26x1 - Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

November 12, 1996

26x2 - Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

November 19, 1996

26x3 - King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

November 26, 1996

26x4 - Manchester v Birkbeck

December 3, 1996

26x5 - Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

December 10, 1996

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

26x6 - Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

December 17, 1996

26x7 - St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

January 6, 1997

26x8 - West of England v Surrey

January 13, 1997

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

26x9 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

January 20, 1997

26x10 - The Open University v Swansea

January 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.

26x11 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

February 3, 1997

26x12 - Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

February 10, 1997

26x13 - Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

February 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.

26x14 - Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

March 5, 1997

26x15 - Manchester v Imperial College, London

March 12, 1997

26x16 - Glamorgan v St Andrews

March 19, 1997

26x17 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

March 26, 1997

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

26x18 - Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

April 2, 1997

26x19 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

April 9, 1997

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

26x20 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

April 16, 1997

26x21 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

April 23, 1997

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

26x22 - Manchester v Glamorgan

April 30, 1997

26x23 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

May 7, 1997

26x24 - 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.

26x25 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

May 21, 1997

26x26 - Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

May 28, 1997