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Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 1
University Challenge - S0 - E90
It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
University Challenge: Season 0 - 101 Episode s
0x40 - Champion of Champions
April 19, 2014
In this University Challenge special match, two teams representing Magdalen College, Oxford and Manchester University do battle to become the Champion of Champions. They have each won University Challenge on four occasions - more than any other institution. The sides include a member from each of the four champion Magdalen and Manchester teams. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x41 - Class of 2014 - Episode 1
July 7, 2014
What does it take to make it on to the toughest quiz on television? For the student teams who appear on University Challenge, their quest begins months before they arrive in the studio to meet the formidable Jeremy Paxman. Now, for the very first time in the programme's history, the cameras have followed the students' journey every step of the way. With access to some of the most prestigious universities and colleges across the UK, this explores what drives the students to compete in this iconic contest, and watches them negotiate the minefield of selecting their perfect teams, then swot, cram and bond in preparation for the gruelling audition process. Only 28 teams will make the grade but who will have done enough to earn a coveted place in the competition? Narrated by Richard Osman.
0x42 - Class of 2014 - Episode 2
July 8, 2014
Over a hundred student quiz teams from all over the UK are about to discover whether they have earned a coveted place on the latest series of University Challenge. Having faced the gruelling interview and tackled the toughest test paper, they have done all they can - now it is time to learn their fate. For the successful 28 teams, their journey continues with an intense training period before heading to the studios in Salford's Media City. There they will come face to face with the formidable Jeremy Paxman and begin their quest to become University Challenge Champions 2015. Narrated by Richard Osman.
0x43 - Christmas 2014 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Warwick
December 20, 2014
The first match is between Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, with news presenter Cathy Newman and actor Sam Westi and the University of Warwick, with novelist Jonathan Coe and travel writer Simon Calder. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x44 - Christmas 2014 - Hull v Newcastle
December 23, 2014
In the second of the first round matches, journalists and broadcasters Dame Jenni Murray and Rosie Millard from University of Hull fight it out against the University of Newcastle with broadcaster Kate Adie and columnist Giles Fraser. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x45 - Christmas 2014 - King's College, Cambridge v Royal Holloway
December 24, 2014
Another first-round match sees distinguished graduates from two of the UK's top universities battle it out for a place in the semi-finals. King's College, Cambridge, with former BBC correspondent Martin Bell and Bishop David Walker, plays Royal Holloway, University of London, with journalist Francis Wheen and MP Valerie Vaz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x46 - Christmas 2014 - Edinburgh v Leeds
December 25, 2014
This match features notable graduates from two more top UK universities who battle it out for a place in the semi-finals. The University of Edinburgh team includes writer Philippa Gregory and BBC correspondent Allan Little and the University of Leeds team features ITV News Europe Editor James Mates and sports broadcaster Jacqui Oatley. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x47 - Christmas 2014 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v Balliol College, Oxford
December 26, 2014
In another first round match Trinity Hall, Cambridge, including Dan Starkey who plays Strax in Doctor Who and Olympic gold medallist Tom James, face Balliol College, Oxford, with writer Charlotte Higgins and MP Sir Alan Beith. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x48 - Christmas 2014 - York v Surrey
December 29, 2014
In another first round match the University of York, featuring writer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis and archaeologist Helen Geake, face the University of Surrey, who include the presenter of Radio 4's The Life Scientific Jim Al-Khalili and writer Susan Blackmore. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x49 - Christmas 2014 - Manchester Metropolitan v Goldsmiths
December 30, 2014
In the final first round match actors Bernard Hill and John Thomson from Manchester Metropolitan University play BBC news reader Corrie Corfield and singer-songwriter Neil Innes representing Goldsmiths, University of London.
0x50 - Christmas 2014 - Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford v Hull
December 31, 2014
Series featuring distinguished graduates. The first of the semi-final matches featuring special guests who are graduates from two of the UK's top universities.
