University Challenge
University Challenge is a game show on BBC2. TV's toughest quiz team tournament. Amol Rajan asks the questions as students from across the UK face the most fiendish of tests. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 89 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2026.
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The second round of quarter-finals concludes with an elimination match. Two teams return having lost their first quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
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The quarter-finals continue. Two more teams return for another qualification match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Phase two of the quarter-finals continues. Two teams return needing a win to stay in the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Phase two of the quarter-final stage begins. Two teams who won their first quarter-finals return to play again. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The last of the eight quarter-finalists return to play their first of a maximum of three matches in this round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two more teams begin their quarter-final campaigns, hoping to secure the first of the two wins they need to progress to the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two more teams return for their first quarter-final match out of a possible three. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The quarter-final stage of the tournament begins. Two teams are looking for the first of the two wins they need to advance to the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The second round of the 2022/23 competition ends tonight. Two more teams of students face off for a place in this year’s quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
In the penultimate match of the second round, two more teams of students face off for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two more teams of students return for a second-round match, with three places in the quarter-finals still up for grabs. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
With half the quarter-final places filled, two more teams of students return for a second-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The second round continues, with two more teams of students locking horns for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The second round continues, with two more teams of students eager to snatch a second win and the place in the quarter-finals that goes with it. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The second round continues, with two more teams competing for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
The second round of the 2022/23 competition begins tonight. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
May 2026
Two more of round one’s highest-scoring losing teams have a second chance to qualify for the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two of the four highest-scoring losing teams from the first round play for one of the two spots remaining in round two. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
In the last of the first-round matches, Robert Gordon University face the University of Roehampton. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
It’s the penultimate match of the first round. Newnham College, Cambridge, face the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.