University Challenge
Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.
- Director
- Bridget Caldwell
- Status
- Returning series
- First air date
- 21/09/1962
- Original language
- English
Main cast
Seasons and episodes
Specials
174 episodes · 19921962–1963
61 episodes · 19621963–1965
62 episodes · 19631965–1966
42 episodes · 19651966–1967
40 episodes · 19661967–1968
44 episodes · 19671968–1969
45 episodes · 19681969–1970
47 episodes · 19691970–1971
40 episodes · 19701971–1972
40 episodes · 19711972–1973
39 episodes · 19721973–1974
38 episodes · 19731974–1975
35 episodes · 19741975–1976
42 episodes · 19751976–1977
36 episodes · 19761977–1978
43 episodes · 19771978–1980
41 episodes · 19781980
37 episodes · 19801980–1981
40 episodes · 19801982
42 episodes · 19811983
39 episodes · 19831984
33 episodes · 19841986
39 episodes · 19861987
42 episodes · 19871994/1995
27 episodes · 19941995/1996
27 episodes · 1995Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the student quiz programme.
1996/1997
27 episodes · 1996Testing university quiz show.
1997/1998
27 episodes · 1997Jeremy Paxman presents the general knowledge quiz.
1998/1999
31 episodes · 1998Jeremy Paxman hosts the inter-university quiz show.
1999/2000
31 episodes · 1999Jeremy Paxman asks the questions on this university college quiz.
2000/2001
31 episodes · 20002001/2002
31 episodes · 20012002/2003
31 episodes · 20022003/2004
31 episodes · 20032004/2005
31 episodes · 20042005/2006
31 episodes · 2005Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2006/2007
31 episodes · 2006Student quiz
2007/2008
31 episodes · 2007Jeremy Paxman fires the questions at more university teams
2008/2009
31 episodes · 2008Jeremy Paxman fires the questions at more university teams
2009/2010
37 episodes · 2009Jeremy Paxman fires the questions at more university teams
2010/2011
37 episodes · 2010Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2011/2012
37 episodes · 2011Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2012/2013
37 episodes · 2012Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2013/2014
37 episodes · 2013Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out
2014/2015
37 episodes · 2014Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2015/16
37 episodes · 2015Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2016/17
37 episodes · 2016Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as two teams of students battle it out.
2017/18
37 episodes · 2017Quiz show where students from UK universities answer questions on a range of subjects.
2018/19
37 episodes · 2018Jeremy Paxman asks the questions in the quiz for students.
2019/20
37 episodes · 2019Quiz for students presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2020/21
37 episodes · 2020Quiz for students presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2021/22
37 episodes · 2021Quiz for students presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2022/23
37 episodes · 2022Students from across the UK take on TV’s toughest quiz team tournament.
2023/24
37 episodes · 2023Students from across the UK take on TV’s toughest quiz team tournament.
2024/25
37 episodes · 2024Amol Rajan asks the questions as students from across the UK face fiendish tests.
2025/26
37 episodes · 2025Amol Rajan asks the questions as students from across the UK face fiendish tests.
2026/27
19 episodes · 2026Images
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