seagull as Self - Contestant

Seasons

1962–1963 (1962)

1963–1965 (1963)

1965–1966 (1965)

1966–1967 (1966)

1967–1968 (1967)

1968–1969 (1968)

1969–1970 (1969)

1970–1971 (1970)

1971–1972 (1971)

1972–1973 (1972)

1973–1974 (1973)

1974–1975 (1974)

1975–1976 (1975)

1976–1977 (1976)

1977–1978 (1977)

1978–1980 (1978)

1980 (1980)

1980–1981 (1980)

1982 (1981)

1983 (1983)

1984 (1984)

1986 (1986)

1987 (1987)

1994/1995 (1994)

1995/1996 (1995)

1996/1997 (1996)

1997/1998 (1997)

1998/1999 (1998)

1999/2000 (1999)

2000/2001 (2000)

2001/2002 (2001)

2002/2003 (2002)

2003/2004 (2003)

2004/2005 (2004)

2005/2006 (2005)

2006/2007 (2006)

2007/2008 (2007)

2008/2009 (2008)

2009/2010 (2009)

2010/2011 (2010)

2011/2012 (2011)

2012/2013 (2012)

2013/2014 (2013)

2014/2015 (2014)

2015/16 (2015)

2016/17 (2016)

2017/18 (2017)

2018/19 (2018)

2019/20 (2019)

2020/21 (2020)

2021/22 (2021)

2022/23 (2022)

2023/24 (2023)

2024/25 (2024)

2025/26 (2025)

2026/27 (2026)

1962–1963 (1962)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Leeds v Reading (1962-09-21)

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Ep. 2: Leeds v Exeter (1962-09-28)

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Ep. 3: Leeds v Manchester (1962-10-05)

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Ep. 4: Birmingham v London School of Economics (1962-10-12)

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Ep. 5: London School of Economics v Cardiff (1962-10-19)

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Ep. 6: London School of Economics v Edinburgh (1962-10-26)

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Ep. 7: Edinburgh v St John's, Cambridge (1962-11-02)

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Ep. 8: Episode 8 (1962-11-06)

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Ep. 9: Episode 9 (1962-11-13)

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Ep. 10: Keele v Liverpool (1962-11-20)

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Ep. 11: King's College, Cambridge v Leicester (1963-11-27)

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Ep. 12: Leicester v Bedford, London (1962-12-04)

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Ep. 13: Episode 13 (1962-12-11)

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Ep. 14: Episode 14 (1962-12-18)

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Ep. 15: Episode 15 (1963-01-01)

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Ep. 16: Episode 16 (1963-01-07)

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Ep. 17: Balliol College, Oxford v Newcastle (1963-01-14)

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Ep. 18: Episode 18 (1963-01-21)

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Ep. 19: Episode 19 (1963-01-28)

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Ep. 20: Episode 20 (1963-02-04)

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Ep. 21: Episode 21 (1963-02-11)

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Ep. 22: Episode 22 (1963-02-18)

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Ep. 23: Episode 23 (1963-02-25)

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Ep. 24: Episode 24 (1963-03-04)

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Ep. 25: Episode 25 (1963-03-11)

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Ep. 26: Episode 26 (1963-03-18)

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Ep. 27: Episode 27 (1963-03-25)

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Ep. 28: Episode 28 (1963-04-08)

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Ep. 29: Episode 29 (1963-04-15)

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Ep. 30: Episode 30 (1963-04-22)

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Ep. 31: Episode 31 (1963-04-29)

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Ep. 32: Episode 32 (1963-05-06)

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Ep. 33: Westfield, London v Queen's, Cambridge (1963-05-13)

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Ep. 34: Queen's, Cambridge v Keble, Oxford (1963-05-20)

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Ep. 35: Keble, Oxford v Sussex (1963-05-27)

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Ep. 36: Keble, Oxford v St Catharine's, Cambridge (1963-06-03)

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Ep. 37: Queen's, Dundee v Queen Mary, London (1963-06-10)

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Ep. 38: Queen's, Dundee v Queen's, Belfast (1963-06-17)

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Ep. 39: Queen's, Dundee v Pembroke, Cambridge (1963-06-24)

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Ep. 40: Pembroke, Cambridge v Canadian Universities (1963-07-01)

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Ep. 41: Pembroke, Cambridge v SOAS (1963-07-08)

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Ep. 42: SOAS v St Anne's, Oxford (1963-07-15)

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Ep. 43: King's, London v Keble, Oxford (1963-07-22)

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Ep. 44: King's, London v Keble, Oxford (1963-07-29)

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Ep. 45: King's, London v Keble, Oxford (1963-08-05)

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Ep. 46: Birkbeck, London v Leicester (1963-08-12)

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Ep. 47: Birkbeck, London v Leicester (1963-08-19)

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Ep. 48: Birkbeck, London v Leicester (1963-08-26)

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Ep. 49: Birkbeck, London v Leicester (1963-09-02)

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Ep. 50: Balliol, Oxford v Keele (1963-09-09)

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Ep. 51: Balliol, Oxford v Keele (1963-09-17)

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Ep. 52: Leeds v Nottingham (1963-09-24)

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Ep. 53: Leeds v Nottingham (1963-10-01)

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Ep. 54: King's, London v Leicester (1963-10-08)

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Ep. 55: King's, London v Leicester (1963-10-15)

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Ep. 56: Balliol, Oxford v Nottingham (1963-10-22)

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Ep. 57: Balliol, Oxford v Nottingham (1963-10-29)

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Ep. 58: Balliol, Oxford v Nottingham (1963-11-05)

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Ep. 59: Final – Leicester v Balliol, Oxford (1963-11-12)

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Ep. 60: Final – Leicester v Balliol, Oxford (1963-11-19)

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Ep. 61: Final – Leicester v Balliol, Oxford (1963-11-26)

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