0x51 - Christmas 2014 - Edinburgh v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
January 1, 2015
Series featuring teams of distinguished graduates. The last of the semi final matches in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x52 - Christmas 2014 - Final: Hull v Trinity Hall, Cambridge
January 2, 2015
The grand final of the seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x53 - Christmas 2015 - UCL v Birmingham
December 20, 2015
It's the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups with two teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The University College London team includes writer Lynne Truss and architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff, and the University of Birmingham team features weather presenter John Hammond and news presenter Joanna Gosling.
0x54 - Christmas 2015 - Oriel, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
December 21, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It's the second match of the Christmas quiz with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Playing in this episode are the Oriel College, Oxford, team, which includes screenwriter Peter Harness and The Gadget Show presenter Jon Bentley, and Trinity College, Cambridge, featuring Sky News political editor Faisal Islam and food writer Bee Wilson.
0x55 - Christmas 2015 - Manchester v UEA
December 22, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. In the third match, the team from Manchester University, which features comedian Lucy Porter and The Thick of It writer Jesse Armstrong, fight it out for a place in the semis with the University of East Anglia, whose team includes Caroline Flint MP and Tim Bentinck, who plays David in The Archers.
0x56 - Christmas 2015 - Christ's, Cambridge v Essex
December 23, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. In the fourth match of the Christmas series, Christ's College, Cambridge, with broadcaster Natalie Haynes and news correspondent James Reynolds, fights it out against the team from the University of Essex with Antiques Roadshow expert Rupert Maas and Radio 5 Live broadcaster Dotun Adebayo. Both teams are playing for a place in the semi-finals.
0x57 - Christmas 2015 - Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford
December 24, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. In the Exeter University team are wildlife presenter Nick Baker and actor Barnaby Edwards, who plays a Dalek in Doctor Who. They fight it out for a place in the semis against Magdalen College, Oxford, featuring documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux and writer Matt Ridley.
0x58 - Christmas 2015 - Aberdeen v Sheffield
December 28, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It is the penultimate first-round match and both teams are doing battle for a place in the semis. They are the University of Aberdeen, with broadcaster Nicky Campbell and Kezia Dugdale, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, and Sheffield University, with science presenter Adam Hart and Nicci Gerrard, the thriller writer better known as Nicci French.
0x59 - Christmas 2015 - Durham v LSE
December 29, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It's the last first-round match, as two teams are up against each other for a place in the semis. The University of Durham team includes news presenter Tim Willcox and founder of the Eden Project Sir Tim Smith. Playing them is the LSE team, with financial whiz-kid Martin Lewis and Radio 4's Today presenter Justin Webb.
0x60 - Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 1
December 30, 2015
It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x61 - Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 2
December 31, 2015
Second semi-final in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x62 - Christmas 2015 - The Grand Final
January 1, 2016
It is the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x63 - Christmas 2015 - UCL v Birmingham
December 20, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It's the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups with two teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The University College London team includes writer Lynne Truss and architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff, and the University of Birmingham team features weather presenter John Hammond and news presenter Joanna Gosling.
0x64 - Christmas 2015 - Oriel, Oxford v Trinity, Cambridge
December 21, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It's the second match of the Christmas quiz with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Playing in this episode are the Oriel College, Oxford, team, which includes screenwriter Peter Harness and The Gadget Show presenter Jon Bentley, and Trinity College, Cambridge, featuring Sky News political editor Faisal Islam and food writer Bee Wilson.
0x65 - Christmas 2015 - Manchester v UEA
December 22, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. In the third match, the team from Manchester University, which features comedian Lucy Porter and The Thick of It writer Jesse Armstrong, fight it out for a place in the semis with the University of East Anglia, whose team includes Caroline Flint MP and Tim Bentinck, who plays David in The Archers.
0x66 - Christmas 2015 - Christ's, Cambridge v Essex
December 23, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. In the fourth match of the Christmas series, Christ's College, Cambridge, with broadcaster Natalie Haynes and news correspondent James Reynolds, fights it out against the team from the University of Essex with Antiques Roadshow expert Rupert Maas and Radio 5 Live broadcaster Dotun Adebayo. Both teams are playing for a place in the semi-finals.
