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University Challenge (1962)

1962 GB 5 Seasons 67 Episodes

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Overview

University Challenge is a long-running academic quiz competition featuring teams from universities across the UK. Contestants tackle a wide variety of challenging questions that span numerous topics, testing their knowledge and quick thinking. The show has become a staple of British television since its debut in 1962, celebrated for its rigorous format and intellectual rigor. Each episode pits eager students against one another in a race for points, showcasing their academic prowess and teamwork as they aim for glory in this prestigious battle of wits.

Cast

Amol Rajan Roger Tilling

Episodes

Downing College, Cambridge v Bristol

Trinity College, Cambridge v UCL

Christ's College, Cambridge v Keele

Newcastle v Edinburgh

Somerville College, Oxford v Downing College, Cambridge

Glasgow v King's College London

The Open University v Birkbeck

Magdalene College, Cambridge v Birkbeck

Balliol College, Oxford v King's College London

Magdalene College, Cambridge v Warwick

York v Northeastern University - London

Trinity Cambridge v Southampton

Oxford Brookes v Open University

Warwick v Trinity College, Cambridge

Manchester v Edinburgh

Sheffield v Imperial College London

Trinity College, Cambridge v Open University

UCL v Christ Church, Oxford

Manchester v Imperial College London

Birkbeck v Sheffield

Trinity College, Cambridge v UCL

Open University v Christ Church, Oxford

Manchester v Christ Church, Oxford

Birkbeck v Trinity, Cambridge

Semi-Final 1: Imperial v Trinity, Cambridge

Semi-Final 2: UCL vs Manchester

The Final: Imperial v UCL

Open University v UCL

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Bristol

Warwick v Oriel College, Oxford

UCL v Darwin College, Cambridge

Open University v Bristol

Queen's, Belfast v Bristol

Semi-Final 2: Darwin College, Cambridge v Warwick

Sheffield v Warwick

Bath v Southampton

Newcastle v Edinburgh

Manchester v New College, Oxford

Cardiff v Bristol

Trinity College, Cambridge v Linacre College, Oxford

Lincoln v Lancaster

Green Templeton College, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge

Trinity Hall, Cambridge v LSE

Durham v Merton College, Oxford

Harper Adams v Strathclyde

Imperial v Churchill College, Cambridge

Magdalen College, Oxford v Robinson College, Cambridge

Sheffield v Strathclyde

Bristol v Warwick

LSE v Manchester

Churchill College, Cambridge v Merton College, Oxford

Manchester v Edinburgh

UCL v Merton College, Oxford

Darwin College, Cambridge v Sheffield

Imperial v Warwick

Edinburgh v Merton College, Oxford

Manchester v UCL

Sheffield v Imperial

Manchester v Sheffield

Merton College, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge

Semi-Final 1: Edinburgh v Darwin College, Cambridge

Semi-Final 2: Manchester v Imperial

Grand Final: Edinburgh v Manchester