1996/1997

University Challenge1996/1997

1996
27 Episodes

Testing university quiz show.

Episodes

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S26E01

Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge

12 Nov 199630m
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S26E02

Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff

19 Nov 199630m
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S26E03

King's College London v Keble College, Oxford

26 Nov 199630m
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S26E04

Manchester v Birkbeck

03 Dec 199630m
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S26E05

Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.

Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.

10 Dec 199630m
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S26E06

Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan

17 Dec 199630m
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S26E07

St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge

06 Jan 199730m
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S26E08

West of England v Surrey

Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University

13 Jan 199730m
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S26E09

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

20 Jan 199730m
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S26E10

The Open University v Swansea

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.

27 Jan 199730m
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S26E11

Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow

03 Feb 199730m
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S26E12

Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford

10 Feb 199730m
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S26E13

Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol

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.

26 Feb 199730m
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S26E14

Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge

05 Mar 199730m
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S26E15

Manchester v Imperial College, London

12 Mar 199730m
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S26E16

Glamorgan v St Andrews

19 Mar 199730m
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S26E17

Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford

Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.

26 Mar 199730m
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S26E18

Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London

02 Apr 199730m
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S26E19

St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford

Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.

09 Apr 199730m
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S26E20

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University

16 Apr 199730m
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S26E21

Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast

Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.

23 Apr 199730m
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S26E22

Manchester v Glamorgan

30 Apr 199730m
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S26E23

Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital

07 May 199730m
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S26E24

Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University

Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.

14 May 199730m
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S26E25

Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester

21 May 199730m
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S26E26

Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University

28 May 199730m
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S26E27

Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University

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.

04 Jun 199730m