0x67 - Christmas 2015 - Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford
December 25, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. In the Exeter University team are wildlife presenter Nick Baker and actor Barnaby Edwards, who plays a Dalek in Doctor Who. They fight it out for a place in the semis against Magdalen College, Oxford, featuring documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux and writer Matt Ridley.
0x68 - Christmas 2015 - Aberdeen v Sheffield
December 28, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It is the penultimate first-round match and both teams are doing battle for a place in the semis. They are the University of Aberdeen, with broadcaster Nicky Campbell and Kezia Dugdale, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, and Sheffield University, with science presenter Adam Hart and Nicci Gerrard, the thriller writer better known as Nicci French.
0x69 - Christmas 2015 - Durham v LSE
December 29, 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the Christmas-themed quiz for distinguished university alumni. It's the last first-round match, as two teams are up against each other for a place in the semis. The University of Durham team includes news presenter Tim Willcox and founder of the Eden Project Sir Tim Smith. Playing them is the LSE team, with financial whiz-kid Martin Lewis and Radio 4's Today presenter Justin Webb.
0x70 - Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 1
December 30, 2015
It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x71 - Christmas 2015 - Semi-Final 2
December 31, 2015
Second semi-final in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x72 - Christmas 2015 - The Grand Final
January 1, 2016
It is the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x73 - Christmas 2016 - Manchester v St Anne's, Oxford
December 19, 2016
In the opening match of the series, a University of Manchester team featuring poet Simon Armitage and author Sarfraz Manzoor takes on a St Anne's College, Oxford side that includes Dame Mary Archer and broadcaster Janina Ramirez. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x74 - Christmas 2016 - Kent v Sussex
December 20, 2016
A University of Kent team with presenter Paul Ross and journalist Shiulie Ghosh battles a University of Sussex side featuring news presenter Dermot Murnaghan and comedian Hattie Hayridge for a place in the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x75 - Christmas 2016 - City v Newcastle
December 21, 2016
Journalist Samira Ahmed and Chair of Acas Sir Brendan Barber represent City, University of London, as they take on Newcastle University, whose team includes singer, songwriter and actor Wilko Johnson and TV presenter Charlie Webster. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x76 - Christmas 2016 - Soas v Leeds
December 22, 2016
A team representing Soas, featuring comedian Dom Joly and presenter Gus Casely-Hayford, take on a University of Leeds side that includes BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed and Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x77 - Christmas 2016 - Edinburgh v St Catharine's, Cambridge
December 23, 2016
A team representing the University of Edinburgh, featuring actress Rachael Stirling and geneticist Steve Jones, take on a side from St Catharine's College, Cambridge, that includes Matthew Price, chief correspondent of Radio 4's Today programme, and novelist Joanne Harris. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x78 - Christmas 2016 - Magdalene, Cambridge v St Hilda's, Oxford
December 25, 2016
A festive edition of the quiz, featuring distinguished university alumni. In this penultimate first round match, both teams battle for a place in the semi-finals. Magdalene College, Cambridge, featuring radio and TV presenter Clemency Burton-Hill and Harry Potter film director Mike Newell, take on St Hilda's College, Oxford, with crime writer Val McDermid and historian Daisy Dunn. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x79 - Christmas 2016 - Bristol v Nottingham
December 26, 2016
A festive edition of the quiz, featuring distinguished university alumni. In the last first-round match, both teams battle for a place in the semi-finals. The University of Bristol team includes economist Will Hutton and Channel 4 presenter Kate Quilton. Playing them is the Nottingham University team, with weather presenter Nick Miller and Olympic canoeist David Florence. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x80 - Christmas 2016 - Semi-Final 1
December 27, 2016
It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x81 - Christmas 2016 - Semi-Final 2
December 28, 2016
It is the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x82 - Christmas 2016 - The Grand Final
December 29, 2016
It is the grand final of this festive competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities. Which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x83 - Christmas 2017 - Durham University v Keble College, Oxford
December 24, 2017
It is the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups, with two teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The Durham team includes musician Rod Clements from the band Lindisfarne and actor Nick Mohammed. The Keble Oxford team includes comedian Katy Brand and children's author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x84 - Christmas 2017 - Selwyn College, Cambridge v St Andrews University
