Overview of 'University Challenge' Season 47

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 47 Episode List

Episode 1 - Edinburgh v Ulster
Release Date: 2017-07-17
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
Release Date: 2017-07-24
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
Release Date: 2017-07-31
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
Release Date: 2017-08-14
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
Release Date: 2017-08-21
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
Release Date: 2017-08-28
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
Release Date: 2017-09-04
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
Release Date: 2017-09-11
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
Release Date: 2017-09-18
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
Release Date: 2017-09-25
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
Release Date: 2017-10-02
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
Release Date: 2017-10-09
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
Release Date: 2017-10-16
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
Release Date: 2017-10-23
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
Release Date: 2017-10-30
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
Release Date: 2017-11-06
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
Release Date: 2017-11-13
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
Release Date: 2017-11-20
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
Release Date: 2017-11-27
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
Release Date: 2017-12-04
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
Release Date: 2017-12-18
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
Release Date: 2018-01-08
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
Release Date: 2018-01-15
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
Release Date: 2018-01-22
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
Release Date: 2018-01-29
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
Release Date: 2018-02-05
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
Release Date: 2018-02-12
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
Release Date: 2018-02-19
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
Release Date: 2018-02-26
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
Release Date: 2018-03-05
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
Release Date: 2018-03-12
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
Release Date: 2018-03-19
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
Release Date: 2018-03-26
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
Release Date: 2018-04-02
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
Release Date: 2018-04-09
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
Release Date: 2018-04-16
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
Release Date: 2018-04-23
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.