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 2024. A total of 51 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2025.
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University Challenge
In another first-round heat, students from Trinity College, Cambridge take on a team from Linacre College, Oxford. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
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The first round of the 2025/26 competition continues as Cardiff University faces the University of Bristol. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The University of Manchester plays New College, Oxford for a place in the second round. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Another two teams of students put fingers on buzzers for the first time, representing Newcastle University and the University of Edinburgh. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
July 2025
The University of Bath faces the University of Southampton in another first-round match. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The first round of the competition continues. Students from UCL take on a team from next-door neighbours SOAS. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The series kicks off with a match between students from Sheffield and Warwick. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
May 2025
It's the grand final. Only two student teams are still standing - which one will lift the series trophy? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
April 2025
It's the second semi-final. Who will join last week's winners in the grand final? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
In the first of the semi-finals, two student teams go head-to-head, hoping to take one step closer to lifting the series trophy. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
It's the last of the quarter-finals. Who will take the final place in the semis? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
As the quarter-final stage nears its end, two student teams have one last chance to claim their spot in the semi-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
March 2025
Two more student teams return to play a second quarter-final, having lost their first. They need to win to stay in the competition. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two more student teams return to play a second quarter-final, having won one already. If they can win again, they'll qualify for the semi-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The quarter-final stage continues. Both teams lost their first quarter-final, and if they lose again here, they'll be eliminated. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
The quarter-final stage continues. Each team has won a quarter-final already, so a second win will see them into the semi-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Another two quarter-finalists face off, hoping to gain the first of the two wins they need to reach the semis. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
February 2025
The double-elimination quarter-final stage continues. The team that wins will be halfway to a place in the semi-finals. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
Two more student teams play their first of a possible three quarter-finals. A win will take them one step closer to the semis. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
It's the first of the quarter-final matches. The teams are looking to pick up the first of the two wins they need to reach the semis. Amol Rajan asks the questions.