December 26, 2017
It is the second match of the Christmas quiz with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Competing today are Selwyn College, Cambridge, with screenwriter Robin French and comedian Viv Groskop, and St Andrews University, with BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor and writer Alistair Moffat. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x85 - Christmas 2017 - University of York v University of Southampton
December 27, 2017
In the third match of the Christmas series for university alumni is the team from the University of York, with Daily Mirror associate editor Kevin Maguire and Radio 3 presenter Tom Service. They fight it out for a place in the semis with the University of Southampton, whose team includes Times columnist Clare Foges and Front Row presenter John Wilson. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x86 - Christmas 2017 - University of Leicester v UCL
December 28, 2017
In the fourth match of the Christmas series for grown-ups, the University of Leicester, with Paralympian gold medallist Danielle Brown and Sky at Night presenter Pete Lawrence, fight it out against the UCL team, with BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen and president of the Royal College of Physicians Jane Dacre. Both teams are playing for a place in the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x87 - Christmas 2017 - St John's College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
December 29, 2017
It is match five of this special Christmas series for distinguished alumni. In the St John's, Cambridge, team are screen writer Frederic Raphael and writer Laura Bates. They are fighting it out for a place in the semis against St Edmund Hall, Oxford, featuring Sky News presenter Anna Botting and screenwriter and comedian Emma Kennedy. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x88 - Christmas 2017 - Queen Mary College, London v Cardiff University
January 1, 2018
It is the penultimate first-round match in the Christmas quiz for alumni, and both teams are doing battle for a place in the semis. They are Queen Mary College, London, with Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson and broadcaster Adrian Chiles, against Cardiff University, with BBC World News presenter Laura Trevelyan and former cycling world champion Nicole Cooke. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x89 - Christmas 2017 - Brunel University v Reading University
January 2, 2018
It is the last first-round match in the Christmas series for university alumni when two teams are up against each other for a place in the semis. Brunel University includes Chelsea footballer Eniola Aluko and former Olympian and broadcaster Iwan Thomas. Playing them is the Reading University team, with Springwatch presenter Martin Hughes-Games and gardening expert Pippa Greenwood. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x90 - Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 1
January 3, 2018
It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x91 - Christmas 2017 - Semi-Final 2
January 4, 2018
It is the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions
0x92 - Christmas 2017 - The Grand Final
January 5, 2018
It is the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x93 - Christmas 2018 - Brasenose, Oxford v Bristol
December 24, 2018
It is the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups, with two teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The Brasenose, Oxford team includes Bargain Hunt expert Kate Bliss and Radio 4's More or Less presenter Tim Harford. The Bristol team includes McMafia author Misha Glenny and documentary presenter Iain Stewart. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x94 - Christmas 2018 - Westminster University v University of East Anglia
December 25, 2018
It is the second match of the Christmas quiz with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Playing on the Westminster team are TV presenter Danny Wallace and Royal Institution Christmas lecturer Sophie Scott. On the University of East Anglia team are comedian Arthur Smith and weather presenter Darren Bett. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x95 - Christmas 2018 - Pembroke College, Cambridge v King's London
December 26, 2018
In the third match of the Christmas series for university alumni is the team from the Pembroke College, Cambridge, with host of TV's Impossible Rick Edwards and former Olympic rower Cath Bishop. They fight it out for a place in the semis with King's College, London, whose team includes Any Answers? presenter Anita Anand and Radio 4 The Kitchen Cabinet panellist Zoe Laughlin. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x96 - Christmas 2018 - Exeter University v Birmingham University
December 28, 2018
It is match five of the special Christmas series for distinguished alumni. In the Exeter team are producer of The Generation Game and Red Dwarf Paul Jackson and news correspondent Jon Kay. They are fighting it out for a place in the semis against Birmingham University, featuring comedian Chris Addison and actor Nigel Lindsay. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x97 - Christmas 2018 - St Catherine's, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge
December 27, 2018
