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University Challenge
1962·★ 6.2 (12 votes)·55 seasons·2042 episodes
ITV1, BBC Two
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
ITV1, BBC Two
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
1962–1963
61 episodes · 1962
1963–1965
62 episodes · 1963
1965–1966
42 episodes · 1965
1966–1967
40 episodes · 1966
1967–1968
44 episodes · 1967
1968–1969
45 episodes · 1968
1969–1970
47 episodes · 1969
1970–1971
40 episodes · 1970
1971–1972
40 episodes · 1971
1972–1973
39 episodes · 1972
1973–1974
38 episodes · 1973
1974–1975
35 episodes · 1974
1975–1976
42 episodes · 1975
1976–1977
36 episodes · 1976
1977–1978
43 episodes · 1977
1978–1980
41 episodes · 1978
1980
37 episodes · 1980
1980–1981
40 episodes · 1980
1982
42 episodes · 1981
1983
39 episodes · 1983
1984
33 episodes · 1984
1986
39 episodes · 1986
1987
42 episodes · 1987
1994/1995
27 episodes · 1994
1995/1996
27 episodes · 1995
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the student quiz programme.
1996/1997
27 episodes · 1996
Testing university quiz show.
1997/1998
27 episodes · 1997
Jeremy Paxman presents the general knowledge quiz.
1998/1999
31 episodes · 1998
Jeremy Paxman hosts the inter-university quiz show.
1999/2000
31 episodes · 1999
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions on this university college quiz.
2000/2001
31 episodes · 2000
2001/2002
31 episodes · 2001
2002/2003
31 episodes · 2002
2003/2004
31 episodes · 2003
2004/2005
31 episodes · 2004
2005/2006
31 episodes · 2005
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2006/2007
31 episodes · 2006
Student quiz
2007/2008
31 episodes · 2007
Jeremy Paxman fires the questions at more university teams
2008/2009
31 episodes · 2008
Jeremy Paxman fires the questions at more university teams
2009/2010
37 episodes · 2009
Jeremy Paxman fires the questions at more university teams
2010/2011
37 episodes · 2010
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2011/2012
37 episodes · 2011
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2012/2013
37 episodes · 2012
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2013/2014
37 episodes · 2013
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2014/2015
37 episodes · 2014
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2015/16
37 episodes · 2015
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2016/17
37 episodes · 2016
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2017/18
37 episodes · 2017
Quiz show where students from UK universities answer questions on a range of subjects.
2018/19
37 episodes · 2018
Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the quiz for students.
2019/20
37 episodes · 2019
Quiz for students presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2020/21
37 episodes · 2020
Quiz for students presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2021/22
37 episodes · 2021
Quiz for students presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2022/23
37 episodes · 2022
Students from across the UK take on TV’s toughest quiz team tournament.
2023/24
37 episodes · 2023
Students from across the UK take on TV’s toughest quiz team tournament.
2024/25
37 episodes · 2024
Amol Rajan asks the questions as students from across the UK face fiendish tests.
2025/26
37 episodes · 2025
Amol Rajan asks the questions as students from across the UK face fiendish tests.