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University Challenge

1996/1997 · 27 episodes · Nov 12, 1996

Testing university quiz show.

  1. Episode 1

    Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

    Nov 12, 1996

  2. Episode 2

    Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

    Nov 19, 1996

  3. Episode 3

    King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

    Nov 26, 1996

  4. Episode 4

    Manchester v Birkbeck

    Dec 3, 1996

  5. Episode 5

    Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

    Dec 10, 1996

    Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.

  6. Episode 6

    Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

    Dec 17, 1996

  7. Episode 7

    St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

    Jan 6, 1997

  8. Episode 8

    West of England v Surrey

    Jan 13, 1997

    Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University

  9. Episode 9

    Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

    Jan 20, 1997

  10. Episode 10

    The Open University v Swansea

    Jan 27, 1997

    Jeremy Paxman hosts the general-knowledge quiz with teams from University of Wales, Swansea and the Open University, which includes one of the oldest contestants to take part - a 72-year-old woman.

  11. Episode 11

    Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

    Feb 3, 1997

  12. Episode 12

    Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

    Feb 10, 1997

  13. Episode 13

    Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

    Feb 26, 1997

    Magdalen College, Oxford return to take on the University of the West of England, Bristol in the first of eight second-round matches. Jeremy Paxman is the discerning quizmaster.

  14. Episode 14

    Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

    Mar 5, 1997

  15. Episode 15

    Manchester v Imperial College, London

    Mar 12, 1997

  16. Episode 16

    Glamorgan v St Andrews

    Mar 19, 1997

  17. Episode 17

    Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

    Mar 26, 1997

    Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.

  18. Episode 18

    Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

    Apr 2, 1997

  19. Episode 19

    St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

    Apr 9, 1997

    Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.

  20. Episode 20

    Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

    Apr 16, 1997

  21. Episode 21

    Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

    Apr 23, 1997

    Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

  22. Episode 22

    Manchester v Glamorgan

    Apr 30, 1997

  23. Episode 23

    Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

    May 7, 1997

  24. Episode 24

    Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

    May 14, 1997

    Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.

  25. Episode 25

    Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

    May 21, 1997

  26. Episode 26

    Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

    May 28, 1997

  27. Episode 27

    Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

    Jun 4, 1997

    Magdalen College, Oxford and the Open University battle it out in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions and Germaine Greer presents the trophy to the winners.