In the fourth match of the Christmas series for grown-ups, St Catherine's College, Oxford, with Guardian drama critic Michael Billington and novelist Susie Boyt, fights it out against the Peterhouse, Cambridge team, with politician Lord Michael Howard and Coast's Mark Horton. Both teams are playing for a place in the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x98 - Christmas 2018 - Sheffield University v Manchester University
December 31, 2018
It is the penultimate first-round match in the Christmas quiz for grown-ups, and both teams are doing battle for a place in the semis. They are Sheffield University, with politician Lord David Blunkett and former Newsnight correspondent Paul Mason, against Manchester University, with journalist David Aaronovitch and Watchdog presenter Matt Allwright. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x99 - Christmas 2018 - Edinburgh University v LSE
January 1, 2019
It is the last first-round match in the Christmas series for university alumni when two teams are up against each other for a place in the semis. Edinburgh University includes MP Joanna Cherry and comedian Mitch Benn. Playing them is the LSE team, with critic Ekow Eshun and writer Maya Jaggi. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x100 - Christmas 2018 - Semi-Final 1
January 2, 2019
It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x101 - Christmas 2018 - Semi-Final 2
January 3, 2019
It is the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x102 - Christmas 2018 - The Grand Final
January 4, 2019
It is the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x103 - Christmas 2019 - Leeds University v Clare College, Cambridge
December 23, 2019
In the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups, two teams do battle for a place in the semi-finals. The Leeds team includes the Reverend Richard Coles and Human Planet photographer Tim Allen. Their opponents are from Clare College, Cambridge, including writer and broadcaster Marcel Theroux and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x104 - Christmas 2019 - Birmingham City University v Wadham College, Oxford
December 24, 2019
It is the second match of the Christmas quiz with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Playing for the Birmingham City team are Carole Boyd, who plays Linda Snell in the Archers, and gardener and broadcaster Bunny Guinness. Their opponents on the Wadham, Oxford, team include journalists and broadcasters Anne McElvoy and Jonathan Freedland. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x105 - Christmas 2019 - Guildhall School of Music and Drama v UCL
December 25, 2019
In the third match of the Christmas series for university alumni, the team from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama features actors Monica Dolan, from BBC comedy W1A, and Holby City’s Bob Barrett. They fight it out for a place in the semis with the team from UCL, featuring BBC news presenter Maryam Moshiri and Arctic explorer Pen Hadow. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x106 - Christmas 2019 - Liverpool v Hull
December 26, 2019
In the fourth match of the Christmas series for grown-ups, the Liverpool team, with actor Anna Maxwell Martin and broadcaster Roger Bolton, fight it out against the Hull team, with comedian Lucy Beaumont and novelist Tracy Borman. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x107 - Christmas 2019 - Royal Holloway v Sussex
December 27, 2019
It is match five of this special Christmas series for distinguished alumni. In the Royal Holloway team are ceramics designer Emma Bridgewater and TV historian Fern Riddell. They are fighting it out for a place in the semis against Sussex, featuring BBC parliamentary correspondent Mark D’Arcy and science fiction writer and critic Kim Newman. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x108 - Christmas 2019 - Trinity Hall, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford
December 30, 2019
It is the penultimate first-round match in the Christmas quiz for grown-ups and two teams are doing battle for a place in the semis. They are Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with Peep Show actor Sophie Winkleman and Guardian TV reviewer Lucy Mangan, and St Peter's College, Oxford, with BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera and journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x109 - Christmas 2019 - Warwick v Imperial
December 31, 2019
It is the last first-round match in the Christmas series for university alumni. The Warwick team includes actor Tom Goodman-Hill and presenter of Radio 4’s The World Tonight Ritula Shah. Playing them is the Imperial team, with thrills engineer Brendan Walker and writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x110 - Christmas 2019 - Semi-Final 1
January 1, 2020
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the first of the semi-finals in the Christmas quiz for grown-ups.
0x111 - Christmas 2019 - Semi-Final 2
January 2, 2020
It is the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x112 - Christmas 2019 - Final
January 3, 2020
It is the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK's top universities - which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x113 - ITV vs BBC Children in Need 2020
October 28, 2020
In a bid for glory, stars from the BBC and ITV, go head-to-head in a special episode of University Challenge for BBC Children in Need.
