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First Aired: September 21st, 1962
Status: Continuing
Network: ITV1
Summary: Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
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Season 47
Episode 1: Edinburgh v Ulster
Air Date: July 17th, 2017
Summary: In the opening match of the quiz series for students, the University of Edinburgh takes on Ulster University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 2: Trinity College, Cambridge v Bristol
Air Date: July 24th, 2017
Summary: In another first-round match, students from Trinity College, Cambridge, do battle with Bristol University in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 3: Southampton v University
Air Date: July 31st, 2017
Summary: In another first-round match, students representing the University of Southampton battle it out with the University of Cardiff for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 4: St Edmund's College, Cambridge v Magdalen College, Oxford
Air Date: August 14th, 2017
Summary: Tonight sees another first-round match when St Edmund's College, Cambridge, competes against Magdalen College, Oxford, for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 5: York v Warwick
Air Date: August 21st, 2017
Summary: Students representing the University of York compete with the University of Warwick in another first-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 6: Oxford Brookes v Courtauld Institute
Air Date: August 28th, 2017
Summary: Oxford Brookes University students do battle with the Courtauld Institute of Art students for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 7: Trinity College, Oxford v UCL
Air Date: September 4th, 2017
Summary: The team representing Trinity College, Oxford, fights it out against the University College London team for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 8: Sheffield Hallam v Newcastle
Air Date: September 11st, 2017
Summary: Sheffield Hallam University takes on Newcastle University in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 9: Leicester v Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Air Date: September 18th, 2017
Summary: In another first-round match, students from the University of Leicester fight it out against Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, for a place in the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 10: Imperial College London v Strathclyde
Air Date: September 25th, 2017
Summary: In another first-round match, students from Imperial College do battle with the students from the University of Strathclyde for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 11: Emmanuel College, Cambridge v St Hugh's College, Oxford
Air Date: October 2nd, 2017
Summary: In another first-round match the students from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, fight it out against the team from St Hugh's College, Oxford. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 12: St Andrews vs St John's College, Cambridge
Air Date: October 9th, 2017
Summary: It is a contest tonight between the University of St Andrews and St John's College, Cambridge, for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 13: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v St Anne's College, Oxford
Air Date: October 16th, 2017
Summary: In the penultimate first-round match of the student quiz, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, clashes with St Anne's College, Oxford. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 14: Merton College, Oxford vs King's College London
Air Date: October 23rd, 2017
Summary: It is the last of the first-round matches tonight as the students of Merton College, Oxford, fight it out against King's College, London. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 15: Ulster v St Anne's College, Oxford
Air Date: October 30th, 2017
Summary: It is the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches and two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 16: UCL v St Hugh's College, Oxford
Air Date: November 6th, 2017
Summary: It is the last of the two highest-scoring loser matches tonight when two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 17: Strathclyde v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Air Date: November 13rd, 2017
Summary: It is the first of the second-round matches when two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 18: St John's College, Cambridge v Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Air Date: November 20th, 2017
Summary: In the next of the second-round matches, another two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 19: Warwick v Ulster
Air Date: November 27th, 2017
Summary: The second round continues as two student teams make a bid to reach the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 20: UCL v Edinburgh
Air Date: December 4th, 2017
Summary: Two more student teams fight it out in the second round to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 21: Bristol v Trinity College, Oxford
Air Date: December 18th, 2017
Summary: In the second round stage of the competition for students, two more teams do battle to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 22: Newcastle v Southampton
Air Date: January 8th, 2018
Summary: The second round of the quiz for students continues when two teams representing their universities aim to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 23: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge v Magdalen College, Oxford
Air Date: January 15th, 2018
Summary: The second round of the quiz for students continues when two teams representing their universities aim to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 24: Oxford Brookes v Merton College, Oxford
Air Date: January 22nd, 2018
Summary: In the last of the second-round matches, students representing two more universities battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 25: Bristol v Newcastle
Air Date: January 29th, 2018
Summary: It is the first of the quarter-finals when two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 26: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge v Merton College, Oxford
Air Date: February 5th, 2018
Summary: The quarter-finals continue when two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 27: St John's College, Cambridge v Ulster
Air Date: February 12nd, 2018
Summary: Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 28: Edinburgh v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Air Date: February 19th, 2018
Summary: The quarter-final stage continues as teams representing two more universities fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 29: Newcastle v St John's College, Cambridge
Air Date: February 26th, 2018
Summary: In another quarter-final match find out which university team makes it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 30: Bristol v Ulster
Air Date: March 5th, 2018
Summary: In another quarter-final match two teams of students aim to reach the next stage of the quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 31: Merton College, Oxford v Edinburgh
Air Date: March 12nd, 2018
Summary: The gruelling quarter-finals continue as two student teams vie to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 32: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Air Date: March 19th, 2018
Summary: The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Which team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 33: Bristol v Edinburgh
Air Date: March 26th, 2018
Summary: It is the penultimate quarter-final match in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 34: Newcastle v Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Air Date: April 2nd, 2018
Summary: It is the last of the quarter-finals and one more team make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 35: St John's College, Cambridge v Edinburgh
Air Date: April 9th, 2018
Summary: It is the first of the semi-finals, when one team find out if they have made it to the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 36: Merton College, Oxford v Newcastle
Air Date: April 16th, 2018
Summary: In the last of the semis and the penultimate match in the series, find out which team reaches a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 37: Final: St John's College, Cambridge v Merton College, Oxford
Air Date: April 23rd, 2018
Summary: It's the grand final of the quiz for students, when the winning team will be presented with the University Challenge trophy. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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