Overview of 'University Challenge' Season 26

University Challenge (1962)

Talk
Family

Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

Stars:

Release Date: 1962-09-21
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

5.6/10

Country: GB
Language: English
Runtime: 30

Season 26 Episode List

Episode 1 - Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Release Date: 1996-11-12
Episode 2 - Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Release Date: 1996-11-19
Episode 3 - King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Release Date: 1996-11-26
Episode 4 - Manchester v Birkbeck
Release Date: 1996-12-03
Episode 5 - Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Release Date: 1996-12-10
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
Episode 6 - Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
Release Date: 1996-12-17
Episode 7 - St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Release Date: 1997-01-06
Episode 8 - West of England v Surrey
Release Date: 1997-01-13
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
Episode 9 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Release Date: 1997-01-20
Episode 10 - The Open University v Swansea
Release Date: 1997-01-27
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.
Episode 11 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
Release Date: 1997-02-03
Episode 12 - Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Release Date: 1997-02-10
Episode 13 - Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Release Date: 1997-02-26
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.
Episode 14 - Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
Release Date: 1997-03-05
Episode 15 - Manchester v Imperial College, London
Release Date: 1997-03-12
Episode 16 - Glamorgan v St Andrews
Release Date: 1997-03-19
Episode 17 - Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Release Date: 1997-03-26
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
Episode 18 - Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
Release Date: 1997-04-02
Episode 19 - St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Release Date: 1997-04-09
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
Episode 20 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
Release Date: 1997-04-16
Episode 21 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Release Date: 1997-04-23
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 22 - Manchester v Glamorgan
Release Date: 1997-04-30
Episode 23 - Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
Release Date: 1997-05-07
Episode 24 - Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
Release Date: 1997-05-14
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
Episode 25 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
Release Date: 1997-05-21
Episode 26 - Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
Release Date: 1997-05-28
Episode 27 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Release Date: 1997-06-04
Magdalen College, Oxford and the Open University battle it out in the final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions and Germaine Greer presents the trophy to the winners.