0x114 - Christmas 2020 - Christ's Cambridge v St John's Oxford
December 21, 2020
It’s the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups with two teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The Christ’s Cambridge team includes painter and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie and poet Helen Mort. Playing them is the St John’s Oxford team, including thee BBC business editor Simon Jack and author John Lanchester. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x115 - Christmas 2020 - Manchester v Queen's Belfast
December 22, 2020
It’s the second match of the Christmas quiz, with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Playing for the Manchester team are actor Adrian Edmondson and war surgeon David Nott. Their opponents on the Queen’s Belfast team are Kate Devlin, writer of a book on sex and robots, and poet Miriam Gamble. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x116 - Christmas 2020 - Courtauld v Goldsmiths
December 23, 2020
In the third match of the Christmas series for university alumni is the team from the Courtauld Institute of Art, with artist Jeremy Deller and writer and poet Lavinia Greenlaw. They fight it out for a place in the semis with the team from Goldsmiths, University of London, which features Hairy Biker Dave Myers and author Helen Cross. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x117 - Christmas 2020 - Nottingham v Sheffield
December 24, 2020
In the fourth match of the Christmas series for grown-ups, the Nottingham team, with explorer Levison Wood and ecologist Helen Roy, fight it out against the Sheffield team, which features news presenter Kylie Pentelow and Daily Telegraph columnist Michael Deacon. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x118 - Christmas 2020 - Central Lancashire v Loughborough
December 26, 2020
It’s match five of this special Christmas series for distinguished alumni. In the University of Central Lancashire team are sports presenter Richard Askam and children’s book illustrator Kate Pankhurst. They are fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals against Loughborough, featuring cricketer Monty Panesar and poet and performer Kate Fox. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x119 - Christmas 2020 - Durham v Downing Cambridge
December 28, 2020
It’s the penultimate match of the first round in the Christmas quiz for grown-ups and both teams are doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. They are the University of Durham, with weather presenter Sarah Keith-Lucas and comedian Ed Gamble, who are playing against Downing College, Cambridge, with the BBC's media editor, Amol Rajan, and their global trade correspondent, Dharshini David. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x120 - Christmas 2020 - New College Oxford v Reading
December 29, 2020
It’s the last first-round match in the Christmas series for university alumni, with two teams are up against each other for a place in the semi-finals. New College Oxford includes political broadcaster Michael Crick and writer and playwright Christopher Hampton, and playing them is the Reading team with Newsnight culture correspondent Stephen Smith and film and TV critic Rhianna Dhillon. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x121 - Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 1
December 30, 2020
It’s the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x122 - Christmas 2020 - Semi-Final 2
December 31, 2020
It’s the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x123 - Christmas 2020 - Grand Final
January 1, 2021
It’s the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK’s top universities. Which university will be Christmas University Challenge champions? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x124 - ITV v BBC Children in Need 2021
October 28, 2021
In another bid for glory, stars from the BBC and ITV go head-to-head again, in another special episode of University Challenge for BBC Children in Need.
