University Challenge
1996/1997
199627 episodes
Testing university quiz show.
Episode 1
Imperial College, London v St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Nov 12, 199630m
Episode 2
Queen's University, Belfast v Cardiff
Nov 19, 199630m
Episode 3
King's College London v Keble College, Oxford
Nov 26, 199630m
Episode 4
Manchester v Birkbeck
Dec 3, 199630m
Episode 5
Newnham College, Cambridge v L.S.E.
Dec 10, 199630m
Jeremy Paxman presens the general knowledge quiz between teams from Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics.
Episode 6
Charing Cross Hospital v Glamorgan
Dec 17, 199630m
Episode 7
St Andrews v Girton College, Cambridge
Jan 6, 199730m
Episode 8
West of England v Surrey
Jan 13, 199730m
Jeremy Paxman chairs the general knowledge quiz between teams from the University of the West of England and Surrey University
Episode 9
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Jan 20, 199730m
Episode 10
The Open University v Swansea
Jan 27, 199730m
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.
Episode 11
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Glasgow
Feb 3, 199730m
Episode 12
Portsmouth v Magdalen College, Oxford
Feb 10, 199730m
Episode 13
Magdalen College, Oxford v University of the West of England, Bristol
Feb 26, 199730m
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.
Episode 14
Queen's University, Belfast v Girton College, Cambridge
Mar 5, 199730m
Episode 15
Manchester v Imperial College, London
Mar 12, 199730m
Episode 16
Glamorgan v St Andrews
Mar 19, 199730m
Episode 17
Newnham College, Cambridge v Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Mar 26, 199730m
Newnham College, Cambridge take on Harris Manchester College, Oxford for a place in the quarter-finals.
Episode 18
Charing Cross Hospital v King's College London
Apr 2, 199730m
Episode 19
St Catharine's College, Cambridge v Exeter College, Oxford
Apr 9, 199730m
Jeremy Paxman welcomes St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford to the general-knowledge quiz show.
Episode 20
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge v The Open University
Apr 16, 199730m
Episode 21
Magdalen College, Oxford v Queen's University, Belfast
Apr 23, 199730m
Magdalen College, Oxford and Queen's College, Belfast compete in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
Episode 22
Manchester v Glamorgan
Apr 30, 199730m
Episode 23
Harris Manchester College, Oxford v Charing Cross Hospital
May 7, 199730m
Episode 24
Exeter College, Oxford v The Open University
May 14, 199730m
Jeremy Paxman presents the last quarter-final, as Exeter College, Oxford take on Open University for a place in the semi-finals.
Episode 25
Magdalen College, Oxford v Manchester
May 21, 199730m
Episode 26
Charing Cross Hospital v The Open University
May 28, 199730m
Episode 27
Final: Magdalen College, Oxford v The Open University
Jun 4, 199730m
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.