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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 48
Episode 1: Warwick v Exeter
Air Date: July 16th, 2018
Summary: In the opening match of the quiz series for students the University of Warwick takes on Exeter University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 2: Emmanuel College, Cambridge v Glasgow
Air Date: July 23rd, 2018
Summary: In another first-round match, students from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, do battle with Glasgow University in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 3: Pembroke College, Oxford v Downing College, Cambridge
Air Date: July 30th, 2018
Summary: In another first-round match, the students representing Pembroke College, Oxford, battle it out with Downing College, Cambridge, for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 4: Soas v Darwin College, Cambridge
Air Date: August 13rd, 2018
Summary: This episode sees another first-round match when SOAS competes against Darwin College, Cambridge, for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 5: Clare College, Cambridge v Hertford College, Cambridge
Air Date: August 20th, 2018
Summary: Students representing Clare College, Cambridge, compete with Hertford College, Oxford, in another first-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 6: Strathclyde v Durham
Air Date: August 27th, 2018
Summary: Strathclyde University students do battle with the University of Durham students for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 7: York v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Air Date: September 3rd, 2018
Summary: The team representing York University fights it out against the St Edmund Hall, Oxford, team for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 8: Edinburgh v Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Air Date: September 10th, 2018
Summary: Edinburgh University takes on Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions
Episode 9: Bristol v Queen's University Belfast
Air Date: September 17th, 2018
Summary: In another first-round match, students from the University of Bristol fight it out against Queen's University Belfast for a place in the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 10: London Institute v Godsmiths
Air Date: September 24th, 2018
Summary: In another first-round match, two University of London colleges - the London Institute in Paris and Goldsmiths - do battle for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 11: St Peter's College, Oxford v Pembroke College, Cambridge
Air Date: October 1st, 2018
Summary: In another first-round match the students from St Peter's College, Oxford, fight it out against the team from Pembroke College, Cambridge. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 12: UCL v King's College, London
Air Date: October 8th, 2018
Summary: It is a contest between UCL and King's College, London, for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 13: East London v Manchester
Air Date: October 15th, 2018
Summary: In the penultimate first round match of the student quiz, the University of East London clashes with Manchester University. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 14: Keble College, Oxford v UEA
Air Date: October 29th, 2018
Summary: In the last of the first-round matches, the students of Keble College, Oxford, fight it out against the University of East Anglia. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 15: Emmanuel College, Cambridge v King's College London
Air Date: November 5th, 2018
Summary: In the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches, two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 16: Hertford College, Oxford v Exeter
Air Date: November 12nd, 2018
Summary: It is the last of the two highest-scoring loser matches as two teams get another chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 17: St Peter's College, Oxford v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Air Date: November 19th, 2018
Summary: It is the first of the second-round matches as two teams battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 18: Hertford College, Oxford v Manchester
Air Date: November 26th, 2018
Summary: In another second-round match, two teams fight it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 19: Edinburgh v UCL
Air Date: December 3rd, 2018
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: Clare College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Air Date: December 10th, 2018
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: Goldsmiths v Glasgow
Air Date: December 17th, 2018
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: Durham v Keble College, Oxford
Air Date: January 7th, 2019
Summary: The second round of the quiz for students continues as two teams representing their universities aim to reach the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 23: Downing College, Cambridge v Darwin College, Cambridge
Air Date: January 14th, 2019
Summary: Find out which of the two teams competing in the second round of the student quiz will make it through to the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 24: Warwick v Bristol
Air Date: January 21st, 2019
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: Glasgow v Durham
Air Date: January 28th, 2019
Summary: It is the first of the quarter-finals and two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 26: Darwin College, Cambridge v Bristol
Air Date: February 4th, 2019
Summary: The quarter-finals continue as two teams of university students do battle to reach the next stage in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 27: Manchester v Edinburgh
Air Date: February 11st, 2019
Summary: Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 28: Emmanuel College, Cambridge v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Air Date: February 18th, 2019
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: Durham v Edinburgh
Air Date: February 25th, 2019
Summary: In another quarter-final match, find out which university team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 30: Glasgow v Manchester
Air Date: March 4th, 2019
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: Bristol v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Air Date: March 11st, 2019
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: Darwin College, Cambridge v Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Air Date: March 18th, 2019
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: Edinburgh v Bristol
Air Date: March 25th, 2019
Summary: It is the penultimate quarter-final match tonight in the long and winding road to the semi-finals of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 34: Manchester v Darwin College, Cambridge
Air Date: April 1st, 2019
Summary: It is the last of the quarter-finals and one more team will make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 35: Durham v Edinburgh
Air Date: April 8th, 2019
Summary: It is the first of the semi-finals and 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: St Edmund Hall, Oxford v Darwin College, Cambridge
Air Date: April 15th, 2019
Summary: In the last of the semis and the penultimate match in the series, find out which team gains a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 37: Final: Edinburgh v St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Air Date: April 22nd, 2019
Summary: It is the grand final of the quiz for students. Which team will lift the University Challenge trophy? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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