0x125 - Christmas 2021 - Edinburgh v Leicester
December 20, 2021
It’s the opening match of the Christmas quiz for grown-ups, with two teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The Edinburgh team includes founder of the Wahaca group of restaurants Thomasina Miers and actor and comedian Miles Jupp. Playing them is a team of Leicester alumni, including author Jeffrey Boakye and science presenter Dallas Campbell. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x126 - Christmas 2021 - Winchester v Bradford
December 21, 2021
It’s the second match of the Christmas quiz, with two teams of graduates fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals. Playing for Winchester are comedian Shappi Khorsandi and sports presenter Mike Bushell. Their opponents on the Bradford team include MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy and property expert Martin Roberts. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x127 - Christmas 2021 - Bristol v King's, Cambridge
December 22, 2021
The third match of the Christmas series for university alumni features a team from the University of Bristol, with broadcaster Aasmah Mir and playwright Mark Ravenhill. They fight it out for a place in the semi-finals with the team from King's College, Cambridge, including sociologist Tom Shakespeare and Professor Shahidha Bari. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x128 - Christmas 2021 - LSE v Hertford, Oxford
December 23, 2021
In the fourth match of the Christmas series for grown-ups, a team of LSE alumni that includes newsreader Fatima Manji and Olympic rower Oliver Cook fight it out against four alumni from Hertford College, Oxford, including saxophonist Soweto Kinch and journalist Adam Fleming. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x129 - Christmas 2021 - Corpus Christi, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford
December 24, 2021
It’s match five of this special Christmas series for distinguished alumni. Novelist Helen Oyeyemi and literary editor Robert McCrum play on behalf of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, fighting it out for a place in the semi-finals against St Anne's College, Oxford, featuring comedian John Robins and engineer Roma Agrawal. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x130 - Christmas 2021 - Birkbeck, London v Portsmouth
December 27, 2021
It’s the penultimate match of the first round in the Christmas quiz for grown-ups, with both teams doing battle for a place in the semi-finals. The team of alumni from Birkbeck, London features Jolyon Maugham, founder of the Good Law Project, and writer and activist Shabnam Nasimi. They compete against four Portsmouth alumni, including mathematician Nira Chamberlain and TV property expert Tayo Oguntonade. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x131 - Christmas 2021 - Kent v Goldsmiths, London
December 28, 2021
It’s the last first-round match in the Christmas series for university alumni, with two teams up against each other for a place in the semi-finals. Musician YolanDa Brown and radio broadcaster Peter White play on behalf of the University of Kent. They're up against a team from Goldsmiths, London alumni that includes artist Mark Wallinger and campaigner Laura Coryton. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x132 - Christmas 2021 - Semi-Final 1
December 29, 2021
It’s the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. Two of the four highest-scoring winners from the first round of matches play each other for a place in the series final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x133 - Christmas 2021 - Semi Final 2
December 30, 2021
It’s the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. The remaining two highest-scoring winners from the heats compete for a spot in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x134 - Christmas 2021 - Grand Final
December 31, 2021
It’s the grand final of this seasonal competition for alumni from some of the UK’s top universities, with the last two teams standing doing battle for the series title. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x135 - University Challenge at 60
August 29, 2022
60 years on since University Challenge first appeared on British television, the show holds the record for the UK’s longest running quiz. To mark the occasion, this documentary tells the stories behind some of the series most memorable contestants, including Eric Monkman, Gail Trimble, Sandya Narayanswami and Jenny Ryan, as well as taking a look at the job of the question setters and paying tribute to the first question master, Bamber Gascoigne. Finally, former students are once again put to the test to see if they can still correctly answer their successful starters for 10.
0x136 - Christmas 2022 - SOAS University of London v Balliol College, Oxford
December 19, 2022
SOAS play Balliol College, Oxford, as University Challenge’s annual Christmas competition for teams of distinguished alumni kicks off. Contestants include author and broadcaster Emma Dabiri and crime writer Martin Edwards, while Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x137 - Christmas 2022 - University College, Oxford v University of Glasgow
December 20, 2022
Teams of alumni from University College, Oxford, face off against the University of Glasgow. Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini captains the University College team, while author Christopher Brookmyre leads Glasgow. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x138 - Christmas 2022 - Durham University v University of York
December 21, 2022
Alumni of Durham University face graduates of the University of York in the third match. Documentary maker Chris Terrill takes the captain’s chair for Durham, while YouTuber Tom Scott heads the York team. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x139 - Christmas 2022 - Exeter College, Oxford v Queen Mary University of London
December 22, 2022
Exeter College, Oxford, and Queen Mary University of London are represented by distinguished alumni in the fourth heat. Newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti and environmental writer Lucy Siegle are hoping to lead their respective teams to a place in the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
0x140 - Christmas 2022 - University of Hull v University of the West of England
December 23, 2022
The heats continue as four alumni of the University of Hull, captained by actor Sian Reese-Williams, face four graduates of the University of the West of England, led by science reporter Victoria Gill. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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