Overview of 'University Challenge' Season 44

University Challenge (1962)

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

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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

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Country: GB
Language: English
Runtime: 30

Season 44 Episode List

Episode 1 - Manchester v Selwyn College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2014-07-14
In the opening match of the quiz series for students, Manchester University take on Selwyn College, Cambridge for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 2 - Oxford Brookes v Jesus College, Oxford
Release Date: 2014-07-21
In another first round match, students from Oxford Brookes University do battle with Jesus College, Oxford in a bid to reach the second round in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 3 - Bristol v Courtauld Institute
Release Date: 2014-07-28
In another first round match, students representing the University of Bristol battle it out with the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 4 - St Anne's College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2014-08-11
In another first round match, St Anne's College, Oxford competes against Gonville and Caius, Cambridge for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the question
Episode 5 - St Peter's College, Oxford v Sussex
Release Date: 2014-08-18
In another first-round match, St Peter's College, Oxford competes against the University of Sussex for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 6 - LSHTM v LSE
Release Date: 2014-08-25
It is a local derby as two London colleges, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics, do battle for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 7 - Liverpool v Sheffield
Release Date: 2014-09-01
Two universities on either side of the Pennines, Liverpool and Sheffield, fight it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 8 - Bath v Glasgow
Release Date: 2014-09-08
It is England versus Scotland when Bath University takes on the University of Glasgow in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 9 - Leicester v Open
Release Date: 2014-09-15
The students from the University of Leicester battle it out against the Open University in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 10 - Trinity College, Cambridge v St Andrews
Release Date: 2014-09-22
The students from Trinity College, Cambridge fight it out with St Andrews University for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 11 - UCL v Exeter
Release Date: 2014-09-29
The students from University College, London encounter the students representing the University of Exeter in another first round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 12 - Brasenose College, Oxford v Durham
Release Date: 2014-10-06
Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Durham battle it out for a place in the second round of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 13 - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v York
Release Date: 2014-10-13
In the penultimate first-round match of the student quiz, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge clashes with the University of York. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 14 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Pembroke College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2014-10-20
It is an Oxbridge fixture between Magdalen College, Oxford and Pembroke College, Cambridge in the last of the first-round matches. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 15 - Open v LSE
Release Date: 2014-10-27
It is the first of the two highest-scoring loser matches, when two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 16 - Manchester v Sussex
Release Date: 2014-11-03
The last of the two highest-scoring loser matches sees two teams get a second chance to make it to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 17 - Leicester v Trinity College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2014-11-10
It's 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 - Durham v York
Release Date: 2014-11-17
It is another second-round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 19 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Open
Release Date: 2014-11-24
It is another second round match with two teams fighting it out for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 20 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Manchester
Release Date: 2014-12-01
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 21 - LSHTM v Bristol
Release Date: 2014-12-08
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 22 - Glasgow v Liverpool
Release Date: 2014-12-15
Two more student teams fight it out to get through to the quarter-final stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 23 - Selywyn College, Cambridge v St Peter's College, Oxford
Release Date: 2015-01-05
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 - Oxford Brookes v UCL
Release Date: 2015-01-12
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 Liverpool
Release Date: 2015-01-19
In the first of the quarter-finals, two student teams fight it out to reach the next stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 26 - St Peter's College, Oxford v Oxford Brookes
Release Date: 2015-01-26
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 - Durham v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2015-02-02
Pressure is mounting as the quarter-finals continue in the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 28 - Magdalen College, Oxford v Trinity College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2015-02-09
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 - Liverpool v St Peter's College, Oxford
Release Date: 2015-02-16
Another quarter-final match to determine which university team will make it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 30 - Oxford Brookes v Bristol
Release Date: 2015-02-23
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 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Magdalen College, Oxford
Release Date: 2015-03-02
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 - Durham v Trinity College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2015-03-09
The pressure is increasing as the quarter-finals continue. Find out which team makes it to the next stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 33 - Bristol v Magdalen College, Oxford
Release Date: 2015-03-16
It's 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 - Leicester v Durham
Release Date: 2015-03-23
The last of the quarter-finals sees one more team make it through to the semi-final stage of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 35 - St Peter's College, Oxford v Magdalen College, Oxford
Release Date: 2015-03-30
It's the first of the semis, when one team will find out if they have made it to the Grand Final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 36 - Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge v Durham
Release Date: 2015-04-06
In the last of the semi-finals, find out which team succeeds in achieving a place in the grand final of the quiz for students. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 37 - Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Release Date: 2015-04-13
It's the grand final of the student quiz - when one team will get to lift the University Challenge trophy. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.