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 61 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2026.
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Two more teams of students play their first of at least two matches in this double-elimination quarter-final. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
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The first round of quarter-finals continues. Two more teams are hoping to pick up the first of the two wins they need to qualify for the semis. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The double-elimination quarter-final stage begins. Two of the eight remaining teams play their first of up to three matches in this round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
It’s the final match in the second round. Who will take the last spot in the quarter-finals? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
It’s the grand final of the 2025 Christmas competition. Who will be crowned champion of this all-star series? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
December 2025
It's the first semi-final of this special all-star seasonal series. Two of the highest-scoring winning teams from the heats return to play again. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
In the final heat, Series 13 champions Middlesex face a Lancaster team that reached the semi-finals of Series 3. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Val McDermid captains a team from St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and Cath Slessor leads a team of Edinburgh alumni. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Teams from Exeter College, Oxford, led by Reeta Chakrabarti, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, captained by Adam Mars-Jones, return to compete again. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first ever Christmas series champions, from Trinity College, Cambridge, return to take on the Bristol team from Series 8. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Keble College, Oxford play Hull in another Christmas match. Anne-Marie Imafidon and Joanna Nadin lead the teams, and Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Alumni teams from UCL and Leeds reunite for a second chance at being crowned Christmas University Challenge champions. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The festive series begins with a match between Christmas 2024’s champions Durham and Series 10 runners-up Manchester. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
It’s the grand final of the Christmas competition, in which teams of notable former students compete on behalf of their alma maters. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two of the four highest-scoring winning teams from the heats return to play the second of this year’s semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two alumni teams return to contest the first semi-final of 2022’s Christmas competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Two more teams of students compete for a place in the quarter-finals in the penultimate match of round two. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Graduates of the University of Bristol play former students of Cardiff in the final heat. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
In the penultimate heat of the alumni tournament, teams representing UCL and the University of Aberdeen compete for a place in the semi-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.